About us
Cloud Native & Open-Source AI is a global, practitioner-led community exploring how open-source technologies, cloud-native platforms, and modern AI systems are built, scaled, and run in the real world.
We run:
• Bi-monthly in-person meetups in London
• Bi-monthly online events for our global audience
• Chapters across the UK, North America & APAC
Whether you’re hands-on in engineering, platform, data, AI, or just getting started, you’re very welcome here.
Our events focus on:
• Cloud-native platforms & Kubernetes
• Open-source AI, agents & developer tooling
• MLOps, LLMOps & real-world delivery
• DevEx, reliability, security & operations
• Emerging open-source ecosystems & standards
This community is part of the Community Stack Ecosystem — meaning members can also discover and join our wider communities across Data & AI, Cloud Platforms, DevOps, Leadership, and more. You can join other events here.
You’ll also be automatically subscribed to our weekly community newsletter via Meetup, where we share event updates, speaker call-outs, learning resources, and ecosystem news.
We also publish talks and highlights on our YouTube channel.
Get Involved:
We’re always looking for:
• Speakers — talks, lightning sessions, demos, case studies
• Hosts — venues, community-friendly spaces
• Sponsors — food, drinks, video, accessibility support
• Collaborators — open-source maintainers, meetups, networks
If you’d like to speak, sponsor, host, or get involved, please reach out via Meetup or Ethan Sumner on LinkedIn.
Community Values:
This group follows the Community Stack Code of Conduct.
We aim to create a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming environment for everyone — across all backgrounds, experience levels, and identities.
Upcoming events
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GenAI UK #18 Agentic AI & GPU Optimisation - Nearform/Tessl
Tessl AI Limited, 210 Pentonville Rd London N1 9JY United Kingdom, London, GB6 attendees from 2 groupsHello and welcome to the next GenAI UK Meetup #18.
This event brings together engineers, practitioners, builders, and leaders working across cloud-native platforms, open-source ecosystems, Gen AI, Data and Agentic AI.
Our meetups are friendly, welcoming, and community-driven; everyone is welcome, whether you’re experienced or just curious.
This session will include practitioner talks, demos, Q&A, and time for networking with like-minded peers. Food and refreshments will be provided for in-person events where a host venue is supporting.We are delighted to host this event in London on the 10th of March with Nearform and Tessl
Speakers and Sessions:
Speaker: Luke Philips-Sheard, Engineering Manager, Vercel
Session: Luke will break down GPU performance optimisation and AI sandboxing. Drawing on experience in finance and high-growth environments, he’ll explore how to manage GPU resources, isolate workloads, and prevent performance bottlenecks in real systems.Speaker: Jack Foxabbott, Founding Member of Technical Staff, Stealth Startup
Session: Jack will dive into Neural Kernel Search and the evolution of custom CUDA for non-standard architectures. A practical look at how low-level optimisation unlocks performance gains that frameworks alone can’t deliver.Agenda (GMT /UK ):
- 18:00: Welcome and refreshments
- 18:30: Introduction
- 18:35: Speaker 1
- 19:10: Break
- 19:20: Speaker 2
- 19:55: Close and Networking
Get Involved:
We are always keen to hear from:
• Speakers — case studies, engineering deep dives, lessons learned, open-source talks
• Hosts — organisations able to provide space for future meetups
• Sponsors — support with refreshments, 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 and Privacy Policy to ensure a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all attendees. By registering for this event, you agree to these terms.
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