David Kobrosky

Met: Through Civics Unplugged civic engagement work Role(s): Friend, Collaborator, Confidante, Potential Co-founder for Movement Infrastructure Last interaction: October 2, 2025 - Extended phone call after David reached out on Yom Kippur (October 1) when Gary's name kept coming up in his mind. Deep theological discussion about Israel, Judaism, Christianity, and worldview formation. Fiancee: Mikayla (proposed October 2025, flew her father to US Open to ask for her hand) Heritage: Jewish (culturally mainly, more secular in practice) AIPAC Experience: Former youth representative at age 15, lobbied senators in high school

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Professional Background

• Experienced in community building and understanding social dynamics.
• Founder of Intros.AI event technology platform (acquired by Bevy).
• Current Role at Bevy (2025): Product lead for all AI initiatives, focusing on search, analytics, and go-to-market. Part of executive trust circle for company sale planning (target: $100M+ in 2 years).
• Key Bevy Responsibilities: Revenue attribution (tying engagement to customer revenue), targeting Khoros customers post-PE acquisition disruption, 10% commission on deals referred.
• New Focus (Nov 2025): Transitioning to spend ~3 hours/day on go-to-market workflows and automation
• Career Vision: Become "best in the world" at go-to-market within 2 years, then launch consultancy or channel-focused startup
• Target: $200K minimum income with 4-hour workdays to focus on writing and worldview development
• Work-life balance optimization: Currently working 11am-6pm schedule with morning writing time
• Shared anecdotes about past experiences, including organizing large-scale social events in high school (revealed June 1, 2025).

Strategic Value

• Trusted friend and confidante for Gary.
• Provides insightful feedback and acts as a sounding board for Gary's ideas and challenges.
• Strong believer in Gary's potential to build movement infrastructure and a personal CRM.
  • Key quote (June 1, 2025): "(1:44:12) So I basically think it has to be you [Gary]."
  • Key quote (June 1, 2025): "(1:45:59) That's like I feel like we're meant to do this."
• Potentially a key partner or co-founder in future ventures, especially related to movement tech.
• Has connections and understanding of various social and professional circles.
• Shared that his grandfather is Black from Arkansas (revealed June 1, 2025).
• Mentioned he is "getting tight with Mormons" (June 1, 2025).

Connection Status

• Very strong, ongoing friendship and collaborative relationship.
• Regular interactions, including in-person meetings and calls.
• Deep trust and mutual respect.

Potential Collaboration Areas

• Go-to-Market for Churches: New opportunity identified (Nov 2025) - helping churches with AI-powered growth strategies as membership declines
• Agentic Workflow Consulting: Supporting Gary's exploration of consulting on AI implementations for businesses
• Faith & AI Content: Potential to "own memetic space around faith and AI" - helping churches adopt technology
• Church Technology/Faith-Based Movement Infrastructure: Alignment on spiritual calling toward church tech and faith-based networks
• Movement Infrastructure/Community Tech: Primary area of shared vision. David sees Gary as the ideal person to lead this
• Personal CRM Development: David supportive of Gary's "CIA file" concept
• Strategic Advising: Provides counsel on patience, working on the right opportunities, and navigating transition periods
• Accountability Partnership: Fitness goals (both want to lose 10-15 lbs) and skill development in go-to-market/AI workflows
• Potential application of Intros.AI matching technology for faith-based communities and church networks

Interactions

• November 19, 2025: Phone call discussing career paths, spiritual alignment, and go-to-market strategies.

  • David shared engagement to Mikayla is official, new fitness goal to dunk basketball
  • Discussed Gary's Perplexity interview for Developer Relations role
  • Gary: "It doesn't feel like any job spiritually makes sense" - first time expressing this
  • David exploring go-to-market expertise as career focus (engineering-savvy marketer)
  • Discussed faith & AI summit in Rome, Catholic Church's institutional advantages
  • Explored agentic workflow consulting as alternative to traditional employment
  • David's career plan: 20 more months at Bevy, then consultancy or channel-focused startup
  • Key insight: Churches need go-to-market help as membership declines
  • Agreed to be accountability partners for fitness goals and skill development
  • David working 11am-6pm schedule with morning writing time
  • Key quote from David: "There's something nice about 9-to-5... the flexibility"
  • Gary considering consulting on agentic workflows vs. traditional employment
  • Discussion of Reddit reply automation as emerging go-to-market channel

• October 2, 2025: Extended phone conversation after David reached out on Yom Kippur (October 1).

  • David's divine nudge: Gary's name repeatedly came to mind, only person he messaged
  • Gary shared upcoming baptism, healing pastor experiences, eye healing testimony
  • Deep discussion on Israel/Palestine, biblical prophecy, chosen people theology
  • Gary repented for past negative feelings toward Jews, shared theological journey
  • Discussion of Islam as conquest religion vs Christianity's peaceful nature
  • David's AIPAC youth experience shared - lobbying senators at 15, witnessing $50K donations
  • Theological exploration of Torah as "hyper compressed history and wisdom"
  • David emphasized logical consistency in worldview: "has to respect your own intelligence"
  • Gary warned about Candace Owens' 7-million-subscriber anti-Semitic channel
  • Discussion of uncomfortable truths about ethnic conflict and Old Testament commands
  • David going surfing at Rockaway for Yom Kippur reflection tradition
  • Key quote from David: "I think God's probably a part of it but I think there's other more tangible parts"
  • Gary sent letter about nuanced Israel views, both committed to truth-seeking

• September 16, 2025: Phone call while Gary in Austin, David in New York.

  • Discussed Gary's failed Tulsa opportunity with inventor (character vs intelligence lesson).
  • Gary shared spiritual calling toward church technology and healing miracle documentation.
  • David provided strategic counsel about patience and working on the right opportunities.
  • David shared updates on Bevy role expansion, engagement plans with Mikayla.
  • Key quote on Gary's spiritual transition: "You're in a sacred place right now... this is usually where insight happens."
  • Reinforced friendship bond and mutual support during transition phases.

• June 1, 2025: Met with Gary at Jack's Wife Freda in NYC.

  • Discussed Gary's opportunity with Derek Andersen at Bevy (e.g., heading AI products, incubating CRM).
  • Listened to Gary's frustrations regarding Joe Liemandt and the AI school project, including rejected plans and Joe's leadership style.
  • Heard Gary's insights about Paula White and the embedding of faith officers in White House cabinet agencies.
  • Reaffirmed shared vision for building movement infrastructure and Gary's unique capability to do so.
  • Shared personal anecdotes: fiancée Mikayla, high school event organizing, grandfather being Black from Arkansas, getting "tight with Mormons."

• 2025-05-02: Call with Gary Sheng (recorded). Discussed Gary's high-trust, low-formality event invitation methodology and its psychological effects. Brainstormed Intros.ai's potential to move beyond simple matching, integrating with wearables for real-time proximity alerts, solving event guesswork, and engineering miraculous connections. Positioned Intros.ai as potentially "one of the most important products in human history."

• 2025-04-10: Phone call with Gary Sheng (Gary's side recorded). Discussed the strategic importance of the Intros.AI platform, its potential application for the Alpha Girls Soiree (May 17th) and America 2.0 Summit (Sept), the business opportunity, funding/partnership model, and scheduling logistics around David's graduation (May 10th).

• 2025-03-31: Meeting with Gary Sheng to discuss technology partnership for the America 2.0 Summit. Focused on leveraging Intros.ai, integration with creative direction, invitation strategy, and next steps.

• Pre-2025-04-10: Previous conversations with Gary Sheng about the event connection platform concept.

Yom Kippur 2025 Divine Connection

On October 1, 2025 (Yom Kippur), David experienced what Gary interprets as a divine nudge - Gary's name kept coming up in David's mind, prompting him to reach out. This timing on Judaism's holiest day created space for profound theological dialogue about Israel, chosen people theology, and uncomfortable truths about religious conflict.

David's perspective as a culturally Jewish, largely secular thinker provides crucial grounding for Gary's spiritual journey. His emphasis on logical consistency ("worldview has to respect your own intelligence") and principles-first thinking offers valuable guardrails. Despite not seeing himself converting to Christianity, David remains open to spiritual discussions and sees Gary as potentially prophetic figure.

Key insights from October 2025 conversation:

• On Group Identity: "Group membership should be a lagging indicator of your values, not a leading one"
• On Israel: Worries current path leads to Israel not existing in 50 years without reform
• On Conversion: "I don't see myself converting" but "I think God's probably a part of it"
• On Gary's Journey: Advised ensuring beliefs are "as rationally sound as possible"

Personal Life Updates

• Engagement: Officially proposed to Mikayla (October 2025), she works at Bloomberg
• Fitness Goals: Training to dunk a basketball within 5-6 months
  • Needs to lose 10-15 pounds
  • Increase squat from 225 to 315-350 range
  • Working on explosive movements (hip thrusts, calf raises)
  • Recently hurt back deadlifting, being more careful
• Basketball: Running a co-ed Volo basketball league team
  • High school nickname "Cobra" (least talented but biggest heart on JV team)
  • School was highly competitive (cut 3 kids who could dunk from JV)

Notes

David continues to be a key ally and supporter for Gary, now extending into spiritual guidance and life transition counseling. November 2025 conversation revealed deeper alignment on go-to-market strategies and potential collaboration on faith-tech initiatives. Their September 16, 2025 conversation revealed David's sophisticated understanding of "sacred wilderness" phases and the importance of strategic patience. David's belief in Gary's capabilities remains strong, now potentially extending to faith-based movement infrastructure.

Key Strategic Insights from David:

• "What you work on is just the most important thing" - emphasizes choosing right opportunities over speed
• On consulting vs. employment: Ideally have 3-6 referrals and pipeline before going full-time independent
• "There's something nice about 9-to-5... the flexibility" - values predictable income while building on side
• On go-to-market: "Being really good at go-to-market... is not going to go anywhere" in AI-saturated world
• Churches insight: "If you can solve the problem [of] membership going down... that's a big deal for faith"
• Career timing: Wait to go independent until you have "90%+ confidence" in steady income
• Learned from Intros.AI that market constraints can create artificial ceilings regardless of execution quality
• Advocates for taking time to get the right angle before rushing into new ventures
• Recognizes Gary's current phase as valuable discernment period, not time to be rushed

Go-to-Market Philosophy (November 2025)

David's evolving thesis on the future of marketing:

• Channel Saturation: AI SDRs have "solved" email and LinkedIn outbound, creating need for new approaches
• Creative Differentiation: As building becomes easier, standing out requires "go-to-market creative" people
• Emerging Channels: Reddit reply automation, community-led growth, ecosystem marketing
• Engineering + Marketing: Future belongs to "marketing-savvy engineers or engineering-savvy marketers"
• Community Dynamics: Larger platforms win community battles due to network effects (parallel to Catholic Church's institutional advantage)

David brings expertise in community building, AI-driven analytics, and post-acquisition strategic planning through his expanded role at Bevy. His experience with venture-backed companies and understanding of market dynamics provides valuable counsel for Gary's next moves. His November 2025 insights on go-to-market strategies and church growth potential opened new collaboration avenues.

Background

• Jewish Heritage: Culturally Jewish, more secular in practice - "I'm Jewish. Culturally mainly. It feels good. It's like part of my family"
• AIPAC Youth Experience:
  • Age 15 selected as "poster boy" to lobby senators
  • Motivation: "I just wanted to meet girls" - wasn't ideologically driven
  • Witnessed donors casually writing $50,000 checks at fundraising events
  • Learned arguments like "There's 56 Muslim states, there's only one Jewish state"
  • Gained realistic view: "I don't think it's a big conspiracy. I think it's pretty clear"
• Media Habits: Intentionally unplugged from daily news, gets headlines through Mikayla at Bloomberg
• Spiritual Journey: "I'm kind of more in the process of forming my own worldview"
• Writing Practice: Writes most mornings about how the world works
• Surfing: Goes to Rockaway Beach, uses surfing for Yom Kippur reflection
• Has a connection to Heartbeat (mentioned briefly)
• Reads Kyle Harrison's writings on principles-first group membership

Venture: Intros.AI / Connection Platform

• Core Concept: Platform designed to move beyond passive event content consumption (panels) towards active, curated connection-building.
• Mechanism: Uses attendee profiles (goals, interests, needs) and potentially AI matching to generate a personalized "Connection Agenda" for events, recommending relevant people to meet.
• Value Proposition: Solves the problem of attendees feeling overwhelmed or unsure who to connect with at large/influential events. Aims to guarantee attendees leave with valuable, relevant connections.
• Potential: Positioned by Gary Sheng as the future of in-person events, potentially displacing/augmenting platforms like Partiful and Luma, with high acquisition potential ($10B+).
• Challenge: Requires high-quality user profile data to function effectively.

Connection Points

• Gary sees David's platform as essential "movement infrastructure" for the Alpha School ecosystem and the America 2.0 initiative.
• Potential to provide significant value to high-profile event organizers and attendees.

Key Platform Features (Intros.ai)

• Pre-event matching based on attendee goals/interests
• Tracking of connections made and potential outcomes
• Multiple invitation/registration flow options (text, email, mass import)
• Admin review capability for suggested matches
• Post-event feedback collection system

Interaction History

• 2025-03-31: Meeting with Gary Sheng to discuss technology partnership for the America 2.0 Summit. Focused on leveraging Intros.ai, integration with creative direction, invitation strategy, and next steps. (Note: Meeting summary mentioned event host as "Joe Stucci", assumed typo for Joe Liemandt based on context).
• 2025-05-02: Call with Gary Sheng (recorded). Discussed Gary's high-trust, low-formality event invitation methodology (text, private link, public Google Sheet RSVP) and its psychological effects (exclusivity, transparency, vulnerability). Brainstormed Intros.ai's potential to move beyond simple matching:
  • Ranking attendees based on mutual goals.
  • Integrating with wearables (e.g., "Mentor" open-source Meta Ray-Bans) for real-time proximity alerts ("homing missile" for connections).
  • Solving attendee uncertainty and "event guesswork" by intelligently guiding connections.
  • Vision for Intros.ai as "engineering miraculous connections," preventing missed opportunities and facilitating life/business-changing relationships (using the example of connecting Lael Alexander and Joe Liemandt).
  • Framing the value proposition as saving "infinite years of incompatibility" and enabling "your big break is one relationship away."
  • Positioned Intros.ai as potentially "one of the most important products in human history" by productizing the high-value connection-making currently done by individuals like Gary.

Notes

David brings expertise in community building and event technology through his platform Intros.ai. His role is crucial for facilitating meaningful connections among the high-profile attendees of the America 2.0 Summit. His platform's features align well with the goal of maximizing networking value and tracking event impact. The vision extends beyond event facilitation to proactively engineering high-impact connections that could shape societal outcomes, potentially collaborating with hardware platforms like Mentor's open-source wearables.

Transcripts

transcript-id	date	one-line-summary
2025-04-10-david-kobrosky-intros-ai-call	April 10, 2025	Call advocating for Intros.ai as core tech for Alpha events and America 2.0 Summit
2025-09-16-gary-sheng-david-kobrosky-life-transitions-spiritual-discernment	September 16, 2025	Deep conversation during transition phases covering Gary's spiritual evolution and David's post-acquisition success
2025-10-02-gary-sheng-david-kobrosky-yom-kippur-theological-dialogue	October 2, 2025	Theological dialogue covering Israel, Judaism, Christianity, and Gary's spiritual journey after David's Yom Kippur divine nudge
2025-11-19-gary-david-kobrosky-career-spiritual-alignment	November 19, 2025	Career crossroads discussion, go-to-market strategy, and faith-tech collaboration opportunities
2025-03-31-david-kobrosky-tech-strategy	2025-03-31	America 2.0 Summit tech strategy meeting with Intros.ai platform discussion
2025-05-02_gary-sheng_david-kobrosky	2025-05-02	Discussion about event invitation methodology and Intros.ai's potential for engineering miraculous connections
2025-06-01-gary-sheng-david-kobrosky-summary	2025-06-01	Meeting at Jack's Wife Freda NYC discussing Bevy opportunities, Joe Liemandt frustrations, Paula White faith initiatives, and shared vision for movement infrastructure