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Dear CincyAI Community Member —

A special shout-out to our women in AI — a special happy International Women’s Day from everyone at CincyAI! 🥳

Wow — we had a packed house for our March CincyAI for Humans! Thank you to everyone who was there with us in the room and in spirit!

🥁 Anddd….Kendra and I are SUPER excited to to share that…we’ve officially surpassed 2k members!! 🎉

Don’t miss our next meeting on Tuesday, April 7 — RSVP for free to our next CincyAI for Humans on Tuesday, April 7, from 3-5pm in room 140 at the UC Digital Futures building located at 3080 Exploration Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206.

We covered A LOT of announcements, which you can check out here:

Sign the Responsible AI Advertising Pledge Today! — Help shape the evolution of adveritsing with A.I. The goal is to get enough signatures and participants for a convening, a mix of in-person and virtual, during Cincy AI Week this June 9-11, to discuss the future of A.I. advertising standards. Add your signature: https://responsibleaiadv.com/

Tide Rise (beta) app announcement and demo — Born out of the CincyAI for Humans community, was super excited to announce the launch of a new A.I. community-centered app I’m building with Tushar Kulkarni and Big Kitty Labs to tap into the collective intelligence with intentional #RisingTideConvos at events. Get in touch if you want to learn more! https://tideriseapp.com/

Responsible AI Logo Design Contest — CincyAI for Humans, the largest AI community in Ohio and the Greater Cincinnati Tri-State region, is launching a logo that certifies responsible, human-centered AI in the region — and we want you to be part of it! Enter your slogan today: https://www.madeincincinnati.co/ We’re going to vote on the slogan at our next meetup!

Upcoming March Human Huddle Sessions — First, welcome Randall Morgan as our new AI Art & Creativity Huddle Leader! 🥳

To join, become a CincyAI Champion then RSVP in our event calendar — you can join any Huddle by going to Profile > My Groups and then selecting what Huddle you want to be part of! These peer interest groups dive deeper into A.I. at all levels. You can join more than one — the more, the merrier!

Cincinnati Community-Led Data Center Virtual Town Hall — Data centers are a hot topic in Cincinnati and across Ohio. This community-led data center virtual town hall is a dedicated safe space for all in the community to join in the conversation: RSVP today.

Cincinnati AI & Tech Guide — Don’t know where to start? Check out our new to the ecosystem guide that Kendra Ramirez spearheaded!

Marci Campbell made a loom video on the https://usaii.org/ high school
hack-a-thon. She's looking for mentors and judges — reach out to her to get involved today!

Cincinnati SXSW Pre-Party hosted by Cintrifuse and AGAR is taking place on Tuesday, March 10 from 4:30-7pm at AGAR’s offices — everyone is welcome!! RSVP today! 🥳

CincyAI @ SXSW

📸 Group Photo at UC Lounge — Sunday, March 15 at 5:30pm SHARP!

🥳 #Imagination Age @ SXSW with King Willonius — Sunday, March 15 from 6:30-9:30pm

🍽️ CincyAI Cohort & Friends Dinner @ SXSW — Monday, March 16 from 7-8:30pm at Fogo de Chão, Downtown. Request an invite.

👋🏿 Black Tech Week @ SXSW — Friday, March 13 from 3-5pm at Inn Cahoots as part of the Midwest House.

🎟️ CincyAI SXSW Group Discount — For our SXSW badge group discount, use cincyai_platinum or cincyai_innovation at checkout: cart.sxsw.com. The codes apply to SXSW 2026 Platinum and Innovation badges and provide 15% off the current rate at time of purchase.

🧭 For all my SXSW curated CincyAI recommendations, check out: https://helensxsw2026list.lovable.app/

🤝 Know anyone going? Please tag them on this LinkedIn post which is a regional roll call for SXSW!

Valda’s Digital Twin: Sujai — Thank you to Valda Freeman-Karmo for our CincyAI for Humans Intro by her digital twin: Sujai 🎉

Let me know if you want to have your clone open one of our meetings by DMing me on LinkedIn!

Tour of UC’s Digital Futures — 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!

April Virtual AI Office Hours with Kendra and Helen — Open to CincyAI Champions on our Heartbeat community platform, our next virtual AI office hours will be Wednesday, April 8, from 12:00-12:45pm. To join, become a CincyAI Champion.

Women in AI CincyAI Directory — In addition to our Women in AI Human Huddle peer interest group, we’re launching a Women in AI Directory. This is for female speakers, mentors, founders, business leaders, builders, and curious learners. The intention of this list is to increase visibility and participation of Women in AI in the Greater Cincinnati and Tri-State region. Be part of the directory today!

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

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 are kicking off this month — can't wait to see you at our upcoming ones!

Kendra and I are blown away by how many CincyAI Champions we already have — 65 and growing! We couldn’t be more excited to kick off our first Human Huddle meetings this month! (These are our new interest peer groups.) Be part of our Human Huddles and become a CincyAI Champion today!

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! Plus, join now to get your Founding CincyAI Champion member badge!!

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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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! 🥰💛