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Kendra Ramirez & Helen Todd (Human)
January 07, 2026

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Dear CincyAI Community Member —

Thanks to everyone who joined our first CincyAI for Humans of 2026! We had another packed house filled with excitement for the new year…and our new digital community hub. 🤩

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 interest groups
• Limited time only: "CincyAI Founding Champion" Badge
• CincyAI Champions Member Directory
• Monthly Office Hours with Helen & Kendra — first one is next week!
• 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!!

More notes:

UC Digital Futures

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!

💝 Thank You To:

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 Sabrina Donley, Irv Cassio, Greg Goshorn, and Tushar Kulkarni who meet on Saturdays and 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!

CincyAI 2026 Dates

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 

Upcoming Events 

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

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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! 🥰💛 

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