Global AI Bootcamp 2018
Where it all started. A one-day event organised together with the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors, built to give people their first real introduction to AI and the technology behind it.
Where it all started. A one-day event organised together with the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors, built to give people their first real introduction to AI and the technology behind it.
A free evening of sessions and hands-on workshops, run on the same night by communities all over the world. By the end of the night you had built something yourself.
The second edition, and the one that showed the format could scale: 76 communities ran an AI Night in their own city, all in the same week.
A full day of AI on Azure, hosted by local chapters on every continent. The bootcamp became the community's yearly anchor event.
When the world went into lockdown, the community went online. The Virtual Tour kept people learning and connected when nobody could meet in person.
A fully online edition built around live streams and remote speakers, reaching people who had never been able to travel to one of our events.
A free one-day event organised across the world by local communities passionate about AI on Azure, with venues on every continent.
A conference by students, for students. Organised with the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors and aimed at everyone taking their first steps in AI.
The spring edition of the student conference, with student speakers from around the world sharing the AI projects they were building.
A travelling programme of community sessions that moved from region to region, handing the stage to a different part of the world each time.
A series of four shows across October, each one focused on a different field of AI: from getting started, to a deep dive into computer vision and natural language processing.
The autumn student conference, once again free and online so anyone with a connection could join.
Three days in October 2021 spent, at last, getting back together. Local communities across the world opened their doors again for the first time since 2019.
A series of free one-day events organised across the world by local communities passionate about artificial intelligence on Microsoft Azure.
A hybrid event running from 26 October to 4 November 2022, focused on how you as an AI developer actually build intelligent applications.
The 2022 student edition, with a line-up drawn almost entirely from students and early-career speakers.
A series of free one-day events organised across the world by local communities passionate about artificial intelligence on Microsoft Azure.
A virtual gathering built around the arrival of generative AI: expert talks, interactive panels and a look at what had just changed in the field.
AI fans from all over the world, together in one place. You could join the worldwide livestream, attend a local conference in person, or talk to experts on our Discord.
A full month of bootcamps: 105 events in 48 countries, adding up to 427 hours of AI content, all hosted by local chapters.
The biggest bootcamp yet, spread over March and April 2025: 114 locations in 48 countries and 506 hours of AI content.
A free conference series for the people actually building with AI agents. Each stop is a one-day deep dive into designing, deploying and integrating autonomous systems, organised by local volunteers.
A day for AI developers to come together, share what they know and get inspired by each other. Whether you are deep into AI or just getting started, it is about building the community.