AI Tinkerers Seattle - Women in AI Gathering
Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Empowerment!
We are thrilled to invite you to an evening AI Tinkerers event specifically for the female and female identifying developers in our community.

What to Expect
This engaging gathering is designed to empower and connect female-identifying AI practitioners and builders. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting your journey in AI, this event promises to offer valuable insights and connections.
Please note that this event is specifically for women and female-identifying individuals, as we aim to create a supportive and inclusive environment for all attendees. If you know of a colleague or builder who you would like to invite, please share this invitation with them.
This event is proudly sponsored by JP Morgan. Don’t miss out on this chance to be part of a vibrant community of female AI practioners. We look forward to seeing you there!
💪👩💻 Note: this event, AI Tinkerers - Seattle - Women in AI Gathering, is a special event not to be confused with our monthly meetup also happening this month. 🥽🤖
🍲 Dinner will be provided
Key Details
- Date: December 5, 2024
- Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
- Location: Available upon registration
Agenda
6:00 - 6:30 PM: Networking & Dinner 🍲
6:30 - 7:00 PM: Leadership Panel Discussion 👩
7:00 - 8:00 PM: Community Demos 🥽
8:00 - 8:30 PM: Wrap-up Networking 🤝
Call for Demos 🥽
Are you working on an interesting AI project? We’d love to feature your work! AI Tinkerers events are known for our engaging demo sessions where members showcase their latest projects, experiments, and innovations together with code walkthroughs. No pitches!
🌟 Spotlight: Leadership Panel - Pioneering Women in AI 👩💻
We’re thrilled to welcome Yina Arenas, VP of AI Platform at Microsoft, and Jing Xi, VP of Applied ML/AI at GoDaddy - distinguished technical executives with deep expertise in AI tools, frameworks and emerging technology trends. Get ready for an engaging discussion that explores the latest AI tools and technologies, real-world applications, and future directions that are transforming how we build and deploy AI systems.
🥽 Speakers
DSPy Temporal Profile Assessment
Priyanka Kulkarni
Founder @ Casium, Inc.
Detroit Missing Persons NL2SQL Bot
Amelie Sutton
AI Projects Editor @ Apple
v0 Windsurf: Agentic Workflow
Lana Zumbrunn
Cofounder & CTO @ LevelUp Economy
🌟 Spotlight: Leadership Panel - Pioneering Women in AI 👩💻
We’re thrilled to welcome two inspiring leaders, Yina Arenas, VP of AI Platform at Microsoft, and Jing Xi, VP of Applied ML/AI at GoDaddy - distinguished technical executives with deep expertise in AI tools, frameworks and emerging technology trends. Get ready for an engaging discussion that explores the latest AI tools and technologies, real-world applications, and future directions that are transforming how we build and deploy AI systems.
✨ Special Guests
Yina Arenas
VP Azure AI Platform @ Microsoft
Mamtha Banerjee
Managing Director, GM, Core Platform Engineering and API Platform & Marketplace @ JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Agnita Pandian
Director of Product @ Intuit
Jing Xi
VP of Applied ML/AI @ godaddy.com
Who Should Attend? 👩
This event is tailored for:
- Female and female-identifying developers with a background in AI, machine learning, or related fields.
- Individuals looking to connect with like-minded peers and foster collaboration.
Please note that this event is specifically for women and female-identifying individuals, as we aim to create a supportive and inclusive environment for all attendees. If you know of a colleague or builder who you would like to invite, please share this invitation with them.
RSVP Now ☝
Space is limited, so please register early to secure your spot. Come ready to share your insights, learn from others, and enjoy an evening of community engagement.
Sponsors 🏆
This event is proudly sponsored by JP Morgan. We appreciate their support in fostering a vibrant community of female builders in AI.

Community Support
Thanks also to Boundary whose BAML language transforms prompt engineering into a reliable coding experience, offering developers powerful tools for structured text generation and state-of-the-art function-calling across major language models. By streamlining LLM interactions with features like JSON error correction and type safety, BAML helps AI builders create more robust applications with fewer headaches.

Join us for an inspiring evening as we connect, collaborate, and empower each other in the world of AI!
📊 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.






