• HOW IT WORKS

    Step 1: Text Johanna AI
    Say HI to our WhatsApp number. Johanna AI walks you through a quick 2-minute setup: who you are, where you are, what you're looking for.

    Step 2: Get Matched
    Every week, Johanna AI pairs you with one person from the network and tells you both exactly why you should talk.

    Step 3: Meet Someone Worth Knowing
    Same city? Grab coffee. Different coast? Jump on a call. No pressure, no forced small talk. Just the right person at the right time.

  • WHO IS THIS FOR?

    Built for People Who Are Done with Networking Events

    The EMBA Collective is a network of graduates from the world's top Executive MBA programs. The average member is a senior executive, founder, or investor with plenty of contacts and not enough genuine peers.

    Members come from MIT Sloan, Kellogg, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Chicago Booth, London Business School, and other top programs. The whole point is meeting people outside your own program's bubble..

    What members are looking for:

    Genuine friendships. Co-founders. Deal flow. New roles. Industry knowledge. Group dinners. Travel companions.

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    MEET JOHANNA AI

    Johanna is your AI intro concierge. She learns what you care about, who you want to meet, and where you are. Then she does the work most people are too busy (or too polite) to do: she makes the introduction and tells both people exactly why they should talk.

    No app to download. No profile to maintain. Text her on WhatsApp and she handles the rest.

  • What MEMBERS Are SAYING:

    “The setup is simple. It's all in WhatsApp and it just works”

    — Phillip,

    MIT EMBA

  • FAQs

  • Who is behind this?

    The EMBA Collective network was started by Yuri Cataldo (MIT Sloan EMBA '23), AI researcher and investor , after realizing the best part of his EMBA was the people, and the worst part was that the introductions stopped at graduation.
    The EMBA Collective is a member of the MIT Founders Circle, 2026 cohort, MIT's program for alumni-founded ventures.
    Questions?
    Email ycataldo@alum.mit.edu] or just ask Johanna AI.
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