About us
"Learn by Practice". Join us to learn and practice AI, Machine learning, Deep learning and Data Science technology together with like-minded developers.
Our goal is to congregate with AI enthusiasts from all over Portland to learn and practice AI tech, through tech talks, study jams, code labs etc.. we regularly invite tech leads from innovated companies, successful startups to share their practice experiences and practices in the world of AI, Cloud, Data.
If you’d like to speak at future meetups, co-promote your meetup or inquire about partnership opportunities, please feel free to reach out to us.
Upcoming events
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Claude Hack Portland #2
Portland State Business Accelerator, 2828 Southwest Corbett Ave, Portland, OR, USRSVP HERE : https://luma.com/ry71cztm
Join a Claude Code Community Event, organized by local Claude Code enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude Code!
Build. Ship. Win.
Portland has world-class engineering talent. It’s time to prove it.
PDX Hacks & AI Collective brings together the city’s sharpest engineers for intensive one-day hackathons focused on building with frontier AI. Each event spotlights a different platform, toolchain, or challenge—pushing Portland’s builders to master the full landscape of modern AI development.***
This Event: Build with Claude
You’ll get hands-on with Claude—building agents, tool-use pipelines, multi-model workflows, or whatever your team can dream up. Your project must meaningfully integrate Claude. Beyond that, the problem space is yours.
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Format
- Solo or teams of up to 4
- One day, start to finish — come ready to build
- API credits provided to all participants courtesy of Anthropic
- Judging by a panel of industry engineers, investors, and media
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Judges
- Todd Greco — Director of AI Outcomes, Slalom
https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddgreco/ - Christopher Jones — Founder, Lushy App
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonjones/ - Shubham Anandani — Engineering, LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhamanandani/
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Who This Is For
This is a hackathon for engineers already building with frontier AI models and modern frameworks. If you’re shipping production code, experimenting with cutting-edge tooling, or pushing what’s possible with LLMs, you belong here.2 attendees
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