AI Tinkerers - San Francisco - Summer Edition - July 2024
AI Tinkerers is back in San Francisco on July 11th, 2024!
Get ready for another exciting gathering of active builders. Join us for the AI Tinkerers San Francisco Summer Edition meetup, hosted and sponsored by Solaris AI at their office.
Hang with SF’s top AI engineers, hackers, researchers, and technical founders.
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?
👉 It’s AI Tinkerers, not AI enthusiasts. We screen attendance to active builders with a shared level of expertise in order to create a collaborative environment ideal for early-stage discovery and innovation. Prior attendee stats: This elite community of 7,317 technical professionals features a powerful distribution of skills: 48% specialize in agentic systems and multi-agent orchestration, 42% in advanced model engineering and PyTorch, and 38% in high-performance AI infrastructure and MLOps. Distinguished by a high density of venture-backed founders and researchers from top-tier labs like Google DeepMind and Meta, members actively collaborate on cutting-edge Model Context Protocol implementations and verifiable AI governance.
Read more about us in the FAQ
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🎙️TALK SIGNUPS🎙️
We’re on the lookout for speakers! Want to showcase your latest AI project or share your findings?
Demos are capped at 5 minutes. No pitch decks! We’re eager to see your raw and exciting WIPs! 🛠️
Curious about previous talks? Check out Septembers kick-ass demos on the event page here.
🕕 Tentative Schedule:
- 6:00 PM: Doors Open
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Community Demos
- 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM: Networking and Discussions
- 9:00 PM: Wrap Up
🤖 Connect, Collaborate, and Create 🤖
This meetup is your chance to:
- Showcase your latest AI projects: Share your work with the community during our demo session. Submit your proposal for a 5-minute presentation and inspire others with your innovative ideas.
- Network with fellow tinkerers: Meet and collaborate with other active builders, AI engineers, entrepreneurs, and researchers who share your passion for building the future with AI.
- Learn from industry experts: Gain insights and inspiration from Solaris AI representatives and other leading figures in the AI space.
Sponsors
This event is generously sponsored and hosted by Solaris AI.
Solaris AI is an office designed for focus and AI startups. Some of their members are backed by Sam Altman, AI Grant, Greg Brockman, Aravind Srinivas, Guillermo Rauch…and many more

RSVP Today!
Space is limited, so don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with the Bay Area AI community. RSVP now.