Chicago | Coffee & Code with TheVibeFounder & Reena Shah
📣 Calling Chicago founders, builders, creators, investors, and people building with AI.
AI has made it possible for almost anyone to build.
But building isn't enough anymore.
When anyone can create an app, launch a product, or build an AI agent, the advantage shifts to the people who know what to build, how to ship fast, and how to get people to care.
That's what this Coffee & Code is about.
☕ Build with AI. Learn to distribute what you build.
Join AJ, TheVibeFounder, for an afternoon of building, sharing what's working, and meeting other ambitious people in Chicago.
The afternoon opens with a fireside chat between AJ and Reena: what it actually takes to build and distribute in the AI era, when anyone can ship but few can get people to care.
AJ is a 3x founder and Co-Founder of Otto AI. Over the past year, he's been publicly experimenting with what it means to be a founder in the AI era: using AI to code, design, create content, automate work, and operate with fewer people.
Along the way, he grew TheVibeFounder from 10K to 400K+ followers on Instagram, documenting what he's learning and building in public.
The goal isn't to teach you how to become an influencer.
It's to explore a skill that every founder increasingly needs:
Distribution.
Because in a world where AI makes creating easier, knowing how to earn attention and distribute what you build becomes even more valuable.
💻 This is not a conference or a keynote.
Bring your laptop.
Bring something you're building, an idea you've been thinking about, or just your curiosity.
We'll talk about what's actually working with AI right now, build alongside each other, share tools and workflows, answer questions, and meet other people in Chicago who are figuring this out too.
No need to show up with a finished startup.
Come ready to participate.
⭐ What we'll get into
Fireside with AJ & Reena: building and distributing in the AI era
Building and shipping faster with AI
Why distribution matters more in the age of AI
How AJ grew TheVibeFounder from 10K → 400K+
Creating content people actually want to consume
Turning what you're building and learning into distribution
AI agents and workflows AJ is actually using
Vibe coding and building without a traditional engineering team
What's working, what's not, and what we're all experimenting with
What people in the room are building
Meeting other founders, builders, creators, and AI people in Chicago
AJ & Reena