AI Meetups in St. Louis
Once a month, St. Louis developers, founders, and makers fill the Lab for the AI Builders Meetup: a talk, an AI news round-up, and time to meet each other. It's free, and you don't need to be a member to come.
Want a place to work between meetups? See coworking memberships.
First time here? We're at 7525 Sussex Ave in Maplewood, with street parking out front. Head up the stairs to the second floor and down the hall. Look for the sign on the door.
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AI Builders Meetup: AI and Custom Software for Small Business
Paul Spears, founder of Forgerite, speaks on how AI unlocks custom software for small businesses, putting tools within reach that they were long priced out of.
Recurring Events
Open Lab Wednesdays
Try out AI Lab Coworking for free! Tour the space, meet members, and experience our coworking environment.
Past meetups
Photos and notes from every month at the Lab.
Month 10 at the AI Lab
From Photo to Physical Part with Michael McNeil
Notes from the October 22nd meetup. Michael McNeil introduced Autonomyware, which turns a picture of an object into a physical clone built to factory-grade tolerances. Plus, a look ahead to November's talk on AI and custom software for small business.
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Month 9 at the AI Lab
Voice Agents with Pure AI
Notes from the September 24th meetup. Anmar Mahmod of Pure AI took us inside a Voice AI system handling calls for 44+ retail locations across the Midwest, then built a working voice agent live. Plus, a look ahead to October's deep dive into AI 3D engineering.
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Month 8 at the AI Lab
Robotics with Apollo
Notes from the August 20th meetup. Apollo Timbers introduced Sophie, Second Robotics' Prototype 01, and walked the room through what it takes to put AI in a machine that moves. Plus, the lab expands down the hall.
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Month 7 at the AI Lab
From Builder to Founder with Gateway X
Notes from the July 23rd meetup. Adam Brakhane from Gateway X came to meet our builders and shared their thesis on AI-native companies. Plus, Second Robotics moves the hardware in ahead of an August meetup all about physical AI.
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Month 6 at the AI Lab
Spec Coding, Local Models, and AI in the Businesses Nobody Blogs About
Notes from the June 25th meetup: the end of "vibe coding," why fine-tuning fundamentals matter, and applied AI showing up in fencing and independent restaurants. Plus, Second Robotics moves in.
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Month 5 at the AI Lab
Our Biggest Meetup Yet
Month 5 - our biggest meetup ever with 30+ attendees with an inspiring founder talk from Kenneth Eversole
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Month 4 at the AI Lab
New Faces, Mind Maps, and AI in the Trades
Month 4 - new open-discussion format kicked off with AI headlines, a Gemini doc-processing demo, real talk on running local models, and a crowd-favorite conversation about AI showing up in traditional trades.
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Month 3 at the AI Lab
Cloud Agents, CalcPad, and Our Own Meetup Group
Month 3 - we launched our own Meetup group, demoed Cursor's cloud coding agent, heard about massive AI datacenter investments coming to the region, and learned how Mike Smick built an app with screenshots and Claude.
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Month 2 at the AI Lab
Neural Nets and New Friends
Month 2 - Kurt Schwind broke down neural networks from scratch, and Josh & Alex brought the STL Gen AI crew back for a packed house of AI coders.
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Month 1 at the AI Lab
From Paint Cans to Python
Month 1 - renovating the space, hosting our first STL AI Meetup, and welcoming high school coders to learn Python.
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