Growth Hacking London

London AI Cost Hack #1: Lowest Cost Wins

Spend an evening making an AI workflow as cheap as possible with engineers, founders, investors, and whoever else is interested in cutting their AI costs. Pizza included, £100 prize for the winner with the cheapest workflow. [Merge](https://merge.dev) is providing credits and swag for Merge Gateway, their product for LLM routing and cutting AI costs. The venue is All Saints, a church near King's Cross station: [https://www.kingshouse.org.uk/allsaints](https://www.kingshouse.org.uk/allsaints) Rough schedule: * 5:30 PM: Doors open, pizza and setup * 6:00 PM: Kickoff, challenge reveal and hacking * 8:00 PM: Submissions, scoring and demos * 8:40 PM: Winners and wrap-up; leave by 9:00 PM We’ll give you a description of an software engineering workflow, starter code, an eval set. Use whatever works to run the workflow and make it cheaper while passing the evals. Try [Merge](https://merge.dev) Gateway and see how cheap you can get! Push to a public git repo and I'll run the hidden eval set. Out of the solutions that pass, the cheapest one wins. The prize is £100 and a (very) firm handshake from a partner at a venture capital fund. Example workflow: an AI code reviewer that reads pull requests, checks for bugs and security issues, decides how risky it is, and writes a review. The baseline sends the full diff to a large model every time, including for typo fixes and dependency bumps. How much of that can you replace with smaller models, routing, rules, or local inference without making the reviewer useless? The actual challenge will be similar but a bit harder. Bring a laptop and come either solo or with a team. The venue is nut-free because some staff have serious allergies. Please don’t bring anything containing nuts. Thanks.

Experimentation London Meetup #12

Our next Experimentation London Meetup will take place on **Wednesday, 29th July 2026**. You **must** sign up on the [Experimentation London website](https://www.experimentationlondon.com/) to purchase your ticket and be granted entry for health and safety reasons! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, including: Emma Travis, Director of Research at Speero: "AI x UX Research: Embracing Efficiency Without Losing Empathy." Divya Isaiah, Head of Experimentation at BBC: Experimentation Fireside Chat: How the BBC Experiments at Scale. To help us manage the space's capacity (and ensure we have the right amount of food and drink for everyone), please sign up for your ticket on our [Experimentation London website](https://www.experimentationlondon.com/). \-\-\- **Location** *Central London location - see full address and details on the [Experimentation London website](https://www.experimentationlondon.com/)* \-\-\- **Agenda** 6:00 PM - Welcome drinks, pizza and networking 6:30 PM - Introductions 6:40 PM - Emma Travis 7:10 PM - Short break 7:30 PM - Divya Isaiah 8:00 PM - More Networking 8:30 PM - Official end \-\-\- **Event & Speaker Guidelines** * No Sales Pitches: Our group is a space for genuine connections and learning. Tell stories. * Respect and Open-Mindedness: Embrace diversity, treat everyone with respect, and value different perspectives. * Community Spirit: Engage positively to build a supportive and collaborative community.

Mastering cloud security, one lab at a time!!

Build a side hustle, Home Business or Creative Startup.

**Start building an empire.** Welcome to the ultimate launchpad for creative action-takers. This intensive live masterclass is designed to show you exactly how to turn your art into a consistent income stream with **£0 upfront investment**. We are stripping away the corporate fluff and confusing jargon to hand you the practical, real-world frameworks needed to build a sustainable home business, side hustle, or creative startup. From hyper-lean initial setups to scaling a full operations model, this masterclass covers **anything and everything to do with business**. ### 🛠️ What We Will Cover: * **The £0 Setup Blueprint:** How to launch and generate immediate cash flow from day one without draining your savings. * **Legal & Sourcing Frameworks:** A straightforward guide to navigating complex legal requirements, compliance, regulations, and affordable material sourcing. * **Lean Marketing & Sales:** How to build a powerful brand narrative and generate organic sales without expensive advertising. * **Business Operations & Growth:** Master the core mechanics of running a company, including basic accounting, fluid day-to-day operations, and strategic recruitment when you are ready to scale. * **Resource Sharing:** Network, connect, and share invaluable trade insights with a vibrant community of like-minded local innovators. No gatekeeping. No academic theories. Just an honest, transparent, and actionable blueprint to help you transition from an isolated creator to a confident, savvy business owner.

Black Arrows Badminton Club @ UEL Sports Dock

Come and join a friendly but competitive bunch of players each and every Tuesday at UEL Sports Dock. If love playing Badminton for fun or competitively then pay us a visit. Cost of session £12 (Payment must be made before the session ends. The details of bank transfer to be advised by email, once you RSVP.) Feather shuttles are used. • There is a large car-park at UEL (FREE 5.30pm onward). • Nearest DLR stations are Gallions Reach and Cyprus, then a 5 minutes walk to UEL Sports Dock. • Session are more suited for Intermediate to Club standard players, although we cater for all standards of play. Simple "If"Rules: • If you want to attend, you must RSVP • If you want to bring a friend you MUST RSVP for them • If you do not RSVP, you will be turned away If you RSVP and DO NOT attend you will be fined £20, unless you remove your RSVP at least 24hrs before the session start time. Please respect the session limit, they are for your own good as over crowding means less games for you! The organisers decision on all matters is final. Important Note: Your are responsible for your own well-being. Black Arrows Badminton Club or the management at UEL are not responsible for any injuries or loss of items.

Social Media Creators & Influencers Meetup London #22

Hi there, fellow social media creators, influencers, brands and all people interested in London. Welcome to our meetup! We at Social Rising organize regular events for you to connect, learn and grow, not only here but all over the world! We invite you to meet and engage in conversations with like-minded people both locally and in our worldwide community! **First things first!:** * The best way to stay informed about our events is to join our newsletter at socialrising.com/join * If you're a creator with a significant audience, you will benefit the most from this newsletter at socialrising.com/join .You will be invited to public and exclusive events, and we will reach out to you with partner and job opportunities. * If you want to help us creating our events: We're looking for 1-2 volunteers per event! Let us know if you're interested through this form: https://socialrising.com/volunteer - we'll then reach out if we need you. **Lightning talk** [Federico Sbandi ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/federicosbandi/)is the CEO of Digital Combat Agency wehre he consults on LinkedIn strategy, while also a TikTok creator with over 77k followers. In his talk, he'll share practical LinkedIn growth strategies and how creators can turn their online visibility into real business opportunities and partnerships. **What do participants & speakers think?** "Matteo's meetups are incredible. Every time I come, I meet people who genuinely change my life. He somehow manages to get everyone involved, and the overall vibe is so nice. Can't wait for the next one!" - Dom (tech_wizzdom) "Matteo, thanks for the event yesterday. Its much better than other social media events that I have attended. Good work! So thanks!" Joe (via a Google Review) "What a fantastic group of people! If you are looking to connect with top-shelf digital communicators, Social Rising's meetups are perfect for that."- Oliver Aust - Founder, Investor, Bestselling Author, Podcast Host. "Matteo put on a killer event. Normally events are full of trivial, uncomfortable conversations, but I love Social Rising events, cool people and discussion points, and great locations", Digital Nomad Lifestyle. **Our story** In 2019 we started organizing meetups for creators & influencer in Berlin, and we became big fans of the people we brought together and the topics that were discussed. So we expanded to London early 2020, and as the pandemic started, we became a home for creators worldwide. Now, in 2026, we do our events in multiple cities and countries and are expanding to more and more countries. Wherever we are, influencers & creators connect, learn, and grow. Sometimes creators join us and share insights in lightning talks, and each time we all go home with new, interesting connections! **Virtual events** We have regular virtual meetups. Join your local [meetup](https://socialrising.com/meetup-groups) group or follow our [Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/social-rising-virtual-34048034485) organizer dedicated to virtual events. **What is this meetup for?** * Get to know new people in the social media space * Share experiences with like-minded people * Listen to inspiring lightning talks * Brainstorm and share ideas with fellow creators * Motivating each other * Finding opportunities to work together * Discuss how to approach and reach chosen target groups * Sometimes we have a product/brand presenting how they can support you * ... and of course: have a good time and grab a drink together! **Your host** Matteo Savio, CEO of [Social Rising](https://socialrising.com/) & [Digital Ideas](https://digitalideas.io/), hosts the event. As a digital marketer, he is consulting in B2B marketing & sales, and started Social Rising in 2019 as became fascinated by the topics and amazing people that showed up. He's enthusiastic ever since! Connect with him beforehand on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteosavio/)! **What next?** * Do you have experiences in growing and/or monetizing on Social Media? We'd love you to apply for a lightning talk: socialrising.com/lightning-talk * Are you interested in helping us creating our events? Help out as a volunteer: socialrising.com/volunteer * Follow us on Instagram and check out event images from past events: instagram.com/socialrisingevents * Especially as a brand or product you might be interested in following us on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/socialrisingevents * Does your product bring value to creators? Apply for a product presentation: socialrising.com/product-presentation * Join the meetup group closest to you here: https://socialrising.com/meetup-groups See you at the event! Your Social Rising Team

Hacker News London Meetup #9

Please join us for our fourth event in 2026. This is a space where Hacker News readers can come along and discuss technology, science, and business. Come along and meet new people from a variety of backgrounds, and engage in the vibrant community of Hacker News readers from London and the surrounding area! Location: The Masque Haunt (Wetherspoon) 168–172 Old Street Time: Tuesday, July 28, 6pm - 9pm Please contact the organizer (Stefan) if \- your company might be able to host a future event \- you want to help organizing future events \- any other feedback / questions This is an unofficial, community organized event from Hacker News readers for Hacker News readers.

Networking for founders, creators, freelancers + rebels ⚡

**Free monthly meetups for Rebels of all kinds, to connect, learn and share.** **Topic:** What No One Tells You About Raising Investment **Guests**: [Mark Gregson ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgregson1/)& [James Hennessy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-hennessy-59498341/) \- Founders of Juntos\. Founder-led networking events from founders, creators and successful business owners. There will be a fire side chat with opportunities to network before and after. No formal agenda, or dress-code (please wear *something* though). **Format:** 6:30pm - Doors Open & Networking 7:00pm - Fireside + Q&A 8:00pm - Networking *** Est. 2013, meetups active globally 🌍 🚀 This event is free thanks to our members (join here: dffrnt.so/join), our partners (dffrnt.so/partners), our hosts [Rachael](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwelford/), [Vinay](linkedin.com/in/vinay-sharma-96432b9b/?skipRedirect=true), [Ken](linkedin.com/in/helloekow) and our generous hosting venue [Juntos](https://www.juntosoffices.com/). \-\-\-\- **Looking for a new co-working space?** Claim your free day pass & £100 off your membership (email BedfordRow@JuntosOffices.com). **Looking for an event space?** Gain 20% off your booking (Speak to a member of the team) **Want more from Dffrnt?** [Learn more](http://dffrnt.so/) or [join here](http://dffrnt.so/join).

Marketing Networking London | Founders, Growth & Brand Leaders

**Kindly note that this is a paid event and the average number of attendees for our events is 60-70 people. You can register on [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marketing-networking-london-founders-growth-brand-leaders-tickets-1994409523573?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marketing-networking-london-founders-growth-brand-leaders-tickets-1994409523573?aff=meetup)** London marketing networking event for founders, marketers & growth leaders. Build connections, share ideas, and unlock new opportunities. **Marketing Connector®** is where ambitious marketers, founders, and growth-focused professionals meet in London to build powerful, real-world connections. Part of the **London Connector®** series, this experience is designed for those who value **quality conversations, meaningful relationships, and business opportunities** — not just exchanging business cards. Hosted at the prestigious **Eight Members Club**, this edition on **4th August from 5 pm** brings together a curated mix of marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders in an elegant, high-level setting. Meet the people behind the brands, campaigns, and growth strategies shaping London’s business scene — all in one room. ## **🚀 Why You Should Attend** ✔ Meet **high-quality marketing professionals** across digital, brand, growth, and strategy ✔ Connect with **founders and decision-makers** actively building and scaling businesses ✔ Discover **collaborations, clients, and new opportunities** ✔ Exchange **real insights and strategies** — not surface-level conversations ✔ Build relationships in a **relaxed, premium environment** ## **🤝 Who You’ll Meet** Expect a carefully selected audience including: • Marketing professionals, strategists & consultants • Digital marketers, growth experts & brand builders • Startup founders & entrepreneurs looking to outsource the marketing of their goods and services • Investors & business leaders • PR, communications & content professionals If you’re serious about **growing your network and your opportunities**, you’ll be in the right room. ## **📅 Event Details** **Date:** 4th August, 2026 **Time:** 17:00 – 20:00 **Venue:** **Eight Members Club** A **hosted, free-flow networking experience** designed to help conversations happen naturally and connections form easily. ## **🌐 Extend Your Networking Experience** Your ticket also allows you to **stay and continue networking** at: • **London Connector® with no extra cost.** Meet even more founders, executives, and professionals — all in one evening. ## **🔗 What to Expect** • Open, high-quality networking from the moment you arrive • A friendly, welcoming atmosphere with a professional crowd • The opportunity to make **valuable connections quickly** • A room full of people who are **open to collaboration and conversation** ## **📲 Bonus: WhatsApp Networking Group** On the day of the event, you’ll receive access to our **exclusive attendee WhatsApp group** ✔ Connect before the event ✔ Arrange meetings in advance ✔ Stay in touch after the event **👔 Dress Code** Business Attire or Smart Casual. To maintain the standard and atmosphere of the event, T-shirts and trainers are not permitted for men or women. Shorts are not permitted for men. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in helping us preserve the quality of the London Connector experience. ## **📸 Event Disclaimer** Photos and videos may be taken during the event for use across social media, marketing materials, and promotional campaigns.

Cloud Native London, August 2026

Hi folks! Welcome to our August Cloud Native London meetup! Join us to hear from our three great speakers and network with your fellow techies over pizza and drinks, or alternatively chat and following along on Youtube or LinkedIn! 6:00 Pizza and drinks 6:30 Welcome 6:45 Agents as Products (Tom Robbins, heytavi.com) 7:15 Scaling Btrfs in an enterprise (Motiejus Jakštys, Palo Alto Networks / Chronosphere) 7:45 Wrap up See you there! Cheryl (@oicheryl) **Agents as Products (Tom Robbins, heytavi.com)** Building better harnesses can help you make the most of LLMs, but many of the things that make agents truly useful - reliability, intuitive interfaces, integration into third party systems, and solid data primitives - draw on many of the same things it takes to build great SaaS products. These are the things I've learned building HeyTavi, an agent that lives in Slack built for recruiters and hiring managers. We mix traditional microservice architecture with a new idea inspired by OpenClaw and cloud coding agents: providing each customer with an always-on VM with persistent storage. This blurs the lines between being ""frontend"" or ""backend"". We propose the name ""nanoservice"" - meaning a service that runs 24/7 and serves a single customer, and over which the customer must be assumed to have full control. *Tom has been writing software for nearly 2 decades. Ex-Citymapper, with a stint in life sciences writing AI software for most of the major global pharma companies. Now he's building HeyTavi, an AI coworker for hiring managers and recruiters that lives in Slack. He can be found on X at @RobbinsTom4867* **Scaling Btrfs in an enterprise (Motiejus Jakštys, Palo Alto Networks / Chronosphere)** Btrfs was merged into the Linux kernel in 2009, arriving with bold promises --- and, let's be honest, a reputation for instability. I first tried it on my laptop in 2011. It wiped my data. Twice. On the bright side, it taught me the value of backups. Fast forward to 2025: btrfs is no longer the experimental filesystem of the past. It's stable, mature, feature-rich, and fully part of the Linux kernel. But old reputations die hard. I'll share the decision-making process, key performance and reliability insights, and the quirks you only discover when running btrfs at scale, and how we adopted it for petabytes of customer data. *Motiejus Jakštys works in the database team at Palo Alto Networks / Chronosphere. He is also a cartographer, creating maps for no particular reason. Maybe it has something to do with him liking long hikes, but he's not sure.* *He is running a beefy server in a closet at home, because he likes talking about servers with his kids.* *You can find out a bit more about him on his personal website at [https://m.jakstys.lt](https://m.jakstys.lt)* *Check out [https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon](https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon) if you're interested in speaking or sponsoring.*

#WPLDN - July 2026: Our 150th Event! Accessibility, Identity & the Agentic Web

Join us for the 150th #WPLDN event. One hundred and fifty evenings of free, community-driven WordPress talks feels worth marking, so we're doing it with three sessions rather than the usual two. We're covering whether WordPress dropdown menus can ever be truly accessible, the business case for understanding why you do what you do, and what happens to your site when the visitor is an AI agent rather than a person. 📅 **Date:** 30 July 2026 ⏰ **Time:** 6:30 PM BST (doors from 6:00 PM) 🎟️ **Cost:** Free (Registration **Session 1: WordPress dropdown menus - Can they be truly accessible?** 🤝 **Speaker:** Graham Armfield ([Coolfields Consulting](https://www.coolfields.co.uk)) If your site runs to more than a handful of pages, you're almost certainly using dropdown or flyout submenus. WordPress themes have offered a whole range of approaches over the years, but how many of them actually work for everyone? Graham walks through the patterns commonly found in WordPress themes and assesses the level of accessibility each one delivers. Expect a clear-eyed look at what passes, what doesn't, and what to do about it. Graham is a Web Accessibility Consultant and the founder of Coolfields Consulting, where he tests websites for accessibility and advises designers and developers on fixing the issues found. He writes and delivers detailed accessibility training for developers, is a WordPress developer who has built accessible sites for clients large and small, and has contributed to the Make WordPress Accessible Team. He's spoken on accessibility at WordCamps and WordPress events for years, and he's been part of the #WPLDN story for a good chunk of those 150 events. Outside of work, you'll likely find him playing guitar, recording his next album, or at a local open mic night. **Session 2: Owning Your Why: The Only Constant in a World of Change** 🤝 **Speaker:** Raquel Manriquez ([PressConf](https://pressconf.events)) The only constant in your business isn't the strategy, the stack, or the team. It's the why underneath them. In this candid session, Raquel starts with the question most of us avoid: Who am I actually, and moves to the business case for answering it. The boundaries that hold because you know what you're protecting. The decisions that come quickly because you're not weighing up other people's opinions of you. The steadiness that comes from being someone, rather than just doing things. Raquel is the founder of WonderlandCurious, a tech event consultancy focused on innovative, people-first experiences. A longtime leader in the WordPress ecosystem, she founded the WooCommerce agency Mode Effect and led it for a decade before a successful exit in 2020. Today she channels that community experience into PressConf, a conference built around candid, unrecorded conversations among the leaders shaping the WordPress economy. A perpetually curious soul, Raquel believes deeply in the power of meaningful connection wherever her feet land. Outside of work, she's a recent graduate of full-time parenthood and enjoys music, the outdoors, wanderlust, and time with her big, Indigenous family. **Session 3: Preparing WordPress sites for the agentic web** 🤝 **Speaker:** Daphne Monro ([Hosting.com](https://hosting.com)) AI agents don't just rank pages. They call APIs, parse structured data, evaluate trust signals, and increasingly complete actions on behalf of users. Daphne explores what that shift means for WordPress: exposing clean, structured data through schema and feeds, building product and shopping setups that are machine-readable, keeping APIs and endpoints stable and well documented, and preparing content for retrieval, summarisation, and transaction. The focus is on building sites that agents can confidently interpret, cite, and act through, not just crawl, and positioning brands for a web where software is often the primary interface. Daphne is Head of Website and Content at Hosting.com, where she leads website performance, SEO, CRO, migrations, and global content strategy across multiple brands. She specialises in large-scale domain migrations, technical SEO, and building high-performing content ecosystems that align brand, product, and revenue. A frequent industry speaker, she has presented at events including BrightonSEO and featured on SEO podcasts, including SEO in 2026 and Masters of Search. She's known for combining deep technical expertise with strategic brand leadership across Web2 and Web3. **Schedule:** 🔹 **6:00 PM** – Doors Open & Networking 🔹 **6:30 PM** – Welcome & Session 1: Graham Armfield 🔹 **7:15 PM** – Session 2: Raquel Manriquez 🔹 **7:45 PM** – Short Break & Networking 🔹 **7:55 PM** – Session 3: Daphne Monro 🔹 **8:30 PM** – Q&A, Social & Wrap-Up 📢 **RSVP Now!** Three sessions, one milestone, and the usual good company. Whether you come for the accessibility deep dive, the honest conversation about why you do what you do, or the look at where the agentic web takes us next, there's plenty to take away. Bring your questions for the Q&A and stick around afterwards to raise a glass to 150 events. Secure your free spot today, and we'll see you on the 30th! 🎉 \-\-\- **Venue Information** **The Bridge** is a charity supporting women to make positive choices and encouraging improvements to fitness, health, and wellbeing. The venue features a plant-based café (supplied by Girls Who Grind Coffee) and is just a 5-minute walk from London Bridge Station. \-\-\- **Massive thanks to our sponsors who make these free events possible:** [Filter](https://filter.agency/), [Kinsta](https://kinsta.com/), [Mollie](https://www.mollie.com/gb/integrations/woocommerce), and [PodcasterPlus](https://www.podcasterplus.com/?utm_source=wpldn&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=partnership). \-\-\- If you're interested in being a featured speaker at an upcoming event, we'd love to hear from you at [https://wpldn.uk/speak](https://wpldn.uk/speak). **🎥 - Media Release Terms** By attending, you understand and accept that portions of the event may have audio/photo/video-recorded and/or live-streamed and may be used by the organisers. You agree that the organisers have the right and permission to use and publish such media for any purpose in any format, including online and offline, now and ever after, without further compensation, permission, or notification. You understand that all official recordings from the event are the exclusive property of the organisers, available under the Creative Commons Attribution­ShareAlike license for general use, and you do not ask for nor expect compensation or notification of the use of official recordings or photographs in which you appear or speak. Please inform an organisational team member at the event's start if you do not wish to appear in photos or videos.

Passive A.I Income: 7 Ways To Monetise A.I

**What if you could use A.I. to create new income streamse, even if you're starting from scratch?** Artificial Intelligence is changing the way people build businesses, create products, and generate income. The biggest opportunity isn't simply using A.I., it's knowing **how to monetise it.** In this practical, beginner-friendly webinar, you'll discover **7 proven ways to turn A.I. into a profitable digital income**, without needing coding skills, expensive software, or years of experience. Whether you're looking to build a side hustle, replace your income, or create more freedom, this session will give you a clear roadmap to get started. ## 🔥 During this webinar you'll discover: ✅ **How To Monetise A.I. As A Beginner** – even if you've never built an online business before. ✅ **A Step-by-Step Monetisation Blueprint** – a simple framework you can follow from idea to income. ✅ **The Best Products To Sell Using A.I.** – discover digital products and business models with real earning potential. ✅ **The Essential A.I. Tools, Resources & Action Plan** – save time and avoid overwhelm with the right tools and next steps. ❌ **No Experience or Tech Skills Required** – this training is designed for complete beginners. ## This webinar is perfect for: * Employees looking to create an additional income stream * Aspiring entrepreneurs and side hustlers * Freelancers wanting to add new services * Anyone curious about using A.I. to build a digital business * Beginners who want a simple, practical starting point This isn't about hype or overnight success. It's about learning practical strategies you can implement immediately using the power of A.I. 💡 **D**iscover how to turn today's biggest technological revolution into tomorrow's income opportunities. **Reserve your place today and take the first step towards building your own A.I.-powered digital income.**