Lovely post, Baratunde! Thank you so much for spreading the inspiration... I just finished drafting a blog post on a project in Germany, that supported local democratic innovations in 10 municipalities around the country... while the topic was not AI, the format was local participatory innovation at the community level. Your project is a wonderful demonstration of how this can be combined with the very critical topic of our shared AI future!!! Congrats...
Beautiful recap, Baratunde — you captured the spirit of that day exactly.
As a follow-up to the Expo, AICV (AI Coachella Valley) has kept the momentum going with an ongoing series of Saturday Morning AI workshops at the Entrepreneurial Resource Center at CSUSB Palm Desert. Over 200 students, grads, and community members gave up their Saturdays this summer to learn, teach, and build together — proof that our valley is ready to shape its own AI future.
We’re now expanding that effort with monthly events in Palm Springs and Palm Desert, continued programs at the university, and collaborations across multiple AI & Tech festivals in 2026. Our mission is simple but ambitious:
-- "to help every student, business, and resident in the Coachella Valley become AI-fluent and ready for the opportunities this technology brings."
AI shouldn’t be something that happens to communities; it should be something communities build with intention. That’s what we’re doing here in the desert — together. See ya at the next one!
Lovely post, Baratunde! Thank you so much for spreading the inspiration... I just finished drafting a blog post on a project in Germany, that supported local democratic innovations in 10 municipalities around the country... while the topic was not AI, the format was local participatory innovation at the community level. Your project is a wonderful demonstration of how this can be combined with the very critical topic of our shared AI future!!! Congrats...
Beautiful recap, Baratunde — you captured the spirit of that day exactly.
As a follow-up to the Expo, AICV (AI Coachella Valley) has kept the momentum going with an ongoing series of Saturday Morning AI workshops at the Entrepreneurial Resource Center at CSUSB Palm Desert. Over 200 students, grads, and community members gave up their Saturdays this summer to learn, teach, and build together — proof that our valley is ready to shape its own AI future.
We’re now expanding that effort with monthly events in Palm Springs and Palm Desert, continued programs at the university, and collaborations across multiple AI & Tech festivals in 2026. Our mission is simple but ambitious:
-- "to help every student, business, and resident in the Coachella Valley become AI-fluent and ready for the opportunities this technology brings."
AI shouldn’t be something that happens to communities; it should be something communities build with intention. That’s what we’re doing here in the desert — together. See ya at the next one!
— Sat Singh
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