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Dear CincyAI Community Member —

Hope you’re staying safe and warm with all of the snow that’s pummeled us!

Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of our 2025 State of AI for Greater Cincinnati and NKY survey and report. The deadline is January 31, so please take a few minutes to contribute your feedback today!

Tomorrow, Thursday, January 29, at 11am is the AI in the Cincinnati Region: 2025 Year in Review virtual presentation in partnership with the Cincinnati AI Catalyst.

Want to level up your AI journey with a peer interest group? Join one of our new Human Huddle!

We're launching with five out of the gate:

⭐️ AI Beginner — Learning the fundamentals
⭐️ AI Intermediate — Expanding skillsets
⭐️ AI Advanced — Developing at the bleeding edge
⭐️ Women in AI — In partnership with SHE IS AI™
⭐️ AI Art & Creativity — Sharing art, tools, and talent

Born from community demand, we’re excited to launch this new programming! Human Huddles are designed for deeper dives to support our amazing members on their AI journeys through camaraderie, collaboration, and learning from one another.

To join, become a CincyAI Champion and then select the Human Huddles you'd like to participate in.

The first monthly huddle meetings will kick off in February — can't wait to see you there!

If you haven’t heard already, we’re expanding programming and launching an online digital community you can join — become a CincyAI Champion today!

For $25/month or $250/year ($50 off!), access our paid member portal with:

• CincyAI Human Huddle peer interest groups
• Limited time only: "CincyAI Founding Champion" Badge
• CincyAI Champions Member Directory
• Monthly Office Hours with Helen & Kendra
• Cincinnati Area AI Job Board
• CincyAI & Community Partners Events Calendar
• CincyAI Champion Matchups
• And more!

Limited time only: 30 days free trial as we’re seeding the community — join now to get your Founding CincyAI Champion member badge!!

RSVP for free to our next CincyAI for Humans on Tuesday, February 10, from 3-5pm in room 140 at the UC Digital Futures building located at 3080 Exploration Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206.

As a reminder, the first 15 meetup registrants who also sign up for it on Eventbrite can get a tour of UC’s Digital Futures! These are on a first-come, first-served basis and are an excellent opportunity to learn about all of the amazing labs and research that’s taking place in the building. Each tour will start at 2:30pm and is led by the wonderful Kyle Maycock. These will be taking place before every meeting in 2026!

Big Kitty Labs — Our sponsors help cover the costs of hosting CincyAI, a volunteer organization, including food, drink, and photography. Big Kitty Labs is sponsoring all of 2026, and we couldn’t be more honored and grateful for their support to help make CincyAI possible!

UC Digital Futures and Dr. Kelly Cohen — We’re honored to partner with and host our CincyAI meetups at the UC Digital Futures building, an interdisciplinary research facility home to globally recognized leading research in Responsible AI. A special thank you to our organizing partner, Dr. Kelly Cohen. If you’re interested in learning more about how you can partner with UC Research Labs to save costs and time researching, testing, and validating your AI initiatives, visit: https://ucdigitalfutures.com.

Nexigen — Our sponsors help cover the costs of hosting CincyAI, a volunteer organization, including food, drink, and photography. Nexigen’s contribution helps offset some of the photography costs and we’re so grateful for their support!

Ellie and Laura from À Lala Carte for the amazing charcuterie cups and David Choate’s DC Productions for the fantastic photos.

Our CincyAI Volunteers — Much appreciation to all of our amazing volunteers who help make CincyAI possible.

And most importantly: THANK YOU!

We couldn’t be more excited to have you be part of the largest AI community in the region and for being part of this dynamic community where the whole is not just greater but exponential in its impact. We’re an important node in the AI ecosystem here in Cincinnati, leading the way with Responsible AI.

Happy New Year!

-Kendra & Helen
Your CincyAI Cohosts
📬 https://cincyai.beehiiv.com
🤝 https://cincyai.org/
🗞 CincyAI LinkedIn Page

Interested in sponsoring CincyAI? Reach out today!

2026
Tuesday, February 10 — RSVP for free today!
Tuesday, March 3 
Tuesday, April 7 
Tuesday, May 5 
Tuesday, June 2
Tuesday, July 21 (Updated!) 
Tuesday, August 4 
Tuesday, September 1 
Tuesday, October 6 
Tuesday, November 3
Tuesday, December 1 

CincyAI tickets are posted monthly: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/kr-digital-agency-71921791873

For our full events calendar, become a CincyAI Champion and then visit https://app.heartbeat.chat/cincyai/events.

Thank you to everyone in the CincyAI community who’s already pre-ordered Helen’s forthcoming book based on her SXSW presentation, “Farewell, Information Age — Welcome to the Imagination Age!” Pre-order your copy today as a crowd-funded advance to support a Cincy-based independent female voice. Your support will enable Helen to bring this idea to life — and is greatly appreciated! 🥰💛