Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG)

Here is our upcoming RMAIIG meeting schedule. Please save the dates and send speaker ideas! We should be set on pizza sponsorships for Jan and Feb, but March and later months are open. If your company would like to consider sponsoring (~$300), please reach out! Jan - Wed, Jan 8th Topic: “AI Agents”, 6-8 PM Feb - Wed, Feb 12 Topic: "AI and Ethics: 2025 Update,” 6:45-8:45 PM Mar - Wed, Mar 12 Topic: "AI in Healthcare,” 6:45-8:45 PM Apr - Wed, Apr 9 Topic: "AI and the Creative Arts,” 6:45-8:45 PM May - Wed, May 14 (tentative date) Topic: “AI Demo Jam again AKA Member Showcase” Jun - Wed, Jun 11 (tentative date) Topic: Open July - summer break (no meeting)

We just posted a brand new AI Internship position on the Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) Job-Connections Slack channel! All details, including how to apply, are there! AI & Psychology Research Assistant - Paid Internship - Boulder Skills Required Literature review and the ability to look at papers from both a scientific and implementation-minded perspective. It can be a tedious task, but it provides the foundation for any algorithm to be used in clinical settings. Designing and managing scientific studies. We work with research organizations and IRBs to run studies designed to validate any component of our algorithm - from accuracy, consistency, use cases, and more. You will help design small-scale studies (using crowd-sourced data from sources like Amazon Mechanical Turk) that will eventually lead to larger-scale studies that validate our algorithm on more extensive use cases. Writing research papers and documentation. The ability to present the motivation and results behind our research to our customers is just as important as the results themselves. You will need to constantly document the steps along our validation journey and be able to explain why each step was taken and is useful. A strong data-minded approach with scientific motivations behind it. A lot of our customers are not technical experts or experienced clinicians. You should be able to communicate concrete metrics to a wide range of people such that whoever you are talking to can understand your results. Your Day-to-Day Our algorithm is explainable and motivated by existing psychiatric research. You will continue our research efforts by examining hundreds of papers from scientific, clinical, and engineering perspectives. You will have a strong understanding of our customers’ use cases and needs, and use that to guide your research efforts. You will be the interface between our engineering team and our research/validation team, ensuring our algorithm keeps consistency with the literature it is based on. Writing whitepapers tailored towards each of our customers that explain how the algorithm works as well as our validation journey and what we learned along the way. Managing our current and future studies, analyzing the results, presenting your findings, and submitting for potential publication. You Should Apply If: You enjoy complex problems with not-so-obvious solutions. At a startup, you won’t always have the expertise, resources, or data collection you might have at a large institutional research team. What aspects would you want to validate in an initial study? How would you collect a dataset with a limited budget? What populations would be most valuable to look at for an early study? You are an undergraduate or graduate student with some research experience in a clinical setting. Knowing how the end-to-end process works, from proposal writing to data collection to analysis, etc., is extremely valuable.

Insightful article by Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) speaker, active member and futurist, Bill Quinn, published in Colorado AI News! Bill explores the evolving landscape of AI in 2023, 2024, and 2025!

Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for the Second Annual RMAIIG holiday party! Sorry to those on the waiting list who couldn't get in - next time!! I want to send a huge thanks to Bill McIntyre who was our host at the awesome  Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Hall on Pearl Street, what a spectacular and historic building! Big appreciation to the planning committee who literally made the event happen: Ken Fricklas, Bobby Hodgkinson and Chris Byrne! And we couldn't have done it without our generous sponsors: Dave Mayer from Technical Integrity, Jason Cormier of AI Marketing Forum and anonymous donors. It was great to see so many friendly faces, many of who volunteered to help with logistics at the event: Susan Adams, David Jitendranath, Anna Rahn, Sean Carter, Richard Gann, Phil Nugent, Uche Ogbuji, Osi O., Gabe Spradlin, Alejo Lopez, Khoa Nguyễn, Teresa Nugent, Piotr Drozdzewicz, Daniel Ritchie, Mark Nolte, Bryan Buus, Greg Selvin, Sabine ABELLA, PMP, Fiona Nugent, Adrian Chernoff, Rebecca Nusbaum, EdD and Jewels Marshon! We also had the traditional reading of the (soon to be) holiday classic, "'Twas the Night Before RMAIIG" lol. It was so fun to see everyone on a very festive evening!!

Last night, the Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) hosted an enjoyable in-person meeting at University of Colorado Boulder's ROSER ATLAS BUILDING centered on the theme “AI for Good.” We were thrilled by the huge turnout on a snowy evening and the energy in the room—thank you to everyone who joined us! Special appreciation to our inspiring speakers: Anne Wintemute and Steven Nichols from AimeeSays.com, who shared how their AI-driven app is transforming support for domestic abuse victims worldwide. Matthew Hron and Matthew Morrissette from Wildlife Protection Solutions, who revealed how AI is helping save endangered species through real-time monitoring. Adrian Chernoff, CEO of ojje, who showcased their groundbreaking literacy platform that’s reshaping how children learn to read. We’re also incredibly grateful to Phil Nugent for organizing and facilitating the event and to Range Ventures for sponsoring our evening with delicious pizza. Finally, thank you to the entire RMAIIG community—your support, curiosity, and engagement are what make events like these possible. Together, we’re exploring how AI can drive meaningful, positive change in the world. It was fun to see both new and returning attendees and volunteers, including Gregory M., 🥔 Izn Tariq, Dave Taylor, Peter Criscione, Chris Byrne, Bobby Hodgkinson, Uche Ogbuji, Osi O., Joey Cantu, Melissa M. Reeve, Richard Gann, Hyma Jujjuru, Nabil Djaber, Pranjal Aggarwal and Anna Rahn. #AIforGood #RMAIIG #ArtificialIntelligence #TechCommunity

Thanks to Anne and Steven for their presentation last night! We had a packed house on a snowy night, and heard from three fascinating organizations using AI for Good! Big appreciation to Phil Nugent for organizing and running the meeting.

For those of you in the Denver/Boulder area, the next in-person meet-up of the Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG)'s AI Marketing Forum is this Thu, December 12 from 8-9:30 am in Boulder, CO. Chase Aldridge and I will be doing a little show & tell. I will cover some real-life personal experiences in the use of AI that give us insights into how customer behaviors are changing and how business will evolve. Show & tells are my favorite sessions as they jumpstart learning for many. Join us, meet new people, and accelerate your AI learning with everyone. Debi Davis will be bringing some holiday treats and we'll be taking a holiday photo. So come in your most fun holiday garb! See below for more details: https://lnkd.in/gp54SYdM Jason Cormier #AICollaboration #AIExperiences #AILiteracy #AIinMarketing

We want to extend a huge shoutout to the sponsors of the Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) Holiday Dinner, happening next Thursday, December 12th, in Boulder! A heartfelt thank you to Dave Mayer and Technical Integrity for their generous sponsorship! Dave is one of those rare individuals who truly shapes the fabric of our local tech ecosystem, fostering connections and supporting the growth of our unique community. We also extend our deepest gratitude to Jason Cormier and the AI Marketing Forum for their support of our event. Jason is a pillar of the local AI community, and his Forum serves a nationwide network of innovators. Thank you, Jason, for your invaluable contributions! A special acknowledgment goes to an anonymous donor who prefers to remain unnamed. This steadfast community supporter is always there with a helping hand, fresh ideas, and a kind word. We are so grateful for your generosity! We also want to recognize the incredible RMAIIG team working behind the scenes to make this event possible: Bobby Hodgkinson, Ken Fricklas and Chris Byrne! Thanks to help from Bill McIntyre, we’ve been invited to hold our gathering at The Oddfellows Lodge on Pearl St. This historic location is the private home of the Boulder chapter of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, a benevolent and charitable nonprofit organization. We are thrilled to hold our gathering in such a unique and meaningful space. (Regrettably, the dinner is now full.)

The Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) will host an in-person meeting in Boulder on Monday, December 9th, at 6:00 pm MT on “AI for Good.” Today’s AI news often highlights challenges and risks, but it’s equally important to showcase its positive impact. RMAIIG is shining a light on the exciting ways AI is driving meaningful change. Thanks to Phil Nugent, RMAIIG Board Member and founder and editor-in-chief of Colorado AI News, for organizing and facilitating the meeting! “AI for Good” CU Boulder: In-person ATLAS building (Room 100) 1125 18th St, Boulder, CO 80309 Mon, Dec. 9th 6:00 - 8:00 PM MT - Meeting 5:30 PM Free Pizza (Thanks to our sponsor, Range Ventures!) RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gwNZZxfh Our first two speakers, Anne Wintemute and Steven Nichols, are the co-founders of the Denver-based startup AimeeSays.com. They are on a mission to support the millions of people who are affected by domestic abuse each year, and their innovative, AI-driven app serves as a companion, helping victims process their experiences, seek safety, and prepare for legal proceedings. Our next two speakers, Product Manager Matthew Hron and Director of Technology Matthew Morrissette, are core members of the leadership team of Wildlife Protection Solutions, based in Golden. WPS is an international nonprofit whose mission is to help save endangered species and ecosystems, and the company’s AI-assisted systems are a key element in helping it achieve its goals. Our final speaker, Adrian Chernoff, is the CEO of ojje a Boulder-based startup redefining children’s literacy education. Ojje’s Literacy Learning System is an AI-powered platform that combines innovative technology with an engaging interface to transform how children learn to read and improve literacy. Thanks to Chris Erickson, our pizza sponsor! Range Ventures is Colorado’s early-stage VC, backing the state’s most ambitious founders to build the next generation of category-defining companies. With 24 investments just in Colorado over the last 4 years, our team—former operators with $160M raised and $1B revenue scaled—stands ready to support bold innovators ready to shape the future. https://range.vc/

The Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) has officially grown into a thriving AI town with 2000 incredible members! Picture driving into a vibrant hub of innovation and connection, where every corner buzzes with ideas, collaboration, dedicated volunteers and growth. That’s the energy we’re celebrating today. Much like a bustling town, RMAIIG has many diverse “neighborhoods” – our amazing special interest subgroups – each with its unique vibe, mission, and leadership. Let’s give a shoutout to the fantastic leaders building these communities within our community: The Denver Subgroup, led by David Jitendranath, boasts 468 members and regularly gathers to explore practical AI applications. Susan Adams champions our Women in AI group with 190 members, creating a space for empowering conversations. The AI Marketing Forum, organized by Jason Cormier, has 451 members diving into the intersection of AI and marketing innovation. Chris Brown’s Legal AI group, with 185 members, tackles the evolving legal landscape of AI. For those engineering-focused, Bill McIntyre’s AI/ML Engineering subgroup has 223 members exploring the technical depths of machine learning and LLMs. Uche Ogbuji leads AI in Entrepreneurship & Startups, with 250 members building and scaling AI ventures. The Ethics, Safety, and AI group, chaired by 🦜Robert Monaco and Ken Fricklas, is a vital forum for discussing responsible AI development, and our newest groups, AI in Education, spearheaded by Bobby Hodgkinson, and the Fort Collins Subgroup (81 members), led by Andres Sepulveda Morales, are already fostering exciting discussions. Other key volunteer Board members in our town include RMAIIG co-founder Richard Gann, Jacob Korniak and all the awesome University of Colorado Boulder students who assist us every month: Anna Rahn, Sean Carter, Pranjal Aggarwal, Jayant Duneja, Hyma Jujjuru and Nabil Djaber! A special thanks to all our volunteer leaders who make up the heart and soul of RMAIIG. This milestone is a testament to the incredible work happening across our community. Here’s to the next chapter of growth, learning, and innovation as we continue building this remarkable AI town. Thank you for being part of the journey and future expansion plans! Congrats to Michael Hrostoski, our official 2000th RMAIIG member, who wins a free friendly robot logo t-shirt!