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The AI Underground (Day 1)

The AI Underground (Day 1)

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Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM

The AI Underground is a conference for people building the future of freedom with AI โ€” from open-weight models to open-source agents. This is day one of a two-day gathering at ATL BitLab for the builders turning AI into a technology of liberation. **RUN YOUR OWN MODELS โœถ SHOW YOUR WORK โœถ NO HYPE โœถ OPEN WEIGHTS โœถ LOCAL FIRST โœถ SHIP IT โœถ BYO LAPTOP โœถ ALL AGES** No product launches. No keynotes about AGI. Just people who run their own models, ship their own agents, and show their work. ### What you'll leave with - A model running locally on your own hardware - An agent loop you understand line-by-line - Evaluation practices to keep quality under control - A curated list of open tools worth your time - Connections with other builders in the space ### Speakers - **Austin** โ€” Local Model Hacker, PlebDevs - **Nitesh B** โ€” Lead Developer, Hunk - **HODLBarbarian** โ€” Agent Wrangler - **Stephen DeLorme** โ€” Founding Designer, moneydevkit - **Matthias Debernardini** โ€” Founder & Principal Engineer, Nashville Automation - More speakers to be announced ### Tickets Tickets get you full access to both days. Pricing rises in waves: - First 20 tickets โ€” $200 - Next 20 tickets โ€” $300 - General admission after that โ€” $500 Grab a ticket at [aiunderground.dev](https://aiunderground.dev/). ๐ŸŽ‰ Sponsored by the [Human Rights Foundation](https://hrf.org/) ### Location **ATL BitLab** 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Unit A1, Atlanta, GA 30312 ๐Ÿ“ [Map Link](https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVuAWxasq9qsQmvg6) Doors open at 9am. Bring your own laptop. All ages welcome. Park in the gravel lot. Look for the orange door behind the fence. ### Get tickets https://aiunderground.dev/

The AI Underground (Day 2)

The AI Underground (Day 2)

Ticketed

Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Day two of The AI Underground โ€” a conference for people building the future of freedom with AI, from open-weight models to open-source agents, at ATL BitLab. **RUN YOUR OWN MODELS โœถ SHOW YOUR WORK โœถ NO HYPE โœถ OPEN WEIGHTS โœถ LOCAL FIRST โœถ SHIP IT โœถ BYO LAPTOP โœถ ALL AGES** No product launches. No keynotes about AGI. Just people who run their own models, ship their own agents, and show their work. ### What you'll leave with - A model running locally on your own hardware - An agent loop you understand line-by-line - Evaluation practices to keep quality under control - A curated list of open tools worth your time - Connections with other builders in the space ### Speakers - **Austin** โ€” Local Model Hacker, PlebDevs - **Nitesh B** โ€” Lead Developer, Hunk - **HODLBarbarian** โ€” Agent Wrangler - **Stephen DeLorme** โ€” Founding Designer, moneydevkit - **Matthias Debernardini** โ€” Founder & Principal Engineer, Nashville Automation - More speakers to be announced ### Tickets Tickets get you full access to both days. Pricing rises in waves: - First 20 tickets โ€” $200 - Next 20 tickets โ€” $300 - General admission after that โ€” $500 Grab a ticket at [aiunderground.dev](https://aiunderground.dev/). ๐ŸŽ‰ Sponsored by the [Human Rights Foundation](https://hrf.org/) ### Location **ATL BitLab** 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Unit A1, Atlanta, GA 30312 ๐Ÿ“ [Map Link](https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVuAWxasq9qsQmvg6) Doors open at 9am. Bring your own laptop. All ages welcome. Park in the gravel lot. Look for the orange door behind the fence. ### Get tickets https://aiunderground.dev/

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