Software Development in the Age of AI

In 2022, GitHub launched Copilot and amazed the world with AI code completions. But WOW, have we ever moved beyond that? Models have advanced, agentic coding frameworks have emerged, and every day we seem to get a new and spectacular capability. This March 25, it’s time to showcase our new software development capabilities whether it be vibe-coding, spec-driven development, or shouting your commands over the phone to an OpenClaw assistant, we want to hear about it!

We will meet on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Attendance is selective by design, limited to active practitioners. RSVP now to secure your spot, as capacity is capped at 50 AI builders.

🎤 Submit Your Demo Proposal

We are looking for technical demos that “pop the hood” on AI-forward software development. No sales pitches – just a walkthrough of your coding practice, some quick glances at your tooling, and if you’d like, a couple of slides to help us understand your pattern. Remember, demos are fast paced! Each demo is 10-12 minutes.

Submit your proposal here: https://nashville.aitinkerers.org/meetup/mu_X9lMe5c-asQ/speaking

We are hoping to showcase a wide array of strategies and techniques. Here are just some possibilities:

• Vibe Coding & Spec-Driven Development: Moving from high-level intent to functional codebases.
• MCP and Skills Integrations: Integrating agents with external tools, abilities, and resources.
• Agentic Orchestration: Interacting with agents while retaining visibility into how the code works.
• Large, Pre-existing Codebases: Working with existing, complex codebases and rapid prototyping.
• Team Collaboration: How teams work together with AI, handle pull request reviews, and avoid “stepping on toes” now since so much more work gets done.
• Design, Data Science, and more: We usually think of general software, but agentic coding practices can be applied to fields like UI/UX design, algorithm design (maybe?), data science, etc. How are you using it?

🕕 Event Schedule

• 5:00 PM: Doors Open
• 5:30 PM: Agentic Dev Demos and Technical Q&A
• 7:30 PM: Networking
• 8:30 PM: Wrap-up

🎗️ Venue and Sponsorship

Our Venue is sponsored by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, a hub for innovation and connection at the heart of Nashville’s startup scene. The center provides entrepreneurs with the resources, community, and mentorship needed to increase their likelihood of success. With a strong focus on industries like healthcare—leveraging Nashville’s proximity to major national health systems—the EC offers specialized programming, networking events, and workspace. Whether you are launching a startup or scaling an existing venture, the EC connects you to a robust ecosystem of like-minded innovators and local business leaders.

Parking: 3 hour parking at Trolley Barns Parking Garage on 15 Lea Ave, the corner of Lea Ave and Hermitage Ave. It is the large red brick building on the same side of the street as us.

Our Food Sponsor is Qyoob, a company building next-generation AI agents designed to automate complex workflows across modern organizations. Their platform enables teams to deploy secure, private AI systems that integrate directly with tools like Slack, GitHub, and enterprise data sources - allowing multiple specialized agents to collaborate and execute tasks end-to-end. With support for multimodal interaction across text, voice, and more, QYOOB helps organizations move beyond simple chat interfaces toward truly operational AI.

🚀 Featured Builders

📊 AI Tinkerers Nashville Stats

• Attendees: A premier community of 500 technical professionals, featuring 38% senior leaders and founders alongside 35% dedicated AI/ML scientists. Members possess deep expertise in generative AI orchestration (82%), cloud infrastructure (74%), and data engineering (68%). Distinguished by hands-on builders optimizing edge inference and clinical workflows, this group bridges academic research with enterprise-grade AI deployment.
• Companies Represented: Featuring tech giants and major brands like Amazon, AWS, Nike, Oracle, and Sony, alongside innovative platforms such as Crunchbase, Elasticsearch, Nutanix, and Discord, and emerging startups like Twin Sun, Spinach AI, Arena Labs, and more
• Demos: 56 demos have been submitted and 34 have been presented. The most exciting themes have centered on agentic workflow automation, tool integration (especially MCP-style patterns), multi-agent orchestration, and production-grade reliability. Technical exploration has strongly emphasized RAG for document intelligence, LLM evaluation/guardrails, cost- and privacy-aware deployment, and practical automation pipelines spanning both software and applied computer-vision use cases.
• Testimonials:

  “6 speakers with some networking time is great. I like the community aspect of it a lot! No sales, just engineer and non-engineers alike enjoying building.”

  — Founder, restaurant AI on March 26, 2026

  “I really liked the pace of last night so presenters could go a bit more in depth... Four is good, 6+ feels very rushed”

  — Apprentice, web development on May 22, 2026

  “Great event, thank you!”

  — Product manager, tourism tech on May 22, 2026

  “It was really fun, and very practical. I've just started on trying to understand MCPs, so this was an excellent illustration.”

  — AI/NLP consultant on June 24, 2025

  “Loved the human side of this as well as the implementation. It sparked so many ideas”

  — Senior engineer, edtech on January 30, 2026

  “The most grounded and realistic use case of the night.”

  — Founder, AI consulting on May 22, 2026

  “I like the idea of the science fair! These events are wonderful. Thank you for doing them.”

  — Executive, software firm on June 24, 2025