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No slides. Demo the thing.

We focus on demos, code, and technical insight. No sales pitches, no generic AI panels. Working systems set the agenda.

Innovate. Share what broke.

Bring side projects, unfinished systems, architecture notes, trade-offs, and failure modes. The room is built for candid technical work.

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Working code beats hype.

Demos, traces, systems, and scars carry more weight than predictions.

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Practitioners, not spectators.

The future of AI is built by people close enough to the work to show it.

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If it matters, bring the thing and show how it behaves.

Like the Homebrew Computer Club, AI Tinkerers is built around small rooms where practitioners compare notes before the path is obvious.

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Recent Talks & Demos

Aravind
Containing Coding Agents: Why I Run Them In a Jail
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This tool runs coding agents in a project-specific jail, denying network egress by default and ensuring they can only access one directory, preventing prompt injection exploits.
Aravind Seattle
Gerard
Referral Systems: AI Optimization
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Seven referral systems tested on real companies, exploring AI's impact on asking, timing, messaging, and rewards, with live integration into insider.works.
Gerard Valencia
Joseph
AI Agents Selling AI Agents
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AI agents source, qualify, and outreach to leads, learning from results to optimize sales calls for human closing.
Joseph Boston
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Tau-bench: Recursive Self-Improvement
Sep 3
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Cormick Amsterdam
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Richard
I Gave Six AI Agents a Scrum Board and Measured What Happened
Sep 1
AI agents build production healthcare software. A safety gate, not agents, commits code, ensuring stability and allowing prompt-driven development.
Richard Mexico City
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Michi: Conversational AI Avatar
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Michi is a voice-first travel AI with a 3D avatar, using human-like reflexes and a hybrid model approach to create engaging and responsive conversational experiences.
Chris Tokyo
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Natalia Hong Kong
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This was my first time attending the event, and getting to present was so much fun! Looking forward to attending more!

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