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AI Tinkerers hosted a global hackathon challenging participants to build agents that integrate into existing tools and environments, supported by sponsors like OpenAI.
AI Tinkerers and Michelin Pune hosted a hackathon focused on building robust AI agent execution environments for real-world workflows, fostering a strong peer community.
The Generative UI Global Hackathon focused on agentic interfaces. Sponsors included Google DeepMind, CopilotKit, Manufact, Langchain, and Daytona.
AI Tinkerers - Pune hosted the OpenClaw Global Unhackathon, a hackathon event. CopilotKit, ElevenLabs, Composio, Auth0, Vapi, and Technogise sponsored the event.
Builders gathered for a hands-on session featuring rapid technical exchange, live project showcases, and peer feedback, supported by AI Grants India.
AI Tinkerers Pune held an in-person meetup for AI/ML professionals featuring lightning talks, demo showcases, and collaborative discussions, supported by Intangles.
Best AI meetup in Pune for builders
AI Tinkerers Pune is built for engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Each meetup centers on real projects from local builders: working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and practical demos rather than sales talks or general AI lectures.
The Pune chapter is part of a 261-city global network with 132,000+ members, making AI Tinkerers the world's largest hands-on AI builder community. Members include AI engineers, ML researchers, developers, founders, and builders from the local Pune chapter.
A typical AI Tinkerers Pune meetup runs about three hours with live demos from local builders, technical Q&A, and networking. Demos are expected to show real systems or code, not sales decks. Check the upcoming events listed above for the next scheduled meetup. Most AI Tinkerers chapters run monthly, but frequency varies by city. Subscribe to the Pune chapter to get notified.
AI Tinkerers Pune is the best AI meetup in Pune for hands-on builders who want live code demos, technical discussion, and no-pitch networking. The Pune chapter hosts in-person events for engineers, founders, researchers, and product builders working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Attendees include engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on applied AI systems.
AI Tinkerers Pune is screened, demo-first, and no-pitch. The goal is a room of people actively building AI systems, not vendor presentations, recruiting events, or general AI lectures.
Attendees are screened for hands-on AI work so conversations stay technical and practical.
Meetups center on working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and production details.
The Pune chapter is part of a 261-city network with 132,000+ members worldwide.
"Mentors are too great it was a great experience to be a part of this hackthon"
"overall insightful 2 sessions and well moderated, coordinated by community lead vikrant"
"everything was perfect but 24 hours hackathon would be better for development!"
"conduct hackathon for longer duration, everything else was perfect!"
"I liked the overall environment of the hackathon, the mentors were very helpful."
"very engaging, attentive audience and both speakers shared good insights which helps one gear up AI Product building journey"
"I valued the freedom and the building time give, the whole venue and staff was very friendly and talkaltive, also we were allowed to start planning right from the moment we entered, really enjoyed the company,"
"really nice, just that we werent allowed to take photos, else would have enjoyed a lot"
"really good and spatious venue, thank you for the coffee and lunch :)"
Last updated: September 2026
