Edinburgh — Week of 29 Jun 2026

Edinburgh's flagship monthly tech meetup and one of the largest in Scotland. Doors and pizza from 5:30pm, then community announcements, a tech demo and a keynote from 6:15, with networking and drinks running into the evening. Deliberately discipline-agnostic - no specific languages or technologies required, no sales pitches - just peer talks, community projects and new connections across the whole Edinburgh tech scene. Sponsored by CreateFuture; run by community volunteers under a code of conduct. Free; currently running a waitlist.

The Data Lab's flagship data/AI meetup on energy & net zero, with five named industry speakers — the strongest tech room in town the week of 29 June.

CodeBase's relaxed monthly morning for anyone in or around Edinburgh's tech ecosystem. A friendly, low-key way to start the day: coffee, conversation and connections with founders, operators and ecosystem people, open to businesses of all sizes. A reliable fixture from Scotland's largest tech incubator and a good first port of call for anyone new to the city's scene.

A SportsTech-themed edition of Venture Cafe Edinburgh's flagship weekly Thursday Gathering at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. An evening on the innovation, data and leadership shaping the future of sport in Scotland - from fan engagement to scaling women's sport - with an innovators showcase featuring MotionLabs, Crowd Legends and SEITA, a fireside on scaling women's sport with the Scottish Women's Premier League, and a view from Deloitte's Sports Business Group. Open networking throughout. Free; one of the broadest rooms in the Scottish ecosystem - founders, investors, operators and the curious.

Edinburgh's Rust and Friends community gathers for its July talks night, headlining a session on the Bevy game engine plus a second talk to be announced. A friendly evening for Rustaceans of all levels — systems programmers, game developers and the merely curious — with discussion and drinks afterwards.

Founders Hub is ScotlandIS and the Bayes Centre's weekly drop-in co-working community for technology startup founders. Every Friday, early-stage and scaling founders gather in the Bayes concourse to work side by side, swap notes and beat the isolation of startup life — no agenda, just the right people in the room. First come, first served.