How to Create a Great First Startup Pitch using AI

This event is for engineers and builders in Melbourne who are building things with AI agents. Agentic AI Melbourne is run by the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) local Melbourne community chapter. Doors open 5:30pm for a ~6:00pm start. We have 1 talk and 3 lightning talks lined up for this month: How to Build Your Own AI Agent with goose. by Lifei Zhou, Software Engineer @ Block So You Want to Ship an MCP Server? by Jeffrey Aven, Founder @ StackQL The 1000x Junior Developer by Zach Jensz, Software Engineer @ Method Recruitment Group Are we at AGI yet? by Chris Rickard, Founder @ Userdoc Before and after the talks, you'll have time to meet and learn from others working with agents & AI in Melbourne. At 8pm - 8:30pm we'll head to our after-event community social. Want to join us? Registration is required and reviewed before being accepted. Please make sure you complete all questions to help with our review. To be eligible to attend, you must be either: A software developer/engineer (current or former) using agents; OR Someone who's built something using AI agents - and can provide information about what you have built on your registration. Interested in speaking? Please fill out our Call for Papers (CFP) form here: https://forms.gle/yeyvhsizE1f6oqAX8?utm_source=luma - slides are not required, demo's are welcome, and no vendor/sales pitches will be accepted. Thank you to our sponsors BlueRock & AI Dojo for the venue OpenAI, Optimising.com.au, & Union.ai for the food & drinks

Vibe Coding Club is going IRL. After 3,500+ members building together on Discord, we're bringing the community to Sydney for our first in-person event. The format is simple: show up, build something, show it off. Bring a project you've been working on, an idea you want to prototype on the night, or just curiosity about what everyone else is shipping. Whether you're a seasoned dev or you've never written a line of code, if you're building with AI, you belong here. What's on: 🍕 Pizza and soft drinks, on the house (thanks Base44) 💻 Casual build time, bring your laptop and something to work on 🎤 Lightning demos, show what you've built, get feedback, steal ideas 🎁 Free Base44 credits for every attendee to build at the event 🤝 Meet the humans behind the Discord handles Who's it for: Founders, indie hackers, developers, designers, and the AI-curious. If you've ever prompted your way to a working app, or want to learn how — this is your crowd. Supported by Base44, the AI platform for building software. Describe what you need in plain language, and Base44 builds it. www.Base44.com Spots are limited, RSVP to lock yours in. Join our discord: https://discord.gg/tzDZRvQcQQ

### Curious about AI but not sure where to begin? Welcome back! We are restarting our popular Saturday Lab sessions—a casual, friendly space designed to help you make sense of artificial intelligence without the tech jargon, noise, or hype. If you feel a bit overwhelmed by how fast technology is moving, or if you just want to see how these new tools can actually help you in your daily work, study, or life, this session is for you. We build a supportive, human-first environment where you can start small and grow your skills at your own pace alongside your neighbours. No coding experience or tech background is required. We are all here to learn and grow together. ### What to Expect: We keep our Saturday sessions relaxed, practical, and grounded. Here is how we will spend our two hours together: 1\. Plain\-English News of the Month \(15 mins\): A friendly breakdown of the latest updates in the AI world. We skip the technical hype and explain exactly what these changes mean for you, our community, and local jobs. 2\. Practical Tips & Tricks \(30 mins\): Step-by-step, actionable advice. We’ll share simple prompts, time-saving shortcuts, and everyday hacks that you can start using immediately. 3\. Community Practical Demo \(30 mins\): We’ll hand the floor over for a real-world, hands-on demonstration. You will watch someone from our community walk through how they actually built a simple tool, automated a task, or solved a local problem using AI. 4\. Tea\, Coffee & Open Chat \(30 mins\): Stick around to grab a drink, ask questions, play with some tools, and connect with other curious minds in Western Sydney. ### Who is this for? Complete Beginners: If you've never used a chatbot or are worried about making mistakes, you are incredibly welcome here. Small Business Owners & Solopreneurs: Looking to simplify your daily tasks and reclaim some time. Job-Seekers & Career Transitioners: Wanting to build your confidence and learn valuable modern skills step-by-step.

Brief bio Paul Conyngham is the founder of Gamgee, a Y Combinator company developing personalised mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs. After 17 years in machine learning, Paul taught himself genomics and used AI to design a personalised vaccine for his dog Rosie, whose responsive tumours shrank by 50–75%. Talk outline \- Rosie’s cancer and why existing treatments were not enough \- Using AI to cross from machine learning into genomics \- The journey from tumour sequencing to an administered mRNA vaccine \- What worked\, what failed and what one patient can teach us \- Turning a year\-long manual process into repeatable software \- Why Gamgee is starting with dogs and where the technology goes next NOTE: Register for this event here : https://www.meetup.com/data-science-sydney/events/316413053