AI Tinkerers 1 Year Anniversary Meetup

Join us as we celebrate a milestone in our community’s journey! We are hosting a special meetup marking one year of AI Tinkerers, where active builders come together to share technical insights, demos, and inspiring stories.

Event Details

Date: July 31, 2025

Run of the show:

• 4:30 PM: Doors Open
• 5:00 PM - 5:10 PM: Welcoming speech from AI Tinkerers, Drive Capital and The Biltmore
• 5:10 PM - 5:20 PM: Jacob Kaempf - will demonstrate their platform “Everyday” leverages LLMs, MCP, ReAct based reasoning frameworks, and more to automate complex multi-step actions across applications.
• 5:20 PM - 5:30 PM: Christopher Fernandez - will walk through how they’re leveraging Anthropic’s models along with their own in-house built tools to power intelligent agents that handle sourcing, supplier negotiations, and invoicing.
• 5:30 PM - 5:40 PM: Sayem Hoque - will explore how to use large language models to find healthcare options.
• 5:40 PM - 5:50 PM:  Alejandro Gutierrez - covers practical testing frameworks to identify and address potential harms in AI products.
• 5:50 PM - 7:30 PM: Networking and Discussions

This event is curated especially for individuals who are actively building with foundation models and generative AI. If you’re a developer, engineer, or creative technologist with hands-on experience, this is your chance to connect with peers in a vibrant, technical atmosphere.

Why Attend?

• Network with Peers: Connect with fellow builders and thought leaders in the AI space.
• Exchange In-Depth Knowledge: Engage in discussions that emphasize technical excellence and hands-on learning.
• Celebrate Together: Mark a major milestone in our community with inspiring talks and interactive demos.

Space is limited and events like this are extremely popular, so be sure to register early!

📊 AI Tinkerers Stats

• Attendees: This community of 1,533 technical professionals features a robust distribution of expertise, with 65% specializing in AI/ML engineering and 45% in full-stack development. Distinguished by a high density of C-suite leaders and Georgia Tech researchers, the group has successfully launched Y Combinator-backed startups and pioneered agentic AI workflows in fintech and healthcare, establishing a premier hub for high-signal technical collaboration.
• Companies Represented: Featuring tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon alongside industry leaders such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and Sourcegraph, plus emerging startups like Union.ai, AlphaWatch AI, DarkViolet.ai, and Flexbone.ai, and more.
• Testimonials:

  “Loved the opportunity to do some heads down building while chatting with others doing the same. More of them. Even if they're just these 5 hour events. These are great.”

  — Senior Software Engineer, supply

  “I really enjoyed the presentation about software factories. It was timely and well presented. I appreciated everyone’s point of view on this new pattern.”

  — Engineering director, CRM

  “Live demos were awesome!”

  — Postdoc, food tech digital

  “Having presentations from people that do the work and make it work. I want to hear from the people with their hands on the keyboard. Not the "AI Evangelist”

  — CTO, insurance tech

  “Bringing good thoughtful talks. The networking post talk were very valuable.”

  — Full-stack architect, AI enablement

  “Love it in general, keep it up!...”

  — Founder, AdTech & SaaS

  “Thank you for clearly presenting your product, process and tech stack. I enjoyed seeing the solution in action and the user experience.”

  — Founder, jewelry tech

Sponsors

This event is generously sponsored by Drive Capital and The Biltmore.