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Builders gathered for an in-person hackathon focused on Conversational Agents. Teams collaborated on projects, presenting finalists for substantial prizes supported by ElevenLabs.
Engineers and practitioners gathered for hands-on demos and lightning talks focused on foundation models and large language models, supported by sponsor Cashfree Payments.
Builders focused on foundation models and LLM apps demoed work, shared learnings, and networked with peers and guests. E2ECloud sponsored GPU infrastructure support for the gathering.
Practitioners gathered for hands-on exchange, sharing work-in-progress demos and lightning talks. The event featured peer networking and support from sponsors VersionOne and E2ECloud.
AI Tinkerers, ElevenLabs, and a16z are hosting a worldwide hackathon on February 22–23. Join 7 events in San Francisco, New York, London, Warsaw, Bengaluru, Seoul, and online—plus prizes from Mistral, Vercel, and Windsurf. Apply now at https://hackathon.elevenlabs.io (spaces limited).
Practitioners shared messy demos and rapid learnings about foundation models in an in-person evening focused on collaboration, sponsored by Lightspeed India.
Practitioners building with LLMs shared work and demos at this focused, in-person meetup, which featured special guest drop-ins and was sponsored by Lightspeed India.
Practitioners gathered for hands-on sharing of foundation model and large language model work, including demos and engineering learnings, supported by Accel India.
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Hands-on builders shared practical AI model experiments and received rapid feedback during the in-person gathering, which included expected special guest drop-ins and was sponsored by Accel in India.
Hands-on machine learning practitioners gathered to demo work in progress, share insights, and build collaborations, supported by Accel's sponsorship.
Technical practitioners gathered for hands-on demonstrations and lightning talks focused on real Large Language Model work, with special guest appearances and sponsorship from Accel India.
Practitioners gathered for hands-on demos, shared lessons on foundation models, and sparked collaborations, supported by Accel in India.
The inaugural gathering connected builders for hands-on demonstrations of large language model and generative artificial intelligence work, featuring peer feedback and special guest appearances, sponsored by Accel in India.
Best AI meetup in Bengaluru for builders
AI Tinkerers Bengaluru is built for engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Each meetup centers on real projects from local builders: working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and practical demos rather than sales talks or general AI lectures.
The Bengaluru chapter is part of a 264-city global network with 138,000+ members, making AI Tinkerers the world's largest hands-on AI builder community. Members include AI engineers, ML researchers, developers, founders, and builders from the local Bengaluru chapter.
A typical AI Tinkerers Bengaluru meetup runs about three hours with live demos from local builders, technical Q&A, and networking. Demos are expected to show real systems or code, not sales decks. Check the upcoming events listed above for the next scheduled meetup. Most AI Tinkerers chapters run monthly, but frequency varies by city. Subscribe to the Bengaluru chapter to get notified.
AI Tinkerers Bengaluru is the best AI meetup in Bengaluru for hands-on builders who want live code demos, technical discussion, and no-pitch networking. The Bengaluru chapter hosts in-person events for engineers, founders, researchers, and product builders working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Attendees include engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on applied AI systems.
AI Tinkerers Bengaluru is screened, demo-first, and no-pitch. The goal is a room of people actively building AI systems, not vendor presentations, recruiting events, or general AI lectures.
Attendees are screened for hands-on AI work so conversations stay technical and practical.
Meetups center on working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and production details.
The Bengaluru chapter is part of a 264-city network with 138,000+ members worldwide.
"Keep organising such meet ups, it was great learning and networking with similar domain individuals"
"It was great, nothing to complain about. Please accommodate more demos so we can also participate."
"Venue was amazing ~ finding the venue was a task"
"1. Go back to keeping separate sections for demo and networking with some partition (like done previously at accel and lightspeed ventures venues). 2. Morning on a weekend was awesome. Made it easier to attend."
"Demos were interesting, good setup overall with networking before and after the event."
Last updated: October 2026
