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Dear CincyAI Community Member —

Hope this finds you well ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend, and that you get a chance to fully unplug and enjoy it!

Today is Louisville’s AI Distilling Co.’s first AI meetup, and we’re looking forward to joining those who can make it to our Kentucky neighbor’s inaugural event!

Next Tuesday is our CincyAI for Humans September 2 meetup, and it’s sold out, so if your plans have changed, do update your RSVP. Also please note that the Digital Futures building tour is cancelled but will resume before meetings again in October.

Our CincyAI for Humans October 7 meetup is also open for registration — don’t miss our 2-year anniversary meetup! 🥳

You know the drill: we meet from 3-5pm in room 140 at the UC Digital Futures building located at 3080 Exploration Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206.

Also, please take a few minutes to submit who you are and what about CincyAI is special to you for a chance to be featured in a member spotlight — submit today!

A few more announcements and reminders:

• For those interested in the nonprofit hackathon, mark your calendars for September 6 — we’ll be doing the hackathon in partnership with MidwestCon at the 1819 Innovation Hub. For questions, reach out to [email protected]. Follow these links for more information:

  • Learn more about the hackathon

  • Professionals interest form

• CincyAI is a proud community partner of MidwestCon, taking place September 10-11 — snag your ticket now! (Use code CinciAI for 35% off)

Update: September’s tour is cancelled, but will resume again for our October 7 gathering. 

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 2025!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for August’s CincyAI for Humans! Here are the photos (please tag us and #CincyAI) and check out our LinkedIn page for videos of speakers.

💝 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 2025, 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.

We can’t wait to see you at our next CincyAI for Humans gathering!

-Kendra & Helen
Your CincyAI Cohosts
📬 https://cincyai.beehiiv.com 
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CincyAI 2025 Dates

For AI resources and events, visit our website: https://cincyai.org/ai-events-resources/

September 2 — SOLD OUT!
October 7 — RSVP for Free Today!
November 4
December 2

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

Upcoming Events

• August 26 AI Distilling Co.’s first AI meetup (Louisville)

• Sept 6 Nonprofit Hackathon (Learn more about the hackathon; Learn more about the case competition; Nonprofit interest form; Professionals interest form)

• Sept 9-10 Dayton Startup Week 

• Sept 10-11 MidwestCon (CinciAI for 35% off)

• Sept 10-11 Columbus AI Week 

• Sept 18 Best in Tech Awards by The Circuit 

• Sept 26 AMA Conference

• Sept 26 OhioX Ohio Tech Day (Columbus)

• Sept 26 IGNITE 2025: CX Gets Real Vibe Marketing in the AI Era (AMAPALS25 for special Guest ticket rate)

• Oct 6-9 Startup Cincy Week 

• Oct 8 CDO Magazine: Global AI Leadership Summit 

• Oct 9 UC Data Science Symposium 

• Oct 14-16 Marketing AI Conference — MAICON (Cleveland)

• Oct 16 Momentum Developer Conference by The Circuit 

• Nov 5 getWITit — Annual Women in Technology Conference: Thrive 

• June 9-11, 2026 Cincy AI Week 

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