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From Satellite to Signal: Building a Geospatial Agentic AI Stack

Tue, Oct 27, 5:00 PM

From GeoMeetup

4.7

***CROSS POST EVENT FROM WHEROBOTS.*** ***SIGN UP LINK:*** ***Sign up here:*** ***https://luma.com/m4bngiey*** **#** **A hands-on workshop with AWS and Wherobots, plus a fireside chat with HERE Technologies** **## Agenda** **10:00 to 10:30am: Doors open and check-in** **10:30 to 11:00am: Fireside chat: Precise answers from probabilistic AI** **11:00am to 12:30pm: Hands-on workshop** **12:30 to 1:30pm: Lunch and networking** **##** **Fireside Chat: Precise Answers from Probabilistic AI** [Ben Pruden](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpruden/?utm_source=luma)**, Head of Go-to-Market at Wherobots, and** [Hervé Utheza](https://www.linkedin.com/in/utheza/?utm_source=luma)**, Senior Director, AI & Emerging Technologies at HERE Technologies, on what it takes for AI to give exact answers about the physical world.** **Large language models are probabilistic. Ask the same question twice and you get two different ballpark answers. Questions about the physical world, like which properties sit inside a flood zone or how many people live within a wildfire hazard area, need exact, repeatable results. Ben and Hervé discuss how AI agents get there by calling deterministic geospatial tools.** **## Workshop: Building a Geospatial Agentic AI Stack on AWS and Wherobots** **Build an end-to-end agentic geospatial pipeline in a single day. Bring your laptop, leave with a working pattern for turning raw satellite imagery and weather data into interactive risk dashboards, driven by natural language at every stage.** **This in-person workshop walks you through building an end-to-end geospatial AI pipeline. Raw satellite imagery and weather data go in, move through agentic data engineering and risk scoring, and come out as interactive map dashboards. You use natural language at every stage.** **By the end of the workshop you will be able to:** * **Work with Amazon Kiro for AI coding to build and interact with Wherobots and AWS.** * **Use the Wherobots MCP server as an agentic interface for exploring and processing geospatial data catalogs** * **Build a medallion data pipeline (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using spatial SQL, raster zonal statistics, and KNN spatial joins on WherobotsDB with Apache Iceberg** * **Score physical assets for natural hazard risk using wildfire, flood, and severe weather data** * **Connect Aurora PostgreSQL as a live data source to MapLibre as a visualization layer, so maps stay current as the underlying data changes** **##** **Who Should Attend** **Data engineers, ML engineers, and solutions architects working with physical-world data. Geospatial teams evaluating how agentic workflows layer onto existing GIS infrastructure.** **About Wherobots** **Wherobots is the AI Context Engine for physical world data, built by the original creators of Apache Sedona. An AWS Partner, the platform enables planetary-scale spatial compute and Earth intelligence, letting developers build and scale AI workflows on physical-world data using the SQL and Python they already know. Learn more at** [wherobots.com](https://wherobots.com/?utm_source=luma)**.** **Sign up here:** **https://luma.com/m4bngiey**

1 attendee

SF Bay Area Stationery Meetup - Click-clack Clipboards

Sun, Oct 25, 6:00 PM

From San Francisco/Bay Area Stationery Meetup

4.9

Hi Stationery Friends! I'll just give it to you straight - we've been struck with a fever. Many of us are down bad for the satisfying clap of a sturdy, magnetic clipboard, and we're doing our best to spread the contagion. You might think you're safe, but have you ever really paid attention to the beautiful wood grain, the helpful clip, the convenience of writing or sketching wherever you want? On that note, whether or not you're a clipboard enthusiast, we'd love to see and hear about your on-the-go setup! Are you toting all your supplies around the house in a perfectly organized bag, or haphazard piles that leave a trail of markers behind you? Are you a steadfast hardcover notebook fan, so you can write anywhere without a separate surface, or dedicated to slim softcovers you can tuck in any bag or pocket? Do you buy duplicates of your favorite stationery so you can keep the perfect eraser in every bag, or keep everything in its place and never journal in a second location? Whether or not you can make it this month, [join us on Discord](https://discord.gg/TG8pK5BTkT) to talk stationery, learn about future meetups, and vote on themes. Rickshaw recommends the nearby Coffee Shop, Piccino Cafe, La Stazione, and Neighbor Bakehouse for coffee & pastries. Street parking is available but pay close attention to the restrictions - they're different on basically every street surrounding Rickshaw. The 48 & 55 buses drop off just about at Rickshaw's door, the Caltrain 22nd Street Stop is a short walk away, and so is the 23rd Street Stop of Muni's T Line.

17 attendees

Oct 28 - SF Physical AI Workshop and Meetup

Thu, Oct 29, 12:30 AM

From SF Machine Learning Meetup

4.3

Join us at Antler VC on Oct 28 for the SF Physical AI Workshop and Meetup, co-presented by Nebius and Voxel51. Seats are limited, **[Pre-registration is mandatory.](https://voxel51.com/events/san-francisco-physical-ai-workshop-and-meetup-october-28-2026)** **Date, Time and Location** Oct 28, 2026 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Antler San Francisco 144 Townsend St (3rd Floor) San Francisco, CA 94107 **Meetup Agenda** *5:30–6:30 PM* * Networking, food, drinks, and lightning talks **Workshop Agenda** This hands-on session uses DROID, a real-world robotics dataset loaded into FiftyOne as a native multimodal MCAP recording, and YOLO11n, fine-tuned live during the session. *6:30–7:30 PM* * Welcome + framing: from raw robot logs to a trained detector * Explore a real DROID robotics recording in FiftyOne's native multimodal MCAP viewer: camera, proprioception, and language on one synced timeline, no ROS install required * Curate: extract and browse frames from the recording, filter and deduplicate * Compute embeddings on the curated frames; explore via similarity search and embeddings visualization (via Nebius Serverless AI Jobs) *7:30–8:00 PM* * Auto-label: open-vocabulary detection to generate bounding boxes for the robot gripper and target objects * Train: fine-tune a YOLO11n detector on the auto-labeled frames (via Nebius Serverless AI Jobs) * Evaluate results and close the loop: view predictions back on the original MCAP timeline *8:00–8:30 PM* * What else Nebius offers: Token Factory walkthrough — chat/vision models, fine-tuning, credits

17 attendees

East Bay Chronic Pain & Illness Peer Support Group Meetup

Wed, Nov 18, 2:30 AM

From The Bay Area Chronic Pain & Illness Peer Support Group

4.9

**About us:** The Bay Area Chronic Pain & Illness Peer Support Group is a friendly, unstructured, in-person peer support group for anybody 18+ who lives with chronic pain, illness(es), invisible disabilities, and any type of mental health experiences. The group is a casual, safe space to hang out, talk about our lives, share coping strategies, form friendships, create community, and get support. **Location:** 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Look for a corner gallery in a residential neighborhood! **Accessibility Info:** * The meeting space is in a wheelchair accessible gallery. * There are bathrooms accessible via ramp within the gallery. * The lighting is relatively gentle, though of course feel free to bring hats and sunglasses to adjust! * Seating provided by the gallery is wooden, fold-out chairs. If a metal foldout chair would be preferable, let me know, and I'll try to procure some! * Feel free to bring heating pads, yoga mats, and cooling pads to make yourself as comfortable as possible! \*\*\*Please refrain from wearing anything scented, including lotion, dry-cleaned clothes, etc. This is to ensure that the group is safe for people with chemical sensitivities.\*\*\* **Scheduling Info: While this group runs every other week, there are a few dates when the space will not be available. Those dates are: 4/7, 5/5, 6/2, and 11/3! To play it safe, check the Meetup page to be sure that we are meeting!** **COVID Safety:** * We are asking folks to mask!

6 attendees

Bay Area AI War Room - Berkeley Edition - Saturday, 10:00 AM

Sat, Nov 7, 6:00 PM

From Bay Area AI War Room

4.8

Models, agent, systems, ethics, the law, business, art and impact we discuss it all. With the DeepSeek hoopla fading, what of Reasoning models? Inspired by the Berkeley AI War Room, we invite you to join us at the same venue, same time, and with the same dynamic community. Come share your interests, showcase your projects, and discuss the latest trends and news that's shaping the AI landscape at a rapid pace.

12 attendees

Monthly Game Night @ Madrone Art Bar

Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 AM

From The Geek Collective of Gamescape SF

4.7

Come solo or bring friends and choose from a mix of party games, strategy games, chess, puzzles, and more. The Gamescape crew will be on hand to help you find a game and get started. Every 1st Saturday of the month! Free, 21+, and outside food is welcome! 1st Saturdays of the month // 4–7 PM at Madrone Art Bar

3 attendees

Circuit Hacking Monday – Open Electronics Workshop

Tue, Nov 3, 3:00 AM

From Noisebridge Hackerspace

4.8

Need some motivation to finish that electronics project? Join us for an open workshop where everyone brings something they're working on. We'll have soldering stations, test equipment, and a room full of people interested in electronics, programming, robotics, and embedded systems. Whether you're debugging a circuit, writing code, or designing your next gadget, you're welcome here. No lectures. No pressure. Just making things together.

1 attendee

Own Your AI: Build an Agentic AI Model Factory - in person Hack Night

Wed, Nov 4, 1:00 AM

From AI Builders and Learners SF

4.6

**Build a Sovereign AI Model Factory: Create an ML Engineer Agent that evaluates, fine-tunes, deploys, and improves open models using Union.ai on your cloud.** YOU MUST RSVP ON LUMA: https://luma.com/uyo6mgp7 The best AI teams aren't renting every capability from an external API, they're building systems they own and control. In this hands-on session at the AWS Loft, we'll build exactly that. We'll start with a walkthrough where we build a **LangGraph-powered agent** that evaluates open models in parallel, fine-tunes promising candidates, deploys the winner, and retrains automatically when performance drops. Think of it as the first brick in your own **model factory**: a repeatable system for evaluating, improving, and deploying models *you* control, not a black box you call and hope for the best. Along the way, you'll see how [Union.ai](https://union.ai/?utm_source=luma) gives your workflows a **durable runtime** with *infrastructure as context,* so agents adapt infra resources, recover from failures, and keep moving without re-running completed work. And because it all runs in **your own AWS account**, you own the full stack end to end: **your models, your data, your infrastructure, your IP.** Then we switch into **hack night mode**: keep building on the example, bring your own models or datasets, experiment with evals and fine-tuning, extend open models to different parts of your agent, or start something new around the same ideas. **For teams thinking about sovereign AI**, this is a practical starting point for owning more of your stack, the weights, the training loop, the evals, and the infrastructure it runs on, all on AWS. **Bring a laptop. Leave with a model factory.**

10 attendees

[SF] AWS Partner Showcase - Temporal, Arize, Databricks

Thu, Oct 29, 11:30 PM

From AI/ML, Deep Learning Tech Talks

4.4

Important Note: register on the [AICamp event website ](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026102918)is required for admission. RSVP on meetup is turned off. The AWS Partner Showcase (Extended) features experts from **AWS, Temporal, Arize, Databricks**, who will demonstrate how to build production-ready agentic AI systems from code to deployment. This focused session presents a complete development stack through live demonstrations, technical deep dives, and interactive discussions. **What You Will Expect:** ✔ Production-Ready Agentic AI – See live demonstrations of the complete development stack for building agentic AI systems, from coding environments through deployment and monitoring. ✔ Technical Implementation Strategies – Gain insights from AWS and partner experts on deploying agentic AI solutions with real-world use cases and AWS integration patterns. ✔ Expert Q&A & Networking – Engage directly with technical leaders from AWS and partner companies at dedicated booth stations, plus connect with fellow developers and practitioners building agentic AI applications. **Who Should Attend:** * Developers, engineers and builders building agentic ai workflow in production. * Engineering leaders and Decision makers seeking solutions * Working professionals who are interested in learning agentic AI technologies * **Speakers:** * Mikhail Shapirov, Principal Partner Solutions Architect, AWS * Andrew Baker, VP Developer Relations, Temporal * Laurie Voss, Head of Developer Relations, Arize * Savannah Longoria, Sr. Developer Advocate, Databricks **Agenda:** * 4:30PM - 5:30PM: Check-In, Food and Booth Visiting * 5:30PM - 7:45PM: Kick-off, Tech talks, Live Demo * 7:45PM - 8:30PM: Lucky draw, Networking, Q&A over Booths

1 attendee

San Francisco Tech & AI Social

Thu, Nov 5, 1:00 AM

From Silicon Valley IoT (Internet of Things) Meetup

4.3

There are many groups promoting this event. Our meetup group is participating by promoting this event. This event is organized by Albert's List. The cost to attend this event is FREE [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2003262049717?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2003262049717?aff=oddtdtcreator) Network with movers and shakers shaping the city’s tech and AI scene for an evening of cocktails, good bites and real conversation about careers, AI, and what everyone’s working on. There's so much to share, from advancements in agents to the new opportunities unlocked by vibe coding and the jobs, startups, and projects that come from it. **What to expect** * Cocktails and bites at Bella, a lounge in SoMa * Conversations with engineers, founders, operators and people building with AI * Music all night from Taking Back Sundance **Who it’s for** Engineers, founders, operators, designers, recruiters and anyone navigating a career in tech right now. Bring your LinkedIn QR code or business cards! **About Albert’s List** Active in the Bay Area since 2013 and featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and The SF Standard, Albert’s List is a 50,700+ professional community helping professionals thrive in an AI-first world through workshops, bootcamps, networking events and career strategy. * Website: [https://www.ajobslist.com](https://www.ajobslist.com/?utm_source=luma) * Facebook Group: [https://bit.ly/findyournextjob](https://bit.ly/findyournextjob?utm_source=luma)

1 attendee

AWS Partner Showcase (SF) - Temporal, Arize, Databricks

Thu, Oct 29, 11:30 PM

From SF Enterprise AI

4.3

Important Note: register on the [AICamp event website ](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026102918)is required for admission. RSVP on meetup is turned off. The AWS Partner Showcase (Extended) features experts from **AWS, Temporal, Arize, Databricks**, who will demonstrate how to build production-ready agentic AI systems from code to deployment. This focused session presents a complete development stack through live demonstrations, technical deep dives, and interactive discussions. In addition to main stage tech talks and demos, partner booths will be available onsite throughout the event for attendees to visit, engage in Q&A, and deep dive into each partner's solution. The speakers will share practical insights into building, monitoring, and validating agentic AI applications that enhance your business processes and drive innovation. **What You Will Expect:** ✔ Production-Ready Agentic AI – See live demonstrations of the complete development stack for building agentic AI systems, from coding environments through deployment and monitoring. ✔ Technical Implementation Strategies – Gain insights from AWS and partner experts on deploying agentic AI solutions with real-world use cases and AWS integration patterns. ✔ Expert Q&A & Networking – Engage directly with technical leaders from AWS and partner companies at dedicated booth stations, plus connect with fellow developers and practitioners building agentic AI applications. **Who Should Attend:** * Developers, engineers and builders building agentic ai workflow in production. * Engineering leaders and Decision makers seeking solutions * Working professionals who are interested in learning agentic AI technologies * **Speakers:** * Mikhail Shapirov, Principal Partner Solutions Architect, AWS * Andrew Baker, VP Developer Relations, Temporal * Laurie Voss, Head of Developer Relations, Arize * Savannah Longoria, Sr. Developer Advocate, Databricks **Agenda:** * 4:30PM - 5:30PM: Check-In, Food and Booth Visiting * 5:30PM - 7:45PM: Kick-off, Tech talks, Live Demo * 7:45PM - 8:30PM: Lucky draw, Networking, Q&A over Booths

4 attendees

Laser Cutter Safety Training

Sun, Oct 25, 9:00 PM

From Noisebridge Hackerspace

4.8

Learn how to be safe while using the laser cutter! We have a 150W, CO2 laser cutter with a 3 x 4 ft bed. This training is required to use the laser cutter because we don't want people setting our most expensive equipment donation on fire. You have to do this training even if you were trained at the old space, as we have different safety features now. Training covers * Dangers of the laser cutter * How to be safe * How to put out a fire Each participant will cut a piece of cardboard on the laser cutter while following all the safety steps. This is also a good place to ask questions about specific materials or projects. There is a 5$ fee to register, and we suggest a 20-30$ donation for this class: https://donate.noisebridge.net. If the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please reach out to the event organisers.

4 attendees

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Meetup connects people with similar interests through local events. It helps users find groups and activities to join, whether in person or online.

San Francisco offers various groups for drone enthusiasts. These groups enjoy activities like drone flying meetups, workshops, and discussions on technology advancements.

To join a drone group, simply sign up on Meetup, search for drone-related groups in San Francisco, and request to join. Engage by attending events and participating in discussions.

Yes, drone events happen regularly in San Francisco, ranging from meetups and flying sessions to informational workshops about the latest drone technology.

Absolutely! Drone meetups in San Francisco welcome enthusiasts of all skill levels, from novices to experts, eager to share in the learning experience.

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While having your own drone enhances the experience, many groups still offer participation without one or allow sharing during meetup events.

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Yes, many people attend meetups to meet new friends with shared interests, though building connections comes from engaging with group activities.

Organization quality can vary depending on hosts. Checking reviews and FAQs on Meetup can help gauge any specific group's organization level.

Availability depends on existing groups. Keep checking Meetup for new groups or consider starting your own drone club in San Francisco.

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Meetup provides opportunities, but personal improvement relies on active participation, practice, and member exchanges at group events.

Drones San Francisco

From Satellite to Signal: Building a Geospatial Agentic AI Stack

SF Bay Area Stationery Meetup - Click-clack Clipboards

Oct 28 - SF Physical AI Workshop and Meetup

East Bay Chronic Pain & Illness Peer Support Group Meetup

Bay Area AI War Room - Berkeley Edition - Saturday, 10:00 AM

Monthly Game Night @ Madrone Art Bar

Circuit Hacking Monday – Open Electronics Workshop

Own Your AI: Build an Agentic AI Model Factory - in person Hack Night

[SF] AWS Partner Showcase - Temporal, Arize, Databricks

San Francisco Tech & AI Social

AWS Partner Showcase (SF) - Temporal, Arize, Databricks

Laser Cutter Safety Training

From Satellite to Signal: Building a Geospatial Agentic AI Stack

SF Bay Area Stationery Meetup - Click-clack Clipboards

Oct 28 - SF Physical AI Workshop and Meetup

East Bay Chronic Pain & Illness Peer Support Group Meetup

Bay Area AI War Room - Berkeley Edition - Saturday, 10:00 AM

Monthly Game Night @ Madrone Art Bar

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