Agents, Everywhere: Beyond The Chatbot, Global Hackathon

HOW TO ATTEND: an RSVP here on Meetup does not reserve you a seat. Attendance is by application only through the AI Tinkerers Portland event page. Apply here: https://portland.aitinkerers.org/p/agents-everywhere-beyond-the-chatbot-global-hackathon AI Tinkerers Portland is hosting the Portland site of a global hackathon with OpenAI. On Saturday, September 12, AI Tinkerers cities around the world join one shared build day. THE CHALLENGE Most agents still wait inside a separate chat window. Build a working agent for a place people already work, talk, and live, then make it meaningfully more useful because of that context. Slack, Teams, email, documents, browsers, mobile, voice, wearables, robotics. These are examples, not tracks. Every team around the world enters the same global submission pool. WHAT EVERY TEAM SUBMITS A title, a written description, a public GitHub repository, a two minute video demo, and a public social post. Every eligible project from every participating city goes into one global review. The judging rubric and prize categories will be shared with builders before the event. SCHEDULE 10:00 to 10:30 Doors, food, and check-in 10:30 to 11:00 Global opening and starter kit walkthrough 11:00 to 11:15 Team formation 11:15 to 15:30 Build session 15:30 to 16:30 Local show and tell 16:30 to 17:00 Submit and wrap WHO SHOULD COME Engineers, technical founders, researchers, and designers ready to spend the day shipping a working prototype. Come with a team, come solo, or find collaborators in the room. Bring a laptop. Food and drinks are provided. Space is limited. VENUE NedSpace, 621 SW Morrison St, Suite 800, Portland, OR 97205 SPONSORS OpenAI is the headline partner, with CopilotKit and OpenRouter. Apply to attend: https://portland.aitinkerers.org/p/agents-everywhere-beyond-the-chatbot-global-hackathon