A Smart Summer evening · Imperial College London
The first of six events across the three universities.
The talks
Two talks to open the night.
Anya Guzenkova, LinkedIn
On Hiring Insights: what is changing in how startups hire and build teams in the AI era.
Patrick Brown, Copy Flag (Oxford)
Winner of the Oxbridge AIx Undergraduate Founder of the Year Award and $150,000 equity-free from the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2026, on building Copy Flag as a solo founder.
The Co-Founder Story Panel · moderated by Udai Dhamija
The stories you don't usually get to hear, all in one room.
Schedule for the day
From the Hack Demo Day to last orders.
Part One · Imperial College London
📍 Blackett Physics, Prince Consort Road entrance
Part Two · the Smith Centre, Science Museum
📍 Side entrance by the Dyson School of Design, Imperial College Road
The rooms · from 7:40pm
Three spaces. Move between them as you please.
Main Room
General networking, food and drinks.
Room 1 · the Co-Founder Pitching Room
Two minutes each to pitch your idea and find the co-founder you have been looking for. Come and go throughout the evening.
Room 2 · Focus Corner
Subject-based networking in a circle. Introduce yourself, what you are building and what you are looking for, then open into wider conversation, with an expert facilitating.
Who is this for
The people building the next generation of AI companies.
…and the investors, builders and connectors who support them.
Date & location
Saturday, 20 June 2026.
The Smith Centre, Imperial College Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BX.
Brought to you by Oxbridge AIx with Kickstart, in partnership with Imperial Entrepreneurs, Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society, Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, Imperial AI Society, Oxford Entrepreneurs Society, CAMEntrepreneurs, OxVC, Ox Founders, the Cambridge Female Founder Network and Kickstart.
The OxBrIm matching app
Find the right co-founder.
OxBrIm is Oxbridge AIx's private co-founder matching programme for founders from Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial. Devika gets to know you, surfaces a few people worth meeting, with reasons, and leaves every decision to you.
The hardest hire you'll ever make.
Most networks optimise for volume: more profiles, more messages, more noise. Co-founding isn't a numbers game. You need the few people who fit how you think and what you're building, and a way to find them without putting yourself on display.
The OxBrIm matching app
Three steps. One conversation to start.
Tell Devika what you're building
A conversation, not a long form: what you're working on, how you work, and the kind of person you're looking for.
She surfaces a few people, with reasons
Devika brings forward a small number of possibilities and tells you why each one. No scores, no rankings, no “best match.”
You choose who to meet
Devika never decides for you. You hold every call. Introductions happen only when you both say yes, and declining is always silent.
Why we built OxBrIm
We believe finding the right person to build with takes time, requires trust and should not be rushed.
Built on trust
Connections form slowly and deliberately. We'd rather make one introduction that matters than a hundred that don't.
Private stays private
What you keep private can inform a match, but it never shows to anyone.
No scores, ever
People are surfaced for reasons, never ranked for compatibility.
Care, never automated
A person is always in the loop. Devika surfaces; humans decide.
Who can join
Intentional Diversity.
OxBrIm is Oxbridge AIx's co-founder programme for founders connected to Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial. Sign in, tell Devika what you're building, and she'll start surfacing people worth meeting.
The honest answers
Who can join?
Any founder connected to Oxford, Cambridge or Imperial. Sign in with Tuki and you're in.
Do I need an idea already?
No. Come with an idea, a direction, or just the intent to build.
What does it cost?
Free for members of the programme. No equity, no strings.
What's the Oxbridge AIx connection?
OxBrIm is the co-founder-matching home of Oxbridge AIx, a social enterprise backing founders from Oxford and Cambridge to build companies that tackle the world's biggest problems. It's built by Tuki (founded by Udai), whose mission is ending insecure employment through market networks and AI.
Why “Continue with Tuki”?
Tuki is the single sign-on behind every Oxbridge AIx tool: one secure login instead of a new account for each. Over time, the tools come together as one Oxbridge AIx system.
Find your co-founder.
One conversation with Devika to start.