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Hudson Valley Tech Meetup is a monthly gathering of creatives, engineers, entrepreneurs, educators, students, and genuine lovers of technology who share their passion for all things tech in the Hudson Valley of NY State.
We alternate our meeting spot each month across the Hudson River. Right now our two main locations are Kingston and Poughkeepsie but we plan to expand that up and down the river as much as possible.
At each meetup we have 3 speakers share their passion about something that is related to technology. One of these is usually a startup demo. At the end of the presentations we do a Q&A that always guarantees to be a lively discussion.
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HVTech Meetup — Kingston | Build Your Own AI Agent with OpenClaw
Kingston Library, 61 Crown St,, Kingston, NY, USIt is a great timing to explore this trending topic — OpenClaw is hot right now (100K+ GitHub stars in its first week, January 2026).
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🦞 What if your AI assistant could actually do things while you sleep — check your inbox, monitor deadlines, automate your workflows — and you owned every bit of it?
That's OpenClaw. It's an open-source personal AI agent you run on your own machine, connected to the messaging apps you already use (WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord — pick your favorite). No subscriptions, no vendor lock-in, no data leaving your control. You bring an API key; OpenClaw brings the agent loop. https://ollama.com/blog/openclaw
At this month's meetup, we're not just demoing it — we're building with it.
Speakers confirmed: Tyler Beatrice and Charlie Amadeus
Here's how the evening goes: We'll walk through what OpenClaw is and how it works, then the community pitches a couple of ideas for what to actually build. We pick the most interesting ones and get to work — together, in the room, shipping real prototypes before the night is over.
No experience required to show up. If you can install a tool and follow a tutorial, you're ready. If you've already been playing with agents, bring your ideas — we want your brains at the table.
What you'll walk away with:- A working understanding of how AI agents actually work under the hood
- A prototype you helped build (or watched get built in real time)
- Connections to other builders in the Hudson Valley who are figuring this out alongside you
Bring: Your laptop. An API key if you have one (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google all work — we'll help if you don't have one yet).
📅 Wednesday, May 13 📍 Kingston Library, NY 🕖 6-7:30 PM 🎟️ Free — just RSVP here
Part of the monthly HVTech / GDG community meetup series. All skill levels welcome.
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