RMAIIG hosted eleven meetings in 2024, including a special paid event at SW2con. Most free events were at the CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100), 1125 18th St, Boulder, CO 80309. The November robotics event was at the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building.
December 9, 2024 — AI for Good
Attendees: 138 | Facilitator: Phil Nugent | Sponsor: Range Ventures | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Focusing on the inspiring and beneficial ways AI is making a difference.
Speakers:
- Anne Wintemute & Steven Nichols — Co-founders, Aimee Says (AI companion supporting domestic abuse victims across 95 countries).
- Matt Hron & Matt Morrissette — Wildlife Protection Solutions (AI-assisted monitoring of endangered species globally).
- Adrian Chernoff — CEO, Ojje (AI-powered children’s literacy; 91 patents; formerly NASA, GM, Disney Imagineering, J&J).
November 6, 2024 — AI Robotics
Attendees: 200 | Platinum Sponsor: Silicon Valley Bank | Pizza Sponsor: Range Ventures | Location: CU Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building (Room 120)
One-hour “Pizza and Robots” Demo Fair at 5:30 PM, followed by main presentations. Included humanoid robots, Boston Dynamics’ Spot, and home robotics platforms.
Speakers:
- Naomi Hart — Engineered Arts. Presented “Crafting Android Personas,” joined by Ameca (world’s most advanced android) in desktop form.
- CU Researchers — AI-enabled Boston Dynamics Spot platform.
- Adam Wilson — Hackerbot Industries. Presented “Transforming AI Concepts into Reality with the Coming Wave of Home Robotics.”
October 14, 2024 — AI Entrepreneurship: CEO Insights
Attendees: 158 | Sponsor: Emerge Haus | Organizers: Jacob Korniak & Josh Zapin | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Practical insights on integrating AI, scaling operations, and avoiding common pitfalls — from CEOs who’ve done it.
Speakers:
- Jon Nordmark — Co-founder and CEO, Iterate.ai (Colorado Company of the Year 2024; partnerships with Intel and Qualcomm).
- Mike Conover — CEO, Brightwave; creator of Dolly at Databricks; PhD in complexity science, Indiana University.
- Andy Walters — AI Engineer & Entrepreneur. Presented “How I Built a 7 Figure Gen AI Consultancy in Less Than 10 Months.”
September 9, 2024 — AI in Education
Attendees: 113 | Facilitator: Susan Adams | Sponsor: APIGen | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Should students be allowed to use AI? Encouraged? Required? This session covered the full range of opportunities, issues, and challenges in AI and education.
Speakers:
- Bobby Hodgkinson — Associate Teaching Professor, CU Boulder Aerospace Engineering. Presented AI agents his group developed, and proposed the RMAIIG AI in Education subgroup.
- Axel Reitzig — Executive Director of Innovation, St. Vrain Valley School District’s Innovation Center.
- Lee Frankel-Goldwater — Assistant Teaching Professor in Environmental Studies, CU Boulder.
August 12, 2024 — Controlling and Constraining Large Language Models
Attendees: 144 | Sponsor: NexusTek | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Emerging techniques for better controlling LLM responses — more consistent formats, reliability in product workflows, advanced observability, and data security.
Speakers:
- Uche Ogbuji — AI engineering lead, consultant, and startup founder; contributor to OgbujiPT; leader of RMAIIG’s AES Subgroup.
- SallyAnn DeLucia — Product Manager, Arize AI (LLM observability & evaluation).
- Aaron Bach — CTO, Liminal; 15+ years in product development for Fortune 500 companies.
June 12, 2024 — How GenAI is Transforming Companies
Attendees: 157 | Sponsor: 3LC | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
The impact of generative AI on businesses — from strategic integration and AI-first leadership to practical automation and real-world GenAI in the wild.
Speakers:
- Brett Schklar — Fractional CMO and AI transformation advisor. Presented “What Your CEO is Being Told About AI.”
- Matt Fornito — Founder and CAIO, AI Advisory Group; NVIDIA Partner of the Year. Presented “Automate the Boring to Spend Time on the Meaningful.”
- Travis Frisinger — Technical Director, 8th Light. Presented “Myth and Reality of Generative AI in the Wild.”
May 14, 2024 — RMAIIG Meetup at SW2con (Paid Partner Event, $99)
Attendees: 25 | Location: Omni Interlocken Hotel, 500 Interlocken Blvd, Broomfield, CO
A special paid evening at the SW2con AI/Software Engineering conference. Included keynotes from Lachlan Evenson (Microsoft), Chris Maddock (Unstructured.io), and Paul Kedrosky (SK Ventures), plus a networking reception and AI Meetup from 8–10 PM featuring speakers from Sourcegraph, Vespa, and E2B.
April 10, 2024 — RMAIIG Member Showcase: Lightning AI Demos
Attendees: 145 | Sponsor: TermScout | Organizers: Holly Hamann, Bill McIntyre, Daniel Ritchie & Greg Selvin | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
A “Demo-palooza” showcasing AI projects from community members and local companies. Lobby expo with attendee voting, followed by a staged “Show Me the Money” demo (3 commercial + 3 individual presentations).
March 13, 2024 — Developing Products With GenAI
Attendees: 143 | Sponsor: Freeplay | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Two aspects of building with Generative AI: using GenAI to improve the development process itself, and the challenges of building GenAI into products.
Speakers:
- Carolyn Ujcic & David Soto — Google. Presented “Improving Developer Efficiency with Generative AI” with a live demo on Google’s foundation models.
- Ian Cairns — Co-founder & CEO, Freeplay; formerly PM at Gnip and head of product for Twitter Developer Platform. Presented “Intro to LLMs for Builders.”
February 7, 2024 — The ABCs of GPTs
Attendees: 150 | Sponsor: Arize AI | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
A deep dive into custom versions of ChatGPT (GPTs) — what they are, what they can do, and how anyone can build them without code. OpenAI’s GPT Store had 3 million custom bots at this time.
Speakers:
- Liza Adams — Managing Partner, GrowthPath Partners; fractional CMO and AI consultant with 20+ years in B2B technology.
- Daniel Ritchie — Founder, Brain Wave Collective; co-hosted RMAIIG’s GPT Hackathon.
January 10, 2024 — Fine Tuning and Optimizing Large Language Models
Attendees: 104 | Sponsor: Entry Point AI | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
How training, fine-tuning, and optimizing work in LLM development — and how fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and RAG can work together to improve performance.
Speaker:
- Mark Hennings — Founder, Entry Point AI (modern fine-tuning platform for LLMs); serial entrepreneur and Inc 500 alumnus.
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