Hey — Remy here 👋🏼

For those who haven’t met me: I’m a competitive gamer turned Oxford PhD dropout, turned exited founder, turned community builder.

If you’re receiving this, it means you’ve attended one of our previous Founden.xyz tech events in London, NYC, or SF — and more importantly, that you’re high-signal (we take curation pretty seriously — less than 10% of applicants make the cut to our events).

Why you’re getting this 🫵🏽

By being in this newsletter, you’re now part of something bigger:
We’re building the highest ROI community for techno-innovators in the world.
👉 You can read the full manifesto here.

This newsletter — previously just the Founden.xyz Luma calendars — is now a key piece of that puzzle.

It’s how we’ll attract and connect the smartest minds in tech across the globe.

Why games 👾

Our thesis is simple: games attract the biggest brains.

• Demis Hassabis → 5x World Pentamind Champion (best strategy gamer on the planet), Diplomacy World Team Champion (negotiation, deception, alliances), 6x WSOP cashes

  

• Zuckerberg → “Back when he was building Facebook, he wasn’t just coding—he was playing high-stakes games with his roommates. His co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, was a serious poker player too.”

  

• Bill Gates → Ranked in the top 2000 bridge players nationwide according to the American Contract Bridge League

  

So we’re going all in.

I believe games have the potential to be the most recharging, bonding, and accelerating format for ambitious tech minds — with absurdly high ROI.

How we’re iterating & improving 📈

Through this newsletter, we’re going to be periodically rethinking & iterating every touchpoint — every game, event, and interaction — to maximise you feeling…

🔥 Hyped & Energised
Your inner fire should be amplified by the people you just hung out with.

❤️ Appreciated & Loved
This is a space where you belong. We all know what it’s like to be on the edge — the emotional rollercoasters, sleepless nights, and sacrifices. We see you.

🚀 Accelerated as Hell
You’ll meet people who unlock new tools, shortcuts, insights, or opportunities — faster than you could on your own.

How this newsletter will deliver value 💰

This is just the beginning — but here’s how we plan to deliver value with this newsletter:

→ Curation and coverage of the best tech games
Wherever you are — SF, NYC, London — you’ll know where to go to recharge and meet sharp, ambitious people.

→ Empowering City Champions
We’ll help some of you become local leaders — the ones who bring everyone together and get full visibility, support, and appreciation.

→ Deploying tech to unlock value
We’ll make it easier for superhosts to run incredible gatherings — and for everyone to connect, share resources, and grow faster.

Your private invitation for a global celebration! 🎉

We’re already SEVERAL THOUSANDS strong in this newsletter.
Let’s all meet together & celebrate across cities!! 🔥🔥🔥 

🎯Announcing… The Founders Olympics! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

12 curated tech gaming events. 3 cities (SF, NYC, London) in 3 weeks. 1 goal: crown the sharpest minds in tech. 🧠🧠

​​​Each city will host:

• ​​​♠️ Tech Poker

• ​​​♟️ Tech Chess

• ​​​🎲 Tech Catan

• ​​​🔫 Tech Paintball

​Each event ends with a winner. Each city will crown 4 champions. Will one of them be you? 🏆😏

If you’re in NYC, SF, or London, register & show up! It’ll be worth it!

(All levels welcome!)

Next steps 🌅

This is the start of something big.

The future is bright. Let’s build it together!

And if any of this hits — or you just want to talk/share your thoughts — please do reply. I read every email.

— Remy

(+ Ben, Khalid, Andrea, and everyone who’s been quietly building this with me)