AI Tinkerers Atlanta: Building AI Agents with Google Cloud AI — September 11, 2025

Join the Google Cloud AI Team and the AI Tinkerers community for a hands-on evening exploring autonomous AI agents built on Google Cloud. This in-person meetup will spotlight practical demos, live coding, and real-world architectures that leverage Vertex AI, Gemini foundation models, and the ADK for agent development. With Google Cloud as a sponsor, you’ll see how to deploy, test, and iterate AI agents in production-like workflows.

Registration is live now — space is limited to 50 attendees. Secure your seat early:

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Overview

In this session, you’ll get a crisp view of what it takes to build domain-specific AI agents, the tooling you’ll use (Vertex AI, Gemini, ADK), and patterns that scale from prototype to production. Expect hands-on demos, code-first walkthroughs, and opportunities to learn from peers.

When & Where

In-person event in Atlanta, GA. The exact venue will be disclosed to attendees who RSVP, and is accessible by public transit and on-site parking where available.

Schedule Highlights

• 4:30 PM – Doors open for check-in and networking
• 5:00 PM – Welcome and introductions
• 5:10 PM – Technical deep-dive presentation by Len Henry - Lead Field CTO Startups at Google Cloud AI
• 5:40 PM – Q&A
• 5:55 PM - Open Networking, food & beverages, swag
• 7:30 PM – Close

Notes: Attendees will be asked for name, company, and job title during registration.

Venue & Attendance Details

• Venue: In-person, Atlanta, GA (exact venue disclosed after RSVP)
• Capacity: 50
• Registration info required: email, LinkedIn, GitHub, or Twitter handle
• Accessibility: ADA-compliant venue; seating and power for live demos

⭐ Start building now!

We’re giving the AI Tinkerers Community free trial access to Google Cloud’s cutting-edge AI tools to power your projects.

• Build What’s Next in Generative AI
• Vertex AI Free Trial ($300 Credit)
• Google for Startups Cloud Program
• Hello Startups

Community Demos & Science Fair

AI Tinkerers cities have embraced Science Fair as a way to showcase demos that go beyond the main stage. Expect hands-on, code-forward sessions during networking.

AI Tinkerers Atlanta Stats

📊 AI Tinkerers Atlanta 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.
• Demos: 88 demos have been submitted and 50 have been presented. The most exciting threads have centered on practical developer-facing AI engineering—especially agentic/multi-agent coding—plus low-latency real-time multimodal voice, structured output control for reliable integrations, and data-centric RAG/visualization. Standouts include A.D. Slaton’s “Tokens are cheap, your time is not,” Andrew Tabit’s AI coding multi-agent demo, Evan Marie Carr’s LumiForge UX, Stephen F. Johnston’s cross-org translation, and Sam Obukwelu’s agentic task marketplace.
• 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