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34 records Generated from this page's data. Click a name to open its panel on the Networks and media page. Records resting on one source are tagged "one source".| Record | What it is | Place | Links | Confidence |
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| AI + Coffee ManchesterNetworks, bodies, events and media | Informal Manchester AI meetup held every two weeks on Sunday mornings. | Manchester | meetup.com/find/gb--manchester/data-science/ | one source |
| AI SignalsNetworks, bodies, events and media | London meetup of about 5,200 members sharing first-hand accounts of building with AI; organised by Hugh Evans; 35 editions so far. | London | meetup.com/ai-and-dl-for-enterprise/ | one source |
| AI Tinkerers LondonNetworks, bodies, events and media | Curated monthly demo-only meetup for active engineers building with foundation models and generative AI ("no pitch decks, working code only"). | London | Website | one source |
| Artificial Intelligence LondonNetworks, bodies, events and media | General London group for AI researchers and engineers (about 360 members); last listed event June 2021. dormant | London | meetup.com/artificial-intelligence-london/ | one source |
| Beginners Machine Learning - LondonNetworks, bodies, events and media | London meetup teaching machine learning and AI to newcomers, organised by Ali Parandeh; about 1,450 members. | London | meetup.com/beginners-machine-learning-london/ | one source |
| Cerebral Valley UK (London Hub)Networks, bodies, events and media | UK chapter of the global AI builder community; runs monthly hackathons (with Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, ElevenLabs), demo nights, and the Cerebral Valley London AI Summit. | London (King's Cross / Shoreditch) | Website | one source |
| Data & AI LondonNetworks, bodies, events and media | In-person London meetup on data, AI and machine learning with about 6,600 members; meetup #18 at 100 Liverpool Street. | 100 Liverpool Street, London | meetup.com/data-ai-london/ · meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g | verified |
| Data Science Festival (DSF)Networks, bodies, events and media | Free, community-run UK data and AI network (30,000+ members) running DSF MayDay, DSF Oktoberfest, and career days. | London, Manchester, Bristol | Website | one source |
| Edinburgh Data Science and AINetworks, bodies, events and media | Edinburgh meetup of about 1,500 members for data science and AI talks, workshops and networking; organised by David Wood and others. | Edinburgh | meetup.com/edinburgh-data-science-ai/ | one source |
| EFInvestors and funds · also on Investors | Named investor in Tracelight's £2.7m Seed round (August 2025); Tracelight: language model for financial modelling. | uktech.news/funding/uk-tech-funding-roundup-this · joinef.com/ | one source | |
| Encode Club (London AI & Frontier Tech Hub)Networks, bodies, events and media | Runs large-scale in-person London AI hackathons, research fellowships, and university society bootcamps across Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, and UCL. | London (Shoreditch) | Website | one source |
| Founders Forum GroupNetworks, bodies, events and media | A network for founders that runs invitation events and owns Tech Nation; it launched an AI adoption alliance with Accenture in 2026. | 180 Strand, London (WC2R 3DA) | Companies House · uktech.news/podcast/s3-founders-forum-carolyn-da · uktech.news/ai/founders-forum-group-and-accentur · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov. | verified |
| Hugging Face LondonNetworks, bodies, events and media | London meetup for users of Hugging Face open AI models and tools; about 950 members; last listed meetup March. no upcoming event listed | London | meetup.com/hugging-face-london/ · meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g | verified |
| LLM Reading ClubNetworks, bodies, events and media | London reading group working through books and papers on large language models; about 2,200 members. no upcoming event listed | London | meetup.com/llm-reading-club/ · meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g | verified |
| London AI & Python CommunityNetworks, bodies, events and media | London meetup for AI and Python engineers, organised by Keith Griggs; about 3,200 members. | London | meetup.com/london-ai-python/ · meetup.com/topics/open-source-python/gb/ | verified |
| London AI Developers GroupNetworks, bodies, events and media | London meetup of about 8,600 members for hands-on learning in generative AI, agents, machine learning and MLOps. | London | meetup.com/london-ai-tech-talk/ | one source |
| London Artificial Intelligence MeetupNetworks, bodies, events and media | London group for AI, data science and machine learning developers (about 1,100 members); last listed event October 2022. dormant | London | meetup.com/LondonArtificialIntelligence/ | one source |
| London Deep Learning by Lightning AINetworks, bodies, events and media | London deep-learning meetup run by Lightning AI; about 780 members; last listed event a London Tech Week workshop, June 2025. no upcoming event listed | London | meetup.com/london-deep-learning-by-lightning-ai/ · meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g | verified |
| London Machine Learning MeetupNetworks, bodies, events and media | London talks community for machine learning and AI researchers, organised by Martin Goodson with Evolution AI; about 11,500 Meetup members. | London | meetup.com/london-machine-learning-meetup/ · meetup.com/pro/london-machine-learning-meetup · meetup.com/london-machine-learning-meetup-group/ · meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g | verified |
| London.AINetworks, bodies, events and media | A regular London meetup for AI researchers and practitioners, linked to Air Street Capital. | London | stateof.ai/llms.txt | one source |
| Machine Learning Paper Club with nPlanNetworks, bodies, events and media | Fortnightly London group, hosted by nPlan, that discusses one machine learning research paper per session; about 2,600 members. | London | meetup.com/ml-paper-club/ · meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g | verified |
| Manchester AINetworks, bodies, events and media | Manchester AI meetup of about 2,700 members, now organised by Keith Griggs; recent talks on retrieval and agent security. | Manchester | meetup.com/manchester-ai/ · meetup.com/find/gb--manchester/data-science/ | verified |
| MLOps LondonNetworks, bodies, events and media | London meetup of about 4,450 members on running machine learning in production; no upcoming event listed. no upcoming event listed | London | meetup.com/mlopslondon/ · meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g | verified |
| ODSC AI ManchesterNetworks, bodies, events and media | Manchester group of the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) community, running AI webinars and talks. | Manchester | meetup.com/find/gb--manchester/data-science/ | one source |
| PyData BristolNetworks, bodies, events and media | Bristol chapter of the international PyData data-science community; about 1,350 members; organisers include Frank Kelly. | Bristol | meetup.com/pydata-bristol/ · meetup.com/topics/open-source-python/gb/ | verified |
| PyData CambridgeNetworks, bodies, events and media | Cambridge chapter of the PyData data-science community, backed by NumFOCUS; about 1,800 members; organisers include Leandro Nunes. no upcoming event listed | Cambridge | meetup.com/pydata-cambridge-meetup/ · meetup.com/topics/open-source-python/gb/ | verified |
| PyData CardiffNetworks, bodies, events and media | Cardiff chapter of the PyData data-science community, open to beginners; about 1,100 members; organisers include Tim Vivian-Griffiths. | Cardiff | meetup.com/pydata-cardiff-meetup/ | one source |
| PyData EdinburghNetworks, bodies, events and media | Edinburgh chapter of the PyData data-science community; about 1,450 members; organised by David Wood and others. no upcoming event listed | Edinburgh | meetup.com/pydata-edinburgh/ · meetup.com/topics/open-source-python/gb/ | verified |
| PyData HuddersfieldNetworks, bodies, events and media | Huddersfield chapter of the PyData community, listed among UK machine-learning-with-Python groups; about 550 members. | Huddersfield | meetup.com/topics/machine-learning-with-python/g · meetup.com/topics/open-source-python/gb/ | verified |
| PyData London (plus Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Cambridge chapters)Networks, bodies, events and media | 13,000+ members in London alone; backed by NumFOCUS. Runs monthly technical talks and the annual PyData London Conference. | London & Regional | Website | one source |
| PyData ManchesterNetworks, bodies, events and media | Manchester chapter of the PyData data-science community; about 4,100 members; monthly PyDataMCR meetups. | Manchester | meetup.com/find/gb--manchester/data-science/ · meetup.com/topics/open-source-python/gb/ | verified |
| Steel City AINetworks, bodies, events and media | Hands-on Sheffield AI meetup run by Sheffield Digital where people build and demo AI projects. | Pennine Five, 41 Silver Street Head, Sheffield (S1 2DY) | sheffield.digital/meetups/steel-city-ai/ · sheffield.digital/meetups | verified |
| The London Data Science & AI meetupNetworks, bodies, events and media | London networking meetup for data science and AI professionals, run by the recruiter Cognify; about 1,100 members. no upcoming event listed | London | meetup.com/london-data-science-ml-meetup/ | one source |
| Women in AI (WAI) UKNetworks, bodies, events and media | UK chapter of the global nonprofit working toward gender-inclusive AI through education, research, and WAI Awards UK. | London, Edinburgh, Manchester | Website | one source |