About us
The Home of AI in the Midlands.
A place for AI and Machine Learning boffins and get together and discuss how we're using Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, AI Planning, Clustering, Reinforcement Learning etc to change the way our companies do business, invent new products, enhance existing ones or just make things work better.
If you're using AI / ML at work, are studying it at Uni or online, or have read (or written!) an interesting paper recently, come along and tell us about it!
All BrumAI links on here (incl our Slack community, YouTube, LinkedIn)
https://linktr.ee/brumai
Upcoming events
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BrumAI October 2026 - hosted by UCB, sponsored by Griffiths Waite
Moss House (University College Birmingham), 3 Holland St, Birmingham B3 1QH, UK, Birmingham, GBBrumAI October 2026 - hosted by UCB, sponsored by Griffiths Waite
OCTOBER 2026 - in-person event hosted by University College Birmingham
We're back! 🎉 This time we're kindly hosted by University College Birmingham at their Moss House campus, with thanks to Griffiths Waite for sponsoring the evening.
It's an opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs, researchers, people in academia, students, engineers, AI enthusiasts, and curious individuals. So bring your friends and co-workers!
Limited space.
⚠️ PLEASE ANSWER THE RSVP QUESTION WITH YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. Reception checks everyone in by name, so we can only admit people on the list.
⏰ ARRIVAL FROM 17:30, TALKS START AT 18:00. Please don't arrive before 17:30, as we'll still be setting up the room.EVENT OVERVIEW
This session will include:
- Talk by Peet Denny, founder of BrumAI
- Interactive session led by Dr Anandhi Vivek Dhukaram, co-organiser at BrumAI
- Free food, drinks and networkingAGENDA
17:30 - Arrival and check-in (please don't arrive before 17:30)
17:50 - Welcome and intros, with a few words from Griffiths Waite
18:00 - Talk by Peet Denny
Peet is building a regulated fintech with a team of AI agents across Claude, Grok and GPT, wired into Cursor and Linear and running on a harness he built himself. He'll walk through that harness: how it's put together, what went well, and what he got wrong building it. Useful for anyone shipping real products with agents, or thinking about it.
18:30 - Food and comfort break 🍕🥤 (please help yourself to food, then bring it back to your seat for the next session)
18:45 - Interactive session led by Dr Anandhi Vivek Dhukaram
19:25 - Close. Please be out of the building by 7:30 pm.SPEAKER BIOS
PEET DENNY
Peet started BrumAI in 2017, before handing it over to the team who run it today. After a stint in venture capital, he’s back to being a founder. He’s now building Tekka, a regulated fintech that helps people recover unclaimed higher-rate pension tax relief, with a team of AI agents doing much of the work.
https://tekka.uk — recovering unclaimed higher-rate pension tax relief
www.linkedin.com/in/peet-denny
Email me at peet@tekka.ukDR ANANDHI VIVEK DHUKARAM
As a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in research, technology, and global business, with a PhD in cognitive systems engineering, Dr Anandhi specialises in driving human-centric responsible AI cultures across industries.
Throughout her career, she has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) when harnessed responsibly. Her mission is to bridge the gap between AI technology and organisational readiness, ensuring businesses of all sizes can seize the opportunities and leverage AI effectively.
Through tailored AI literacy programs and as an EU AI Act compliance strategist, she aims to equip teams with the critical thinking and technical proficiency necessary to navigate the regulatory complexities of AI confidently.
Personal page: https://anandhiv.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandhi-vivek-dhukaram
Founder of Esdha: www.esdha.comCAPACITY
In-person spaces are restricted, please only book if you can attend!
Only attend if you have a confirmed RSVP and you are not on the waiting list.
Please let the organisers know or cancel on Meetup if you can no longer attend, so someone on the waiting list can take your place.SPONSORED BY
Many thanks to Griffiths Waite for sponsoring this event.
Griffiths Waite is a Birmingham technology consultancy that builds custom AI products for large enterprises, taking them from AI roadmap through to production-ready products. They have over 30 years of experience delivering bespoke enterprise software.
Website: https://www.griffiths-waite.co.uk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/griffiths-waite/
Please feel free to connect with the Griffiths Waite team:
Manni Basi, Lead Engineer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mannibasi/
Pooja Joshi, Marketing Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja-joshi-25172583HOSTED BY
We are very grateful to University College Birmingham for hosting us.
📍 Moss House, 3 Holland Street, Birmingham, B3 1QH
Moss House sits at the junction of George Street and Holland Street, about a 10 minute walk from Birmingham city centre. Please give your first and last name at reception when you arrive, and you'll be given a UCB visitor lanyard to wear during the event.
Please feel free to connect with our host:
Jeba Ali, University College Birmingham
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeba-ali/16 attendees
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