Join Us for the AI Tinkerers January Meetup!

Get ready for another exciting evening of innovation and collaboration at our next AI Tinkerers meetup, proudly sponsored by Kamiwaza AI and Ascend hosted by Foundations.

What to Expect 🚀

Join us for an engaging evening where we will dive deep into the latest advancements in AI and share our experiences with fellow builders. This meetup is designed for active practitioners who are passionate about developing and implementing AI technologies.

• Networking: Connect with like-minded individuals who are also building in the AI space.
• Demos: Showcase your work (with code walkthrough) or see what others are creating in the realm of AI.
• Collaborative Discussions: Engage in meaningful conversations about challenges and innovations in AI.

☝️ Register Now - Space is Limited ☝️

Submit a Demo Proposal

Key Details

• Date: January 22, 2025
• Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
• Location: (To be disclosed upon registration confirmation)

🌮 Food will be served.

⬆️ Space is very limited for this hands-on session. Please register now! ⬆️

Who is this for? 🤖

This event is specifically curated for:

• AI engineers and data scientists actively working on AI projects.
• Startup founders in the AI space looking to innovate.
• Technical professionals with a strong background in machine learning and AI.

If you’re deeply passionate about building with artificial intelligence and eager to connect with fellow builders, this meetup is for you!

Demos 🥽

As a reminder to the community, AI Tinkerers is not a pitch forum or a demo day. There are plenty of other meetups well suited to that. AI Tinkerers is akin to the Homebrew Computer Club of today’s technology. We want your messy side projects, works-in-progress, and experiments that are on the cutting edge.

Demos are capped at 5 minutes. No pitches! We’re eager to see your raw and exciting WIPs! 🛠️

Demo Proposal Form

Sponsors

Kamiwaza AI - Deploy private GenAI anywhere your data lives with Kamiwaza’s Enterprise GenAI Engine. Whether you’re experimenting locally or scaling to production across cloud, core, and edge, Kamiwaza’s location-aware inference mesh processes data in place - no movement required. Get started instantly with our Community Edition! Learn More of check out our Discord

• For Builders: One pip install gets you model management, RAG tools, and local inference setup
• Scale with Confidence: Built on open source, production-ready from day one
• Join the Community: Connect with builders targeting 1T inferences/day on Discord

Ascend is a pre-seed venture capital firm investing in both AI infrastructure and what we call SaaS 3.0: AI-native vertical software applications disrupting the b2b software status quo. Kirby Winfield, Founding General Partner; Associate Nate Bek; and Partner and Chief of Staff Jen Haller work to support portfolio founders on their journey from the idea stage to seed, series A, and beyond - connecting them with customers, talent, and Silicon Valley venture capital.

Foundations stands as Seattle’s premier invite-only gathering space for ambitious tech founders, providing the essential infrastructure where innovation naturally unfolds. Their thoughtfully designed Capitol Hill location brings together experienced founders, new innovators, and industry leaders in a space that balances focused work with organic collaboration. Understanding that time is every founder’s most precious resource, they’ve crafted an environment that maximizes meaningful connections while respecting each member’s pace.

RSVP Now!

Space is limited, so be sure to register early to secure your spot. Come ready to share your insights, learn from others, and enjoy an evening of community engagement.

📊 AI Tinkerers Seattle Stats

• Attendees: This exclusive community of 5,360 technical professionals comprises approximately 43% senior software engineers, 32% AI/ML scientists, and 25% technical founders. Members possess deep expertise in agentic workflows, LLM orchestration, and cloud infrastructure. Notably, the group bridges elite enterprise talent from Microsoft and Amazon with venture-backed startups, driving rapid, open-source AI integration and local-first hardware-software innovations.
• Companies Represented: Featuring industry giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google, and Apple, alongside leading AI innovators such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Together.ai, and rising startups like CopilotKit, OpenPipe, Fixie.ai, and Moondream, and more
• Demos: 614 demos have been submitted and 266 have been presented at AI Tinkerers – Seattle. The most exciting themes have frequently blended agentic workflows, production-ready LLM engineering, and agent/tool orchestration, while technical highlights have emphasized RAG and memory systems, structured outputs for reliability, multimodal real-time UX (especially voice/vision), and evaluation/observability for safer iteration—often alongside privacy/security and edge performance work.