What's happening: Week of 13 April 2026
A decade of entrepreneurship on display. The University of Bristol’s annual Innovation Showcase brings together student founders from the Runway incubator, live investor pitches competing for £75,000 in funding, and…
Yu'ang Qiao (GDG Bristol)
The inaugural speaker event for GDG Bristol — Yu'ang Qiao walks through Google's On-Device AI Stack for developers looking to build privacy-first ML directly onto phones and edge devices. Held…
A hands-on data analytics evening sponsored by Datacove, featuring two Lloyds Banking Group data practitioners presenting real-world projects in BI, dashboards, and automation. Expect short talks, case studies, and post-event…
with Yu'ang Qiao (Speaker, GDG Bristol)
The inaugural speaker event for GDG Bristol — Yu'ang Qiao walks through Google's On-Device AI Stack for developers looking to build privacy-first ML directly onto phones and edge devices. Held at Design West on Narrow Quay (one of Bristol's most distinctive architectural venues). A new developer community worth getting in on early.
Monthly drinks and networking for Bristol’s freelance creative and digital community, hosted by Bristol Creative Industries. Free for BCI members; £5 + VAT for non-members. One of the best recurring…
A free lunch-and-learn at Engine Shed for founders and innovators navigating intellectual property. Patent Attorneys Oliver Leason and Michael Blake cover how to protect, manage, and commercialise your IP —…
Bristol’s leading AI networking meetup returns to Origin Workspace. Three talks cover building with LLMs, AI productivity tools, and AI’s broader societal impact — followed by pizza, drinks, and genuine…
Monthly gathering of Bristol's AI ethics community. News roundup, keynote and Q&A on the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence — from bias and fairness to governance and societal impact. Hosted at Torchbox, a Bristol-based B Corp digital agency.
with Mike Ahyow (Partner (Commercial), RWK Goodman)
SETsquared lunchtime briefing for AI founders and scale-ups. Mike Ahyow (Partner at RWK Goodman, 15 years advising tech businesses) walks through the legal, regulatory and strategic priorities that investors, funders and enterprise customers actually care about when assessing AI companies — and the risks that derail otherwise promising rounds. Online but hosted by SETsquared Bristol, one of the UK's top university accelerators.
Bristol’s leading AI networking meetup returns to Origin Workspace. Three talks cover building with LLMs, AI productivity tools, and AI’s broader societal impact — followed by pizza, drinks, and genuine networking with the city’s AI community. One of the best AI rooms in Bristol, and reliably a full house.
The flagship Bristol ecosystem event of the week. A curated after-hours gathering for founders, operators and active investors from across the South West, held immediately after the Britain's Got Startups…
Carl Sargunar (Independent)
Bristol's Umbraco community meet. This month Carl Sargunar brings his 'DDoS My Desk' talk — building a live load-balanced mini-cluster on stage and stress-testing it in real time. Hosted at…
Bristol's Databricks community meet — the first outing of this group at iO Associates in central Bristol. Practical Databricks chat, networking, drinks and pizza for data engineers, analysts, scientists and…
Bristol's Databricks community meet — the first outing of this group at iO Associates in central Bristol. Practical Databricks chat, networking, drinks and pizza for data engineers, analysts, scientists and platform folk. 39 already RSVP'd against a 60-cap venue at time of curation — likely to fill.
Engine Shed's Bristol Innovations series tackles AI's dual role in cybersecurity — the same technology enabling sophisticated attacks is also the most powerful tool for defending against them. An evening…
SETsquared Bristol's flagship networking evening — a gathering of the Bristol tech ecosystem celebrating startup culture, new investments, and the people building the next generation of tech companies in the…
Monthly free meet-up at KWMC for creatives, artists and technologists interested in using technology for social good and community projects. A welcoming, cross-disciplinary space particularly strong for those working at…
Engine Shed's Bristol Innovations series tackles AI's dual role in cybersecurity — the same technology enabling sophisticated attacks is also the most powerful tool for defending against them. An evening of expert talks, panel discussion and networking at Bristol's flagship tech hub.