The experience engine
A blog dedicated to event pros crafting unforgettable event experiences.

Introducing AI Curation: The Passive AI Future of Event Apps
AI Curation is live for every Highbar event. Fully passive AI that surfaces the right people, sessions, and sponsors for each attendee with zero setup. Here's what we learned shipping the first chatbot event app, and why passive beats active.

Interactive Maps Are Live on Highbar
Interactive maps are live on Highbar. Multi-layer floor plans, pins linked to every session and sponsor in your app, and a self-serve CMS that takes ten seconds per pin.

Outcome-Based Pricing for Event Apps: Pay Only When Attendees Engage
Outcome-based pricing for event apps. $5 per engaged attendee, every feature included, $9,500 cap. Here's why we tied our revenue to attendee engagement.

Highbar + Luma: Our First Integration
We shipped our first productized integration. Now anyone running events on Luma can add an AI-powered event app in minutes. Here's why we started with Luma and how to set it up.

Highbar Demoing at BoldPush AI for Events Demo Day
The vibe is YC meets IMEX. We've got 5 minutes and a few surprises.

Research: Where AI actually works in events right now and where it doesn't (yet)
We read every major research report on AI and events from the past year. Here's what the data says.

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