What we’re about
AWS AI UG is a practitioner-led community for engineers, builders, data and ML practitioners, architects, and technical leaders working with AI, ML, and generative AI on AWS.
We focus on how AI systems are designed, deployed, governed, and operated in real-world environments — from LLMs and agents to MLOps, data platforms, and production delivery on AWS.
We run:
• Bi-monthly in-person meetups in London
• Bi-monthly online events across the UK, North America and APAC
• One online global AWS AI conference each year
Whether you’re hands-on with AWS AI services, experimenting with generative AI, leading platform or data teams, or just starting your journey, you’re very welcome here.
Our events explore:
• AI & ML on AWS — real-world architecture, operations and delivery
• Generative AI, agents, RAG & applied use-cases
• MLOps, LLMOps and production readiness
• Data platforms, governance and responsibility
• Developer experience, performance, cost and reliability
• Lessons learned, demos and practical case studies
This community is part of the Community Stack Ecosystem, meaning members can also discover and join our wider communities across Cloud, Data & AI, DevOps, Open Source, Leadership, meaning members can also discover and join our wider communities across Cloud, Data & AI, DevOps, Open Source, Leadership, and more.
Members are automatically subscribed to our weekly community newsletter via Meetup, where we share upcoming events, speaker opportunities, learning resources and ecosystem updates. Selected talks and highlights are also shared via our YouTube channel.
We’re always looking for:
• Speakers — talks, lightning sessions, demos and case studies
• Hosts — organisations able to support community venues
• Sponsors — food, refreshments, recording or accessibility support
• Collaborators — AWS community builders, meetups and open-source projects
If you’d like to speak, sponsor, host, or get involved, please reach out via Meetup or contact Ethan Sumner on LinkedIn.
Community Values:
This group follows the Community Stack Code of Conduct.
We aim to create a respectful, inclusive and welcoming space for everyone — across all backgrounds, experience levels and identities.
Upcoming events
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- Network event
•OnlineAWS AI UG #4 - Online
Online14 attendees from 3 groupsHello and welcome to our next AWS AI UG meetup.
This event brings together engineers, builders, data and ML practitioners, architects, and leaders working with AI, ML, and generative AI on AWS.
Our meetups are friendly, welcoming, and community-driven; everyone is welcome, whether you’re experienced or just starting your AWS AI journey. This session will include practitioner talks, demos, Q&A, and time for networking with like-minded peers.
We run bi-monthly in-person meetups in London, bi-monthly online events across the UK, North America and APAC, and one online global AWS AI conference each year. Food and refreshments will be provided for in-person events where a host venue is supporting.
We are delighted to host this event in Online on 19th of Janurary.
Speakers and Sessions:
Speaker: Mahmoud El Zayet, CTO at Bexprt
Session Title: LLMs Behaving Badly: How We Shipped Enterprise GenAI Without Getting Fired
Description: GenAI demos are magic. Production in a Fortune 50? That's where things get real.
This talk shares war stories from deploying an intelligent document processing system in a highly regulated enterprise in under 6 months. We'll cover what actually stood between us and go-live: zero-internet architectures, security teams who'd never said yes to AI, compliance hurdles, LLM timeouts at the worst moments, and the creative ways large language models tried to embarrass us.
No slides full of architecture diagrams. Just honest lessons from the trenches on making GenAI work where failure wasn't an option
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Agenda (GMT / UK):
18:00 — Welcome and Introduction — Ethan Sumner
18:05 — Speaker 1
18:40 — Break
18:50 — Speaker 2
19:30 — Close and networking
We are always keen to hear from:
• Speakers — case studies, engineering deep dives, demos and applied AWS AI stories
• Hosts — organisations able to provide space for future meetups
• Sponsors — support with refreshments, recording, marketing or accessibility
If you would like to speak, sponsor, or host a future event, please get in touch with Ethan Sumner via LinkedIn.
You can find our YouTube channel here.
This community forms part of the Community Stack ecosystem and follows the Community Stack Code of Conduct to ensure a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all attendees.4 attendees from this group - Network event
•OnlineAWS AI UG #6 - Online
Online3 attendees from 3 groupsHello and welcome to our next AWS AI UG meetup.
This event brings together engineers, builders, data and ML practitioners, architects, and leaders working with AI, ML, and generative AI on AWS.
Our meetups are friendly, welcoming, and community-driven; everyone is welcome, whether you’re experienced or just starting your AWS AI journey. This session will include practitioner talks, demos, Q&A, and time for networking with like-minded peers.
We run bi-monthly in-person meetups in London, bi-monthly online events across the UK, North America and APAC, and one online global AWS AI conference each year. Food and refreshments will be provided for in-person events where a host venue is supporting.
We are delighted to host this event online on the 9th of March.
Speakers and Sessions:
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Agenda (GMT / UK):
18:00 — Welcome and Introduction — Ethan Sumner
18:05 — Speaker 1
18:40 — Break
18:50 — Speaker 2
19:30 — Close and networking
We are always keen to hear from:
• Speakers — case studies, engineering deep dives, demos and applied AWS AI stories
• Hosts — organisations able to provide space for future meetups
• Sponsors — support with refreshments, recording, marketing or accessibility
If you would like to speak, sponsor, or host a future event, please get in touch with Ethan Sumner via LinkedIn.
You can find our YouTube channel here.
This community forms part of the Community Stack ecosystem and follows the Community Stack Code of Conduct to ensure a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all attendees.2 attendees from this group - Network event
•OnlineAWS AI UG #8 - Online
Online3 attendees from 3 groupsHello and welcome to our next AWS AI UG meetup.
This event brings together engineers, builders, data and ML practitioners, architects, and leaders working with AI, ML, and generative AI on AWS.
Our meetups are friendly, welcoming, and community-driven; everyone is welcome, whether you’re experienced or just starting your AWS AI journey. This session will include practitioner talks, demos, Q&A, and time for networking with like-minded peers.
We run bi-monthly in-person meetups in London, bi-monthly online events across the UK, North America and APAC, and one online global AWS AI conference each year. Food and refreshments will be provided for in-person events where a host venue is supporting.
We are delighted to host this event online on the 11th of May.
Speakers and Sessions:
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Agenda (GMT / UK):
18:00 — Welcome and Introduction — Ethan Sumner
18:05 — Speaker 1
18:40 — Break
18:50 — Speaker 2
19:30 — Close and networking
We are always keen to hear from:
• Speakers — case studies, engineering deep dives, demos and applied AWS AI stories
• Hosts — organisations able to provide space for future meetups
• Sponsors — support with refreshments, recording, marketing or accessibility
If you would like to speak, sponsor, or host a future event, please get in touch with Ethan Sumner via LinkedIn.
You can find our YouTube channel here.
This community forms part of the Community Stack Ecosystem and follows the Community Stack Code of Conduct to ensure a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all attendees.2 attendees from this group
