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The AI April Showcase && Award Ceremony was a HUGE success! I need a few days to process the entire month, but today I just want to show a few highlights from a wildly unforgettable showcase. We had 12 projects being showcased, over 100 attendees, 5 awards given, 7 raffle prizes handed out and one completely wiped-out nacho bar. ❤️ Congratulations to the award winners! Best in Show: @zacjordanbrown People's Choice: Jose Martinez Best Solo Hack: @vincent.oliver Committee Member Of The Year: Andrea Tapia Member Excellence Award: Brett Sammis Thank you all for an amazing event!

Parking info for the AI April Showcase! Join us on Saturday to support the amazing talent San Antonio has to offer. Bring your friends! Details: ⏰ When: Saturday, May 2nd, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM 📍Where: The Radius Center, 106 Auditorium Circle, #120 San Antonio, TX 78205 🚗 Parking: FREE Parking courtesy of Geeks&& at 415 E Martin Street (Note: Some GPS/maps may list this as 455 E Martin). This is the ONLY free lot for the event. First come, first served. Paid overflow parking is available at the St. Mark's Hospitality Parking lot at 403 E. Pecan St. 🍽️ Food: Nacho bar and soft drinks 🤖 Demos: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Science fair style demos! Support our local builders!) 🏆 Keynote & Award Ceremony: 6:00 PM

San Antonio’s innovation community came together yesterday for Tech Day. Rain or shine, San Antonio showed up in full force! Our theme, “Made in San Antonio / Hecho en San Antonio,” was about recognizing the founders, builders, intrapreneurs, investors, students, professors, and leaders helping shape the future of our city. We had a packed room, meaningful conversations, and strong energy throughout the day. Across startups, capital, aerospace, bioscience, big enterprise, and AI, one thing was clear: San Antonio’s momentum is real. It was also exciting to see organizations like @bexarecd @techbloc , @velocitytx , @geekdomsa , @port_san_antonio , and the @greatersachamber @devsatx @vemos.vamos come together to help push the momentum forward and continue building a stronger innovation ecosystem, one that breaks down silos and builds bridges. Thank you to everyone who joined us, volunteered, supported the event, and helped make Tech Day such a success. Big shoutout to 434 Media for producing this event! The future of San Antonio’s innovation economy is not something we wait for, it’s something we build together.

Just wanted to share the polaroids from the party Friday! 📸 by @thecloudmachine More photos coming... #AiApril

events like AI April kickoff are a good reminder that strong tech ecosystems are built as much on culture as they are on code. a lot of good energy in the room friday. @alamotechcollective hosted, @geeksanddrinkssanantonio helped create the atmosphere, and @devsatx helps people find their way to it in the first place. that connective layer matters. it’s how the city stays discoverable, collaborative, and alive. #AIApril #SanAntonioTech #CommunityTech #SATech #TechCulture

🎭 Everyone sees the final product. Few understand the process. "Lifting The Veil": What It Takes to Create is an intimate conversation revealing what it really takes to build culture in San Antonio. The sacrifice. The setbacks. The resilience. The growth. Featuring voices shaping the city: Jade Paris | Sixth Seat Brittany Brass | Urban Run Club Saige Thomas | Texas Fashion Week Alannah Tiller | aLILscribble Jesse Hernandez | DEVSA DaVaeon Smith | Young Black San Antonio This is where the real stories get told. 📍 300 Main | April 11 | 6:30PM Be in the room. 🎟️ thecreativefutures.com Big. Real. Future. #thecreativefutures #satx #creatives #culture #storytelling

I walked into an AI build session not knowing Anthropic, @claudeai , Lovable or GitHub. Two hours later… my entire website architecture was built. ⬇️ At the @suitcasecoder x SheBuilds Lovable event for International Women’s Day — sponsored by Anthropic and Stripe — the @devsatx community gathered to learn how to build with AI and ship something real in a single day. Thank you to @berrytobean Coffee House for the late-night addition of a projector and screen — a great setup for intimate trainings and workshops. I arrived unfamiliar with the tools. But coding itself isn’t new to me — I first learned to code in elementary school at @trinityu . By the end of the session I had built my website architecture, generated clean code, and pushed it to @github . But the real work happened before the prompt. For months I’ve been developing my $10M Personal Brand Architecture, and during the session I used ChatGPT to generate 20 strategic deliverables that translated strategy into a working platform system. In other words, I wasn’t prompting a website — I was architecting the foundation of a media platform. Then I distilled everything into one Lovable instruction: “build using clean semantic HTML and CSS with minimal JavaScript” so the layout can transfer easily into @wordpress using @elementor That constraint, plus an AI-optimized @lovable.dev prompt, produced clean, portable code. Powered by a matcha latte — and look what I created: Full platform architecture designed and deployed. Working site. Code saved to GitHub. #thefabkara #internationalwomensday #womenintech #womenfounders #aiforbusiness

This week’s Takeaway Thursday brings us back to a line from Rachel Davis that’s aged well: “The story behind what you build is just as important as the build itself.” We first explored this idea in a hands-on LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® workshop, where every model came with context, intention, and meaning. Since then, the pace has accelerated. The projects are more public. The pressure is higher. The outputs are cleaner. For us at 434 Media, the difference between good work and game-changing work is clarity of intention. We design, produce, and amplify content that communicates, connects, and compels. Question: If someone asked why your current project exists, could you answer without showing them the final product? 434media.com

Yesterday’s San Antonio Startup Day with @launchsatx was a huge success. We saw so much entrepreneurial spirit in the room, made meaningful new connections, and welcomed many new faces into the ecosystem. From insightful conversations to genuine networking, the energy throughout the day was exactly what San Antonio’s startup community is all about. We’re already excited to host our next Startup Day very soon, stay tuned for what’s coming next.

Hi Geeks! We’re launching a new monthly activation: Tech Tuesdays! On the 3rd Tuesday of every month, we’ll take over Geekdom’s 7th floor from 9:00a – 4:00p. It's just one floor up from our neighbor @devsatx You’re invited to drop in for the grind, the code, or the coffee — and stick around for the occasional evening workshop. January Breakdown: - 9a - 4p: Open Co-Working: Body Doubling, demos, snacks AND COFFEE - 12p - 12:30p: How to Grow Your Engineers Without Burning Them Out -- by Kedron Abbott - 4 to 4:30: CTRL + ALT + Drink: Beers and sodas to help wrap up the day - After: Self-Organized Hangout What to Expect Each Month: Co-working + Body Doubling (9a to 4p): Bring your laptop, your to-do list, and any side projects you want to get feedback on! Work solo or alongside other Geeks who are building, shipping, and learning. Workshops (12p or 5p): Throughout the year, we’ll host short workshops on relevant tech, career, and builder topics. Details will be announced monthly. Self-Organized Lunch or Happy Hour (Optional): Want to grab lunch or drinks? Make it happen. We encourage everyone to invite others in and keep things inclusive. Logistics: Where: Geekdom, 7th Floor When: 3rd Tuesday of each month | 9 AM–4 PM Parking: $5 flat rate at the Central Library garage (about a 3-block walk) Cost: Free Snacks: We’ll bring some! Demos: Feel free to bring any projects to casually demo or reach out if you would like to do a presentation. Come for the focus. Stay for the people. Leave with momentum.

TONIGHT is the GGS January Social Hour!! 👾 We're partnering with @devsatx to start your 2026 year off strong by building strong connections with devs! When: Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month! 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Where: __**3rd Floor Geekdom - Collaboration Cafe**__ Address: Geekdom, 110 E Houston St 3rd floor, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA Where do I park?? - Street Parking is FREE on Tuesdays downtown! And City Tower Parking (Address: 60 N Flores St, San Antonio, TX 78205) is FREE too and right next to the Rand Building that Geekdom is in! ➡️ RSVP: /zw74q2gs #GGS #gaming #gamedev #SanAntonio #meetup

but do u awaken the best in people?? I can already tell 2026 is gonna be 👩🏻‍🍳 💋 enjoy my favorites folder lately and yk what get an insight on what my Notes app looks like 💀👇🏼 YOU get to decide who you are, how you show up and what rooms you’re in. If you want to be “successful”, you can’t just wait for it to happen, you have to take action. And you have to take so much action and if you’re lazy and don’t want to do all that well then u at least have to make very intentional action lol Your final test is in the 3D world Who do u want to work along side? not FOR but alongside? dOnt forget that ur just “renting eyeballs” on social media u can lose it all in an instant, what are you TRULY building??