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Dear CincyAI Community Member —

The deadline to submit your entry for the Responsible AI Logo Design Contest is tomorrow, Thursday, April 30:

The community-voted winning slogan to use in your design submissions is:

We voted on this at our April meetup, and congratulate and thank Paulie Anthony for the slogan! 🥳

Learn more about this Responsible AI Logo initiative by visiting: https://www.madeincincinnati.co/

Good luck, and we can’t wait to see all of the submissions!

For more news and updates from April’s meeting:

Join us on May 5 from 3-5pm in room 140 at the UC Digital Futures building located at 3080 Exploration Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206 — RSVP for free today!

You’ve spoken, and we listened — AI use case live workshopping is coming to our May meetup! Folks from the community will bring their AI problems for us to solve collectively in real time. Interested in being in a hot seat? The use cases will be pre-selected, so let Kendra or Helen know by DMing us on LinkedIn that you’re interested and which AI problem you’d like the room to tackle.

We’re grateful to the University of Cincinnati Center for Business Analytics and AI for partnering with us on April’s meeting to share information about the center’s offerings and its upcoming 2026 Analytics & AI Summit taking place on May 5 from 7:30am - 4:30pm at the Sharonville Convention Center. Register today and use code CINCYAI50 for 50% off tickets!

Special thanks 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 Cameron Wilcox for the fantastic photos.

Our CincyAI Volunteers — Much appreciation to all of our amazing volunteers and Huddle leaders 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.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

-Kendra & Helen
Your CincyAI Cohosts
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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! 🥰💛