🇺🇸 Only 25 Founding Member Spots Left Help Make Austin AIMUG Independent
⏰ URGENT: July 4th deadline approaching Final 25 founding member spots available
Austin’s AI Community Needs You
Hi there,
We’ve built something incredible together over the past 18 months, but we need your help to make it truly independent.
🚀 Our Proven Impact: Learning AI in the Open
LangChain and LangGraph open-source projects have been our foundation—the thread tying together so many great initiatives that have accelerated AI skills across Austin and beyond:
1,281 members rapidly advancing AI skills together
40+ events featuring hands-on LangChain/LangGraph implementations
Skills acceleration from RAG systems to agent architectures
Real-world project successes using open-source frameworks
Community impact extending beyond Austin to influence the broader AI ecosystem
Grateful partnerships with Always Cool AI, LangChain AI, CGCS
We’re thankful for the partnerships and support that have gotten us here, and we’re excited to develop them further as a sustainable, member-supported, corporate-underwritten organization.
⚠️ The Problem: Uncertain Future
Without a member foundation, we remain dependent on uncertain funding cycles. Corporate budgets get cut, priorities change, and Austin’s AI leadership becomes fragile.
We can’t let our community’s future depend on corporate decisions beyond our control.
The PBS Model: Independence Through Community
Just like PBS, we’re building a sustainable foundation with member support + corporate underwriting:
✅ Guaranteed monthly events regardless of corporate changes
✅ Keep Austin’s AI leadership local and independent
✅ Long-term educational programming
✅ Sustainable community growth
Founding Member Tiers
Start at just $5/month—less than one coffee!
☕ Coffee Supporter | $5/month | • Newsletter recognition • Founding-member status |
🍕 Community Sustainer | $15/month | • All above + early event access |
🎪 Event Champion | $25/month | • All above + special Discord role |
💻 Tech Advocate | $50/month | • All above + quarterly supporter office hours |
🌟 Community Leader | $100/month | • All above + event-planning input + annual appreciation event |
🇺🇸 Independence Day Deadline: July 4th, 2025
Only 25 founding member spots remain for permanent recognition.
Keep Austin’s AI Leadership Local
Austin has become a global AI hub, but with major tech companies experiencing layoffs and budget cuts, we can’t let our community depend on uncertain corporate priorities.
The choice is ours: continue depending on uncertain funding cycles, or build something sustainable and independent.
Ready to Make Austin AIMUG Independent?
Join the final 25 founding members—starting at just $5/month.
🇺🇸 Become a Founding Member Now
Questions? Reply to this email or join our Discord for real-time discussion.
Thank you for being part of Austin’s AI community, The Austin AIMUG Team
Austin AI/ML User Group (Austin AIMUG) Making Austin’s AI community independent and sustainable
🌐 Website: https://aimug.org
💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/JzWgadPFQd
📧 Contact: events@aimug.org