/ About this event
HubSpot is partnering with Blackbird Collective to host this hands-on building event at their space in Culver City. Blackbird Collective is a visionary membership and storytelling studio for women of color, allies, and co-conspirators.
Join us for Build Mode Exchange! As part of #LATechWeek, we're bringing builders together for an afternoon of real talk about building with AI — no slides, no demos, just the room. You'll leave with new connections, sharper thinking, and a few ideas worth stealing.
Here's how it works: grab a seat at a table, dig into one of three AI topics with the builders around you, then rotate to a new one when we call time. Each table has a host to keep the conversation moving, and the thinking builds as groups cycle through. We'll close by sharing what each table landed on, then keep it going with networking and 1:1s.
💬 The tables:
🧠 Generic AI vs. AI that knows the job: What actually makes AI useful for real work — the context, the grounding, and the line between helpful and noise.
🚧 Vibe coding meets production: AI erased the barrier to building. So where do the guardrails go between "I built a thing" and "I'd put this in front of a customer"?
📍 Putting AI where the work happens: Not another chatbot in another tab — where AI actually belongs in your day, and the grunt work it should quietly take off your plate.
Come as you are, bring whatever you're working on, and we'll see you there.
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
