Austin AI Developers Group

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We are excited to partner with Coder for a special edition of our AI Meetup in February, focusing on AI governance and compliance for developers.

AI is already part of how developers work: Coding assistants. Autonomous agents. Background tasks. PR reviews. But in most companies, AI usage is either completely ungoverned or quietly blocked.
This meetup is for developers who want to understand what AI governance actually means in practice, without turning their workflow into a compliance nightmare.

We’ll focus on how teams are introducing guardrails that protect source code, credentials, and infrastructure while still letting developers move fast. No policy decks. No buzzwords. Just real examples of how AI agents are being used safely inside modern dev environments.

You’ll walk away with:

• - A clear understanding of what AI governance actually means for developers, not just security teams
• - Insight into why AI agents need different permissions than humans and where most teams get this wrong
• - Practical examples of how guardrails can speed teams up instead of slowing them down
• - A simple mental model you can apply whether you’re experimenting with AI locally or rolling it out across a team

Who this is for:

• - Beginner → intermediate software developers
• - Platform engineers and DevOps folks supporting dev teams
• - Anyone using (or wanting to use) AI tools beyond simple autocomplete

Agenda:

• * 5:30pm~6:00pm: Checkin, Food and Networking
• * 6:00pm~6:15pm: Welcome/community update
• * 6:15pm~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A
• * 8:00pm~8:30pm: Open discussion & Mixer

Tech Talk: AI Governance for Developers
Speaker: Dave Ahr, Coder
Abstract: In this session, we will deep dive into AI governance for developers. We will explores the often-unseen risks developers face when using AI tools—from unintended data exposure to tool lock-in—and how teams can implement lightweight, developer-friendly governance. Learn how to build secure, standardized AI workflows that provide guardrails without slowing innovation, so you can ship with confidence.

Topics/Speakers:
Check the event website for speakers and topics.
If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 8,000+ AI developers in Austin and 500K+ worldwide.

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This is virtual event for our AI global community, please double-check your local time.
Can't make it live? Register anyway to receive the webinar recording.

Description:
Welcome to the weekly AI Deep Dive Webinar Series. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers & fellow developers from all over the world.

Tech Talk: The Architecture Behind Self-Evolving AI Agents
Speaker: Chris Latimer (Vectorize)
Abstract: Every agent framework today treats memory as an afterthought, stuff some documents in a vector database, retrieve chunks, hope for the best. The result is agents that are perpetually starting from zero. They don't learn from experience. They don't notice patterns. But real intelligence requires more than retrieval. It requires learning.
In this talk, I'll show how we built Hindsight, an open-source agent memory system that gives agents the ability to learn and improve on their own over time.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Venue:
virtual, join from anywhere.

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 500K+ worldwide.

More upcoming sessions:

• Feb 18: AI DevTalks Live with Google Cloud - Ep 11
• Feb 26: AI Deep Dive Series (Virtual) - Agent Memory - Part 2
• Mar 4: AI DevTalks Live with Google Cloud - Ep 12

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- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers