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The 10th edition of the Basel Data Science & AI meetup is happening soon!
Save the date for another evening of inspiration, networking and building the local data science and AI community together, before we head into a summer break. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Agenda
18:30 - Arrival & mingling
19:00 - Talks

• Marco Biella, Data Scientist @ University of Basel:
  LLMs, a (Partial) Window on the Mind
• Dr. Nilima Akolkar, Machine Learning Engineer
  Probabilistic Forecasting of Energy Consumption in Germany
• Sammer Puran, Lead MLOPs & AI Engineer @ ML Architects Basel:
  ML Model for Defect Detection: Bridging the Gap Between AI and User Needs

20:20 - Pizza, beers & networking

The commitment fee of 5 CHF helps reduce no-shows goes directly towards elevating our apéro with some pizzas 🍕. If you have any issue with the payment method, let me know and we can figure something out!

Thanks a lot to Acuity Analytics for hosting the meetup and to Machine Learning Architects Basel for supporting us and providing the Apéro!

Get ready for the June Hackergarten in Basel! 🎉

Join us for a community event this afternoon! It’s all about coding, open source and pizza. Bring your friends, ideas and laptops. We’ll provide the pizza drinks and a great time.

This is your chance to contribute to open source projects, learn from fellow developers and make new connections. Let’s make this a Hackergarten to remember!

Notice:

Photos/videos may be taken during this event for documentation and communications purposes (e.g., website and social media, incl. LinkedIn).

If you prefer not to appear, please let our team know. Further details on how we process personal data and how to exercise your rights are available in our event privacy information: https://karakun.com/en/hackergarten-event-privacy/

This is the first official gathering of Basel Builders. No slide decks, no pitches, and absolutely no corporate fluff. Just people who build things getting together to show what they are working on.
Bring your laptop, your current side project, your production app, or the broken repository you’ve been staring at for three days straight.

The Agenda:

1. Grab a drink / quick introductions.
2. 5-10 minute rapid-fire demos (Show the actual code, spreadsheet, or UI. No pitch decks allowed).
3. Open floor: Dig into each other's work, debug problems together, and talk about the messy parts.

Who this is for: Developers, founders, designers, and anyone shipping real products who wants peer feedback, not a sales pitch.

Entry requirement: Be ready to talk about or show what you are building. See you there!

Summer is here — and we’re celebrating with the biggest Basel Entrepreneur Meetup of the year.
Join us for an evening of great conversations, fresh ideas, and good vibes at the Basel Entrepreneur Meetup Summer Fest. Whether you’re a founder, freelancer, investor, or just startup-curious, this is the place to be.

Event info and registration:

https://www.eventbrite.ch/e/1990095874332

👾 Nächster Basel AI Stammtisch – 25. Juni 2026 👾
Am Donnerstag, 25. Juni ab 17:30 Uhr treffen wir uns wieder im Bistro bei iRIX im Gundeldinger Feld.

Unser Thema: LLM-Benchmarking hands-on

Lokale LLMs sind schnell gestartet, aber wie testet man, ob sie wirklich etwas taugen? In diesem Stammtisch schauen wir uns hands-on an, wie man LLMs benchmarken kann: mit Standard-Benchmarks, eigenen Testsets und praxisnahen Metriken wie Qualität, Geschwindigkeit, Kosten, Halluzinationen und Zuverlässigkeit. Ziel: weniger Bauchgefühl, mehr messbare Entscheidungsgrundlage.

Wie immer gilt: Eigene Themen einbringen ist erwünscht, zuhören ist genauso willkommen. Für Getränke und Snacks ist gesorgt. 🍺

📍 iRIX, Gundeldinger Feld, Bau 5, Dornacherstrasse 192, 4053 Basel
🗓️ Do / Thu, 25.06.2026, 17:30–20:00
🗣️ Deutsch / English

Note: This is a focused, full-day paid masterclass separate from our usual evening meetups, hosted at Startup Academy Basel.
Hey Builders,
For those looking to go deep into intent-first development, we are running a hands-on, one-day intensive workshop. If you want to build a real full-stack app using AI and European sovereign infrastructure but don't want to hire a CHF 15,000 agency, this is for you. No traditional coding experience is required.
What we are doing: We are skipping the slide decks. You’ll be vibe coding alongside the engineers who built Maravilla Cloud. You'll use production building blocks (real-time channels, document DBs, auth, storage) to ship an actual, functioning app (like a custom internal tool, workflow automation, or client portal) by 17:00.
The Schedule:

• 09:00 – Welcome, coffee, & setup
• 09:30 – Build Session I: From idea to V1
• 12:30 – Lunch & Networking
• 13:30 – Build Session II: Connect data, polish, & ship
• 16:00 – Show & Tell (The Basel Builders way!)
• 16:45 – Wrap-up & Apéro

Coaches:

• Şenol Taş: Founder of Maravilla Labs
• Markus Thinnes: Founder of Jelia GmbH & Mentor at Startup Academy Basel

Tickets & Registration: Space is limited. Every ticket includes one full year of free personal access to Maravilla Cloud so you can keep building.

• 👉 Get Tickets Here
• Basel Builders Perk: Early bird pricing (CHF 496) is open now. Use code MEETUPS30GE at checkout to claim your seat for CHF 347 instead.

Thema: Kosten senken & Ressourcen optimieren – auch mit KI im Datacenter-Betrieb

#25 Datacenter & Cloud Management

Fokus Thema: Kosten senken & Ressourcen optimieren – auch mit KI im Datacenter-Betrieb

‍Host: IWB Basel

Rechenzentren stehen heute unter massivem Druck:
steigende Energiepreise, wachsender Bedarf durch KI-Workloads und gleichzeitig der Zwang, Kosten zu kontrollieren. Die zentrale Frage lautet nicht mehr nur
‍
‍Wie skalieren wir**********, sondern:
‍
Wie betreiben wir unsere Infrastruktur maximal effizient – bei minimalen Kosten?
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‍Künstliche Intelligenz wird dabei zum entscheidenden Hebel:

‍Predictive Monitoring reduziert ungeplante Ausfälle
→ Weniger Downtime, weniger teure Notfallmassnahmen

‍Autonomes Ressourcen-Management steigert Auslastung
→ Weniger Overprovisioning, bessere Nutzung bestehender Kapazitäten

‍Optimierung von Energieverbrauch & PUE
→ Direkt messbare Kosteneinsparungen im Betrieb

‍Digitale Zwillinge ermöglichen Simulation statt Trial & Error
→ Investitionsentscheidungen werden datenbasiert und risikoärmer

Dieses Thema zeigt, wie Rechenzentren von
teuren, reaktiven Betriebsmodellen
zu
effizienten, datengetriebenen und teilweise autonomen Systemen
‍übergehen – mit klar messbarem Impact auf Kosten, Effizienz und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit.