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Join the Momentum
Big things are already in motion in Fort Wayne—and we're inviting YOU to jump in, lead, and help us expand what's possible. The efforts listed below will put our city on the map, but not without a commitment from our community to get involved.
There's a place here for your ideas, your energy, and your leadership. We invite you to stay a while, read the (human-written) descriptions, and let us know where you want to jump in.
Host Flagship Initiatives that Change our Repuation
We’re working to elevate Fort Wayne recognized as a contender to host national AI events, workshops, speakers, and more
We’re proud to host the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp for high schoolers this fall—a national program that usually happens in much larger cities.
Hosting programs like these shows that Fort Wayne has the talent, momentum, and community energy to lead.
Sponsorship that Moves the Needle
We’re looking for mission-aligned sponsors to help us keep AI education, events, and access free and open to the public. Your support powers real momentum—from coffee and snacks at a meetup to multi-day conferences and national program hosting.
If your company or organization believes in tech education, regional leadership, or community connection, this is your chance to back something meaningful right here in Fort Wayne. Sponsorship isn’t just support—it’s participation in the future we’re building.
Bring National Voices to our Local Stage
We need to let people know the lasting impression they can make in Fort Wayne. When they show up in Fort Wayne, they don’t get lost in the huge-city shuffle—they get noticed. This is a city where there names will turn heads, leave life-changing impressions, and they'll connect with real people who are eager to learn, build, and grow.
Instead of just another speaker on another stage, they'll be a big fish in a focused, fired-up pond. When they bring their voice to our local stage, they don’t just speak—they spark something. They’re remembered. They make a difference.
Co-Organize a Signature Local Event that Moves the Needle
We’re calling on our local entrepreneurs, creatives, business leaders, and industry pros to think bigger about how you can support our AI in FW community.
We'll help you:
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Host an AI-powered workshop, showcase, vendor popup, or demo of what your team is building.
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Organize an event to attract and recruit talent.
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Run a Hack-a-thon or other gamified experience (we have plenty of prepared ideas!).
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Facilitate a City-Wide AI Learning Day.
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Coordinate a Multi-Day Industry AI Learning Sprint.
If you can dream it, we can support it.
Synchronized City Collaborations That Connect Humanity
What if two—or ten—cities gathered to learn and build with AI together, at the exact same time? We’re designing events that do just that. Think AI watch parties, live-streamed panels, and multi-city synchronized workshops with live city portals that keep us connected no matter our location.
We’re already collaborating with communities in Indianapolis, but the potential is national. With the right tech and shared vision, Fort Wayne can be a hub that links small and big cities, and big thinkers, across the country for real-time impact.
Collaborating on Creative Events that Inspire AI Exploration
Art and AI are not opponents—they can be partners in creative expression. We’re inviting community artists, designers, visual media producers, musicians, writers, and storytellers to collaborate on public-facing experiments that embrace the use of AI in smart, responsible and ethical ways, to invite people in for exploration.
Whether it’s an installation, performance, learning opportunity, or jam session full or awareness demos, we want to see your weird, creative, beautiful ideas. Help us make Fort Wayne’s creative scene part of the AI conversation.
We believe that in a world of AI, supporting the human creative is absolutely essential.
Build an AI Learning Hub for Centralized Resources
We need a shared, open-access hub where anyone in our community can explore AI tools, educational content, and real-world opportunities—freely and without barriers.
Whether it’s peer-led meetups, hands-on workshops, or mentorship and career navigation, this hub would bring people together to help them navigate the landscape of AI.
We’re mapping out pathways and connecting existing resources to start building this for Fort Wayne.
Catapult Our Local AI Leaders to Bigger, Louder Stages
A direct way to put Fort Wayne on the map is to get talent from our city in front of audiences nationwide. It’s not just about supporting local leaders—it’s about amplifying them.
We'll be publishing a directory of local AI champions—speakers, podcasters, educators, panelists, and more.
You can push them further by referring them with your connections, sharing them on your social presence, and endorsing them with your authority.
By helping raise up our most promising voices to national stages, podcasts, and panels and media—we can proudly show the world the talent coming from Fort Wayne.
Community support can make a significant impact.
And Let's Tell Our Story Like Crazy
Let’s flood the airwaves. From social media to television, digital to print—Fort Wayne stories belong in the national spotlight.
We’re joining forces to write op-eds, pitch to podcasts, tell our stories, and get noticed. It all starts here at home: local media, local advocates, and local champions who believe in what we’re building. If you know a platform—or if you are one—let’s work together to get the word out.
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