Join Us for AI Tinkerers on Wednesday, October 22nd!

We’re back at Foundations with a proper science fair — the focus this month will be networking with your fellow Tinkerers during the science fair!

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 with AI. If you’re deeply passionate about creating LLM-powered 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.

Space is limited, so register early. If you’re building something interesting, submit a demo here.

Details

• Date: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
• Location: Foundations - 1605 Boylston Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
• 🍕 Food will be served.

Agenda

Demos

All demos will be approved, as this event allows for hands-on demo stations / a science fair. Two demos will be selected to present on the Mainstage (if this is you, we’ll reach out a few days in advance, so submit your demo now!)

• Mainstage presenters are capped at 5 minutes.
• Science Fair presenters are capped at approximately 30 minutes, as we usually need to cycle through to accommodate all demos. (We also want science fair presenters to get a chance to see the other demos!)

➡️ Submit your demo here

Registration

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

Sponsors

Google Cloud AI

Google Cloud AI is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.

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

Foundations - Our venue for the evening stands as Seattle’s premier invite-only gathering space for ambitious tech founders, providing the essential infrastructure where innovation naturally unfolds. The 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.

📊 AI Tinkerers Seattle Stats

• Attendees: This exclusive community of 5,394 technical professionals features a high-signal membership where 35% are CTOs, founders, or principal architects. Key skill areas are balanced across generative AI orchestration (35%), distributed systems infrastructure (35%), and applied machine learning research (30%). Notable achievements include members deploying production-grade agentic architectures, pioneering open-source AI developer tooling, and optimizing GPU-compiler performance at scale.
• Companies Represented: Featuring tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Google, alongside innovative AI platforms and startups such as OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenPipe, Fixie.ai, CopilotKit, and more
• Demos: A total of 623 demos were submitted and 270 were presented, yielding a dense mix of agentic software automation, retrieval/agent memory, and production-grade evaluation/observability. Exciting themes also emphasized real-time multimodal experiences (especially voice), structured deterministic tool-calling, and safety mechanisms such as sandboxing and authorization, alongside data-centric workflows like fine-tuning, synthetic data generation, and benchmark automation.