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40 listed worldwide, in date order.
**A free, public workshop — no technical background needed.** AI is everywhere — in our phones, our feeds, our workplaces — but most people don't really un
Founders building AI products for content and storytelling discuss the opportunities and challenges of bringing these technologies to market. The event features a startup panel with AI entrepreneurs sharing their experiences. Attendees can network before and after the panel to connect with peers and industry experts.
Seattle Startup Drinks gathers startup founders in Seattle to build lasting friendships and collaborate on growing ideas into successful ventures. The event creates opportunities for founders to connect, share experiences, and support each other's entrepreneurial journeys. Attendees benefit from informal networking in a relaxed setting.
# Free Thursday mornings designed for women founders in Seattle. Open to anyone aligned with the mission. Drop in, work alongside others, and meet the community. No pitch, no prep, no commitment. How it runs ## A relaxed rhythm Show up when you can, stay as long as you need. No pitch, no prep, no pressure. ### Open work. 9:30 Arrive, grab coffee, and work on your own thing. ### The sharing circle. 10:30 A short circle where a couple of women share a tool, tactic, or question. ### Afternoon, open. 11:30 Work, wander, or grab lunch with someone you just met. The SWELL is a home for women entrepreneurs in Seattle to learn, work, and build real businesses together. Built for every kind of ambition. Bootstrapped, purpose-led, venture-backed, or still an idea. SWELL is built for all of it, with expert networks, practical education and support that works with your path and pace. ## The barriers to building a business are lower than ever. AI is collapsing the cost, time, and skill required to start. Women are stepping into that opportunity in record numbers. Building is no longer the bottleneck; being found, funded, and taken seriously still is. Swell exists to turn that leverage into real businesses women own. Every Thursday, 9:30–11:30am, at SURF Incubator. Bring your laptop, bring your kids if you need to. Meet the room, stay the whole day if you want, and work alongside other women founders. No commitment, no pitch.
Frontier Creatives: Designing with AI is a meetup in Seattle featuring talks on AI applications in creative design, product development, and interactive experiences. Attendees will hear from industry professionals about challenges and innovations in AI-assisted workflows. The event includes networking opportunities and a local art walk for further engagement.
The event features live AI demos from developers and founders showcasing real working products and tools across the AI stack. It is for developers, founders, and builders interested in seeing practical AI applications beyond theory or pitches. Attendees gain insight into current AI tooling trends, network with peers, and experience a casual, engaging environment.
This event showcases demos and hosts a panel discussion on developing, shipping, and scaling AI agentic workflows. It is aimed at tech founders, builders, and AI enthusiasts interested in AI technology development. Attendees can network with startups and leaders in the AI space while gaining insights into current AI tools and trends.
This is an informal networking event held at Stoup Brewing in Seattle where attendees can meet new people and reconnect with others. It is intended for individuals interested in tech and startup communities who want to socialize and collaborate in a relaxed setting. Participants can bring laptops and engage in project work or casual discussions.
This is a bi-weekly event to practice AI/ML Skills. Find topics we will discuss here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ifWHA6dfFKUKka1CumPynfpKmmippTFq0qb47ZppbPg/htmlview
This event is an informal co-working session for people interested in coding and coffee. Participants of all skill levels work on projects, share knowledge, and network during the meetup. The event includes a community introduction circle and optional tech workshops for skill-building and discussion.
This meetup explores the impact of AI on game development with discussions on tools, techniques, and industry news. It is designed for active or aspiring game creators interested in the intersection of AI and gaming. Attendees can connect with fellow developers and see demos of AI-driven game projects.
New Tech Seattle Meetup is a regular event for the tech community in the Northwest. It offers opportunities to network and connect with local tech professionals and enthusiasts. Attendees come to build relationships beyond business contacts in a community-focused setting.
AI Agents Seattle is a meetup for engineers who build with AI agents. Speakers will compare different technical approaches to building and managing AI coding agents, sharing lessons from production experience and design trade-offs. Attendees will learn how to develop scalable AI agent systems and understand the risks of building AI-powered software factories.
This webinar covers security architecture for AWS cloud workloads, focusing on protecting modern cloud environments. It is designed for cloud architects, engineers, and IT professionals interested in AWS security best practices. Attendees will gain knowledge relevant to designing and managing secure cloud systems.
# Free Thursday mornings for women founders. Drop in, work alongside others, and meet the community. No pitch, no prep, no commitment. How it runs ## A relaxed rhythm Show up when you can, stay as long as you need. No pitch, no prep, no pressure. ### Open work. 9:30 Arrive, grab coffee, and work on your own thing. ### The sharing circle. 10:30 A short circle where a couple of women share a tool, tactic, or question. ### Afternoon, open. 11:30 Work, wander, or grab lunch with someone you just met. The SWELL is a home for women entrepreneurs in Seattle to learn, work, and build real businesses together. Built for every kind of ambition. Bootstrapped, purpose-led, venture-backed, or still an idea. SWELL is built for all of it, with expert networks, practical education and support that works with your path and pace. ## The barriers to building a business are lower than ever. AI is collapsing the cost, time, and skill required to start. Women are stepping into that opportunity in record numbers. Building is no longer the bottleneck; being found, funded, and taken seriously still is. Swell exists to turn that leverage into real businesses women own. Every Thursday, 9:30–11:30am, at SURF Incubator. Bring your laptop, bring your kids if you need to. Meet the room, stay the whole day if you want, and work alongside other women founders. No commitment, no pitch.
This event brings together engineers and development leaders to explore building resilient distributed systems using AI-assisted software workflows. Attendees will learn about testing challenges, verification gaps, and new approaches on AWS to improve software correctness and reliability. The session also offers networking opportunities in Seattle with food and entertainment.
NVIDIA Spark Hack Seattle is a hackathon where teams build AI applications that perceive and act within the world using high-performance local compute. It targets AI engineers, startup teams, and systems builders focused on vision AI, agentic workflows, and open models. Participants collaborate on real-world AI challenges with provided hardware and data resources.
This event highlights AI research from the University of Washington's Allen School with demos from students and researchers. It is designed for technical talent and startup community members to engage and network. Attendees can learn about emerging AI developments and connect with peers in Seattle.
This event is an AI-focused meetup and hackathon gathering for developers interested in building software with AI tools and practical applications. It provides opportunities to demo projects, network, and find collaborators, especially for those participating in the Shipaton mobile app hackathon. Attendees will learn about AI innovations and connect with local builders working in AI every day.
🚨 **Save the Date – August 19!** 🚨 Well…it’s only taken us **six months** to get Meetup #2 on the calendar. 😅 Apparently building AI is easier than coor
This event features a Python talk night held at MotherDuck in Seattle where attendees can network and listen to presentations related to Python programming. It is intended for developers, tech enthusiasts, and the local tech community interested in Python. Participants can engage with peers and learn about Python topics in an informal setting.
# Free Thursday mornings designed for women founders in Seattle. Open to anyone aligned with the mission. Drop in, work alongside others, and meet the community. No pitch, no prep, no commitment. How it runs ## A relaxed rhythm Show up when you can, stay as long as you need. No pitch, no prep, no pressure. ### Open work. 9:30 Arrive, grab coffee, and work on your own thing. ### The sharing circle. 10:30 A short circle where a couple of women share a tool, tactic, or question. ### Afternoon, open. 11:30 Work, wander, or grab lunch with someone you just met. The SWELL is a home for women entrepreneurs in Seattle to learn, work, and build real businesses together. Built for every kind of ambition. Bootstrapped, purpose-led, venture-backed, or still an idea. SWELL is built for all of it, with expert networks, practical education and support that works with your path and pace. ## The barriers to building a business are lower than ever. AI is collapsing the cost, time, and skill required to start. Women are stepping into that opportunity in record numbers. Building is no longer the bottleneck; being found, funded, and taken seriously still is. Swell exists to turn that leverage into real businesses women own. Every Thursday, 9:30–11:30am, at SURF Incubator. Bring your laptop, bring your kids if you need to. Meet the room, stay the whole day if you want, and work alongside other women founders. No commitment, no pitch.
Junior Board Members: Get on the Board A Weekly Boardroom and Business Incubator for Kids Ages 8–14 SURF is opening its startup community to the next generation. For years, adults have come to SURF Incubator to build companies, test ideas, solve problems, meet collaborators, and learn from other founders. Now, Seattle’s young people get that opportunity too. Junior Board Members is a weekly, hands-on business incubator where kids can develop real businesses, products, services, inventions, books, games, media concepts, community initiatives, and other creative projects—inside an actual Seattle startup incubator. Big Ideas Start Young What Is Junior Board Members? Junior Board Members combines a real business incubator with a kid-friendly board meeting. Participants may bring something they are already building or use their first few meetings to discover what interests them. They may: Build an ongoing business or creative project Start something completely new Explore several possible ideas Join another member’s project Bring a question or problem to the board Experiment until they discover something they genuinely want to pursue This is not a traditional class where every child completes the same assignment. Some members may spend several months developing one business. Others may explore different ideas, change direction, collaborate with another member, or complete one project and begin another. Participants may attend once, join us occasionally, or return every week to continue building. What Can Junior Board Members Work On? Members may: Brainstorm business and project ideas Develop products and services Create names, brands, logos, advertisements, and prototypes Explore pricing, costs, revenue, profit, and budgeting Develop books, shows, games, channels, and other media concepts Practice marketing, public speaking, selling, and pitching Research customers and competitors Test ideas and collect feedback Solve problems with help from
This event gathers local startup and tech community members for an informal networking evening at Stoup Brewing in Seattle. Attendees can connect, share ideas, and socialize in a relaxed setting. The format encourages bringing laptops and mingling to foster collaboration and relationship building.