Coffee with Claude: Entrepreneur Edition, run on 14 August 2026, brought together founders and would-be founders in Chandigarh for a session that ended up going somewhere different than planned, in a good way.
What was planned
The session was planned as a zero-to-launch run: idea, brand, landing page, marketing, sales, a full pass through what it takes to get something in front of real users.
What actually happened
The room went deep on the first stage instead. Rather than rushing through all five stages, people used AI as a co-founder, validating an idea, finding its audience, and sharpening the value proposition into something you could actually pitch. That is a more honest place for most early-stage ideas to spend their time, and the room followed where the real work was.
Why this matters for founders specifically
Coffee with Claude sessions are run one audience at a time. For entrepreneurs, the useful version of "AI help" usually isn't a landing page generator, it's a thinking partner that pushes back on a fuzzy idea until it's sharp enough to say out loud. That is what this session was actually about.
Get in the room for the next one
- Join the WhatsApp group, sessions are announced here first.
- See the calendar on Luma
- Read more about how Coffee with Claude works and what IXC Commons is.