# AI Engineer Omaha > A monthly, in-person meetup for people who build with foundation models in production. The Omaha chapter of the AI Engineer community. AI Engineer Omaha is the Omaha chapter of the AI Engineer community (https://www.ai.engineer/). The meetup is monthly and in person, in Omaha, Nebraska. Talks are by people who build with foundation models in production. Anyone can read the site. A member signs in with a magic link, GitHub, or Google to RSVP, propose a talk, and manage a profile. Organizers run events, check-in, and the newsletter. Times on the site are Central Time. Questions go to brad.risse@devobsessed.com. Conduct reports go to brad.risse@devobsessed.com. Chat is on Discord: https://discord.gg/xJJMRaWCRt. ## Pages - [Home](https://omahaai.engineer/): The next meetup, what the chapter is, and the newsletter sign-up. - [Events](https://omahaai.engineer/events): Every upcoming and past meetup. - [Speak](https://omahaai.engineer/speak): Propose a talk: what we look for and how to submit. - [Speaker guidelines](https://omahaai.engineer/speak/guidelines): Format, length, slides, and what a speaker agrees to. - [Sponsor](https://omahaai.engineer/sponsor): What a sponsor gets and how to reach the organizers. - [Members](https://omahaai.engineer/members): The opt-in directory of members, speakers, and organizers. - [Code of conduct](https://omahaai.engineer/conduct): Rules for every meetup and channel, and how to report a problem. - [Privacy](https://omahaai.engineer/privacy): What the site stores about a member, and how to download or delete it. - [Terms](https://omahaai.engineer/terms): Terms of use. ## Upcoming meetups - None announced yet. The RSS feed and the calendar feed carry the next one when it is published. ## Feeds and files - [RSS feed](https://omahaai.engineer/feed.xml): Every published meetup, newest first. RSS 2.0. - [Calendar feed](https://omahaai.engineer/api/events.ics): Every published meetup as an iCalendar file. Subscribe in any calendar app. - [Sitemap](https://omahaai.engineer/sitemap.xml): Every public URL. - [llms-full.txt](https://omahaai.engineer/llms-full.txt): This file plus the complete text of every public page, event, and member page. ## MCP servers The site is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. An AI client such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop connects over HTTP, signs the person in with OAuth, and calls tools for them. No API key: the client discovers the authorization server from the resource metadata and asks the person to approve the connection. - https://omahaai.engineer/api/mcp/member: Act as you on this site: events, RSVPs, your profile, proposals, and feedback. Scope: `member`. Resource metadata: https://omahaai.engineer/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/mcp/member - https://omahaai.engineer/api/mcp/organizer: Run the chapter as you: events, RSVPs, proposals, members, sponsors, venues, and the newsletter. Scope: `organizer`. Resource metadata: https://omahaai.engineer/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/mcp/organizer - Authorization server metadata: https://omahaai.engineer/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server - Connect Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http aie-member https://omahaai.engineer/api/mcp/member`. The browser opens for sign-in and consent. - The organizer server needs the organizer role. A member who connects to it is refused. - Tools that reach other people, such as reminders and the newsletter, return a preview first and change nothing until the call repeats with confirmation. ## Member directory 1 members chose a public listing. Each page shows the name, role, company, headline, links the member added, and talks given here. - Listed at https://omahaai.engineer/members. Every public member page is in the sitemap and in llms-full.txt. ## What each page says The opening of every public page. The complete text is in llms-full.txt. ### Home (https://omahaai.engineer/) Omaha chapter · Monthly meetup #### Where Omaha’s AI Engineers show what they shipped. A monthly, in‑person meetup for people who build with foundation models in production. Two or three talks, real code, real war stories, then food and conversation. Part of the global AI Engineer (https://www.ai.engineer/) community. Propose a talk Second Thursday, monthly 6:00–8:00 PM CT DevObsessed, Omaha Free to attend Next meetup The next meetup is not scheduled yet. Subscribe below to hear first. What to expect ##### Production talks. No pitch decks. Talks ###### Two or three 20‑minute talks Agents, evals, retrieval, coding tools, cost, latency. Speakers show code and tell what broke. Builders … ### Events (https://omahaai.engineer/events) Events #### Monthly meetups, second Thursday. Every meetup is free. RSVP so the venue and the food match the headcount. Recordings post within two weeks. Upcoming 2026 · Season 1 Subscribe to calendar No upcoming meetups are published yet. Past No past meetups yet. The chapter starts in October 2026. Recordings and slides from each meetup will appear here. ### Speak (https://omahaai.engineer/speak) Speak #### Propose a talk. Twenty minutes. Show the thing you built, what it cost, what broke, and what you would do again. First-time speakers are welcome and get a prep call with an organizer. What we look for - Production, not demo. Something real people use, or a serious attempt that failed. - Code on screen. Prompts, evals, traces, architecture. Not a vendor pitch. - One clear takeaway. Something the room can try on Monday. Topics people ask for Agents Evals Retrieval Coding agents MCP Voice Cost & latency Observability Fine-tuning Security ### Speaker guidelines (https://omahaai.engineer/speak/guidelines) ← Speak Speaker guidelines #### What a good talk looks like here. Length. A standard talk is 20 minutes plus 5 minutes of questions. A lightning talk is 10 minutes. A demo is 5 minutes. The host keeps time. Show real work. Something in production, or a serious attempt that failed. Say what it cost, what broke, and what you would do again. Code on screen. Prompts, evals, traces, architecture diagrams. Font size 18 or larger. Dark theme reads best in the room. No pitches. You can name your company and your product. A talk that exists to sell is declined. One takeaway. End with the one thing the room can try on Monday. … ### Sponsor (https://omahaai.engineer/sponsor) Sponsor #### Put your company in front of Omaha’s AI builders. Sponsorship covers food, venue, and recording. Sponsors get a two-minute intro, a logo on the site and the recording, and time with the room. No sales talks from the stage. Food $600 per meetup · pizza, drinks, dietary options Logo on the event page, thanks from the stage, table for swag. Venue In kind room for 60–100, AV, monthly Named as venue partner on every page and recording. Hiring shout-out each month. Season $3,000 six meetups · recording and captions Everything above, plus a logo on every YouTube recording and the newsletter. Email the organizers Prices are placeholders until the organizers confirm them. ### Members (https://omahaai.engineer/members) Members #### Who builds with AI in Omaha. Members who chose to be listed. Find the people who work on what you work on, and say hello at the next meetup. Some members show only to signed-in members. Sign in to see them all. All · 1 Speakers · 0 Organizers · 1 Members · 0 1 member Brad Risse VP AI Engineering · DevObsessed Organizer linkedin.com (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradrisse/) ### Code of conduct (https://omahaai.engineer/conduct) Code of conduct #### Everyone leaves better than they came. AI Engineer Omaha follows the AI Engineer code of conduct (https://www.ai.engineer/conduct) . This page is a short local version. It applies to every meetup, online space, and message sent as part of the community. ###### We expect - Respect and professionalism toward every person. - Inclusive language. - Respect for personal and physical boundaries. - Cooperation with organizers and venue staff. ###### We do not accept - Harassment of any kind: verbal, visual, physical, or sexual. - Discriminatory remarks or slurs. - Bullying, threats, or personal attacks. - Recording or photographing a person who has said no. … ### Privacy (https://omahaai.engineer/privacy) Privacy #### What we keep, and why. What we collect. Your name and email when you RSVP, propose a talk, or subscribe. Dietary needs if you give them. Company and role if you add them to your profile. Whether you bring a guest; we never ask for the guest's name. Feedback you give after a meetup. Why. To hold your seat, order the right food, email you about the meetup you signed up for, and review talk proposals. The newsletter goes only to people who opted in. … ### Terms (https://omahaai.engineer/terms) Terms #### Short and plain. Free events run by volunteers. AI Engineer Omaha is an independent community chapter. Meetups are free. We may cancel or move a meetup; RSVPs get an email when that happens. Seats. An RSVP holds one seat. If you cannot come, cancel so the next person on the waitlist gets it. Repeated no-shows may lose RSVP priority. Conduct. Attendance means you agree to the code of conduct . Talks. Speakers keep the rights to their material and give the chapter permission to record and publish the talk unless they opt out before it starts. Liability. You attend at your own risk. The organizers and the venue are not liable for loss or injury beyond what the law requires. … Generated 2026-09-06T04:09:18.648Z from https://omahaai.engineer. Cached for 15 minutes.