8 Anime

At Wave, you'll meet founders building incredible startups, investors, students, and professionals dreaming of changing their lives. But behind every badge is a conversation that almost nobody has the courage to start. For three days, everyone will ask you: "What are you building?"We'll ask you: "How are you doing?" Maybe you're here because you dream of launching a startup, yet you keep wondering whether you're actually good enough—or if you're simply chasing a dream that's too big. Or maybe you're already building one, and while everyone else seems to be growing faster, you can't help but wonder if you'll ever make it. Or perhaps, from the outside, everything looks great. You've raised funding, your team is growing, people congratulate you on your success. Yet inside, you carry an enormous amount of pressure and the constant fear of letting down the people who believed in you. And then there's life—the part that continues beyond work: the relationship that ended, the loneliness, the struggle of trying to hold everything together. That's why 8 Anime exists. For two hours, eight people gather around a table and give themselves permission to stop performing. One by one, everyone shares how they're really doing—their doubts, fears, emotional struggles, and the parts of themselves that usually stay hidden. We sit down as strangers. We leave having discovered that, despite completely different careers, backgrounds, and lives, we are far more alike than we ever imagined. And somehow, we leave feeling a little less alone. P.S. So far, 8 Anime has brought together more than 150 people across 20+ roundtables, creating spaces where authentic conversations can happen between people who had never met before. Learn more at 8anime.it or follow us on Instagram @8anime.it.