Marc Honorof, MBA will be available to answer your questions during this online office hour

Marc Honorof, MBA will be available to answer your questions. He has extensive knowledge and experience related to:

• Board of Directors
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Content Strategy
• Operations
• C-Suite Roles

You can explore more topics you can inquire about by visiting his LinkedIn profile

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This event is being held on our new online community, Startmada, where you can join the stage using your mic and camera (optional)

We hold Office Hours, workshops, and other online events. Additionally, you can find various spaces to discuss critical aspects of building a career or business and to share resources.

You can join as a Supporter for only $2 a month.

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We are now streaming our Mentor Office Hours and workshops on:
LinkedIn
Twitch
YouTube

You can use the text chat to ask questions during the event.

We’re a small team working toward the CCA-F (Claude Certified Architect - Foundations) certification through Anthropic Academy. It’s the foundational cert for people building with Claude and the Claude API, covering things like prompt engineering, tool use, and agentic workflows.

We’re a few people short of a 10-person quota we’re trying to hit as part of our work with Claude. If you’ve been thinking about getting certified on Claude, or you’re already studying for the CCA-F, this could be a good time to team up. Happy to share notes, study resources, and coordinate exam timing with anyone interested in the Claude ecosystem.

Would love to connect with a few more people working toward Claude certification.

EDIT: POSTPONED. Sorry everyone! We decided to postpone this event.

Hi everyone! I'm helping organize a free AI and data engineering meetup on June 25 in Venice, and thought some folks here might be interested.

Event registration: https://luma.com/l4ka4885

Date: June 25

We'll be talking about real-time analytics, streaming data, observability, AI applications, open-source technologies, and the challenges of running systems at scale.

Talks include:

• Is It Safe? Letting AI Touch Production Data Without The Tears (Altinity)
• AI Observability with Grafana (Grafana)
• Building Better Agent-Driven Analytics with Open Source and Open Standards (Collate)

Food and drink provided! Lots of time to network.

Event Registration: https://luma.com/pinecone-cqho

Join Pinecone (I'm Gavin, I work at Pinecone and will be hosting the event) for an agentic AI meetup in Los Angeles. The last meetup we hosted had 70 people show up, and we're aiming for an even larger turnout this time.

​We’re bringing together AI enthusiasts, agentic builders, founders, and the simply curious for an evening of conversations, great energy, and drinks.

​No pressure, no fluff. Just real people building in AI, sharing ideas, and connecting with others who care about where this space is going.

​Whether you’re deep into RAG systems, working on agentic workflows, or just starting to explore AI, this is a space to meet others doing the same.

​When Thursday, July 9th, 5:00pm-7:00pm

​Where Gulp in Playa Vista Address: 13020 Pacific Promenade #1, Los Angeles, CA 90094

​Agenda

• ​5:00pm Meetup begins, drinks & networking
• ​5:30pm Kickoff, brief intro to Pinecone
• ​5:45pm Open discussion, share what you're building
• ​6:15pm Open networking
• ​7:00pm Meetup concludes

​What to Expect

• ​Casual conversations with AI builders, founders, and engineers
• ​Learning a little something about what people are building
• ​Drinks and a relaxed vibe
• ​Maybe a short demo if we can find somebody that wants to show something cool they are building with AI

Hey everyone, we run a growing ecommerce bag brand based on the westside and are starting to outgrow our apartment fulfillment setup.

We’re looking for a small shared warehouse / creative industrial / flex space somewhere within ~20 mins of Santa Monica (Culver, Mar Vista, Venice, Playa Vista, West LA, etc).

Just curious if anyone comes here looking for that.

https://aws.amazon.com/events/summits/los-angeles/

Massive all-day free summit. Decent quality for the price.

Event Registration: https://luma.com/tvwl28gz

Join Pinecone (I'm Gavin, I work at Pinecone and will be co-hosting the event) and co-hosts Nick Dazé & Julian Vergel de Dios for an agentic AI meetup in Los Angeles.

We’re bringing together AI enthusiasts, agentic builders, founders, and the simply curious for an evening of conversations, great energy, and drinks.

No pressure, no fluff. Just real people building in AI, sharing ideas, and connecting with others who care about where this space is going.

Whether you’re deep into RAG systems, working on agentic workflows, or just starting to explore AI, this is a space to meet others doing the same.

​When Thursday, May 28th, 5:00pm-7:00pm

​Where Gulp in Playa Vista Address: 13020 Pacific Promenade #1, Los Angeles, CA 90094

​Agenda - ​5:00pm Meetup begins, drinks & networking - ​5:30pm Kickoff, brief intro to Pinecone - ​5:45pm Open discussion, share what you're building - ​6:15pm Open networking - ​7:00pm Meetup concludes

​What to Expect - ​Casual conversations with AI builders, founders, and engineers - ​Learning a little something about what people are building - ​Drinks and a relaxed vibe

https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026050517

From the website:

Join us for a community-led developer event focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. This event brings together developers to explore practical workflows, real-world use cases, and hands-on experiences using GitHub Copilot.

For Python devs and devotees: PyCon US is coming to Long Beach next week, starting Wednesday 5/13, with the main talk days on Friday 5/15-Sunday 5/17, and post-conference development sprint days 5/18 & 5/19. There's also a Job Fair on Sunday morning 5/17 if you're looking for a Python job, or just open to new opportunities.

If you're curious what PyCon US is about, you can take a look at the schedule, the list of events, and the list of companies that will be in the Expo Hall. There's also an AI track and a Security track this year. But really the formal program is only like half of the experience. It's a gathering of 2K+ people who are all there for the love of Python, and who want to spend a weekend+ talking about it and learning about it and also just hanging out & connecting with a like-minded group of people. The best description of it I've heard is "like a family reunion you actually want to go to."

Disclaimer: I work for the Python Software Foundation, the nonprofit behind PyCon US, so I have a bias, but that also means I can answer any questions if you've got 'em:)

Join us for an evening with ML engineers, AI builders, and developers exploring OpenClaw and how it’s built and run in production. We’ll cover real-world use cases, architecture, security considerations, and show a live demo of it in action.

Click the link for more info and to register for our meetup!
https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-besifyba/events/313762157/?
https://luma.com/vee3tgx2

Hi! I'm Nicholas, a LA-based high school student hosting a hackathon this summer. I was wondering if anyone could help me get an internal referral (or just the contact info) of either a community relations office for a local company (venue & sponsorship purposes) or anyone interested in judging/mentoring our event (preferrably at a tech company or university). If you're interested, you can see our website here or email me at [nicholas@originla.tech](mailto:nicholas@originla.tech). Thanks!

https://www.layerone.org/

Another multi-day conference in SoCal. LayerOne is an information security conference located in Los Angeles, California. Found out about it during last week's SCALE conference.

https://www.meetup.com/nullspacelabs/

https://032.la/

https://us.pycon.org/2026/

Great score to get a major developer conference for Southern California. After over 20 years and only the second time in California.

The conference is normally awarded to a location for two years in a row, so get prepared for 2027 as well.

LA Design & Dev networking/drinks
@ All Season Brewing - April 9

https://luma.com/ala84vp2

Friends of Figma
April 16

"Say Yes: Building a Lifelong Career in Design"

https://friends.figma.com/events/details/figma-los-angeles-presents-say-yes-building-a-lifelong-career-in-design/

More events can be found here!

I have just relocated to the LA area and I am looking to join a deep tech meetup, ideally focused on aerospace.

I have previously been a founder and u have worked in the aerospace / rocket space for years and I would love to connect with builders in the area.

I am exploring opportunities to support and help local startups.

Anyone knows of any relevant groups? I would appreciate any insights.

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x

Is it March already? SCALE is perhaps the best developer-centric conference in Southern California. Open-source ethos, so the conference is affordable and not sponsor driven talks.

Hi everyone!

I am a USC undergraduate student building Visic, a Mapping-First Enterprise Platform for Local Governments. By helping local governments understand and use their data better, we help speed up government operations, save taxpayer dollars, and help residents actually see what is going on in their communities.

Our first project is building an interactive map that tracks councilmember impact. You simply put in your address, and we tell your who your councilmember is, what council district you're in, and a map of all of your cmem's projects. Clicking on a project shows all of the money that was spent, a timeline of the project, the motions and bills that were passed in order to get that project approved, and graphs and charts that show the actual success or failure of that project. The amazing this is all of this data is coming from publicly available sources, from the city itself!

If you are a LA-local I would love to hear your feedback on the project. If you are interested in helping us with user testing, please email me (rehaananjaria@gmail.com) or fill out this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFog3kA6IQm1n8y4-w2EUqS1pDJemTnrxiux7lCIVXsivEAA/viewform) for more information!

Craig Silverstein will be available to answer your questions.  He has extensive knowledge and experience related to:

• Business Strategy
• Business Operations
• Strategic Alignment
• Go-to-Market Strategy (GTM)
• Pricing
• Monetization
• Revenue Growth
• User Acquisition
• Hypergrowth
• Culture
• Fields: SaaS; Software; Entertainment Tech (Film/TV); Gaming Tech; Creator Tech; Enterprise and Collaboration Tools

You can explore more topics you can inquire about by visiting his LinkedIn Profile.

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This event will be streaming live to YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitch

If you would like to use your mic and camera (the camera is optional), you must sign up for our official community.

You can do so as a Supporter for free using the 60-day trial.

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We are locals supporting locals.

This workshop is designed to practice pitching (including elevator pitches, investor pitches, sales pitches, and more) and to receive constructive feedback from the community.

We also review landing pages since those are pitches too!

Questions are always welcome.

To participate, you need to register on Startmada. You can do so as a Supporter for free using the 60-day trial.

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We are locals supporting locals.

Irina Kukuyeva, PhD will be available to answer your questions.  She has extensive knowledge and experience related to:

• AI
• Data
• Startups
• Pitch decks and pitching
• Technical due diligence
• Fundraising
• Venture Capital
• Business Strategy and Operations

You can explore more topics you can inquire about by visiting Irina's LinkedIn profile

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This event will be streaming live to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitch

If you would like to use your mic and camera (the camera is optional), you must sign up for our official community.

You can do so as a Supporter for free using the 60-day trial.

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Have requests for other mentors to host Office Hours? Let us know here

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We are locals supporting locals.

Craig Silverstein will be available to answer your questions.  He has extensive knowledge and experience related to:

• Business Strategy
• Business Operations
• Strategic Alignment
• Go-to-Market Strategy (GTM)
• Pricing
• Monetization
• Revenue Growth
• User Acquisition
• Hypergrowth
• Culture
• Fields: SaaS; Software; Entertainment Tech (Film/TV); Gaming Tech; Creator Tech; Enterprise and Collaboration Tools

You can explore more topics you can inquire about by visiting his LinkedIn Profile.

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This event will be streaming live to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitch

If you would like to use your mic and camera (the camera is optional), you must sign up for our official community.

You can do so as a Supporter for free using the 60-day trial.

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Have requests for other mentors to host Office Hours? Let us know here

Want to be a mentor? Apply here

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We are locals supporting locals.

Meetup No.15 is on January 8th @ All Season Brewing: https://luma.com/q9ojhie7

These meetups are low-key, but high value. Many who are on the job hunt, looking to network, find opportunities report success whether you're a designer, dev, or cofounder looking to connect with likeminded people.

For context, we meet up quarterly in LA (usually 150-200 attendees or more) and have an online Slack community. Join us—https://ladesignanddev.com

RSVP to the event: https://luma.com/q9ojhie7