Let’s Talk AI: Flair, Cocktails & AI Chats!

The first AI Leaders Romania meetup. An informal evening in Bucharest with no slides, no panels, no pitches. Just drinks and conversation with the people in Romania actually working with AI, whether they're deploying it inside their companies or building it for a living.

Why we're doing this

We're putting together a community where the two crowds that should be talking to each other actually do: business leaders working through AI adoption, and the AI practitioners building what they end up using. Before we kick off the first formal seminars and workshops, we want to meet the people who'd actually show up. Hear what you're working on, where you're stuck, and what would be useful from a community like this.

Who should come

If you make or influence AI decisions in a company (founders, executives, directors, product managers, team leads), you'll get the most out of it if you're currently asking yourself things like:

• Where should we start with AI?
• How do we move from experimentation to something real?
• What does EU AI Act mean for our business?
• How are other companies in Romania approaching this?

You don't need a technical background. We focus on strategy, business impact, and leadership.

If you build AI for a living (founders of AI companies, ML/AI engineers, applied researchers, AI consultants, data scientists shipping to production), you'll find peers, the people building what gets adopted, and the leaders looking to adopt it. We're explicit: practitioners with real projects, not theorists, not influencers. If you're tired of the conference circuit and want a room of people doing serious work, this is it.

What to expect

• A relaxed venue, drinks, and 4+ hours of open conversation.
• Members of the AI Leaders founding team in the room: production AI architects, AI product founders, EU AI Act policy advisors, ex-Microsoft AI leads. Come ask anything.
• No slides. No pitches. No "let me tell you about my company" panels.
• Small enough that you can actually talk to everyone.

Logistics

• Where: Central Bucharest, venue announced shortly
• Cost: Free. RSVP required.

Spots are limited because the format only works if everyone can actually meet. Hit RSVP so we know how many to plan for.

After this kickoff, we'll roll out our first seminars and workshops. Let’s Talk AI itself might become our recurring networking format, so if this isn't the right week for you, the next one won't be far off.

See you there.