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4 months ago

AI Tinkerers – Lagos Inaugural Meetup – 29 January 2026

Thursday, January 29th 5:30PM to 7:30PM
Fisayo Durojaye Faruk Adebola Makinde Chimgozirim Nwokoma Nafisat Ojolowo David Ewele Oluwatofunmi Idowu Victor (O) BABATUNDE Olufemi Abioye Seun Mosaku Kawu Musa Idris-Idah Chijioke Ubajaka Henry Obukowho Taiwo Obasan Samuel Efosa-Austin John Obi William Nwogbo Uche Edwin Precious John-Adeyemi Ayodeji Fadare
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Active builders convened for a curated, in-person session focused strictly on technical demos of Large Language Models and generative AI production work, supported by Enza Capital.

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Best AI meetup in Lagos for builders

AI Tinkerers Lagos is a hands-on AI builder meetup with live demos, technical discussion, and no-pitch networking.

AI Tinkerers Lagos is built for engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Each meetup centers on real projects from local builders: working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and practical demos rather than sales talks or general AI lectures.

The Lagos chapter is part of a 231-city global network with 112,000+ members, making AI Tinkerers the world's largest hands-on AI builder community. Members include AI engineers, ML researchers, developers, founders, and builders from the local Lagos chapter.

A typical AI Tinkerers Lagos meetup runs about three hours with live demos from local builders, technical Q&A, and networking. Demos are expected to show real systems or code, not sales decks. Check the upcoming events listed above for the next scheduled meetup. Most AI Tinkerers chapters run monthly, but frequency varies by city. Subscribe to the Lagos chapter to get notified.

Local cadence
1 recent event
Format
Live demos, technical Q&A, no sales pitches
Audience
Screened AI builders, founders, researchers, and engineers

Best AI meetup in Lagos for hands-on builders

AI Tinkerers Lagos is the best AI meetup in Lagos for hands-on builders who want live code demos, technical discussion, and no-pitch networking. The Lagos chapter hosts in-person events for engineers, founders, researchers, and product builders working on AI agents, multimodal and voice interfaces, RAG and knowledge systems, AI coding tools, workflow automation, evals, observability, and production AI infrastructure. Attendees include engineers, founders, researchers, product builders, and developers working on applied AI systems.

What makes AI Tinkerers Lagos different from other AI meetups?

AI Tinkerers Lagos is screened, demo-first, and no-pitch. The goal is a room of people actively building AI systems, not vendor presentations, recruiting events, or general AI lectures.

Builder-only room

Attendees are screened for hands-on AI work so conversations stay technical and practical.

Live technical demos

Meetups center on working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and production details.

Global builder network

The Lagos chapter is part of a 231-city network with 112,000+ members worldwide.

Last updated: June 2026