Wow! We are blown away by everything our Cincinnati community is building with AI. We had over 100 people register and attend our first event on Tuesday at the UC Digital Futures building. Helen Todd and I co-hosted the CincyAI meetup. We want our community to hear about the amazing things that people are building right here in our community and get a chance to collaborate.
We kicked off the event with yummy snacks provided by Max Technical Training and Quick Bytes (lightning rounds) with up to three minutes of sharing what they are building, learning, or asking for assistance. Then we had an open Q&A session and closed out our time with networking and collaborating.
Go connect with these amazing people.
Some of the Quick Bytes that were shared:
Katie Trauth Taylor from Narratize shared how their leading enterprise generative AI platform distills scientific, technical, and medical insights into impactful content that scales with high accuracy and privacy.
Michael Howard from Nichefire shared how they are using AI for social listening and identifying new product and service opportunities for large organizations.
Stephanie Polen from the Polen Group shared how she is testing using Pi.ai as light prework in her executive coaching clients to help process through situations quicker and supplemental support in areas like grief. The results have been way better than she could imagine.
Dr. Kelly Cohen is the Brian H. Rowe Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering and Director of AI Bio Lab and Digital Futures at the University of Cincinnati. He shared several projects the students are building with AI and also looking to connect students to AI opportunities in our business community.
Jesy Herron from Reslv shared how they are using AI to help shorten the cycle of building storyboards to determine the direction for video production from weeks to days.
Lindsey and Thad Rhoden from Start with Pebble shared that they are helping support architectural and construction firms to navigate using AI. They are both architects so who better to lead the way?
J Thorn drove from Cleveland to meet other AI builders. J is helping authors leverage AI in their writing and publishing processes. He is also leading workshops on AI.
Ben Nash is an AI artist and AI filmmaker. He started a personal challenge to share his art and videos daily and has grown into an AI influencer. He shared how the X (Twitter) platform has helped him build community and gain new business opportunities daily for his AI art and videos.
Gregg Burke from Stellar shared how his organization is building AI integrations for all facets of operations in businesses.
Summer Crenshaw shared how she is building AI automation for sales teams, consultants, and coaches using Zapier and Make.com.
Christi Brown shared how she is helping her clients with leveraging AI in their full customer experience.
Aida Ramusovic Witham is a Digital and Content Strategist helping minority and foreign communities navigate using AI.
Mike Lewis from Tier 1 shared how they are developing custom AI for enterprise clients and one example was for a large airline customer database.
Sabrina Donely from CybrCastle shared that they are helping companies mitigate risk by securely implementing AI with their SecureAI methodology and education.
Helen Todd from Creativity Squared shared her incredible podcast for the intersection of AI and Creativity and her digital clone technology. Go see her and get your digital clone on October 24 from 5-6:30 pm https://creativitysquared.com/clone/.
Our next CincyAI meetup will be on November 14 from 3-5 pm at the UC Digital Futures building. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/726099883297?aff=oddtdtcreator
We are looking for volunteers for our meetups as well as sponsorships. Let us know if you are interested in any capacity. It takes a village.
Beyond grateful for this incredible community and we are just getting started!
There are several opportunities to learn about AI in Cincinnati in October and November. Check them out here: https://kendraramirez.com/cincinnati-ai-events/