Built on Connection.
Our Mission:
to bring Jewish professionals together and elevate the people and stories shaping our industries.
The Community
Open to Jewish professionals of every background and the allies who show up with them. No gatekeeping. No politics. Just a curated room of driven people who share a culture.
What You Get
Curated experiences designed for real connection. A network that opens doors to jobs, partnerships, and opportunities. A platform to be seen as a Jewish leader in your industry. And a cultural community where Jewish identity is celebrated, not sidelined.
The Vision
Every city. Every industry. One connected community. By building chapters globally, we are creating a connected Jewish diaspora. Professional, modern, and built to last.
How It Works
Committee-Led
Each vertical is led by industry professionals who recruit, curate, and co-own the community. This is what makes Chai Powered impossible to replicate.
Experience Powered
We design events that create real moments. Shabbat dinners, breakfast series, founder salons. Not networking. Connection.
Infrastructure Built
Every event feeds a growing network. Relationships lead to introductions. Introductions lead to collaboration. The community compounds. Community that travels with you — through job changes, cities, and chapters of your career.
We’re just
getting started.
We launched in New York City. We are building toward Los Angeles, Chicago, London and beyond. More industry verticals and more communities on the way.
This is the infrastructure for modern Jewish professional life.
Our Story
It started with a simple idea. Chai Powered's founder, Lauren, was leading the NYC Chapter of the Jewish ERG at Block.xyz when she noticed something. Across New York City's tech industry, Jewish employees were gathering, but only inside their own companies. Meta had its group. Google had its group. Spotify had its group. Everyone was doing the same thing, separately, with no way to find each other, no way to get inspiration, no way to elevate the voices of leaders within the community. The infrastructure existed inside companies. What was missing was the layer that connected them all.
What if we brought them all into one room?
That question became Chai Tech, our proof of concept. Three sold-out events. A waitlist of over 50 people every time. A music lounge at Tidal, a Jewish Heritage Month celebration at Squarespace, and a Shabbat Collective that people are still talking about. The demand was there. It had just never been met.
And it wasn't just true in tech.
Chai Powered was built on that realization. Jewish professionals don't just identify with their employer. They identify with their industry, their culture, and the people building alongside them across every company in the room. A space that isn't religious or political. A room that celebrates Jewish leadership and Jewish stories, not just for the Jewish community, but for every industry and every person in it.
Lauren hosting a blind babka tasting for employees at Block - Square, Cash App, and Tidal. Guess which NYC bakery won!?