Detroit · Hands-on AI
Detroit
Agentic
Made in Detroit · Powered by curiosity
A Detroit gathering for people actually doing things with AI — prototypes on laptops, half-broken agents, weird side projects, real questions. Pull up a chair, show what you're working on, and leave with something new to try.
Who's in the room
Come build
alongside us.
Operators
Running AI in production at a Detroit company, agency, or your own shop. You've shipped, you've debugged at 2am, you have opinions.
Makers
Building the side project, the indie tool, the prototype that might be a company. Bring the laptop and the half-finished idea.
Curious
Designers, founders, students, career-switchers, factory floor folks — anyone trying to figure out where AI fits in their work.
How a night runs
Doors open, laptops out,
we get to work.
Act 1
Live Demos
Plug in the laptop, show the thing. Production app, weekend hack, agent gone sideways — all welcome. Five minutes, no slides.
Act 2
Real Talk
What's working, what's burning money, what tools to drop. The stuff that doesn't make it into the launch tweets.
Act 3
Local Network
Find collaborators, hires, and clients across Detroit's tech, automotive, and creative scenes. Stick around for a beer after.
First to know
When we lock a date,
you'll hear first.
Maybe one email a month. Event details only — no marketing, no roundups.
On the calendar
Next time we're in a room.
- 13MAYWednesday
Detroit Agentic — Kickoff Social
Detroit · TBD
We're cracking open the chapter with a proper hang. No slides, no pitches — just builders, drinks, and the kind of conversations that accidentally turn into companies. Come say hi.
- 06JUNSaturday
AI Collective × DetroitAgentic — Build Event (Humans in AI Week)
Ally Detroit Center · IBM office, 500 Woodward Ave
Come build your first, second, or tenth agent with us. Demos, open mic, food, drinks, and a room full of people who actually ship. Part of Humans in AI Week — 200+ cities, 50+ countries, one week. Bring a laptop and an idea.
Friends of the Chapter
Better together
in the 313.
We're not the only AI scene in Detroit, and that's the point. We co-host, cross-promote, and send people to the rooms doing great work. If you run a group and want to collab — say hi.
Help us get this off the ground
Detroit runs on
people who show up.
Got a space downtown or in Corktown? Want to sponsor pizza? Have a talk in you? Want to co-organize? Tell us what you've got.