monthly meetup · waterloo

Claude
Waterloo

A friendly evening for builders using Claude Code and Claude Desktop in their real work. Live demos, pizza, and great conversations - no slides, no sales pitches, no "AI theory."

Jul 23, 2026 5:30 – 8:00 PM Builders Club, Kitchener
Speakers presenting at Claude Waterloo meetup
Full room at Claude Code for Everyone #02
Attendees at Builders Club with city view
Hands-on workshop around a table
what it is

A place to see how people are actually using it.

Founders, engineers, scientists, students, operators - all exploring how Claude fits into their day-to-day. No gatekeeping. Come curious.

Live demos, not slides

Six 10-minute lightning demos each night. Real workflows, on real screens. You see what works and what breaks.

Pizza & conversation

Half the value is the break in the middle. Meet operators, founders, and builders you'll actually want to keep in touch with.

Not just for developers

Non-coders have built problem-hunters on Reddit, personal CRMs, and 3D-printed hardware - all live, in the room, in under an hour.

next event

Come to the next one.

Jul 23 2026
5:30 – 8:00 PM

Waterloo | Claude for Everyone #05

real work with Claude Code & Cowork

Six lightning demos. Pizza in the middle. Real people showing how they get real work done with Claude Code and Cowork.

the evening
Arrivals & networking
Opening remarks
Lightning talks, round 1 · 3 talks
Pizza break 🍕 & networking
Lightning talks, round 2 · 3 talks
Networking
Builders Club
165 King St W, Kitchener
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voices from the room

What people said.

Pulled straight from LinkedIn after past events. No edits.

~80 people in the room and not a single "safe" prerecorded demo. Everything was built in real time.
80 people, live demos, and an energy in the room that's hard to put into words.
People aren't theorizing about AI workflows anymore. They're running them.
We're starting to form a community here. I see people who attended the latest 3 events.
about

A small community, growing.

Claude Waterloo is a monthly meetup for builders using Claude Code and Claude Desktop to ship real work.

No pitches. No speculation. Just people running their workflows live, answering questions, and sharing what works.

Co-organized by Artem Zhutov and Babajide Okusanya. Hosted at Builders Club in downtown Kitchener.

5
events to date
~377
builders hosted
25+
live demos
slices of pizza