Hello, Tinkerers LA!

Thanks to everyone who attended and posted about the last event. We had interesting demos, and the reviews have been very positive.

If you’d like to showcase your project at the upcoming event, please apply for a demo slot. The nerdier the demo and the more “work-in-progress”, the better!

Although demo slots are currently available, they are filling up rapidly.

Date: April 1, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM (Arrival) - 6:30 PM (Demos Start)
Official end time: 8:00 PM, but feel free to stay at the venue as long as you’d like.

Special benefit: if you want to come to Venice EARLY and BEAT TRAFFIC you can co-work out of The Kinn with a free trial day. Contact Sean or Mikul at The Kinn for details, or visit https://thekinn.co/apply/ to sign up directly.

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 foundational 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.

Read more in the FAQ.

Demos & Lightning Talks ⚡️

We’re going to do demos and lightning talks. Please apply now.

Please RSVP. We have limited space.

Sponsors

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Oxen.ai is an all-in-one platform to track, iterate, collaborate on, and discover multi-modal data in any format. It’s built on a lightning fast Open Source data version control system for structured and unstructured data. Oxen.ai is built from the ground up for data, and is optimized to handle large datasets, and large files. Oxen.ai hosts ArXiv Dives, reviewing machine learning papers, and dives deep into practical cutting edge use cases. Join the herd!

Oxen.ai

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Mirascope empowers developers with open-source tools that make building with LLMs both powerful and painless. Our latest tool, Lilypad, is purpose-built for software engineers to enable them to better handle the non-deterministic nature of prompt engineering. With automatic versioning/tracing, synced prompts, and evaluation tooling, Lilypad makes prompt management as robust as traditional software development.

Lilypad

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All One Thing (@allonethingxyz) builds community infrastructure. We believe AI will change the way we live and work, providing more time and more satisfaction from community-based events. We create experiences ranging from Intergenerational Coworking, where parents and grandparents can work while kids learn and play in the same space, to free community events like Sunset Sundays, our free monthly gatherings to watch the sunset.

All One Thing

Schedule: Feb 24, 2025. 6pm Arrival / 6:30pm Demos Start

AI Tinkerers LA Stats 📊

• Attendees: This community of 820 technical professionals is led by AI/ML specialists (31%) and full-stack engineers (12%). Core competencies include Python, Data Science, and Product Management. Notably, over 10% of members are founders or C-suite executives from firms like SpaceX and Google. This high density of builders and decision-makers facilitates rapid prototyping in agentic workflows and scalable AI infrastructure.
• Companies Represented: Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, SpaceX, Apple, Snap, OpenAI, Tesla, Anthropic, Airbnb, Netflix, Uber, and more.