Startup Events in Australia

Brisbane IoT and Hardware Startup Brisbane cooperate to bring you this event that meets common needs for both groups. "I have an idea, but I don't know how to start..." "I have this project but I don't have the tools..." "I'm stuck on this one piece of my project..." Bring your idea or project to Accelerando Labs at Sumner. Talk to experts, chat with your peers, discover solutions. Enjoy free access to our 3D printers, CNC machines and other tools. Get hands on with sensors, motors and displays to explore new possibilities. Kids welcome (TV/games room in case they zone out).

Aim: Create A.I / Machine Learning projects ... optionally with Robots Web-site: https://ai-ml-robots.github.io Discussions: https://tinyurl.com/ai-ml-robots-discussions Pre-meeting catch-up: 6:00 pm at Grill'd Burgers, 127-133 Swan St, Richmond ... great opportunity for casual discussion and especially for newcomers to get acquainted with the group (our table will have orange traffic cones) Activity: Using Google Colab and Aiko Services, we will build a project utilizing A.I/ML and simple, low-cost robots. Agenda: 7:00 pm sharp at 415 Church Street, Richmond \- 7:00 pm ML software "guided" build session using Google Colab \- 9:30 pm Projects show and tell: ad\-hoc for anyone to contribute \- 9:45 pm Tidy up room \- 10:00 pm Hard stop \! Please bring a laptop, as these are hands-on build sessions. Just think of a laptop as a robot without wheels or legs ! If you are a newcomer to Machine Learning or robotics, you are still very welcome. If you do have a robot, please bring it along !

AI is a powerful tool to help aspiring entrepreneurs create a great pitch, but when used poorly it can also produce a pitch that sounds just like every other. Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder & CEO of Founder Institute, GP at Founder Capital) has worked with 10,000+ startups in his career and seen even more pitches. On this live event, he'll walk you through a structured process to create the first pitches for your startup idea, and share the tools and prompts founders are using in the Founder Institute to create memorable and effective pitches. ❯❯ RSVP now at https://fi.co/startupwebinar/26692 to get your link and join us live! ❯ What You'll Learn: How to create an elevator pitch and your first pitch deck Which AI tools to use, and which to skip, during the pitch formation process How Investors look at startup pitches Helpful AI prompts, skills, and tools to supercharge your pitch-building process ❯ Featured Speaker: Jonathan Greechan - Co-Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute - Jonathan Greechan is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, he has grown and scaled the organization to chapters in over 200 and across over 100 countries, producing over 9,000 portfolio companies with nearly $2BN in venture funding. In his long career in tech and marketing, Jonathan has advised thousands of startups on marketing, growth, and product strategy and has spoken at startup conferences on four continents. ❯ Who Should Attend? Aspiring founders who want to start a business but lack technical skills Entrepreneurs exploring how AI can accelerate their startup journey Professionals considering launching a side project or solo startup Early-stage founders interested in AI-powered workflows . ❯❯ Don’t miss this live, interactive online event packed with valuable insights! RSVP now at https://fi.co/startupwebinar/26692 to get your link and join us live!

spend an evening with women building generational companies in australia in a beautiful new york-style loft 🤝 30 of the best female founders in the earliest stages, all in one room 🍷 drinks and grazing on us all evening approval only event, limited to 30 spots. with thea and louisa About your hosts archangel ventures is an oversubscribed pre-seed, seed fund backing visionary founders with global ambition, early backers behind companies like heidi, magicbrief, pearler & more. startmate is australia & new zealand's leading early-stage accelerator - often called the "YC of Australia." We've backed 350+ companies over 15 years, with a combined portfolio value of $4.5B AUD.

Important RSVP Instruction: Register at AICamp event website OR at LUMA is required for admission. Description: Welcome to the AI meetup in Melbourne, in collaboration with AI Innovation Centre. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agentic AI, hands-on experiences with code labs and workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow AI developers, builders, startup founders. Agenda: 5:30pm\~6:00pm: Checkin and networking 6:00pm\~7:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A 7:30pm: Open discussion & Mixer Tech Talk: Building a Self-Governing Finance Data Platform Speaker: Saurabh Kumar (Senior Manager, AI & Data, Accenture) Abstract: In regulated finance, the checks that catch drift depend on someone remembering to run them. Between reviews, data quality slips, access widens and credit spend climbs, all of it quietly. This session builds the governance into the platform instead: a finance analytics platform on Snowflake CoCo run by specialist AI agents that profile transaction data, review the dbt project, audit access and track credit spend, then route what they find to GitHub, Jira and Slack. Each piece is built on screen, with the real code, then the swarm runs live to show the tickets the agents file on their own. Topics/Speakers: If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics Sponsors: We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, and but also exposure to our extensive membership base of 5,000+ AI developers in Melbourne and 500K+ worldwide.

AI is everywhere in the headlines. This session is about what's actually working on the ground in healthcare. MLAI kicks off a new series exploring what AI genuinely makes possible, one industry at a time. First up: healthcare. A panel of practitioners and technologists will unpack real deployments (clinical workflows, admin automation, patient-facing tools) and separate what's delivering value from what's still hype. Whether you work in healthcare, build for it, or just want to see AI applied outside the usual tech-demo context, this session is for you. Expect a moderated panel, live Q&A, and a chance to tell us what use case you'd want AI to solve in your world. Format: 90-minute panel discussion + Q&A + networking

Event sold out? Try next week: Sydney Tech Pickleball - https://luma.com/event/evt-3618QEbhWSb24xs A relaxed weekly pickleball session for Sydney tech workers to connect, play and sweat a little. We are on courts 7 and 8 and you'll rotate courts and partners. A healthy way to wind up your Tuesday! Many people are beginners and don't know each other yet, so don't worry about that. If you have any questions, just message the WhatsApp group. Logistics Get your tickets via Luma. You can buy for yourself and your friends too. All paddles and balls are provided. There are showers available at ICC, in the carpark level. Cancellations You can cancel within 24 hours of the event - you'll get a credit to attend a future session. Send a WhatsApp message to Tim to cancel. If it's very wet, we'll cancel it and you'll get a credit for a future session - we'll notify this through Luma via email and also our WhatsApp group. We'll make this call on the morning. Pickleball Basic Rules & Scoring Before your first time playing, please check out this 5-min video which covers the basic rules and scoring: https://youtu.be/pDDwZgepQeE We'll use traditional scoring rules with games up to 11 (you need to win by 2 points). Beginner Tips Don't worry about looking silly - everyone does at the beginning. Before you serve, make sure you say the score, otherwise you will quickly lose track of it. Try to notice your most common mistake to improve that. Try to get to the kitchen line quickly - don't hang back at the base line like tennis. The serve has to be under arm 'in an upward arc' - so no downward slicing, tennis style serve or side arms. The rule everyone forgets is that the ball has to land once on each side (two-bounce rule) before you can start volleying - so remember 'Serve and Stay' and 'Return and Run'. General Etiquette It's just a social game for a bit of fun, so let's keep it friendly. After each game ends, change it up - e.g. swap your partner, swap courts etc. If anyone is waiting

The MLAI Meetup is a community for AI researchers and professionals which hosts monthly talks on exciting research. Our format is: 6:00 - 6:20: Socializing 6:20 - 6:40: Announcements and AI news 6:40 - 7:40: Talk(s) and Q&A 7:40 - 8:00 Networking 8:00: Head to the nearest pub for dinner Joanna Wieclaw: "From Fixed Thresholds to Learned Boundaries: Predictive Maintenance at the Australian Synchrotron" Talk Description: Last year I showed you how the Australian Synchrotron works. This year I'd like your help keeping it working. Much of my job in Controls involves troubleshooting equipment after something has already gone wrong. I'd rather catch the warning signs first. I'm developing a proposal for a phased predictive-maintenance system using data we already collect through EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System). The proposed first phase is deliberately simple: choose one system, set fixed upper and lower thresholds, and alert on breaches. In parallel, I'd like to explore what can be learned from our historical data using offline ML models, with signals such as encoder drift, motor current and vacuum levels among the first targets. Later phases could augment those thresholds with learned boundaries and look for patterns across equipment rather than within a single system. I'd like to hear how you would approach it: what methods are worth trying early, how you would validate models when labelled failures are scarce, and what I should be implementing now to make the data useful as the system develops. Speaker Bio: Joanna Wieclaw is a Senior Controls Technician at the Australian Synchrotron (ANSTO). With a mechatronics background and extensive experience in system integration and live fault-finding, she spends much of her time diagnosing complex equipment under pressure.

It is critical as a business you are able to articulate your ‘why’ when meeting with Defence and defence industry representatives. Whether you are an existing supplier or new to defence industry, delivering a compelling pitch is the key to building the relationship you desire. The aim of the Pitching to Defence Masterclass is to equip you, as a participant, with the confidence, skills, and strategic clarity to effectively communicate your value proposition to stakeholders. This masterclass will ensure you understand your defence audience, are able to clearly communicate your key message and have the confidence to cut through in a competitive environment. Proudly presented by Defence Q in conjunction with Industry Capability Network (ICN) our Pitching to Defence Masterclass will help you refine your pitch, so it is memorable and provides a great first impression. Join Abhiney Arora (ICN), and Rodger Manning (BidWrite) as they guide you on how to develop, structure and deliver a compelling pitch. Workshop includes*: the science of building trust and why it is important practical pitching skills – before, during and after your pitch interactive session – get ready to deliver your pitch constructive feedback – let’s build your confidence to nail your pitch networking. *subject to change to meet needs of the participants. Discover the art of pitching and prepare for your next exhibition, conference or client meeting opportunity! Please note this masterclass is only open to businesses registered in Queensland .

Live half-day workshop for AU C-Suite leaders. Walk away knowing exactly how AI can solve your most expensive business problems.

A one-day business competition where student teams tackle a real business challenge set by Sydney's space hardware industry, then pitch live to a panel of industry, academia and government judges. Australia's space hardware sector (ANT61 included) has moved past prototype stage into scaling mode, they need business, marketing and sales talent now, not just engineers. This connects that need directly to the students who could fill it. On the day: Teams form on the day, get briefed on the challenge by ANT61 and industry reps in the morning, hear a midday panel, then spend the afternoon building a pitch, closing with 3-minute presentations, scoring and prizes. Who is it for: Business and marketing students at any University, no space/engineering background needed, just commercial thinking and a good pitch. Top teams win prizes and a shot at a space industry internship for business and operations, starting February 2027. ** Please note, this is aimed at Business Development students, as Engineering internships are filled separately. Thank you.

There are many groups promoting this event. Our meetup group is participating by promoting this event. This event is organized by Albert's List. This is an online event. Attendees can be located anywhere in the world! This event is FREE to attend. In order to attend, please register here: The US economy is constantly evolving, influenced by employment numbers, the rise and fall of inflation, foreign policy, domestic economic agendas, and movement of citizens between different regions. As a job seeker, all of these effects working in tandem can impact the inner workings of a job search. Join Colin Mo of Albert's List and Dr. Reilly White, Professor of Finance at the University of New Mexico for a monthly webinar where they'll discuss how these factors are impacting your career, particularly for those who work in tech and reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. You'll learn about: The most recent month's jobs report, including its biggest takeaways, silver linings, and potential warning signs. The most recent month's CPI report and how the rising cost of goods and money are impacting the flow of investments or consumer spending. What to expect in the weeks and months ahead as economic conditions evolve. How the economic numbers are impacting those in the San Francisco Bay Area and the technology industry! How Trump's recent policies are affecting the job market and economy. Other notable trends moving the market, including bonds, housing prices, quit rates, and more! And much more! Join us with your questions, comments, and concerns. ABOUT DR. REILLY S. WHITE, PhD Dr. White is the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning and an Associate Professor of Finance with tenure at the University of New Mexico. Dr. White also serves on the board of the CFA Society of New Mexico, advisor for the $4.7 Million student-run UNM Regent’s Portfolio, and leads a series of financial literacy projects in the community. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. White worked as

Doors open 5:00 PM, networking and snacks Demos start at 5:30 PM Build from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Presentations from 8:00 - 9:00PM Winner announced: 9:00PM

## 🧠 AI & Society Practice Lab: Getting Hands-On with Claude Whether you've never opened Claude or you're already deep in the weeds — this one's for you. Join us for our September Practice Lab, a hands-on session dedicated to exploring Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant. We're starting from the very beginning for those new to Claude, then building up into the tools that make it genuinely useful for work and creative projects. What we'll cover: Claude for Newbies — the basics: how to get started, ask good questions, and get useful results Claude Projects — organising your work into dedicated spaces with their own files, context, and instructions, so Claude doesn't start from scratch every time Artifacts — turning conversations into tangible outputs: documents, interactive tools, charts, and small working apps you can see and use in real time Vibe coding — building simple apps and tools through natural conversation, no coding background required Claude Cowork — Claude's newer agentic workspace for knowledge workers, where it can work across files, spreadsheets, and slides on your behalf As always, this session is curated and practical — come with your laptop, your curiosity, and (ideally) a task you'd love an AI assistant's help with. Led by: Varsha, Marco Suarez and Trikush Mehta 📅 Wednesday 16 September — arrival from 5.30pm, session starts 6pm sharp 📍 Dimbin Mill Seminar Room, Level 1, The Precinct ⚠️ Please note: doors lock at 6pm. We encourage you to arrive before this from 5.30pm This venue has no way for us to let latecomers in after that time, so please arrive on time or early — punctuality here is essential, not optional. Photography notice Photos and video may be captured for AI & Society's LinkedIn and community comms. If you'd prefer not to be included, just let us know on arrival. About AI & Society AI & Society is a national community bringing people from all backgrounds together to talk through the human and civic side of AI. Through events

AT CAPACITY! Use this link to pre-register for our next AI Engineer night in October: https://luma.com/event/manage/evt-DbGmdJ0lCBaZbQH AI Engineer Night Melbourne #1 is kicking off Road To AI Engineer Sydney with an evening of sharp talks, fresh ideas, and a good excuse to get out and mingle over food and drinks. We’re bringing together speakers from past and upcoming AI Engineer conferences for a night that digs into the real-world challenges shaping AI systems right now. Expect: Chris Lienert on taking chaos engineering from theory to practice to create self-healing code Zubin Pratap on Where Every AI Voice Agent Breaks (And Why) Nadia Makarevich with the provocation that Skills are wishful thinking Plus a few more speakers still to be announced Come ready for practical insights, honest war stories, and a relaxed night with a bite to eat and a drink or two. *By registering for this event, you agree to MLAI's and the venue's codes of conduct and this event's terms and conditions, and agree for your registration details to be shared with Web Directions for the purposes of event delivery and the AI Engineer Sydney campaign.

Getting Found in the Age of AI with Jack Bear Jump on the live stream: https://www.ssw.com.au/live About the Talk: How AI is rewriting the way businesses get discovered online. From traditional SEO to AI-powered search, and what it means for your brand's visibility. Agenda: - 6:30 pm – Welcome & News with Eve & Adam Cogan - this will be live-streamed around the world - 6:45 pm – Getting Found in the Age of AI with Jack Bear Jump on the live stream: https://www.ssw.com.au/live Speaker: Jack Bear Jack Bear is an Australian technology founder and consultant specialising in AI infrastructure and the "answer economy." He is the founder and CEO of Norg AI, a platform building operating systems for AI agents. Connect with Jack on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-bear-726578226/

🚀 Careers in AI & ML w/ Atlassian Curious about careers in AI, machine learning, and data? Come hear from Atlassian engineers about their experiences, career paths, and what it’s really like working in the field. 📅 17 September | 2–4pm 📍 Kwong Lee Dow Building, Room 217 🍕 Free food provided! Come for the insights, stay for the food.

Francois Henrion is the co-founder of Paytron. Paytron, a financial services business, has raised $4.35 million in seed funding to help SMBs manage their finances more effectively. — Founders Unfiltered is Stone & Chalk's fireside chat series - with founders, for founders. Growth stories without the gloss. Founders paying it forward and sharing what they've learned. We want to create moments that matter - learning, genuine connection, and the kind of conversations that help you and your business go further faster.

a relaxed non-alcoholic happy hour for founders across every industry, inside a beautiful sydney loft - no pitch required, just good drinks and good company 🍸 0% ABV cocktails, mocktails and good vibes, all arvo 🤝 an open room for founders building anything, anywhere - no theme, no vertical, just founders 🌆 rooftop loft views over sydney as the sun goes down approval only event, limited to 30 spots. with thea and louisa About your hosts archangel ventures is an oversubscribed pre-seed, seed fund backing visionary founders with global ambition, early backers behind companies like heidi, magicbrief, pearler & more. startmate is australia & new zealand's leading early-stage accelerator - often called the "YC of Australia." We've backed 350+ companies over 15 years, with a combined portfolio value of $4.5B AUD.

Australian-Grown Innovation Build Demo Day Proudly sponsored by the City of Moreton Bay We believe Australian horticulture is among the most innovative in the world — and with the right support, it can be even better. Join us at the Australian-Grown Innovation Build Program Demo Day to witness the next evolution of agri-tech and horticultural innovation. The AGI Build Program supports promising startups by connecting ambitious founders with the resources, mentors, industry leaders and investors they need to scale. Great connections do not happen behind a screen — they happen in the room. Our mission is to put the power of innovation in the hands of every grower, everywhere. Join us to meet the founders developing ground-breaking solutions in sustainable farming, resource efficiency, supply chain resilience and the future of Australian horticulture. Event Details 📅 When: Thursday, 17 September at 5:00 PM AEST 📍 Where: North Lakes Hotel, Moreton Bay Program Agenda 5:00 PM: Doors open for registration 5:30 PM: Event begins 6:45 PM: Networking 7:30 PM: Event concludes Why Attend? Your Demo Day Advantage This is more than just a pitch session — it is your opportunity to connect with the people and ideas shaping the future of horticulture. See the Future of Food Discover cutting-edge developments leading the future of horticulture and agri-tech in Australia. Connect with Visionaries Meet the founders and teams behind some of the most exciting new technologies, business models and grower-led solutions. Find Your Next Opportunity Engage with investors, industry leaders, government representatives, growers and key stakeholders who are passionate about the sector. Discover potential investment opportunities, partnerships or new technologies that could help transform your business, organisation or career path. Whether you are an investor looking for your next opportunity, a founder seeking funding, a grower looking for practical innovation, or an industry leader wanting to sta

Come see what a room of founders, students, and investors can build together. On 17 September, Sydney Venture Partners is hosting our first ever Demo Day! A few months ago, SVP was an idea: what if a group of students learned venture the way it's actually practised, by meeting real founders and doing the real work? Since then our cohort has trained, sourced across the Sydney ecosystem, run first conversations with dozens of founders, and worked through diligence on the ones that stood out. Demo Day is where we pull back the curtains and put the founders in the spotlight. What to expect: Live pitches from a selected group of early-stage founders, each one sourced and assessed by our members A glimpse under the hood at how we built SVP Real conversations with founders, investors, operators and students who care about building in Sydney Who this is for: Investors - early look at Sydney founders who've already been through our process Founders - come to observe, support, and find out how to get on stage next time Students and the venture-curious - the clearest possible answer to "what does SVP actually do?" Ecosystem builders - meet others making Sydney the best place to start something new Judges Panel: Baoying Tong - Blackbird Harrison Wright - Side Stage Ventures Andonis Sakatis - Repeat Builders Antonia Mijatovic - Airtree Startup lineup will be announced soon! Come for the pitches. Stay for the conversations.

Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude! A Claude community workshop open to everyone. Claude Community Build night This is the first Claude Community Australia build night, and it works differently to our regular events. No panel. No long demo. A short talk from a developer at MongoDB to set up the stack, and then the rest of the night is yours to build in. Audience is limited to strictly 40 people for this format! The format You get a problem and a backend. You get the rest of the night to turn that into something that runs, and if you want it to, something that is live on the internet before you go home. You will not get the problem in advance. That is deliberate. Going from a cold brief to a working thing is most of the actual skill in building with Claude Code, and you cannot practise it if you have had a week to plan. Everyone starts at the same line, at the same minute. What we will tell you now: it is a real problem, the data is real, and the backend is MongoDB. Bring your judgement, not a head start. Who this is for People who already build with Claude Code. Not "I have heard of it". You have installed it, pointed it at a project, and got something working. Read this bit properly. If you are earlier than that, apply anyway. You will learn a lot from being in the room. But go in with your eyes open. It moves fast, there is no beginner track, and nobody will be explaining the fundamentals from scratch. Parts of the night will be uncomfortable. That is a fine trade if you know it is coming. If you would rather start gentler, come to one of our intro sessions and catch the next build night instead. Seats are approved, not first come. Tell us honestly where you are at when you apply. We would rather put you in the right room than the next available one. Bring A Claude subscription, see below. Your own laptop and charger. A personal machine if your work one is locked down. Not a tablet, not an i

Our next LTUX Melbourne meetup of the year is here! 🎉 Australia’s healthcare landscape is evolving fast, and while an ageing population and public health demands bring real challenges, they also open up incredible room for smarter, human-centred design. Tackling these big shifts takes a genuine team effort, pairing innovation in health tech and academic rigour with government policy to rethink how care gets delivered. Join us on Thursday, 17 September for an evening with women shaping the future of Australian healthcare design. Expect insightful lightning talks, an interactive Q&A and an opportunity to connect with others in Melbourne’s design community over some pizza. 🎤 Speakers ⚡️ Maryke Laubscher, Doctoral Researcher & Teaching Fellow at Monash University Design Health Collab Maryke is a design researcher, educator and doctoral candidate at Monash University’s Design Health Collab, whose practice sits at the intersection of design, healthcare and emerging technology. Her interdisciplinary research brings together design, clinical, and technical expertise, in partnership with industry and government, to support the development of emerging healthcare technologies, with a focus on medical imaging for deployable and resource-constrained environments. ⚡️ Jessica Rudolph, Design and Research Lead at Healthdirect Australia Jessica is a service design and experience leader with over a decade working across healthcare, government and complex service environments. As a Design Lead at Healthdirect Australia, she focuses on embedding consumer and clinical workforce voices into service design and improvement, working across digital, clinical and operational teams to create more accessible and connected healthcare experiences. ⚡️ Claire Hines, Honorary Clinician at Royal Melbourne Hospital and PhD Candidate in Digital Health at RMIT University Claire Hines is an Intensive Care Physiotherapist, Lecturer and PhD Candidate and inaugural Bupa Scholarship holder at RMIT Univer

Scaling, Unplugged - A Conversation with Dawid Naude Some of the best conversations you've had about building a company happened with a drink in your hand. So that's the format. Thirty founders who are already running something, a bar, and Dawid Naude in the middle of it, talking about how he took Pathfindr from nothing to a $15 million acquisition in two years, and what AI is actually doing inside companies that have teams and revenue. The room is founders with people on the payroll, or $1m plus raised. Every registration is reviewed. Dawid started Pathfindr in early 2024, teaching organisations how to actually use AI. Inside two years he had the Victorian Government and Honey Insurance as clients, an AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies listing in his founding year, and an offer from Affinda Group. He rolled 100% of his equity into the buyer, still runs Pathfindr, and is now Chief AI Officer across the group. He's also Saxton's preferred AI keynote speaker, which usually means a conference ticket and a room of four hundred. Here you can interrupt him. Half the night on the growth story. Half on AI. All of it with a drink and the person next to you. Key event details Date: Thursday 17th September Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Melbourne CBD, shared on approval Drinks and food provided Capped at 30 founders Who's in the room Founders with people on the payroll, or $1m plus raised. Thirty people means you get to ask the thing you actually came to ask, and everyone in the room has already been through the hard parts. We review every registration and hold the mix. Our guest Dawid Naude, Pathfindr. Founded Pathfindr in 2023 and sold it to Affinda Group in 2025 in a deal valued at $15 million, rolling all of his equity into the buyer rather than taking cash. Before that he led Accenture's AI Technology practice in Australia, and went through an acquisition from the inside at Cloud Sherpas. He now sits across hundreds of companies trying to work out what AI is worth to the

Welcome to WSTI's AI Project Hub—the hands-on heart of the WSTI community's AI Shed model. This isn't a traditional class or a lecture. It’s a weekly, drop-in "Shed" designed for collaborative, project-based learning, where we support each other turning ideas (beginner or ambitious) into real, working prototypes and projects. Whether you're a founder with a specific problem, a developer testing a new tool, or a complete beginner curious about what you can make, this is your space to build, learn, and collaborate. What to expect: Quick Pitch: To spark some inspiration, we’ll have a few informal, low-pressure "progress check-ins" where attendees can briefly share what they’re working on. Space to Build: No formal lectures here. Just a supportive environment to polish your prototype, refine your code, or finalise your pitch. Guides on the Side: Our technical mentors will be mingling in the room. They’re ready to offer a helpful nudge, architectural advice, or a tool recommendation if you hit a roadblock. Community Wisdom: If our mentors don’t have the answer, they’ll connect you with someone else in the room who does. We’re all about sharing what we learn. Curiosity is Welcome: You don’t need a hackathon project to pull up a chair. If you’re a regular from our Project Hub looking to share your knowledge, or just a curious neighbour. We have community laptops with access to some AI tools if you aren't able to bring your own. Tools/Topics discussed may include: ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Opensource AI Models. Platforms like n8n and other automation tools. Coding vibe coding like Lovable, Replit, Antigravity and Cursor. Frameworks such as BMAD. Image and video generators like Midjourney, Nanobanana and Video models such as Kling, Veo & Seedance. By attending this event, you consent that you may be photographed and recorded on video. These photos and videos may be used for marketing and promotional purposes in the future. If you have any concerns please

iOS 27 is around the corner, we hope your apps are ready! We have an exciting talk lined up for this month, join us to hear from: • Sushant Verma: Swift Outside of the Apple Ecosystem There's room for one more presentation - if interested, please message Zach or Christian. The approx. schedule is: 6:00pm: Doors open / socialising / food 6:30pm: Event kickoff / introductions \~8:30pm: Finish We've moved to a different floor in the same building. Wait in the lobby near the lifts and someone will let you up. There will be a number to call in case no one is downstairs. If you can't make it in person, we'll be live streaming on YouTube (technology permitting!) at https://youtube.com/live/xtzvmKoyc-I A massive thank you to our sponsors Bilue (https://bilue.com.au/) and Procreate (https://procreate.com) for their support – it makes Sydney CocoaHeads possible. Procreate are hiring - with roles in Sydney - so keep that in mind if you're looking for work. More details on their careers page: https://procreate.com/careers. \-\-\- We are always looking for speakers for the upcoming months, so if you are keen to give a talk, let us know, we would love to hear it 🙂 If there is anything we can do to help you present your topic, just ask us when filling out the submit a talk ( https://www.sydneycocoaheads.com/submit-a-talk/ ) form - alternatively, contact Zach or Christian directly. The event will be broadcast on YouTube Live. Please remember Sydney CocoaHeads' values being a safe meeting place for all developers. Attendees are expected to be familiar with our (and your) values and code of conduct: https://www.sydneycocoaheads.com/policies/.

We’re headed to Skydeck at Riverland Brisbane on Friday, September 18 for a curated afternoon designed for founders, investors, builders, and operators who value real connection with an easy pace to get to know each other. This is a no pitch, no panel, and no forced introductions style networking event. Just a high-quality room structured to help the right people meet naturally, exchange ideas, and build relationships that continue well beyond the afternoon Price Includes General Admission $25 Full event access, shared bar tab on arrival, 2 curated pre-event introductions. Attendance is strictly capped to protect the quality of the room. Event Details 📍 Location: Skydeck at Riverland Brisbane 🗓 Date: Friday, 18 September 2026 ⏰ Time: 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM 👔 Dress Code: Smart Casual Come for the room. Stay for the conversations. See what happens.

👋 UX Designers of Sydney! Welcome to our second Saturday Afternoon event! Since it went so well last time, i thought it would be fun to try another event on a Saturday afternoon. If anyone is left at around 7pm - we could go for dinner nearby too! Event highlights: ✅ Japanese themed bar: Come try some amazing Japanese beer and whisky! ✅ Networking opportunities: Expand your network of designers and make connections that last. ✅ Relaxed, friendly vibe: No formal talks or speeches - just great conversations in a relaxed environment. Venue information: This month you will find us at an awesome Japanese sports bar in the leafy suburb of Crows Nest, right near the metro station! Check them out on socials: https://www.instagram.com/ichirosbar/ How to find us: Find the building entrance and head straight up to the second floor - we will have a Meetup Sign on our table! Join our What'sApp group:
 Since Meetup has removed the event chat feature, please join this WhatsApp group for the latest event updates! Cheers, Josh (Organiser) Liam (Co-host)

MGPH/VFLI Referring Optometrist Event Join the Vision for Life Institute (VFLI) team for an exclusive evening at our beautiful new Mt Gravatt Private Hospital . This special referrer optometrist event is an opportunity to explore our state-of-the-art facility, connect with the VFLI ophthalmology team, and enjoy an evening of learning, networking and hospitality. Guests attending in person will enjoy: ✨ A guided tour of our brand-new private hospital facilities ✨ Drinks and canapés while networking with colleagues and the VFLI team ✨ The opportunity to meet our ophthalmologists and learn more about our latest services and patient pathways For those unable to attend in person, the event will also be available as a live online webinar , allowing you to join from wherever you are. Enhance your clinical knowledge with 1.25 TiCPD points approved through Optometry Australia (OAA) while discovering how VFLI and Mt Gravatt Private Hospital are delivering exceptional ophthalmic care for our community. We look forward to welcoming you for an evening of connection, education and a first look inside our exciting new facility.

Important Note: Registration on the AICamp event website is required for admission. Welcome to AI Camp meetup in Sydney. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agent, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers. In September edition, we team up with Atlassian to focus on Forward Deployed Engineering. Driven by need to shift from prototypes to production, Forward Deployed Engineering is becoming one of the most valuable skill sets an engineer can develop. In this panel session led by practitioners, we will discuss the role of forward deployed engineers and how they bridge the gap between powerful AI models and real business outcomes. Panelists will be sharing real experience and challenges that come along with this role. Agenda: \ 5:30pm\~6:00pm: Checkin, food and networking \ 6:00pm\~7:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A \ 7:30pm: Open discussion & Mixer Speakers/Topics: Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics Sponsors: We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 8,000+ AI developers in Sydney and 500K+ worldwide.

Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude! A Claude community meetup open to everyone. Claude Community Australia is excited to host a Claude Community Meetup. Limited Spots. Good people. Local Builders. 17:30 – 18:00 | Doors Open & Networking Kick things off — meet fellow AI-curious minds, and warm up before the main program begins. 18:00 – 18:15 | Opening: Why We're Here A quick intro to set the vibe for Australia's growing Claude community! 18:15 – 18:35 | I'm a designer who can't code, and I'm shipping apps anyway — Alex Sviryda I've spent 10 years as a product designer and never learned how to code. But I've always been around products, working out what to solve and why. What I couldn't do was code and build the thing myself. Now I can, so I'm building Grocero, a grocery price comparison app for Australian supermarkets. There's a frontend for iOS and Android, a backend with scrapers, an API, and a landing page to make the marketing side work. Claude Code wrote all of it while I was orchestrating. I'll walk you through the workflow that got it there. It starts with the early idea in my head and a lot of chats with Claude the sceptic, and it ends with the specific setup I use to make sure nothing gets exposed that shouldn't be. Marketing is in there too, since I'm going after organic traffic instead of paying for ads. Spoiler alert: building turned out to be the easy part. Judgement is the hard part, and I'll show you how I make it work. Staff Product Designer at Propeller, working on geospatial software for construction industry. Outside of work I build and ship real apps with Claude Code, without writing the code myself. Nudget, a job application tracker, is live on the App Store. Grocero, a grocery price comparison app for Australian supermarkets, is what I'm building now. 18:35 – 18:55 | Lightning talk 18:55 – 19:20 | Break — Networking and Pizza Have a slice of pizza, a beverage, and mix and mi

Josh Centner, Principal PM, Seek: will be taking us through this topic building on some discussions from ProductCamp. Our teams have the best AI tools but nothing changed Most organisations now have AI tooling across their product and engineering teams. Most of them are moving just a little faster then they were two years ago. The tools aren’t the problem. The operating model underneath them is. Build is no longer the bottleneck. The new constraint is coordination: how teams align on what to build, how functions like legal, security, and design stay genuinely involved without becoming the gate everything stalls behind, and how leaders shift from approving decisions to setting the conditions that let good decisions happen without them. This session draws on a live transformation across a large technology organisation, redesigning not just how teams build, but the entire system from idea to customer impact. We’ll cover the three things that actually have to change for AI tooling to translate into speed: – how work gets defined before it’s built – how specialist functions engage without creating queues – and how the PM role changes when coordination overhead drops and intent has to survive further and faster than ever before. This isn’t a talk about tools. It’s about what your organisation needs to look like for the tools to matter. Our fabulous sponsors: Netwealth Netwealth is one of Australia's leading wealth management platforms, providing technology and investment solutions for financial advisers and their clients. Since 1999, we’ve focused on innovation and challenging the status quo, building digital products that help Australians see wealth differently and achieve better financial outcomes. At the heart of Netwealth is a culture of curious, collaborative, courageous, optimistic, agile and genuine people who are passionate about solving meaningful problems and creating better experiences for customers. For more about careers at Netwealth.

Two talks on the night. Speaker Spots are still open - Please register your interest at rustmelbourne.com/speak Sponsored by Superteam Australia Superteam Australia backs builders in the Solana ecosystem. It connects Australian developers, founders and operators to grants, bounties, hackathons and a global network of Superteams. If you're building in Rust, you're already halfway to building on Solana. Come say hi. Venue: Stone & Chalk Hosted at Stone & Chalk Melbourne Startup Hub, 121 King St. Stone & Chalk is Australia's leading innovation community, home to hundreds of startups and scaleups across fintech and emerging tech. Thanks to the Stone & Chalk team for having us. Catering and drinks provided. Doors open 5.30pm

Join us after hours at Passages Coffee for a laid-back creative meetup with FMTY. It’s a chance to catch up, share what you’re working on, swap ideas, and enjoy a relaxed evening in a space that serving great caffeinated drinks and perfectly suited to spontaneous conversation.

STARTUP BALL is where founders, investors, operators, and the occasional cracked intern share the court. Please bring a reversible jersey or two shirts (light and dark), a great attitude and some networking! We're at Hoops Capital East in Moore Park for this run...where the Kings practice! We’ll do quick intros and share LinkedIn profiles afterward. Major shoutout to this run’s sponsor Utiliti Group. Utiliti is a startup-focused investment and advisory group that supports tech-enabled companies from early stage through Series B and beyond, offering financial guidance, strategic planning, accounting/tax, and M&A support. It pairs founder networks, family office capital, and VC resources to back its portfolio, with a dedicated International division helping Australian tech startups access the US market. Partner Josh Ayscough will be on court to ball and connect. See you on the court soon 🏀 - Z Sorry but no refunds for no shows or cancellations.

Claude Fable 5.1 just landed, and Claude Community is getting hands-on. 🛠️ Fable 5.1 Build Day 📅 Thursday 24 September · 12:00pm to 5:00pm 📍 Cremorne Digital Hub, 80 Balmain St, Cremorne 🎟️ 40 spots only Every attendee gets $100 in Claude API credits to build with Fable 5.1 on the day. Five hours, one brand new model, and whatever you can ship in a room full of builders. ——— PICK A TRACK ✨ Delight: something surprising, beautiful or fun you couldn't have made this good, this fast, before 🚀 Breakthrough: something the last model choked on. See how far this one gets 🔧 Everyday: something that solves a real problem in your actual life ——— RUN OF THE DAY 12:00 Doors, lunch, setup 12:30 Build (solo, or teams of 2 to 4 formed on the day) 3:30 Demos, two minutes each 4:45 Winner announced 5:00 Wrap ——— WHAT TO BRING Your laptop, a power lead, and Claude Code installed before you arrive. You'll want a console.anthropic.com account ready to add your credits to. A panel of judges picks the winning build on the day. This one's for developers and builders: if you're using Claude Code, the API, or building agents, it's for you. Registrations close Sunday 20 September. A Claude Community event, supported by Anthropic. Hosted with Cremorne Digital Hub.

Do you wish trains were cheaper, there were more trees on your street, and more solar panels over local car parks? Are you frustrated that with increasingly wild weather people are still paving over nature, and you’re left feeling like the only one who cares in your friends WhatsApp group? You're not alone! You've just been in the wrong room. People Planet Pint is your local sustainability meetup - no pitches, no presentations, no panels. Just like-minded people talking about the planet over a pint (or two). You don't need to be a sustainability professional. You don't need to know what "Scope 3" means (most people don't!). If you’re curious about what’s going on locally and feel that a better future is possible - come along to meet others like you and chat about what’s going on locally, how to get involved and what solutions are out there. Come for conversations with real people - it’s a space to swap ideas, find opportunities, get things off your chest or just sit back and listen. You'll leave with practical ways to get involved and leave a lot more optimistic about the future! Get a taste for what it feels like with our video here. Every job is a climate job, so come along to ask the questions you've been too afraid to ask, and finally meet people who actually get it. Everyone is welcome, whatever your experience or background. A better future is possible now. And it starts at your local pub, with a pint in hand. So, got a free evening? Come find your people. Your Volunteer Hosts Alex Furey has spent the majority of his career in London where he previously worked in waste prevention for the second largest waste authority in the UK. Most recently, he was running a company called Zero Waste Mindset, delivering zero waste corporate training and events for the employees of corporate clients. Alex also ran a community called Zero Waste London, which was the largest zero waste community in the UK. For over two decades, Sarah Woolmington , an engagement specialist,

Part of Spark Festival 2026, this practical workshop from Sydney Angels and UTS Startups takes the mystery out of term sheets and their role in early-stage investment. Join us for this in-person event with Richard Dale, Sydney Angels Committee member, to learn what term sheets are, why they matter, common terms to look out for, and how founders and investors can use them effectively. Whether you're a founder preparing to raise capital, an aspiring entrepreneur, an early-stage investor, or simply interested in understanding how startup investment works, this session will provide a practical introduction to term sheets and the thinking behind them. The session will cover: What is a term sheet? The role of term sheets in the investment process Why use a term sheet if it isn't legally binding? How to use term sheets effectively Common terms and why they're included Term sheets for different investment situations Q&A