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Dear CincyAI Community Member —

Hope this finds you well and enjoying the sunshine that’s arrived!

Thank you to everyone who attended our February CincyAI for Humans — it was another packed house with great QuickBytes and lively conversation. Check out our LinkedIn page for videos from the meeting. We’re also in our first month of Human Huddles meetings!

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Kendra and I are beyond excited to share that CincyAI for Humans is officially a Claude ambassador! 🎉 Anthropic is sponsoring our March meeting so we can join in and celebrate the one-year anniversary of Claude Code! 🥳 Note: All March 3 meeting registrations are still handled through Eventbrite as usual.

For your updates and reminders:

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

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!

March 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, March 4, from 12:00-12:45pm. To join, become a CincyAI Champion.

SXSW CincyAI Cohort Group Discount Code — SXSW is taking place in Austin, TX, March 12–18, 2026. UC is sponsoring the conference’s Workforce Innovation Conference track and will have a big presence there. We’re organizing a CincyAI cohort for folks from the region who’ll be in town and planning a special get-together for Sunday late afternoon/evening — stay tuned for details.

For those who are interested, we’ve secured another group discount code for you this year! The codes below apply to SXSW 2026 Innovation or Platinum badges and provide 15% off the current rate at time of purchase. Please note that rates will increase one final time on March 5th at 11:59 p.m. PT. Here are links to our Platinum and Innovation Attendee Guides for reference as well! 

How to Claim Your Discount:

1. Head to cart.sxsw.com and log in or create an account
2. Select the Innovation or Platinum badge and complete the registration details
3. Apply the applicable code below in the "Apply Promo Code" section at checkout: 

cincyai_platinum
cincyai_innovation 

Disclaimers: The 15% discount is applied to badges at the current rate at time of purchase. Sales tax will be applied at checkout. Discount codes expire March 18, 2026. Contact [email protected] with any questions!

If you have any SXSW Qs, feel free to reach out to Helen on LinkedIn as well.

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

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 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 with more details below.) 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 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 Lunar New Year!

-Kendra & Helen
Your CincyAI Cohosts
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Interested in sponsoring CincyAI? Reach out today!

2026
Tuesday, March 3 — RSVP for free today!
Tuesday, April 7 
Tuesday, May 5 
Tuesday, June 2
Tuesday, July 21 (Updated!) 
Tuesday, August 4 
Tuesday, September 1 
Tuesday, October 20 (Updated!) 
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! 🥰💛