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The AI Tinkerers Manizales community held its 20th virtual meetup, fostering discussion and collaboration on artificial intelligence topics.
AI Tinkerers Manizales will hold its 19th in-person meetup. Attendees will engage with the AI community.
The AI Tinkerers Manizales community held their 18th in-person meetup. The event focused on artificial intelligence and featured discussions and activities for enthusiasts.
AI Tinkerers Manizales held its 17th in-person meetup. The event focused on artificial intelligence and brought together the local community.
The 16th AI Tinkerers Manizales meetup convened for an in-person gathering.
The AI Tinkerers Manizales community held its 15th in-person meetup. Attendees gathered to discuss artificial intelligence topics.
The AI Tinkerers Manizales community gathered for their 14th in-person meetup. The event focused on artificial intelligence topics.
The AI Tinkerers Manizales chapter held its final 2025 technical meetup for experienced builders to share complex projects and challenges in LLMs and foundational models.
The AI Tinkerers Manizales community held their 13th in-person meetup.
La 12va edición del AI Tinkerers Manizales (taller 100% práctico) mostró 2026 en acción: orquestar y optimizar. En n8n, Jaime Restrepo enseñó segmentación y “anti-garbage logic” (Parte A → JSON para Parte B) con intervención humana; en LangChain, Iván Darío Castaño Pérez bajó latencia con Prompt Caching usando `thread_id` de 8.6s a 3.6s y filtró trazas `tool` para quitar ruido.
The technical gathering convened AI creators and professionals to build and share innovation focused on large language models and foundational models.
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La 11va edición de AI Tinkerers Manizales cerró con foco en 2026: domesticar la IA para la Tríada de Hierro (Performance, Costo, Seguridad). Pasamos por ciclo de vida tinkerer: Prototipado no-code con “Nano-App” y Free Tier de Google AI Studio para validar lógica (tareas de horas→segundos), Spec-DD (robots necesitan contratos: User stories, Mermaid, DB/endpoints) y despliegue seguro con MCP y Docker (sandbox). Cerró con invitación a compartir fallos y presentar en 2026.
La 10ma edición de AI Tinkerers Manizales dejó un enfoque claro en profesionalizar la IA: workflow end-to-end con gobernanza en Cursor (cursorrules), Docker “rootless” y multi-stage builds; soberanía de datos con AnythingLLM en web/Docker y opciones 100% local o privados; y dos prototipos “on the edge”: afinidad biométrica (Iris-Tinder) y estado de ánimo en MaixCAM con modelos INT8, distillation y <40 ms de latencia.
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La 9na edición de AI Tinkerers Manizales mostró casos reales: optimización de videos para YouTube (4h→1.5h) con TimeBolt, Transcript.lol y GPTs; automatización con CallaFalsa (177 imágenes en 4-5 min) y PasalaBase (migraciones de una semana a minutos); y Manizales AI Photo Restoration (10h, ~US$24). Gracias por compartir herramientas y aprendizajes.
The technical, in-person dinner gathered AI practitioners for short talks, peer feedback, and networking on building real AI solutions, sponsored by Brasas de Milan.
The technical, in-person meetup gathered AI builders to share projects and challenges related to Large Language Models and foundational models.
Consolida los recursos del grupo “AI Tinkerers / Manizales”: comunidad en https://manizales.aitinkerers.org/; automatización con n8n (workflows en https://github.com/DragonJAR/n8n-workflows-esp y buscador en dragonjar.org/apps/IQwMu3KtpyCFEj56WBzov); desarrollo con Project IDX (Firebase/Genkit/Gemini) e infraestructura MCP; aprendizaje con guías de OpenAI/Google/Anthropic y cursos n8n (Platzi y YouTube); herramientas clave como transcribe.lol, ElevenLabs, ElevenLabs alternativa Fish.audio y el mejorador de prompts C.R.A.F.T.
The technical dinner meeting focused on creators building with AI and LLMs, featuring short presentations and peer problem-solving, sponsored by Brasas de Milán.
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The technical, in-person dinner gathered experienced AI creators to share projects, challenges, and code related to Large Language Models and foundational models.
El 25 de junio, en el 5to encuentro de IA Tinkerers (Manizales), se presentaron: PentestIA (código abierto, multiagente MCP, reportes técnico/ejecutivo/remediación y menos horas a minutos), “Conti” de agentes de voz conectados a bases de datos, y Leonardo González con OpenManus, Asuna y LemonAI en agentes open source. Victor Quintero cerró con “La Fábrica”, que crea una empresa desde cero con agentes financieros, web (chatbot), legales y administrativos.
The technical gathering focused on sharing real AI projects using large language models and foundational models. Developers collaborated in a strictly technical environment, supported by Kumanday Intelligence sponsorship.
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El 4 de IA Tinkerers Manizales mostró cómo escalar prospección con n8n + 11Labs + Twilio, generar videos largos con segmentación y keyframes (VEO3/Minimax/Runway, y modelos locales como VAN 2.1) y automatizar Windows con Poseído (agentes host/ejecutores, feedback y Recorder), enfrentando drifting en video y latencia/precisión en GUI.
En la reunión #4 de AI Tinkerers en Manizales descubrí el repo Zie619/n8n-workflows y creé n8n-workflows-esp con JSON renombrados, descripciones en español y PDFs que unifican contenido, además de links a la documentación oficial. También entrené un Custom GPT para sugerir nodos y resolver dudas con flujos reales: https://github.com/DragonJAR/n8n-workflows-esp/ y https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6840a79abd348191966dd06abd7236c8-asistente-de-flujos-n8n.
The technical gathering brought together AI model engineers to share projects, challenges, and solutions in a collaborative, non-commercial setting.
El 30 de abril de 2025, en el Tercer AI Tinkerers Manizales, Ernesto Guevara Navarro presentó SpectroCVT-Net para Alzheimer con 96% de precisión en 70 pacientes y explicabilidad con Grad-CAM; James Leonardo Montaño mostró IA para hacking ético y Manus.ai, que ejecuta tareas completas desde objetivos en lenguaje natural (incluida corrección de Excel y un e-commerce vulnerable DVVCA).
The technical, in-person gathering provided AI creators a collaborative space to share projects, solve challenges, and exchange know-how regarding large language models and foundational models.
El 2do encuentro de IA Tinkerers en Manizales reunió a expertos y estudiantes y presentó proyectos clave: Sofia (asistente open source con delegación inteligente y microservicios), triaje médico asistido por IA (validado por expertos), asistencia legal en AWS con extracción a Markdown y Pinecone para consultar legislación, y análisis de 7 TB de logs de InfoStealers usando SQLite+FTS5 y compresión (zlib/Brotli) para consultas seguras. ➡️ Únete al WhatsApp.
Technical colleagues gathered for project sharing and collaboration focused on real-world applications of large language models and machine learning pipelines.
El miércoles 26 de febrero de 2025 se realizó la primera reunión de **AI Tinkerers Manizales**: presentaciones con demos y proyectos en XP con IA, un asistente **Sofia** con Docker y Python sin depender de nube, innovación con IA, **IRIS Inteligente** (biomarcadores del iris), generación procedimental en videojuegos 2D adaptada a emociones y un **RAG “0 pesos”** con ActivePieces y Qdrant. ➡️ Únete al WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IHGx4xg7mzS0apqmxZk2xS
The first AI Tinkerers Manizales meetup served as a practical space for experienced developers to share technical knowledge, discuss real AI projects, and foster collaboration.
AI Tinkerers es una comunidad global de IA para construir, aprender y compartir. Por eso lanzamos el capítulo en Manizales: conectar talento académico y desarrolladores para presentar proyectos técnicos y concisos (para quien haya escrito al menos una línea de código con IA), fortalecer colaboración y hacer parte de Tribu IA Colombia; síguenos en LinkedIn, Newsletter y únete al grupo de WhatsApp.
The in-person dinner gathered experienced AI builders for short technical talks on projects and challenges, fostering collaboration among developers. Brasas de Milán sponsored the gathering.
Best AI meetup in Manizales for builders
AI Tinkerers Manizales 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 Manizales chapter is part of a 268-city global network with 139,000+ 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 Manizales chapter.
A typical AI Tinkerers Manizales 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 Manizales chapter to get notified.
AI Tinkerers Manizales is the best AI meetup in Manizales for hands-on builders who want live code demos, technical discussion, and no-pitch networking. The Manizales 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.
AI Tinkerers Manizales 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.
Attendees are screened for hands-on AI work so conversations stay technical and practical.
Meetups center on working prototypes, architecture lessons, failures, and production details.
The Manizales chapter is part of a 268-city network with 139,000+ members worldwide.
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Last updated: October 2026
