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Local meetups, global network
Chapters in several countries, one community. Hover to explore, then RSVP.
build fridays
Weekly
build fridays
Founders building side by side
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Agentic Coding Studio
Sundays
Agentic Coding Studio
Advanced builders. Real workflows.
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Cursor Meetups
Quarterly
Cursor Meetups
Power users. Deep dives.
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AI Hackathon
Annual
AI Hackathon
Germany's biggest AI hackathon
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OpenClaw
Special
OpenClaw
Sponsored by OpenAI & MiniMax
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The Team
12 Dam Keepers · 8 countries · hover to meet them
There are too many places to talk about AI. We wanted a place to actually build it - with people who care.
Show up. Fail fast. Laugh loud. Believe it's possible. That energy started in Hamburg and now runs through 8 countries.
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