🌊 San Diego AI Studio Sharathon

​🌊 San Diego AI Studio Sharathon

​Saturday, May 16 · 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM · The Template, San Diego, CA · Free

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​Update: The first 50 seats have been claimed. Waitlist is now open. We're releasing additional seats in small waves as we coordinate room flow with the venue.

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​Come hang with like-minded people and see how everyone's building. I put this together so we could spend time playing, building, and sharing how we get our rocks to talk.

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​For:

• ​🛠 People building with AI tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, agents)

• ​💬 Users of ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, want to go deeper

• ​🐣 Those brand-new to AI, just curious

• ​🧠 Senior devs exploring or shipping AI

• ​🚀 Founders building a product

• ​🎨 Designers or creatives working AI into their flow

• ​🤖 Hardware or robotics folks

• ​🤝 Peeps looking for collaborators or co-founders

• ​🎯 Folks looking to hire or contract someone

• ​💼 Folks looking for work or employment

• ​💸 Investor, scout, or angel

• ​🌊 Nerds just trying to hang and meet people

​Just got back from the AI Dev SF conference. 3,000+ people, two days of sessions on agents, voice AI, dev tools, and more. I'm stoked to try and funnel some of that here.

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​☕ The format

​Casual meetup with laptops, at The Template. A super rad 4.8-star coffee shop in OB, two blocks from the beach.

​I'll try to greet everyone, but if I miss you, come say hi. Lucas, big friendly dude, dark beard & short curly hair. I'll ask a few Q's so I can categorize your interests and make sure you get what you need.

​This event is a human-in-the-loop recursive agent.

​All g If you'd rather be a fly on the wall. Absolutely no presh.

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​🧱 The flow

​We open with a casual hangout and chat about what's new, what we're trying, and how we are building.

​Then we pick something fun to work on.

​Example: I went to AI On the Lot, the Gen AI video conference, where we worked on mock previews for pretend movies. We made Zombie Cats. Silly. Also freaking awesome.
​Come see what else we have lined up, or suggest your own. We'll have Claude Code and Codex learning-oriented projects, and you can pitch ideas too.

​Then we break into build zones. Pick a zone, solo, pair, or team up, ship something small, or start something big. My friends and I float around helping.

​Whoever would like, we'll have optional show-and-tells about what we worked on, 3 minutes each, followed by quickfire 15-second rounds for anyone with an intro, ask, or announcement.

Then hang, vibe, network till 2.

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​Coffee and pastries are available for purchase at the counter. Please support our epic venue.

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​What we'll help with

• ​🎓 Need Claude Code basics, or want to set up OpenClaw? We'll get you started.

• ​💸 Founder looking for funding? We'll point you to who's trying to know you.

• ​🤝 Hunting partnerships? We'll get you not just in the same space, but collaborating on something fun.

• ​💼 Looking for work or wanting to hire? We'll try to connect you to the right people in the room.

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​📅 Schedule

• ​10:00 — Doors, coffee

• ​10:30 — Kickoff + build together

• ​1:00 — Show and tell (3 mins each)

• ​1:05 — Quickfire (15 sec -anyone- intros, announcements, asks)

• ​1:30 — Closing collab

• ​2:00 — Wrap

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​🎙 Build in public

​We record and stream the whole thing on X and YouTube. Raw recordings get uploaded, unedited. A follow-up email goes out within the week with download links so you can have everything.

​Use it to:

• ​Spin up your own meetup

• ​Build your own YouTube

• ​Feed it to your agents

• ​Make a K-pop music video

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​✨ Takeaways

• ​🌱 Never built with AI? You'll have something running before you leave.

• ​🚢 Already shipping? You'll meet like-minded or farther along folks to learn from, or people you can influence and help.

• ​🤝 Looking for partnerships or work? We'll get you closer to your people.

• ​🔥 Just trying to build cool shit and share ideas? This is the main reason for the event. You will find your crew here.

• ​📚 I'm going to data dump a list of resources I use to stay up to date in the matrix.

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​🅿 Parking

​OB on Saturday is poppn. The lot right next to The Template has a $5/4hrs deal for our guests - normally $30. Code drops in your Luma reminder before the event.

​Backup if it fills:

• ​DL the AirGarage app to find free/cheap parking spots

• ​Free: residential east of Sunset Cliffs, or Robb Field at 2525 Bacon (5–10 min walk)

​Our lot is likely to fill by 10 am. Roll in by 9:45 if you can.

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​🤙 Reach me

​Want to demo, sponsor, contribute, or just confirm something? DM me on Luma or email [email protected].

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​If you're already shipping, come find your people.

​If you've never built anything with AI before, come hang. This is how it starts.

​See you Saturday. 🌊