🧠GenAI Collective x Drive Capital 🧠Corporate by Day, Entrepreneur by Night
​Join our networking and demo night, sponsored by Anish Zuté at Drive Capital!
​Are you building something interesting with AI in your spare time? Join fellow creators, hackers, and AI enthusiasts for an evening of show-and-tell and meaningful connections in the heart of Austin's thriving tech scene.
​📍 What to Expect:
​- Showcase your AI side projects (no matter how big or small!)
​- Connect with other builders working on fascinating AI applications
​- Share learnings, challenges, and insights from your building journey
​- Learn about tools, frameworks, and resources from fellow creators
​- Network with Austin's growing AI community
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​🎯 Who Should Attend:
​- Side project builders and weekend hackers using LLMs
​- Full-time professionals exploring AI in their spare time
​- Entrepreneurs testing AI-powered ideas
​- Anyone building tools or products with AI (commercial or non-commercial)
​- Curious minds wanting to learn from hands-on builders
​- Investors and VCs exploring new opportunities and the next generation of founders
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​🎯 Agenda
​🕕 7:00 PM – Welcome & Open Networking
​🎤 7:30 PM – Opening Remarks from Anish (Drive Capital)
​🚀 7:35 PM – 2min Elevator Pitches from a Limited Number of Builders (8mins of Q&A and Discussion for Each Builder)
​👋 8:35 PM – Breakout for Networking
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​💡 Project Examples Welcome:
​- AI-powered productivity tools
​- Creative applications using LLMs
​- AI art and music projects
​- Practical automation solutions
​- Educational AI tools
​- Any experimental AI projects!
​No project is too small, and works-in-progress are encouraged. The goal is to learn from each other and celebrate the spirit of building.
​As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!
​Drive Capital is the largest venture capital firm between the coasts that is investing in the world’s next generation of market-defining companies - outside of traditional venture markets like the Bay Area. Since Drive's inception in 2013, the firm has raised over $2B of funds to invest in startups solving important problems in large markets. Drive is an investor in more than 100 companies outside of Silicon Valley, including Duolingo, Root Insurance, and Austin's own Thoughtful Automation. Drive now has a permanent focus on Texas based startups with the intro of their newest investor, Anish Zuté - a Texas native and Austin local focused on finding the greatest founders building in the Lone Star State. Feel free to reach out at anish@drivecapital.com
​​Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
​​​The GenAI Collective is a non-profit, grassroots community of 25,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors representing the global forum for AI and technological progress. Through world-class events, workshops, and online forums, members leverage their diverse perspectives and innovative minds to foster meaningful relationships, solve challenging problems, and define the future of AI.