{"id":"evt_f0ce82c12e17","title":"South Park Commons: -1 to Surge AI with Edwin Chen","date":"2025-09-30","timezone":"America/New_York","start_time":"16:30","time_of_day":"afternoon","venue":null,"location":{"basis":"unresolved","likely_area":null,"likely_area_granularity":null,"evidence":null},"description":"South Park Commons is delighted to host Edwin Chen, Founder & CEO of Surge AI, as part of our -1 to Now series! Edwin Chen is the founder and CEO of Surge AI, the post-training and data lab that powers the frontier. Since 2020, Surge has grown to $1B+ in revenue by providing the human intelligence, rigorous evaluations, and high-quality data that ensure AI systems are safe, aligned, and world-class. Edwin studied math, computer science, and linguistics at MIT, and previously built large-scale systems at Google and Facebook.","access":{"free":true,"application_required":null},"audience_roles":["founders","investors","operators"],"audience_orientation":"mixed","company_stage":null,"interaction":["content"],"topics":["ai"],"modality":"in_person","meal_context":"none","series":null,"mentions":[{"text":"Facebook","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Google","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"MIT","kind":"organization","subtype":"university","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Surge AI","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"South Park Commons","kind":"organization","subtype":"community","role":"host"},{"text":"Surge AI","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"mentioned"},{"text":"South Park Commons","kind":"organization","subtype":null,"role":"organizer"},{"text":"Edwin Chen","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"speaker"}],"sources":[{"id":"garysguide","class":"newsletter","publisher":"GarysGuide","first_observed_at":"2025-09-23T18:54:36.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2025-09-29T12:09:14.0000000Z"},{"id":"nextnyc","class":"newsletter","publisher":"nextNYC","first_observed_at":"2025-09-22T11:44:52.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2025-09-22T11:44:52.0000000Z"},{"id":"nycb2b","class":"newsletter","publisher":"NYC B2B","first_observed_at":"2025-09-04T13:05:01.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2025-09-24T12:59:56.0000000Z"}],"discovery":{"first_party":[],"newsletter":["garysguide","nextnyc","nycb2b"],"provider":null},"basis":{"audience_roles":{"founders":"inferred","investors":"inferred","operators":"inferred"},"topics":{"ai":"observed"},"audience_orientation":"inferred","company_stage":null,"interaction":"inferred","modality":"default"},"canonical_url":null,"first_seen":"2025-09-04T13:05:01.0000000Z","last_seen":"2025-09-29T12:09:14.0000000Z","observation_count":7}