Source: https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/the-next-version-a-dinner-for-exceptional-founders-dec-2026

# The Next Version: A Dinner for Exceptional Founders

📅
December 08, 2026

🕐
6:30 PM PT

📍
San Francisco

🎟️
Free · Approval required

## What we're seeing

- **Approval required · venue shared on acceptance**

## About This Event

[Mercury](http://mercury.com/r/unicorner) and [Unicorner](https://unicorner.news/) invite you to The Next Version: a 10-person Series A+ founder dinner with [Andrew Ackermann](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anackermann/), Mercury’s VP of Design.

Before joining Mercury, Andrew led product design at Samsara and held design roles across Google Creative Lab, ATAP, and Maps & Search. He brings a perspective on building products and design teams as companies grow.

Once a company finds momentum, the challenge changes: how do you build for the next stage without losing what made the product matter in the first place? Join us for a candid, off-the-record conversation about product taste, staying close to customers, and making the choices that keep a growing company alive.

No panel or pitches. Request to join; the location will be shared with approved guests.

## Hosted by

[Unicorner](https://luma.com/unicorner)

[Mercury](https://luma.com/user/usr-PS2eyt9aEI0lsZP)

## Location

📍 San Francisco, CA

AI

Networking

Founders

Investors

Talk

[Register for This Event](https://lu.ma/the-next-version-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events)

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