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AI Tinkerers Boston will host builders focused on agentic workflows in sales, marketing, and customer operations, featuring demos and networking.
Past
AI Tinkerers Boston launched its GTM AI Chapter, featuring demos of agentic workflows and discussions on frontier AI models for complex go-to-market tasks.
AI Tinkerers Boston hosted a technical meetup for active AI builders, featuring demos of agentic workflows and local MoE models, sponsored by Boston Tech Week.
AI Tinkerers hosted a global hackathon focused on agentic interfaces, challenging engineers to build dynamic, native UIs from agent output. Sponsors included Google DeepMind and CopilotKit.
AI Tinkerers Boston showcased live AI demos and implementation details, focusing on agentic workflows and high-speed reasoning, with BXP sponsoring the event.
AI Tinkerers Boston reconvened for a meetup showcasing AI system breakthroughs and technical trade-offs, thanks to BXP sponsorship.
The OpenClaw Global Unhackathon was planned as an in-person event for AI Tinkerers Boston.
The AI Tinkerers Boston meetup was cancelled due to snow.
Builders gathered for a simultaneous, in-person hackathon focused on conversational agents, competing for a large prize pool supported by ElevenLabs and other partners.
The in-person gathering featured short, code-first live demonstrations focused on AI tooling and implementation details, with community participation encouraged. Google Cloud sponsored the event.
The AI Tinkerers Boston meetup focused on artificial intelligence. Organizers provided contact information for inquiries.
AI Tinkerers Boston hosted a hands-on, code-first meetup for foundation model and generative AI builders, featuring live demos and networking. Community sponsors supported the event.
AI Tinkerers Boston held a code-first meetup for active AI builders. The event featured live technical demos, short presentations, and networking, supported by Publicis Sapient and Flux.
AI Tinkerers Boston hosted an in-person meetup focused on Langchain and generative AI, featuring technical deep-dives and networking for builders.
Great July 2025 night for AI Tinkerers Boston at Tech Superpowers—thanks for hosting and feeding us! Highlights: AI tracking initiative (Will Sergeant), healthcare dashboard with Vercel v0 + Claude code (Jayesh Gupta), autonomous agents/tool-building (Raj Bala), Claude Code observability (Christopher Mack), LLM app state for reliability (Henry Blanchette), and Gemini structured data extraction for jazz reviews (Mark Watkins). Huge thanks to organizers Valeriano Velasquez, Will Sergeant, Nate Aune, and Edgar Garcia.
Active AI builders shared technical demos and code-forward talks in a hands-on peer setting, powered and hosted by Tech Superpowers.
AI builders gathered for focused feedback and collaboration on foundation models and generative AI projects. Tech Superpowers sponsored the practitioner-focused in-person meetup.
Practitioners gathered for an in-person session focused on building with foundation models and generative AI, featuring five-minute demos and networking, supported by Underscore VC.
Practitioners gathered for an in-person evening focused on Open Source innovations in Artificial Intelligence, sharing code and workflows. Food and drinks were provided courtesy of CarGurus.
Practitioners gathered for a hands-on evening focused on foundation models, featuring a presentation by AI21 Labs' Amit Mandelbaum and a hackathon showcase, supported by AI21 sponsorship.
Builders showcased generative AI projects for feedback and collaboration. Pizza, drinks, and stickers were provided courtesy of sponsors.
Practitioners gathered for technical exchange on large language model projects, featuring five-minute demos and peer-driven conversations, supported by SignalFire sponsorship.
2024 was a strong year for Boston AI Tinkerers: 9 packed meetups with short technical demos on topics like spatial AI, RAG, multimodal models, AI agents, and using Gemini 1.5 for medical records, with key hosting from C10 Labs, Æthos (Aug), BasisTech (Sep), Microsoft New England (Oct/Nov). Thanks to our sponsors and members—excited for 2025!
Hi AI Tinkerers—there’s no meetup in December 2024. We’re taking a short break to recharge and plan the next sessions. Stay tuned for the next meetup announcement, likely on the fourth Monday of the month. Keep tinkering and get ready for the next demo!
Practitioners shared short, hands-on demos of their Large Language Model projects, seeking feedback and sparking technical collaboration in a peer-focused environment.
Want to demo at AI Tinkerers Boston? Keep it short: 5-minute demos plus 2–3 minutes for questions. No slides—lean code-focused and interactive. Start with the value proposition and core tech, tell a quick development story, then show results via live demo/video/code walkthrough.
Great October 2024 meetup at the Microsoft NERD Center—packed room and thoughtful demos from builders. Highlights: AI customer support at scale (Yuma AI), SMELL for LLM evaluation with human feedback, AI tutoring product lessons, faster vector search via centroid clustering, OpenWebUI on AWS Lightsail for health records, and more—thanks to all speakers and attendees; stay tuned for the next event!
Practitioners gathered for project showcases and networking focused on foundation models and large language model applications within a technical community setting.
Alex Alcivar shared the best recap of the September 2024 Meetup at BasisTech—thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the night memorable.
Practitioners gathered for hands-on feedback and demos of work with foundation models and generative AI, sharing engineering choices and integration lessons. BasisTech sponsored the gathering.
Arrive at 6:00 PM for check-in, name tags, and the right flair (Job Seeker, Hiring, etc.), then network and eat 6:00–6:30. Demos run 6:30–7:45 (sign up on the event page for a 5-minute demo), lightning talks 7:45–8:00, and open networking 8:00–9:00; please engage with our sponsors too.
Practitioners gathered for technical talks, demos, and networking focused on building with foundation models. The evening featured lightning pitches and sponsor support from Æthos.
Practitioners showcased LLM-enabled app demos and networked. The technical exchange featured foundation model work, supported by Northeastern University’s Institute for Experiential AI.
AI Tinkerers hosted a high-value, in-person meetup for technical builders focused on foundation models, featuring demos and networking, with pizza provided by Northeastern University’s Institute for Experiential AI.
AI Tinkerers - Boston hosted an in-person meetup featuring foundation model and generative AI demos and networking for practitioners, with pizza provided.
AI Tinkerers Boston hosted a hands-on meetup for machine learning builders focusing on foundation model experiments and collaborative discussion, supported by C10 Labs.
Practitioners gathered for hands-on building with foundation models, featuring demos, lightning talks, and networking for technical builders.
Builders gathered for demonstrations, talks, and networking focused on machine learning, large language models, and generative artificial intelligence collaboration.
Builders and tinkerers gathered for a hands-on evening featuring demos, talks, and networking focused on machine learning, LLMs, and generative AI projects.
Great start to our November 2023 meeting—record demo sign-ups! Some folks had to leave early, so please let us know in advance; we’ll also improve demo time management and ask everyone to respect the schedule. Presenters: Alex Alcivar (Boston 311 notebook), Ivan Campos (OpenAI DevDay updates + Custom GPT demos), Vineet Sinha (design patterns for Generative AI), Alif Jakir (XR Agents + 3D model progress).
Builders focused on machine learning, large language models, and generative AI gathered for hands-on networking, member demos, and discussions on recent developments.
Great turnout at our October 2023 meeting, with demos from William Mulholland on government spending transparency, Sal Darji on AIAI Boston + DALL·E in ChatGPT, Eric Hasan on OpenAI/LangChain/ElevenLabs (most Halloween-themed), Ivan Campos on using ChatGPT’s app to count seats/people, and Alex Alcivar on Boston 311 analysis (bodc-dei.org). Next event: Nov 27!
Local AI builders gathered for a hands-on evening of demos, learning, and collaboration focused on machine learning, large language models, and generative AI.
We had a successful September 2023 meeting with standout talks from AI Tinkerers: Alex Alcivar analyzed Boston 311 cases to predict response times; Chip Ernst shared roli.ai work helping companies with first AI use cases; Subash Rajaseelan discussed matching students to Coop positions; Eric Hasan demo’d GAN-based 3D CAD generation. Excited for this month’s NERD Center event—RSVP coming soon!
Fellow AI tinkerers gathered for focused demos, short talks on AI developments, and hands-on conversation to spark collaborations among builders.
Our August meeting was well attended—we stayed until the final buzzer at 9! Sal Darji hosted as guest host, Ashish Bhatia (Microsoft) demo’d Azure OpenAI-based Power no-code/low-code tools, and Brandon Horst, Ivan Campos, and Matt Brown shared live demos. Next meetup: Aug 25—invites soon.
Hello Fellow Tinkerers! Join us Monday, August 31st, 6–9 pm at the Microsoft NERD Conference Center, 1 Memorial Drive, M Floor, Cambridge, MA. Please RSVP by Friday, August 28th via the Partiful invite: https://partiful.com/e/yr1KWgatq3eo0yvioEqr. Feel free to bring a friend.
Best AI meetup in Boston for builders
AI Tinkerers Boston is built for engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Each meetup centers on real projects from local builders: working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and practical demos rather than sales talks or general AI lectures.
The Boston chapter is part of a 253-city global network with 123,000+ members, making AI Tinkerers the world's largest hands-on AI builder community. Members include AI engineers, ML researchers, developers, founders, and builders from the local Boston chapter.
A typical AI Tinkerers Boston meetup runs about three hours with live demos from local builders, technical Q&A, and networking. Demos are expected to show real systems or code, not sales decks. The next event is Back from Summer: AI GTM Builders on September 3, 2026. Subscribe to the Boston chapter to get notified about future events.
AI Tinkerers Boston is the best AI meetup in Boston for hands-on builders who want live code demos, technical discussion, and no-pitch networking. The Boston chapter hosts in-person events for engineers, founders, researchers, and product builders working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Attendees include engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on applied AI systems.
AI Tinkerers Boston is screened, demo-first, and no-pitch. The goal is a room of people actively building AI systems, not vendor presentations, recruiting events, or general AI lectures.
Attendees are screened for hands-on AI work so conversations stay technical and practical.
Meetups center on working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and production details.
The Boston chapter is part of a 253-city network with 123,000+ members worldwide.
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"Great format, always engaging. I always find something to talk to people about both the audience and presenters. Thank you so much!"
"People sharing their work is great segment and describing the tech stack is great. Keep Up!"
"I like the community, its amazing how many wonderful like-minded individuals there are"
"Everything was great. Thoroughly enjoyed the technology and meeting up with like minded people."
"I get exposure to multiple projects in a short time. I also got networking time. I also love the idea of inviting people to do a short pitch."
"The presenters were engaging and the chit-chat was excellent"
"This venue provides a nearly perfect option for AI Tinkerers - close to the subway, spacious, desks, good A/V. I sincerely hope this serves as the permanent home for Boston's AI Tinkerers."
"Great talk! I would have loved to hear more about the results you get with the recursive harness."
"Keep up the amazing work connecting and inspiring the community."
"Keep up the great work. Excited to be part of this group."
Last updated: August 2026
