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## 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 🎉

הדבר הכי חם בזירת ה- AI כרגע הוא OpenClaw \- פרויקט סוף\-שבוע תמים שהידרדר לטירוף מוחלט\. בוט אישי שמנהל לכם את החיים: מתכתב בוואטסאפ\, מברר עניינים\, נכנס לאתרים\, עונה למיילים\, מדבר עם בוטים אחרים\, מקשיב\, עונה בקול ולרגעים גם נראה שהוא מבין יותר מכם מה צריך לקרות עכשיו\. ו… כן\. זה Open Source. 🤯 אסף צ’פרק, נשיא ו- CTO בחברת Shifters AI , ניסה, נשבה ויבוא לספר איך בונים כזה דבר באמת. למבוגרים/ות (15+). שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://link.makelab.org.il/OpenClaw

### **VINI VICI - SKAZI - DALIT RECHESTER** ### **PURIM ALL STAR RAVE 2026** [כרטיסים מוזלים במכירה מוקדמת](https://go-out.co/event/purimallstarrave2026?ref=a3fi92ff02) השילוש הקדוש מגיע למופע הכוכבים של השנה **במתחם האירועים** **L1** **ויני ויצ׳י** עם האנרגיה שמטלטלת פסטיבלים ברחבי העולם — מהשמות הגדולים שיצאו מישראל לבמות המרכזיות של Tomorrowland, Ultra ו-EDC, עם סאונד שהפך לחותמת עולמית. **סקאזי** על העמדה עם הדרייב הבלתי נגמר — האייקון הנצחי של סצנת הטראנס הישראלית, שם שמזוהה עם הדור שבנה את הסאונד המקומי והפך אותו לבינלאומי. ו**דלית רצ׳סטר** סוגרת את המשולש עם סט חד, מדויק ומלא גרוב — עומק, נוכחות וסגנון שמרימים את הרחבה הכי גבוה שיש, כמו שראוי למלכה של הסצנה שלנו. לפני ואחרי: RONEN LA-V ROI PLINER רחבת 80/90: BOAZ SHMUEL 🎶 שלושה שמות ענק, לילה מיוחד — כשכל הכוכבים מסתדרים במקום אחד 💫

לפעמים כל מה שהנשמה צריכה — זה רגע אחד של שקט. אנחנו נפגשים מדי שלישי ב-19:30, ליד דיזנגוף סנטר, למדיטציה פתוחה של מיינדפולנס אין צורך בניסיון קודם – רק להגיע, לנשום ולהיות. הצטרפו לקבוצה שלנו לקבלת עדכונים ורגעים של השראה: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IS24RfuAp8z97b1ZV1Krio לפרטים נוספים מוזמנים לשלוח הודעה 0535-208-535

Want to turn an AI idea into a real, working system – not just a demo? In this 6-week **hands-on paid course**, you’ll design and build an AI-powered feature or MVP in small groups, with close industry mentorship. *** 🚨 **Important – PAID course & registration ONLY via Google Form** RSVP on Meetup does *not* count as registration. To join, you **must** fill out this form: 👉 https://forms.gle/aAuhDiofqT56iSMP9 Cost: **2,500 ₪ per participant**, paid by your **employer to the DataHack nonprofit** (no private payments). Full payment details & FAQ: 👉 https://bit.ly/aisysdesignFAQ *** **🛠️ What you’ll work with** • Agents, tools & function calling • RAG & data pipelines • MCP & multi-step workflows • Model serving & inference • Prompt engineering, evaluation & cost/production considerations You’ll leave with a real, working MVP or feature – not just slides or prompts. *** **👥 Who is this for?** • Data Scientists • Data / Software Engineers • AI / ML Engineers You should be comfortable coding and **come with an AI-based feature or product idea**, and commit to building it throughout the program (solo or in a small group). *** **📅 When & 📍 Where** In-person Wednesdays (6 meetings): · 4.3 · 11.3 · 18.3 · 25.3 · 15.4 · 22.4 Where: SimilarWeb TLV offices + weekly Zoom lectures ! Attendance at in-person sessions is expected. *** 🌙 About DataNights The course is part of **DataNights**, a DataHack program supporting women, diversity and knowledge-sharing in Israel’s AI & Data Science community. Your employer’s payment helps fund these activities. *** ✅ How to register 1. Fill out the form: 👉 https://forms.gle/aAuhDiofqT56iSMP9 2. Confirm your employer can pay the fee as a donation. 3. Wait for confirmation and payment instructions. **Reminder:** Meetup RSVP ≠ registration. Only those who complete the **Google Form + payment** will have a spot. 💬 Questions? Reach out to us at contact@datahack.org.il

**TAMI Sonic (Music Night)** Join our bi-weekly informal meetups devoted to playing and experimenting with sound. ========== TAMI wiki: [https://telavivmakers.org](https://telavivmakers.org) TAMI main Telegram channel: [https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8](https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8)

Ready to scale your RAG, AI workloads, and search? Join us Thursday 5th March 2026 on AWS TLV Floor 28 for a content-packed session in collaboration with AWS about using OpenSearch for AI-Powered Data Analytics and modern search methods: Semantic Search, S3 Vectors and GraphRAG. Please register here: https://aws-experience.com/emea/tel-aviv/event/0c9fcbcd-8629-4e99-b4b0-fbca41b978c4 \* How to go beyond Keyword Search with OpenSearch \* Modernizing Retrieval with Semantic Search and Query Intent Understanding \* Hybrid search and Agentic RAG \* Knowledge Graphs, GraphRAG, and Neuro-Symbolic AI \* Structured intelligence for GenAI \* Amazon S3 Vectors for vector search at billion scale Agenda: **Beyond Keyword Search - Modernize Retrieval with Semantic Search and Beyond with OpenSearch,** Itamar Syn-Hershko, BigData Boutique Explore how semantic search transforms information retrieval by understanding meaning and context rather than just matching keywords. Learn how OpenSearch's vector engine enables sub-second semantic search across billions of vectors combined with text-search, powering intelligent applications from recommendation engines to conversational search experiences. We'll also discuss sparse vs dense vector embeddings, using LLMs to derive and leverage query intent, and more. **Unlocking Structured Intelligence for Generative AI with Knowledge Graphs, GraphRAG and Neuro-Symbolic AI,** Baruch Assif Osoveskiy, AWS Discover how knowledge graphs enhance Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) by providing structured, interconnected information for more accurate and explainable AI responses. Learn how GraphRAG combines the power of graph databases with large language models to deliver contextually rich, grounded answers. **OpenSearch + Amazon S3 Vectors - Cost-Optimized AI-Ready Storage,** Roi Gamliel, AWS Learn how Amazon S3 Vectors introduces native vector support at cloud scale, reducing storage and query costs by up to 90% compared to traditional vector databases. Discover how to store billions of vectors with sub-second query performance while leveraging S3's industry-leading durability and scalability.

Join the Fluent community for a night of language, culture, and connection! Practice over 12 languages with native speakers in a fun, multicultural atmosphere—plus enjoy drinks and meet people from all over the world! 🗣️🍻🎊 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎟️ Discounted Ticket Prices: Available online until 15:00 on the day of the event: Ticket + soft drink – 60 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 70 NIS [Get your ticket here](https://www.fluent.community/fluent-events/language-exchange-0703) 🚪At the door (or on website after 15:00 on day of event): Ticket + soft drink – 65 NIS Ticket + beer/glass of wine – 75 NIS 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 🎫 Want to become an Ultimate Fluenter? Pay less for every event and join our exclusive circle of loyal members by getting a Frequent Fluent Card! [Get a Frequent Fluent Card](https://events.fluent.community/credits-store/) 🎫 10-entry card – 420 NIS 5-entry card – 240 NIS Drinks not included, but cardholders get discounted drink tickets at the entrance! 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 ✨ Want to join for free? Become an Ambassador! Ambassadors help others practice their native language for the first half of the evening, and then enjoy practicing other languages during the second half. It’s a great way to give and get value—and attend for free! 😃

How do large tech companies get thousands of engineers to actually adopt AI, not just experiment with it? Not just through top-down mandates, but through guilds, task forces and communities that create momentum from within. Join us for an event where engineering leaders who've done this share their playbooks so that you can do it too. **This meetup is hosted by HoneyBook Engineering and Glue.** —---- **Agenda:** 18:00 - 18:30 - Food, drinks and mingling 18:30 - 20:00 - **Hadar Bismut** \| AI Communities & Guilds Builder \, Glue Making AI stick: How Guilds and Communities Drive AI Adoption from Within **Daniel Kidon** \| Backend Guild Lead\, HoneyBook Build the Road Before the Car: How Guilds Turn AI Chaos into Momentum **Asaf Bruner** \| Engineering Group Manager\, SAP Building a Digital Brain: From AI-Ready Repos to Agents in Daily Work **Lihi Kab** \| Sr\. Technical Program Manager\, HiBob From Guild to Impact: Using AI Communities to Shorten the SDLC **Asaf Yonay** \| GM AI & Velocity Platforms\, Wix Agents of Change: Moving a Large Organization to a New Operating Model 20:00 - More drinks and mingling! The talks will be delivered in Hebrew. —---- **Making AI stick: How Guilds and Communities Drive AI Adoption from Within - Hadar Bismut, Glue** How can organizations support their teams in adopting AI, and not just deploy tools and random use cases that don’t really move the needle on velocity or SDLC? Hadar Bismut, Founder of Glue, will map the community structures that make AI adoption stick: from AI Champions and AI communities to engineering and AI guilds, and why the most lasting change grows from real employee needs, not top-down decisions. This session sets the stage for the four case studies that follow. **Build the Road Before the Car: How Engineering Guilds Turn AI Chaos into Momentum - Daniel Kidon, Backend Guild Lead, HoneyBook** When "AI is the big bet," most companies don't get clarity first, they get scatter. Prototypes everywhere, competing approaches, no shared foundation. Daniel Kidon, Backend Guild Lead at HoneyBook, will share how their Engineering Guild built a cross-functional AI task force that shipped a standardized AI platform and working MVP in six weeks, before the product had a single final use case. **Building a Digital Brain: From AI-Ready Repos to Agents in Daily Work - Asaf Bruner, Engineering Group Manager, SAP** In large engineering orgs, AI creates real impact when it's grounded in product context, not just code completion. Asaf Bruner, Engineering Group Manager at SAP Labs Israel, will share how SAP’s AI Guild built a “Digital Brain” across multiple products: making repos AI-ready, connecting them into shared semantic context, and embedding agents into daily workflows. Expect architectural choices, what failed, and what they changed mid-flight. **From Guild to Impact: Using AI Communities to Shorten the SDLC - Lihi Kab, Sr. Technical Program Manager, HiBob** What happens when you stop optimizing individual tasks with AI and rethink the entire delivery lifecycle instead? Lihi Kab, Sr. Technical Program Manager at HiBob, will share how an AI-powered Product Guild broke the SDLC into phases, matched each with the right AI tools, and found where AI truly accelerates delivery, through community-led experimentation, not top-down rollouts. **Agents of Change: Moving a Large Organization to a New Operating Model - Asaf Yonay, GM AI & Velocity Platforms, Wix** Adopting AI at scale isn't a technology problem, it's an operating model problem. Asaf Yonay, GM of AI & Velocity Platforms at Wix, will share how Wix enabled democratic AI usage, created internal agents of change (AI Masters, thought leaders), and shifted from fragmented tools to workflows, redefining roles from engineers to xEngineers, Creators and Builders. —---- See you soon!

בארבעת המפגשים נתרגל תכנות ויישום של מיקרו-בקר ESP32, כולל חיבוריות WiFi ו- Bluetooth, נלמד איך לשלב אותו עם מודלי בינה מלאכותית ונתנסה בפרויקטים אינטגרטיביים המשלבים עיבוד מקומי וענני. למבוגרים/ות ונוער 16+ בעלי ידע ונסיון בסיסי בארדואינו. עלות: 900 ש"ח (ליחיד/ה) תושב חוץ, 850 ש"ח (ליחיד/ה) תושב יהוד שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://link.makelab.org.il/ESP32-AI

Thinking about starting a career in tech? Join us for our Purim Open Day on March 5th, 17:00–19:00 at Developers Institute 🎉 Come meet our alumni and current students, talk to our professional team, and get real answers about studying and launching your tech career. We’ll have free food and drinks, a special Purim celebration, crazy discounts for attendees, and of course — a great vibe. Come dressed up, bring your questions, and let’s talk about your next step 🚀 ✅ Reserve your spot now : [https://developersinstitute.typeform.com/open-day#source=MEETUP](https://developersinstitute.typeform.com/open-day#source=MEETUP) **About Developers.Institute 🇮🇱** Developers.Institute is Israel’s premier English coding bootcamp, offering Full Stack, Data Analytics, and GenAI & Machine Learning programs. Our graduates work at leading Israeli startups and global tech companies. 🚀 Join us — and start your journey into Israel’s tech world: 👉 [http://developers.institute](http://developers.institute/)

Come ready to play. We’re turning dinner into a full-on game night. Card games, competitive chaos, and yes, those long strategic nerd games my friends love to play. We’ll also have Jackbox games on the big screen so everyone can jump in and talk a little trash. There will be pizza. There will be drinks. There will be snacks. There will absolutely be laughter. Pull up, grab a slice, pick a game, and let’s make it a night. \* This will be at someone's house so address will be given night before the event.

This month, we are in-person at GameArena!!! We will also be joined by students and their games from [Shawnee State](https://www.shawnee.edu/game-design-programs)! \-\-\- Join us for our our monthly COGG Prototype and Play event @GameArena! Come to play and showcase your games. We're back in the upper levels of the catwalk mezzanine area. It'll be packed with lots of camaraderie playing your game(s) and other's games on the 2nd floor as well as the 1st floor in the gaming room below the mezzanine. Light snacks and water provided but you can buy food and drinks at the bar (alcoholic drink ID required). [https://www.game-arena.co/menu](https://www.game-arena.co/menu) **Attendees:** Don't have a game to show? Not a problem! All are welcomed and invited from all ages and backgrounds. The more we can have to play test our games the better! **Developers:** Do you have a game that you would like to get critical feedback on? Would you like an excuse to work on a game with other talented artists, programmers, musicians, designers, and writers? Digital, table-top, non-experienced developers, and the like are welcomed! We'll provide signage for your game to help others learn more about your work. Wifi, outlets, tables, and seats (though standing tables also) are available. Come to the Prototype and Play workshop to collaborate and meet local game developers for an evening of epic and raw game play fun! Play works-in-progress, show off your own game, work with others to add polish to a game, or even lend your talents to other fellow developers. Can use South Garage at the Gateway with a $5 voucher on your way out. 75 E 11th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/UwgveUYG37Jy7RtS9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/UwgveUYG37Jy7RtS9) If you have any questions or comments, as always, feel free to reach out to us at [info@thecogg.com!](http://info@thecogg.com!/)

The Forge does have a full bar and kitchen. There is no cover charge but they do request all attendees to purchase a minimum of ~$20 per person. Soft drink refills are $1 each. Please support our hosts so we can continue to provide great events for the group! The Forge has a large library of games available for us to enjoy. Hosts and regulars will also provide numerous popular games but please bring any games you would like to teach and/or play. Doors open at 6, and we expect gaming to be rolling by around 630. Please promptly end your games and clear out the space at 10pm when the bar closes. We encourage socializing but do not permit disruptive behavior of any kind. Thank you for your continued commitment to providing a fun and welcoming space to veteran, newbie, and rookie gamers in the Columbus area. Parking can be challenging. There is a parking lot behind the neighboring Mexican restaurant that is free and easy to walk from but it's a bit hidden.

Our First Friday meeting of the month. Come join us !!! Your first visit is FREE!!!

This is a relaxed, community-driven Unity GameDev meetup. There’s no strict agenda this time — just developers getting together to talk shop, share projects, and exchange ideas. **Some topics that may come up (based on attendee interest):** • Frame Debugger & performance tooling • Addressables & additive scene workflows • Input System, localization, responsive UI • AI integration approaches • DevOps & LiveOps experiences • Full lifecycle: idea → cross-platform publishing • Favorite Asset Store tools and hidden gems • Weird Unity quirks we’ve all run into *Nothing is locked in.* Bring a project if you’d like. Bring a question. Bring a lesson learned. Or just come hang out and meet other developers. All skill levels welcome!

Welcome to Casual Boardgames, where we enjoy classic tabletop games and social deduction games while bonding over good food, drinks, and great conversations. 
We started this group to meet new people and make new friends, and bonding over games in a relaxed atmosphere is a great way to do that. We currently meet near route 23 and Polaris Parkway, and this is close to areas like Powell, Lewis Center, Worthington, and parts of Westerville and Columbus. 
Feel free to bring your own games or play one of the many games our members bring. If you are inexperienced, we will help you learn. 
Here are just a few examples of the kind of games we play. 
Tabletop/board games: Splendor, Catan, Azul, Dominion, 7 Wonders… 
Social deduction games: Code Names, Chameleon, Werewords… 
IMPORTANT: 
1. While we love playing a variety of games and competing, we are not just about the games. We interact and talk while playing, and this leads to a lot of laughter and fun. If you just want to compete and focus solely on the game, then this is probably not the group you are looking for. 
2. Many people join groups like this and never (or rarely) show up after weeks or months. If you join and never really come, we will eventually remove you from the group as a courtesy to our members. Why? Because limiting group conversations (on the app) to regular members makes communication and planning much easier. Also, while it may be rare, it protects members from people who join because they are interested in following a person instead of having a real interest in our group. If you get removed, it is just because you haven’t come, and we follow this protocol as a courtesy to our regular game players.