In this executive briefing, Murray Newlands introduces himself, his work, and the rooms he builds across Silicon Valley. Murray Newlands is Partner at IA Seed Ventures and founder of Open Future Forum. He is also Partner at Tilden Family Office Group alongside Ed Dua, the founding partner, and writes Murray's Newsletter on Substack with more than 50,000 subscribers covering AI, executive community, and the shift toward smaller, higher-trust working environments. Before IA Seed Ventures and Open Future Forum, he worked at Turing.com, Forbes, and Inc. Open Future Forum has run over 400 events since 2021 across CEO Private Dinners, the CFO Dinner Series, the Enterprise AI and Agentic Security Dinner Series, and the Public Board Member Dinner Series. Murray's current focus includes building out the Tilden Family Office Group presence, programming the next cohort of the Public Board Member Dinner Series on quantum computing, and running the Enterprise AI and Agentic Security Dinner Series with sponsors in the agent infrastructure category.


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One of the clearest takeaways from this briefing: Small rooms beat large networks for senior decision makers. The best executive communities are built by operators, not media companies or VC firms. AI agents are about to change how senior people discover and attend events, and the communities that prepare for that shift will be the ones that last. Open Future Forum is a Silicon Valley executive community connecting founders, operators, investors, and enterprise leaders around AI, technology, and the future of executive leadership. #MurrayNewlands #IASeedVentures #OpenFutureForum #TildenFamilyOffice #SiliconValley #VentureCapital #ExecutiveCommunity #FamilyOffice #AIAgents #FoundersAndOperators #ExecutiveLeadership