🔥 AI Tinkerers is happening again on July 11th, 2024, from 5 PM to 8 PM 🔥

Get ready for another exciting AI Tinkerers Seattle meetup, generously sponsored by Boundary and Incisive Ventures.

☝️☝️☝️ Register above to join us for an evening of kick-ass demos and networking with other active builders. This is an event you do not want to miss! ☝️☝️☝️

What is AI Tinkerers?

AI Tinkerers is a meetup designed exclusively for practitioners who possess technical, machine learning, and entrepreneurial backgrounds and are actively building and working with foundation models, such as large language models (LLMs) and generative AI. If you’re deeply passionate about creating LLM-enabled applications, have hands-on experience in building such systems, and are eager to connect with like-minded individuals who share your level of commitment, then this group is the perfect fit for you. With AI Tinkerers meetups taking place in multiple cities, we cater to a dedicated community of practitioners.

Who is this for?

We’re not “AI Enthusiasts”, we are AI Tinkerers. The core essence of AI Tinkerers lies in active collaboration surrounding early-stage discovery and innovation, which requires a high degree of experimentation, vulnerability, openness to sharing challenges and learnings, and collaboration among individuals with a shared level of expertise. This unique environment allows us to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI and LLMs while maintaining a strong sense of camaraderie and mutual support.

💻 Event Format

• Doors open at 5:00 pm
• Demos at 5:45 pm
• Networking
• Doors close at 8:00 pm

There will be drinks and appetizers served, courtesy of our sponsors.

🤝 Join us for an evening of mind-blowing demos and connect with fellow AI active builders 🤝

What’s in store?

• Demos galore! Witness the latest and greatest AI innovations from our talented community members. 🤖
• Networking with the best and brightest: Connect with like-minded individuals, share ideas, and forge new collaborations. 🧠

🤖 More Information

If you are new to the group, please be sure to read the AI Tinkerers FAQ.

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PLEASE RSVP AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE ☝️ - space is limited.

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.

Testimonials 💬

👑 Sponsors

The event is generously sponsored by Boundary and Incisive Ventures.

Boundary - BAML (Basically, A Made-up Language) is an innovative open-source tool that transforms messy prompt templates into typed functions, making AI code easier to run and test. Developed by former engineers from top tech companies, BAML offers a seamless experience for developers working with various AI models, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Mistral. With its custom-built compiler, integrated playground, and focus on type safety, BAML simplifies the process of building AI pipelines without hiding prompts or proxying APIs. This free and secure solution generates Python or TypeScript code, allowing for easy deployment and integration into existing workflows. BAML aims to provide a better developer experience for AI, similar to how Prisma and Terraform have improved their respective domains.

Incisive Ventures is a pre-seed investment firm co-founded by Martin Tobias, focusing on software startups worldwide that reduce friction at scale. With a portfolio spanning B2B and B2C sectors including SaaS, Fintech, Marketplaces, HealthTech, eCommerce, EdTech, and AI/ML, Incisive Ventures offers initial investments of $150-500K, potentially up to $2M total per startup. The firm provides valuable support in fundraising, product/market fit, and US expansion, boasting a 76% success rate in helping portfolio companies secure follow-on funding from top-tier VCs. Drawing on Tobias’s extensive experience as a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and venture partner, Incisive Ventures leverages a powerful network and proven screening process to identify and nurture transformative early-stage technology companies.

📍 Location

This month’s meetup will be held at Boundary’s headquarters in Capitol Hill, Seattle. The exact address will be provided to registered attendees.

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