Startup Events in Dublin 8

Tools like Lovable have made it possible for a non-technical founder to ship a working prototype in a night. Getting that prototype in front of paying customers, handling their data safely, and keeping it running when something breaks is a different problem. Karen Forde, founder of Bridge the Gapp, spends her working week reviewing codebases that founders built with AI tools and no engineering team. She will walk through what she finds, what it costs to fix, and the handful of decisions you can make early that keep a prototype on a path to production. Hosted by The AI Collective's Dublin chapter and Baseline, this is the follow-on to Pilots & Prototypes. If you built something at Part 1, bring it. If you didn't make Part 1, you're still welcome. Who this is for: Founders and operators who have built a prototype with AI tools and are wondering what comes next, along with anyone about to sell, pilot, or raise on something they built themselves. No engineering background needed! Schedule: 6:00 p.m. - Doors open and networking 6:30 p.m. - Event kick off, session led by Karen Forde 7:15 p.m. - Q&A with Karen and non-technical founder 7:30 p.m. - Build time! 8:30 p.m. - Demos and sharing 9:00 p.m. - Close What to bring: A laptop and your prototype, if you have one. Questions about your own build are welcome in the clinic. About the speaker: Karen Forde is the founder of Bridge the Gapp, a software consultancy working with early-stage founders on code and architecture review, technical direction, and moving AI-built products towards production. Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon! The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and

Dublin AI Week starts here. Join builders, founders, researchers, students, operators, designers and AI teams from across Dublin for the opening night of a city-wide week built around practical AI. This is the social start to the week. Come for food and drinks, meet new people from across Dublin’s AI and tech community, catch up with familiar faces, and hear a few announcements about what is happening across the city from 2 to 9 October. Expect a relaxed evening of networking, conversations, introductions and a first look at some of the events, people and communities shaping Dublin AI Week. Event details Date: Friday, 2 October 2026 Time: 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM Address: Visible after registration Dublin AI Week Dublin AI Week is a city-wide, community-led week of AI events. From 2 to 9 October, companies, communities and builders across Dublin will host practical sessions, build days, demos, research conversations and creative events. dublinaiweek.com Baseline Baseline: An independent community and fund for early-stage founders in Ireland. They write €100K first checks to technical founders, backed entirely by private investors. Looking for your first check? These are the people to be in a room with. Give(a)Go Give(a)Go is one of Ireland’s largest builder communities, bringing 2,500+ engineers, founders and product people together through hands-on events where people learn by building working prototypes. giveago.co