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Two Cleveland volunteer communities come together to give Northeast Ohio’s data and AI professionals more ways to connect, learn and grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLEVELAND, October 27, 2026: CLE AI & DATA and Data in the Land are joining forces. Data in the Land, a community for analytics, data science and data engineering professionals across Northeast Ohio, will dissolve and fold into CLE AI & DATA, bringing its members into a volunteer-run community of almost 5,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both groups started with the same idea: people learn faster and go further when they learn together. Data in the Land was founded in 2025 to help data professionals at every career stage network, share skills and grow in Cleveland’s evolving data landscape. CLE AI & DATA traces its roots to a Hadoop user group started in 2010 and has hosted 183 events since, from monthly socials to auditorium talks with speakers from across the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not the first time Cleveland’s data community has grown by coming together. In 2024, the original Hadoop group and Cleveland AI merged to form CLE AI & DATA. Welcoming Data in the Land is the natural next step, and it moves CLE AI & DATA closer to its mission: making AI accessible to everyone, and seeing Cleveland’s AI and data jobs filled by Cleveland professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cleveland\u2019s data community has always been the strongest when we build it together. Helen and the Data in the Land organizers created a place where data professionals actually help each other grow, and that\u2019s exactly what we want more of. To every Data in the Land member: you\u2019re not joining something new, you\u2019re bringing what you built with you, and we can\u2019t wait to meet you on the east side.<\/p>\nTed Troxell, CEO, CLE AI & DATA<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Data in the Land has grown into a community we’re incredibly proud of, and joining forces with CLE AI and Data is a natural next step. Together, we can reach more people and create meaningful opportunities for education, mentorship and career growth. I’m excited about the impact we will make together in Cleveland’s tech ecosystem!<\/p>\nHelen Shere, Co-founder, Data in the Land<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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