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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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