Meet the builders, exchange ideas, and leave with something new. Around the world or online.
Host Soo-Jin Lee will lead an interactive discussion and Q&A with author William Zhu about *Proof Over Promise: How to Build an Undeniable Career in the Age of AI*, exploring how to build a lasting career amid AI’s rapid growth. Attendees will receive a free author-signed paperback and can bring questions for the conversation.
Explore eventFounders will sharpen their sales, demo, or investor pitches in a hands-on masterclass with live feedback and real-time refinement. Guidance will come from Anthony Rose, BBC iPlayer co-creator and former CTO, and Nate Hinman, Plug and Play Tech Center’s Senior Director, who will bring deep startup, accelerator, and investor experience.
Explore eventTech professionals will build connections with investors, technology experts, and entrepreneurs, creating opportunities for meaningful networking and collaboration.
Explore eventAngela and Hamza from The AI Furnace (the world's largest AI startup community) will host 15-20 early-stage AI founders for an intimate monthly dinner featuring a 3-course meal, real conversations, and connections with peers tackling similar challenges. The evening will bring together vetted founders alongside sponsors like PwC's Emerging Company Solutions (the #1 provider of tech/software IPO audits among Big 4 firms), Fidelity Private Shares, Ramp, and Niural—all ready to help founders navigate fundraising, equity management, and scaling operations.
Explore eventNath Goldberg Meyer and Edge will kick off AIPLA with an evening of networking, cocktails, and food for intellectual property professionals. Attendees will also see Edge’s AI-powered trademark clearance technology in action through complimentary two-minute live searches.
Explore eventImprov Asylum founder Norm Laviolette will lead an interactive, on-your-feet session connecting live improv to the human skills AI can’t replicate: listening, presence, adaptability, and genuine connection. Part of FI’s AI-Native Series, the session will explore how these skills can give company builders an edge.
Explore eventDevelopers and creative technologists will spend an evening rebuilding favorite generative-media apps as open-source projects on the Comfy Developer Platform, with hands-on support from Comfy developers. The program will include talks from ComfyUI and Runpod, project demos, and networking, ahead of the competition deadline and its $10,000 grand prize, RTX 5090s, and other awards.
Explore eventHost Soo-Jin Lee, a generative AI conversation designer and prompt engineer, will talk with applied AI builder and data scientist William Zhu about his book *Proof Over Promise* and how to demonstrate lasting value in a fast-changing AI job market. The interactive conversation will explore what keeps professionals employable beyond collecting credentials.
Explore eventHosted by Myeasha Favors and Linda Butler, the AI Collective Fayetteville will offer a hands-on, tasting-style evening where attendees test AI tools, build practical solutions, and learn to spot flawed outputs, no tech background required. Participants will leave with a useful takeaway, drawing on a community backed by the global nonprofit’s network of 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders.
Explore eventYou'll discover how to transform holiday shopping into actual travel bookings through smart AI tools that automatically track and stack your rewards—no need to juggle multiple loyalty programs anymore.
Explore eventOctober’s Papers We Love will explore what mathematical learning theory can reveal about language, centering on Gold’s 1967 paper on language identification and a 2024 supporting paper on language generation. Speaker Abed Qaddoumi, a Linguistics PhD student affiliated with Stony Brook’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science and an NYU computer science MS graduate, will connect the research to computational models of language, including Arabic phonology and morphology.
Explore eventTechBrunch: Language Learning Edition will explore how large language models intersect with human language acquisition. Attendees will dig into the role of AI in learning and using languages.
Explore eventFirst Rays’ 2026 Portfolio Day will explore how enterprise AI adoption is reshaping infrastructure, security, data, and development, with practitioner panels and presentations from portfolio founders. First Rays Venture Partners leaders Amit Sridharan and Alok Nandan will bring together senior technology practitioners, founders, operators, and investors.
Explore eventActive builders will see live demos and three 15-minute technical talks, followed by a private screening of *AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist* and a relaxed hangout.
Explore eventThe AI-Powered Goal Achievers Meetup will bring together driven individuals to explore how AI can help them reach their personal and business goals.
Explore eventCarina Hong, Founder and CEO of Axiom Math, will discuss building AI systems for mathematical reasoning and formal verification as part of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Her perspective will draw on her work at the intersection of AI and advanced mathematics.
Explore eventAfter day one of GitHub Universe, Heavybit, Sanity, and Omnara will bring DevOps, platform, infrastructure, and AI engineers together for Mexican food, cocktails, and a social deduction game: GitBlame: Werewolf Edition. The no-slides, no-pitches evening will put attendees’ people-reading skills to the test as they uncover secret “wolves” among the crowd.
Explore eventAttendees will build working GenTeam AI agents for real estate tasks like transaction coordination, acquisitions, property search, and construction, with no prior experience required. Host Corey Griffin, a real estate business owner and Genius Ambassador who runs a 10-agent GenTeam, will demonstrate how he uses agents in his business.
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