Build Club: Launching Build Campus, Australia's first permanent AI builder residency

Hi!

Annie here👋.

In 2023, Build Club helped 75 tinkerers get from nights and weekends to building real AI startups. Given there are roughly 550 AI startups in ANZ… this is epic.

But more than this, we helped bridge industry, startups and funders through our various accelerators and hackathons.

We grew and are growing fast. 

In fact, so fast we have barely been able to keep up. We now have 600+ AI builder fellows in our club with presence in five cities, with strong demand to bring this Global.

I use the term we, because as corny as it sounds, Build Club is nothing without its people. So…what’s next?

We have realize we need to dream bigger. Build Club at its core was started to help founders and drive inclusive AI innovation forward into the world.

To do this, I fundamentally believe we need to make Build Club the best place in the world to build in AI.

Today, I’m excited to share an important step in this direction… the launch of 🏡 Build Campus, a permanent home away from home for top AI engineers to launch their dreams together.

We would love your support 🙏:

• 🗞️ Share the word on social media and view our write up in the Sydney Morning Herald here (LI), here (X) and here (main article)

• 💸 Support our crowdfunding campaign here (if we all donate $10 we can easily hit our target…) here

• 🍻RSVP to our Sydney launch event at Stone & Chalk with Airwallex on 11th March here

• 🌟If you want to get involved, support us or know any builders fill in and share this form here

More to come soon, including the announcement of our 2024 city leads and advisory board.

P.S. Check out our event calendar here

We will help drive AI innovation into the world, together💘… because this why we started.

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If you are a builder, make sure you join our buzzing community here

With lots of build⚡ and 💗,

Annie, on behalf of the Build Club team