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Portland AI Engineers (call us Ping for short), is a community of software developers exploring generative AI through hands-on experimentation. We prioritize in-person gatherings to build meaningful connections while learning together about the latest AI technologies and approaches.
Join us to:
Build practical applications using frontier APIs, agentic systems, on-device solutions, and multimodal models
Share your projects in flexible formats from 10-minute lightning talks to hour-long deep dives
Connect with developers of all experience levels, from hobbyists to enterprise professionals
Upcoming Events
📣 Portland AI Engineers (PIng) Meeting - Thur, Sept 11th @ Instrument
Details
Featured presentations
[1 of 2] Overview of Intrument
Presenter: John Brown
John Brown, VP of technology at Instrument will give a quick overview of the company.
[2 of 2] The AI Stack: Building Better Software with Progressive Tool Adoption
Presenter: Rob Story
Drawing on experience at Stripe and Netflix, two organizations with sprawling, polyglot ML and service codebases, this talk shares practical and effective approaches for using AI day to day. I’ll cover my evolution from using simple chat assistants, to copilots, to lightweight agents across multiple model families. I’ll also weave in workflows and tips from friends and colleagues who’ve worked at Twitter, Lyft, Meta, Indeed, and Anthropic, and how it's changing how they design and build software for the future.
Bio: Rob Story started his software career at a small startup building data analytics tooling with the original authors of the Python Pandas library. After a couple years doing data engineering at Portland startup Simple, he spent 6+ years building ML Infrastructure at Stripe. He's currently on the AI for Member Systems (AIMS) team at Netflix working on AI inference and efficiency research.
Schedule:
5:00 - 5:30: Snacks and networking
5:30 - 7:00: Presentations
7:00 - 7:30: Wrap up and networking
Get involved:
Present your work: Email us at info@portlandai.engineer to discuss sharing your project or insights
Provide feedback: Help shape our community by sharing your ideas and suggestions
Sponsor an event: Contact us to discuss partnership opportunities
Thank you to our amazing sponsors
Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE)
Silicon Florist
AlteredCraft
Past Events
Past event records and artifacts (slides) are stored in Github.
Who
we are
At the heart of our mission is the belief that community brings people closer, helping them connect, learn, and grow in a supportive environment. We're dedicated to creating spaces where you can share your experiences, seek advice, and feel right at home.
