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This session introduces Microsoft Foundry as the foundation for building enterprise-grade AI solutions. We’ll explain what Foundry is, how it fits into the Microsoft AI ecosystem, and when it makes sense to use it. The focus is on architecture, platform thinking, and real-world use cases. This event is part of the Microsoft Foundry series: From Platform to Agents **Agenda** * What problem Foundry solves * Foundry core components * Foundry vs Copilot vs DIY * Foundry portal walkthrough * Q&A **Who is for?** * Architects designing enterprise AI platforms * Platform engineers building or maintaining AI infrastructure * Security professionals responsible for AI * Cloud engineers and DevOps handling AI workloads * Anyone making AI work reliably, securely, and at scale **Notes** * **Level:** Practical, technical (200-300) * **Language:** Hebrew * **Format:** Online, interactive, and recorded **Connect with the community** * [MS.AI.Advocate](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DtyqRBb5Npt5jJPQHppM9q) * [Az.Advocate](https://chat.whatsapp.com/IKcka2FCr4sBzyLewIusug) * [Community Notifications on WhatsApp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EFyFFU5zvgiH93XqPH8Q8E) * [A landing page for all 404.Community Groups](https://eshlomo.blog/community/) * [The Circle Community on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12085030/)

**Присоединяйтесь к нам — вас ждет вечер нетворкинга, профессионального роста и инсайтов от лидеров индустрии! 🚀** ### **Об инвенте 🤝** В **DataConnectIL** мы объединяем местных экспертов и талантливых специалистов-репатриантов, недавно прибывших в Израиль, чтобы помочь им стать частью локальной и глобальной технологической экосистемы. Если вы специализируетесь в **Cyber Security, Fraud Prevention** или **Data Science**, пришло время расширить ваш профессиональный круг общения. ### **Технические детали 📍** * **Когда:** 10 февраля 2026 г. * **Время:** Начало в 17:30 🕙 * **Где:** Офис **AWS**, Sarona Tower (ул. Менахем Бегин 121, Тель-Авив), 28-й этаж 🏢 * **Регистрация:** [https://dataconnect.org.il](https://dataconnect.org.il) 🔗 * **Стоимость:** Бесплатно (регистрация обязательна) 🎟️ ### **Программа ✨** * **Выступления 🎤:** Эксклюзивные инсайты от лидеров индустрии и участников нашего сообщества. * **Круглые столы 💬:** Интерактивные сессии для профессиональных дискуссий и нетворкинга. * **Язык 🌍:** Основная программа пройдет на английском языке, однако ряд выступлений и круглых столов будут проводиться на **русском**, чтобы каждый мог полноценно участвовать в обсуждении. >

מערכות משובצות נמצאות בכל מקום: ברכב, במקרר, במזגן ובמקומות רבים נוספים. בהרצאה נבין מה באמת מבדיל Embedded Firmware, הנמצאת בלב המערכות המשובצות, מתוכנה רגילה. נראה מדוע פיתוח תוכנה זו מאתגר יותר ומדוע בכל זאת כדאי להכיר את עקרונות התחום. ארי יוסקוביץ’, מהנדס Embedded Firmware עם 16 שנות ניסיון, מתמחה במערכות הפעלה משובצות, אבטחה וקריפטוגרפיה. שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/makelab-embedded

**TAMI Hacking Nights** \- join TAMI CTF team and practice challenges and CTFs with us \- share your knowledge about ethical hacking techniques and tools \- bring some device to reverse engineer it and explore how it works \- propose a bug bounty program to work on together \- just watch and learn from others The meetings are informal and open to all levels - from total beginners to hardcore CTF veterans. Join our HackaTAMI Telegram channel ([https://t.me/+KAXY_iPcPlpmZTRk](https://t.me/+KAXY_iPcPlpmZTRk)) to discuss what we will do this Tuesday and come to TAMI. ========== TAMI wiki: [https://telavivmakers.org](https://telavivmakers.org) TAMI main Telegram channel: [https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8](https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8)

בסדנה נכיר את העקרונות הבסיסיים של תחום הריתוך, נתנסה בעבודה עם כלי העבודה השונים, נחשף לסוגי הריתוך השונים ותצברו ידע שיסייע לכם להבין את התהליך ואת טכניקות העבודה הנדרשות. עלות: 240 ש"ח למבוגר/ת. לתושבי יהוד-מונוסון: 190 ש"ח למבוגר/ת. שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם פה, יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא [https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/welding](https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/welding)

## Details Hi everyone, ⚠️ You need to join the Whatssapp community and get a confirmation on WhatssApp that there are still spots available in order to be able to attend. You can join the chess community here by filling the form: https://chessbarisrael.com/#join-us The next edition tournament will take place on **Tuesday.** 📍 **Where:** Masaryk Wine & Flowers, **80 King George St, Tel Aviv** 📅 **When:** 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM ♟️ **Format:** 5 rounds of 8+2 (Rapid) OR Meet & Play (depends on which Tuesday) 🥇 **Prizes:** * **Top Winners:** bottles of wine * **Best Under 1500/800:** 1 hour of private chess lesson * **Sandwich for a randomly picked player** ✨ **How does it work?** This is a friendly, unofficial event (not reported to FIDE) and part of a **bi-weekly series of tournaments** held in bars around Tel Aviv. ⚠️ There is an entrance fee for the event including the first free drink and prizes! **Spots are limited!** ⚠️ You need to join the Whatssapp community and get a confirmation on WhatssApp that there are still spots available in order to be able to attend. Olivier 🎉

**Ness Cloud \| Microsoft \| BITS Cloud4Startups** Join us for an inspiring meetup to explore how Ness and Microsoft Azure can fuel your startup’s success **Supercharge Your Startup with Ness Bits Program Powered by Microsoft Azure** 📅 12/02/2026 📍 Microsoft Tel-Aviv *The event will be hosted by Michal GologorskyStartups Territory Manager, Cloud & AI, Microsoft* *** **Agenda** 09:00 - **Welcoming** 09:30 - **The International BITS Accelerator Program will charge your startup with Resources, Benefits & Investments – What’s in it for you?!** Shay Rapaport, BITS Program Director, Ness.Cloud 09:50 - **Scale Without Limits: Navigating Your Startup Journey with Microsoft** Itai Rauch, Senior Startups Executive, Microsoft 10:10 - **Power Panel with The BITS Startups** Moderated by Shay Rapaport, BITS Program Director, Ness.Cloud 10:40 **Brunch Break** 11:15 **Agentic AI: Your Startup’s New Workforce** Marina Marenkov, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft 11:45 - **Your Fast Track to Azure Marketplace – Be Where Enterprises Buy Tech!** David Chouraqui, Biz-Dev, Ness.Cloud 12:00 - **Next October – Will be Better Commemoration and innovation** Izhar Shay, Former Minister of Science & Technology & Co-founder Next October 12:30 - **PipleBiz – Invest in the next big startup** Or Benun, founder & CEO of PipleBiz 13:15 - **Sweet ending** *** **Registration** * The invitation is personal & non-transferable * Participation is free of charge but prior registration & approval is required

Join us in the search for the true, the good and the beautiful. Each meet is in one of two formats: a shared reading and open discussion of philosophical texts, or a continuing series of lectures based on the reading of a fascinating book of philosophy. Both formats are in Hebrew, with some reading of English texts, assisted whenever needed. We meet weekly Friday on 80 Rokach Boulevard, Tel Aviv, at the gardens of the Council for a Beautiful Israel. Welcome anyone interested in understanding life more deeply, regardless of age or prior knowledge. The love of wisdom is enough. Please join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JeAa2uRNTlF0rdrVTLzUC0?mode=wwt Note: there's always enough sitting room, but some of it is on the grass or a mat on the floor. If you want to guarantee yourself a chair, please bring one with you. Sapere Aude! (Kant's Motto: Dare to Think!)

There are many groups promoting this event. Our meetup group is participating by promoting this event. This event is organized by Albert's List. This is an online event. Attendees can be located anywhere in the world! This event is FREE to attend. In order to attend, please register here: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-build-ai-skills-for-your-career-with-vibe-coding-in-2026-tickets-1980911817571?aff=ideatoipo](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-build-ai-skills-for-your-career-with-vibe-coding-in-2026-tickets-1980911817571?aff=ideatoipo) AI skills are no longer optional—but learning them doesn’t require a technical background or months of tutorials. In this live session, Albert’s List teams up with Scott Simson, founder of AI Marketing World, to show how professionals are using *vibe coding* to build real AI projects, develop in-demand skills, and ship usable MVPs—fast. This is a practical, beginner-friendly walkthrough, not a theory talk. ### **What You’ll Learn** * The top AI tools to focus on in 2026 (and which ones to ignore) * What “vibe coding” actually means—and why it works for non-technical builders * How to identify high-leverage software niches where simple AI products win * How to build AI workflows and apps with zero prior coding experience * How to go from idea → prototype → MVP in days, not months * What to do *after* you build: validation, iteration, and next steps * How these skills translate into career leverage, consulting, or side projects ### **Who This Event Is For** * Job seekers looking to future-proof their skills * Marketers, operators, and product-adjacent professionals * Non-technical builders who want to ship real AI projects * Anyone curious about AI but overwhelmed by the technical barrier ABOUT SCOTT SIMSON Scott Simson is the founder of AI Marketing World, a leading event and education platform focused on practical AI adoption for marketers, operators, and builders. Scott works at the intersection of AI, marketing, and product experimentation, helping professionals understand how to apply emerging tools without getting lost in hype or unnecessary complexity. His work emphasizes real-world use cases—how AI actually gets implemented inside workflows, teams, and early-stage products. He is particularly known for translating fast-moving AI trends into accessible frameworks that non-technical audiences can use to build, test, and ship ideas quickly. Scott has been featured on ABC, NBC News, Fox, and in many other publications. Connect with him at [https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsimson/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsimson/).

TAMI π is a curated meeting, workshop or presentation about a topic in math. It happens every two weeks at TAMI. The event is hosted by a different person each time. You can come, learn topics and share ideas in an open and informal atmosphere. This time Amit Yaron will talk about [fractional calculus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_calculus). For proposing a presentation or topic you can drop us a line. תאמי פי הוא מפגש אוצר, סדנה או מצגת על נושא במתמטיקה. זה קורה כל שבועיים בתאמי. את האירוע מנחה אדם אחר בכל פעם. תוכלו לבוא, ללמוד נושאים ולחלוק רעיונות באווירה פתוחה ונעימה. הפעם עמית ירון ידבר על [חשבון אינפיניטסימלי שברי](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_calculus). להצעת מצגת או נושא ניתן לפנות אלינו.

Hosted by [Perion](https://perion.com/)! **Location**: דה וינצ׳י 2, תל אביב נא להביא תעודה מזהה כדי לקבל כרטיס כניסה במכונה Agenda: * Mingling * Talk 1: TBD * Break * Talk 2: Sync Contracts, Async Execution: The Magic of gRPCQueue by Aviyam Ivgi

Video is the largest source of data that companies own but it is basically a wasted asset because they can’t search inside it to find what they need!! Join Visual Layer’s research & engineering teams for a deep dive into the architecture required to turn raw pixel data into searchable, explorable knowledge at the petabyte level. **Agenda:** * Arrival & Networking * Welcome & Intro * The State of the Art in Video Temporal Search * Lessons Learned Building the Visual Layer Chat * Open Discussion & Q&A **We’ll walk through the engineering decisions behind building our "Visual Layer Chat": turning video frames into a graph-based knowledge system. You'll see how we design agents over visual graphs, handle failure modes in production, and bridge the gap between raw visual data and natural language queries.** **Who should attend:** * Engineers and Data Architects * AI researchers * Product Owners of natural language chats and search engines * CPOs, CTOs and VPs building search or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) on visual data **Speakers:** * [Amir Alush](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiralush/) CTO * [Amir Baron](https://www.linkedin.com/in/baronamir/), Senior Backend Engineer * [Guy Singer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guysinger/), Algo Research Lead **When:** February 11, 2026, 18:00-19:45 **Where:** Visual Layer offices, Tel Aviv. WeWork Toha. 114 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv, Floor 11. **Registration required Drinks & snacks provided**

רוצים להבין סוף סוף איך להשתמש בכלים כמו ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity ו-Grok בצורה יעילה? בואו לסדנה: AI יומיומי - התחלה חכמה בעולם הבינה המלאכותית - סדנה פרקטית וקצרה, שתעשה לכם סדר בבינה. במהלך המפגש נלמד מה זה LLM, נתנסה ביצירת תמונות, עריכת טקסטים ושימוש נכון בכלי AI, באופן שחוסך זמן, משפר רעיונות ועובד בצורה יעילה יותר – בעבודה, בלימודים ובחיים האישיים. בסיום תצאו עם ארגז כלים עדכני ומעשי שבוודאי ישרת אתכם ממש מיד. עלות: 170 ש"ח לתושבי יהוד: 120 ש"ח שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://link.makelab.org.il/AI-one-meeting

I love my job and one of the main things I do is help customers get going with any of the data technologies at Microsoft. Right now there are a lot of my customers asking about Microsoft Fabric. It's hard to weave across all the shiny new options across the Fabric landscape, let alone figure out where it fits into your organization. In this session we'll focus on answering one question - how can I get data into Fabric? We'll talk through the "it depends" options and see some of the options in live demos.

**People Analytics 101: Making Sense of Compensation Data** Compensation data is one of the most widely used and widely misunderstood forms of people analytics. The session will cover where compensation data comes from, including market pricing data, internal payroll data, and benchmarking sources, and how companies think about structuring and analyzing that information. We will explore how compensation data is leveraged to set salary ranges, manage internal equity, support hiring and retention, and align pay with business strategy. A portion of the session will address common data challenges and limitations, such as market noise, inconsistent job matching, and incomplete datasets, while keeping the primary focus on practical use rather than technical depth. The session will also look ahead at where the space is going, including the growing impact of pay transparency laws, expanding pay equity requirements, and emerging regulations in the US and Europe that require organizations to report on gender and pay gaps. The goal is to give attendees a clear mental model for how compensation analytics works today and why getting it right is becoming increasingly critical. (note: we are back at Rev1 this month!) **About Our Speaker** [Alex Moore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexscottmoore/) is the founder of [Moore Cooperative](https://moorecooperative.com/), where he advises organizations on compensation strategy, pay equity, and people analytics. His work focuses on helping organizations like the Ohio Supreme Court design, analyze, and communicate compensation systems that are data-informed, defensible, and aligned with organizational goals. Alex lives in Granville, Ohio and has three little kiddos. More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

Join Neurospicy Columbus at the Stauff's for coffee and then a stroll through the Book Loft nearby! This will be a friendly chat for like minded individuals with Autism and/or ADHD (or somewhere on the Neurodiverse Spectra).

### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way? This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents. Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to: Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture. Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases. Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI. Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem. Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does. Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! [https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)

As you may or may not know--I didn't until late last year--Aristotle wrote extensively on "friendship" in the Nicomachean Ethics. After 69 years the concept of friendship still creates questions and uncertainty. I had close friends in high school and for a few years after high school but our interests diverged and people moved all over the country so it was hard to maintain connections. * So if I/you haven't talked with a friend for several years, are you still friends? Are we friends who meet at Drunken Philosophy or Omnipresent Atheists? * Can you be friends with someone with whom you have virulently divergent political views? Sartre and Camus could not. * Aristotle regarded friendship as essential to a good life, not merely an added "bonus." Do you agree? * In the Nicomachean Ethics (Books VIII and IX), he claims that wealth and power are meaningless without friends. Trump has wealth and power but seems to have no real friends, but wealth and power seem meaningful to him in perverted ways. Can you have meaning in your life without friends? * Do men and women view and maintain friendships in different ways? * Aristotle categorizes friendship into three types, based on what forms the bond: * **Utility**: Based on mutual benefit, but this type is fragile and ends when the usefulness ceases. * **Pleasure**: Based on shared enjoyment (e.g., humor, hobbies). Common among youth but fades as interests change. * **Virtue (The "Complete" Friendship)**: Based on mutual respect for each other's character and goodness. You wish good for the other for their sake, not yours. * **Key Principles of "True" (Virtuous) Friendship:** * **Permanence**: Virtuous friendships last a lifetime whereas those based on utility and pleasure are fleeting. * **Reciprocity**: Requires mutual goodwill; secret or unreciprocated affection does not qualify. * **The "Second Self"**: A true friend is "another self"—their virtue helps you understand and improve yourself. * **Time and Intimacy**: Deep ("complete") friendships are few, built on time and shared experiences. * **Self-Love and Friendship:** * Good friendship starts with being a friend to yourself. * They distinguish shallow egoism (chasing honors) from real self-love (pursuing virtue). * A virtuous person’s pleasant self-company allows them to be a stable, good friend to others. * Aristotle argues that one's social circle ultimately reflects one's character—a view with striking relevance today. Well--the Drunken Philosophy social circle certainly reflects good character!

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 **Abstract** TBD **YouTube Link** TBA

**NEW LOCATION: Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: * 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. * 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Lonnie Morgan will be presenting information about the DLT Library. "The Python library `dlt` provides a powerful [REST API toolkit](https://dlthub.com/docs/dlt-ecosystem/verified-sources/rest_api/basic) to ingest data. Combined with our [LLM scaffolds](https://dlthub.com/workspace) and [MCP server](https://dlthub.com/docs/hub/features/mcp-server), you can build a custom connector for any of the 8k+ available sources in 10 minutes by following this guide. Building with LLMs is an iterative process. We will follow this general workflow and give practical tips for each step." See Our [Parking Map](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u2A4fLNlxwLJn0KA_hKc8bnFlFHLvsHBDh-_8wzX_tk/edit?usp=sharing) We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact centralohpython@gmail.com