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Agentic AI Summer Kickoff + $999 Giveaway
We’ve all seen the flashy demos, but moving beyond the chatbox to build reliable, autonomous agents is the real challenge. This summer, Cloud Native Madison is hosting a residency to get into the weeds of the open-source tools required to build and scale Agentic AI.
Kickoff Circle: May 27 @ StartingBlock (4–6 PM)
Join us for our summer kickoff and collaborative working session. We’ll use dot voting to pick the topics and concepts we tackle as a group. Whether you’re just starting to experiment or you're already fighting with agentic loops in production, come ready to architect, troubleshoot, and meet the builders.
The $999 Mastery Giveaway
Ardan Labs is helping us level up! We’re raffling off a $999 Mastery Bundle (Go, Rust, and K8s training) at every Circle and Connect this summer. Show up, talk shop, and you might walk away with the best engineering toolkit in the industry.
Full Agentic AI Summer Schedule:
- May 27 (4PM-6PM): CIRCLE @ StartingBlock (Kickoff Build Night)
- Jun 10 (10AM - 12PM): CHAT @ Forward Craft & Coffee
- Jun 24 (4PM-6PM): CIRCLE @ StartingBlock (Build Night)
- Jul 15 (10AM - 12PM): CHAT @ Forward Craft & Coffee
- Jul 29 (4PM-6PM): CIRCLE @ StartingBlock (Build Night)
- Aug 18 (4PM-7PM): CONNECT @ The Rigby (Forward Fest Mixer)
- Aug 26 (4PM-6PM): CIRCLE @ StartingBlock (The Finale)
Huge thanks to solo.io, Red Hat, StartingBlock, and Ardan Labs for fueling this series!
