Twice a month Dubai In person No tech background needed

Curiosity before credentials.

AI Underground is Dubai's hands-on AI community. Twice a month, curious professionals and the practitioners already building with AI meet in person to explore real use cases, ask honest questions and understand what actually works.

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2000+Members on Meetup
2×Sessions a month
30+Professions in the room
0Slides-for-slides'-sake
Tools we tried →
Claude, for long documents Notebook LM, for research n8n, for the repetitive stuff ChatGPT, everyday drafting Midjourney, campaign visuals Perplexity, faster answers
Our story

It started with one table.

A handful of professionals in Dubai, sitting around one table, comparing notes on the AI tools they were actually using. No agenda. No pitches. No posturing.

The table kept getting bigger: marketers, lawyers, recruiters, founders, students. The rule never changed. Bring a question, share what you know, leave with something to try.

Today AI Underground meets twice a month in Dubai, in person, because the most honest conversations about AI still happen face to face. Dubai first. More chapters when the room is ready.

AI Underground members at a recent session in Dubai
A recent session Dubai
How we show up

Not rules, the rhythm of the room

Four things every session runs on, whether it's your first visit or your fifteenth.

01

Curiosity first

Nobody checks credentials at the door. Asking the "basic" question out loud is the whole point of being in the room.

02

Honest over hype

We talk about what worked, what flopped, and what quietly got dropped. No demos polished for LinkedIn.

03

Every voice counts

Our most useful sessions come from marketing, law and HR, not just engineers. Half-formed ideas welcome.

04

Leave ready to try

Every session ends with something you can actually test at work the next morning. Talk is cheap; trying isn't.

A roundtable discussion at an AI Underground session
Open discussion
Why people come back

You don't need to be an AI expert to start.

You just need curiosity. No jargon, no gatekeeping, no judgement. And no unsolicited pitching.

  • Real use cases, honestly told. What's working, what quietly got dropped, and why.
  • Every profession welcome. The sharpest questions rarely come from the engineers.
  • Conversation-led, not lecture-led. Ask the question you'd never ask in front of your own team.
  • Leave ready to try. Something to test at work the next morning, every single time.
This session

How a session runs

One evening, three parts, zero fluff.

01 · First 15

Welcome & intros

Names, roles, and one thing you're curious about. First-timers set the tone; no question is too basic.

02 · The middle

The use case

A member walks through something they actually built or tried: the workflow, the tools, the honest results.

03 · Open floor

Open discussion

The room takes over. Push back, compare notes, swap tools. This is where the best questions surface.

The journey Curious → Trying things → Confident
Member voices

The honest version

Unpolished, useful, and said in the room.

"I stopped using it like a search engine."
R. · Recruitment
"I asked the question I'd never ask in front of my own team."
Member · First session
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Sessions

Come curious. Leave ready to try.

We meet twice a month. The exact date and venue are on the Luma event listing, and we share both in the community group.

AI Underground presents

AI After Hours: AIU
The AI tools we actually use. Bring yours.

Bring one AI tool that saved you time. Leave with five more.

Real use cases Practical AI Community Network
WhenTwice a month
Date & venueOn the Luma listing
FormatIn person · Dubai
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Who shows up

First prompt or production system, there's a seat for you

The curious professional

You keep hearing about AI and want the honest version: what it actually does for people in jobs like yours. Start here. No preparation needed.

The practitioner

You're already building with AI and want a room that asks sharp questions. Share a use case, pressure-test your workflow, find your people.

The founder or operator

You need to know what works before you spend on it. Hear real results from marketing, law, HR and ops, then decide for yourself.

Founding team

The people who host it

Three partners, three lanes: community, partnerships, and brand. All here because they wanted this room to exist.

Bilal Ibrahim, Founder of AI Underground

Bilal Ibrahim

Founder · Community Lead & Event Operations
Mo Hedayat, Co-Founder of AI Underground

Mo Hedayat

Co-Founder · Partnerships & Revenue
Feven Gebremeskel, Co-Founder of AI Underground

Feven Gebremeskel

Co-Founder · Brand, Communications & Membership
Before you ask

Questions first-timers actually ask

Do I need a technical background to join?

No. The room is full of marketers, lawyers, recruiters, founders and students, not just engineers. You just need curiosity. No jargon, no gatekeeping.

Do I need to pay to attend?

There's no ticket price. Just RSVP on Luma so we can save you a seat.

When and where do sessions happen?

Twice a month, in person, in Dubai. The exact date, time and venue are on each Luma event listing and shared in the WhatsApp community group.

Can I pitch my product or service?

No unsolicited pitching. That's a house rule. If something you're building is genuinely relevant to the night's topic, share it in the open discussion.

I'm new to AI and coming alone. Will I fit in?

Yes. Every session starts with introductions, first-timers set the tone, and no question is too basic. Most people arrive not knowing anyone.

How do I register for a session?

Every session lives on the AI Underground Luma calendar with one clear RSVP button. Join the WhatsApp group to hear about sessions, dates and venues first.

Join the community

Pull up a chair.

No forms, no applications, no jargon test. Two doors in, pick either or both.

The community

WhatsApp group

Where 880+ curious members hear about sessions first, and where each date and venue is shared before the event.

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The sessions

Luma calendar

Every session lives on Luma with one clear register button. Twice a month, in person in Dubai.

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