South Bay Generative AI

4.6•368 ratings

Sunnyvale, CA, US

5,222 members · Public group

What we’re about

Connect, Learn, and Build the Future of AI with Us!
Dive into the rapidly evolving world of Generative AI with the South Bay's most active and engaged community! We are a vibrant group of engineers, researchers, founders, designers, product managers, and tech leaders passionate about exploring and building with AI.

What We Do:

Weekly Hub: Join us every Thursday evening (7-9 PM) for our casual social and discussion meetup at Panera Bread in Sunnyvale. It's the perfect place for informal chats, networking, and brainstorming.
Monthly Deep Dives: Experience larger, structured events featuring tech talks, project demos, hands-on workshops, and panel discussions. We partner with leading AI companies and experts to bring you cutting-edge insights. (Past hosts/speakers include Databricks, DataStax, SambaNova, Couchbase, Pinecone, Sentient Foundation, Martian Router, and more!)
Networking: Connect with fellow AI enthusiasts, find collaborators, share ideas, and learn from diverse perspectives during dedicated networking sessions and our regular meetups.

Our members range from seasoned industry veterans and startup founders to PhD researchers and those just beginning their GenAI journey. We foster a welcoming environment for learning and collaboration.

Stay Connected:
Website: https://genaimeetup.com/
Discord chat: https://discadia.com/gen-ai/
Podcast: https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/

Get Involved: Interested in speaking, demoing a project, hosting an event, or sponsoring? Reach out to our organizers! We're always looking for exciting content and partnerships.

Upcoming events

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Thu, Nov 13 · 19:00 PST
Generative AI Social
Panera Bread, 1189 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, US
Talk about generative AI and its applications.

Listen to our podcast.genaimeetup.com. Share your project on discord: discadia.com/gen-ai

Heads up for our Panera meetups:
- Please buy a drink or small snack to help us stay welcome. Thanks! 🥤☕
- Let's be mindful of our volume to ensure a pleasant atmosphere for everyone at Panera.
27 attendees
Thu, Nov 20 · 19:00 PST
Generative AI Social
Panera Bread, 1189 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, US
Talk about generative AI and its applications.

Listen to our podcast.genaimeetup.com. Share your project on discord: discadia.com/gen-ai

Heads up for our Panera meetups:
- Please buy a drink or small snack to help us stay welcome. Thanks! 🥤☕
- Let's be mindful of our volume to ensure a pleasant atmosphere for everyone at Panera.
15 attendees
Thu, Nov 27 · 19:00 PST
Generative AI Social
Panera Bread, 1189 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, US
Talk about generative AI and its applications.

Listen to our podcast.genaimeetup.com. Share your project on discord: discadia.com/gen-ai

Heads up for our Panera meetups:
- Please buy a drink or small snack to help us stay welcome. Thanks! 🥤☕
- Let's be mindful of our volume to ensure a pleasant atmosphere for everyone at Panera.
12 attendees
Thu, Dec 4 · 18:00 PST
South Bay Gen AI Presents: The Code Slop Comedy Hour
Panera Bread, 1189 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, US
Presented to you by genaimeetup.com.

Listen to our podcast.genaimeetup.com. Share your project on discord: discadia.com/gen-ai

Location: The event will be in the main room in Hacker Dojo - 855 Maude Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043.

### Overview

You’ve seen the tweets: “I built a $30k/mo SaaS with zero handwritten code!” You’ve also seen the follow-up: “guys, i’m under attack.”

Welcome to the golden age of “vibe coding,” where the 10x developer is finally here—and they’re shipping code with the confidence of a principal engineer and the security awareness of an open S3 bucket.

AI has promised to automate our jobs, but for now, it seems best at automating technical debt.

This isn’t your typical tech talk. This is a intervention. Meet:
Arka Bagchi, Co-founder & CTO @ firstdrafts.ai. As the technical lead of a LegalTech company building on LLMs, he lives and breathes this stuff daily. He's seen the good, the bad, and the so-ugly-it-must-be-a-hallucination. Arka believes LLMs are an incredible force multiplier for coding... but also prolific producers of code slop—unmaintainable, insecure, and frankly, hilarious spaghetti code masquerading as innovation.
Forget demos and slide decks. Join us for a standup-comedy style roast where Arka takes the stage to mercilessly (but lovingly) tear into the funniest, dumbest, and most dangerous code slop the AI revolution has given us so far.
8 attendees