243 Sign-Ups for a 60-Person AI Meetup in Suwon, South Korea
arrakis_ai · x · 2026-10-25
After attending OpenAI DevDay in San Francisco, a Korean developer brought the community energy back to his hometown of Suwon, organizing a 60-person AI meetup that drew 243 sign-ups; 59 attended.
The crowd spanned developers, designers, creators, students, and people who had never written code, sharing Codex-built projects and live AI demos. The organizer's biggest worry — awkward small talk — never materialized; attendees instead complained there wasn't enough time to talk.
His takeaway: AI communities don't need to live only in tech hubs — sometimes people just need a place to find each other. And this is just the beginning.
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