Making AI accessible to everyone.
Talks, socials, workshops and hikes for anyone in Cleveland curious about AI, from first-timers to decision makers.
4,284 members · 183 events since 2010 · 4.8 from 1,465 reviews
4,284 members
From the curious to the decision makers, all in the CLE AI & DATA Meetup group.
183 events
That’s since the first Hadoop user group in 2010.
4.8 out of 5
That’s the average of 1,465 reviews from people who came.
Speakers from the field
People from AWS, OpenAI, Nutanix, Arista Networks and Further, on what they are working on.
Room for everyone
A few hundred people. Come alone; you won’t stay that way.
At the museum
The Mega Meetup is at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Just conversation
No presentations. People swap what they are building, curious about, or stuck on.
Fifty-odd toppings
Happy Dog lets you put almost anything on a hot dog. Food and drinks are at your own expense.
Once a month
6:00 to 8:00 PM, one evening a month. Check Meetup for the date.
Free parking
5801 Detroit Avenue in Gordon Square. Parking is free and the room is casual.
New here? Good.
No technical background or invitation needed. Turn up and say hello to whoever is nearest.
Led by people who do it
Sessions run with partner companies, taught by someone who has done the work.
Laptops open
Hands-on: real problems, not slides. Questions welcome.
Jobs filled from here
Cleveland’s AI and data jobs, filled by Cleveland talent. Maybe you.
The bridle trail
Hikes on the North Chagrin bridle trail. Twenty-eight of us walked it in August.
Volunteer days
Planting, cleaning up, helping out. Same people, different setting.
The big nights
A full room, with a seat for you.
A few times a year we fill an auditorium with talks from people at AWS, OpenAI, Nutanix, Arista Networks and Further. Stay for the hour after and meet the room, whatever brought you.
Once a month
Hot dogs at Happy Dog.
No slides, no agenda, no experience needed. One evening a month, 6 to 8 PM, at 5801 Detroit Avenue in Gordon Square. Say hello to whoever is nearest.
Learning by doing
Learn it by doing it.
Hands-on workshops with partner companies. Bring a laptop and your questions; someone who has done it before is at the whiteboard. The goal: Cleveland’s AI and data jobs, filled by Cleveland people.
Outside
Not everything happens indoors.
Hikes on the North Chagrin bridle trail, and volunteer days around town. Twenty-eight of us walked the trail in August. It’s the easiest way to meet everyone.
How it started
Sixteen years of showing up.
In 2010 Doug Meil started a Hadoop user group. Cleveland AI formed in 2017, and in 2024 the two merged. 183 events later, there’s still room at the table. Come to the next one.
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