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Ho Chi Minh City First Meetup
- When
- 15:00–19:00 · UTC+7
- Where
- Joi Cafe
- Format
- Vietnam offshoot
- 1 free drink + pastry
- Prizes
Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam offshoot
Learn. Build. Share.
A meetup for builders and AI enthusiasts in Ho Chi Minh City. Bring your project, get honest feedback, and meet people to build with.
In person. Open minds. One drink on us.
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Upcoming events.
Bangkok, every third Saturday at Arcadia Barcade. Meet the Vietnam community at our Ho Chi Minh City offshoot. All times are local (UTC+7).
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Ho Chi Minh City First Meetup
Speakers for this meetup.
· Joi Cafe
David Zhang
Speaker
CTO at AI wearables startup OMI, crypto-native founder of Stably and DRTrinity, known as the “AGENT WHISPERER”.
Marek Michalski
Speaker
Founder of AGENTIQ.CLUB and Alpon.xyz, and Head of the Vietnam Chapter. A fintech product operator working across trading platforms, crypto exchanges and AI agents.
A little work. A lot to share.
Come every month to make progress. Come back for the quarterly showcase to see what everyone's been building.
Bring your work in progress.
AI news, a topic worth discussing, and a few hours to work alongside other builders. We finish by sharing projects and trading feedback.
The afternoon's agendaTake it to the demo floor.
Just demos, an audience vote, and a bigger prize. Bring your best work for a shot at the club trophy—and the bragging rights that come with it.
Put your project forwardOne free drink at every meetup.Win the room. Win a bar tab or voucher.
Ho Chi Minh City First Meetup
Your Saturday, well spent.
Bring a laptop and something you're curious about. Have a project to show? Send your deck ahead of time or share it on the day.
Submit a project or deck- 15:00–15:30Welcome and introductions
- 15:30–15:45Introduction to Devin AI (15 minutes)
- 15:45–16:00Image-generation workflows and marketing agents
- 16:00–18:30Coworking and vibe coding
- 18:30–19:00Project sharing and prizes
Our meeting place
Joi Cafe
Coffee, laptops, and good company. Meet the Ho Chi Minh City community at Joi Cafe.
Ho Chi Minh City
15:00–19:00
Past speakers & judges.
People who shared their knowledge at our past Bangkok gatherings.
Toby Gilbert
Co-Founder · Coinweb · Pact Swap
UCL graduate focused on tech & telco. Founded, invested in, and exited three telco companies across Europe, Africa & Asia. Led Blockfort and OnRamp. Co-founded and led Coinweb since 2018. Co-founded Pact Swap in 2024.
Matthew Nolan
VP Engineering · BlockRiver Labs
Full Stack Engineer. 20+ years from Wall Street to Web3. VP Engineering @ BlockRiver Labs. TED Speaker.
Alina Samoylova
Growth & Partnerships · Funders VC
Growth & Partnerships @ Funders VC. Bridging fintech, crypto & institutional capital. Based in Bangkok.
Marek J. Michalski
CEO · Alpon
Fintech product operator. Crypto exchanges, trading platforms & AI agents. CEO @ Alpon.