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.
Can't make these?
Tell us what formats and topics work for you so we can plan better events.
Have two minutes?
Shape the next DetroitAgentic night.
Tell us which formats, topics, and locations you actually want. We read every response.
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.