{"id":477,"date":"2026-01-12T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/?post_type=meetup_events&#038;p=477"},"modified":"2026-09-24T22:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:27:44","slug":"cle-ai-data-new-year-kickoff-gcp","status":"publish","type":"meetup_events","link":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/meetup-event\/cle-ai-data-new-year-kickoff-gcp\/","title":{"rendered":"CLE AI &#038; DATA New Year Kickoff @ GCP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cleveland AI &amp; Data kicks off the new year with an energizing evening at the Greater Cleveland Partnership, bringing together practitioners, innovators, and leaders shaping the region\u2019s rapidly expanding AI ecosystem.<br>This event features three spotlight talks from rising voices in applied AI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ben Nyx<\/strong> \u2014 sharing insights from the frontier of modern AI development, with a focus on practical techniques, emerging capabilities, and what rapidly evolving models mean for builders and businesses in 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Caden Kacmarynski<\/strong> \u2014 offering a deep dive into real-world AI adoption, including lessons learned from deploying intelligent systems, navigating data challenges, and designing solutions that scale.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Lauren Burke-McCarthy<\/strong> \u2014 Sharing a product- and user-centric approach to AI, including designing hybrid human\u2013AI systems, evolving AI risk management, and an iterative design-to-dev pipeline that&#8217;s shipped AI that\u2019s responsible, valuable, and governable for F500s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you\u2019re an engineer, researcher, product leader, entrepreneur, or simply AI-curious, this is a great opportunity to learn, connect, and engage with one of the country\u2019s fastest-growing AI communities.<br><strong>Join us on January 12th at the Greater Cleveland Partnership as we explore the technologies, strategies, and breakthroughs shaping the next era of AI.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/cleveland-ai-data\/events\/312359100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See attendees and comments on the Meetup event<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/meetup-event\/\">See all CLE AI &amp; Data events<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kick off 2026 with CLE AI &#038; Data at the Greater Cleveland Partnership: applied AI talks from Ben Nyx, Caden Kacmarynski and Lauren Burke-McCarthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-477","meetup_events","type-meetup_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/meetup_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meetup_events\/477\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cle-ai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}