Auckland | Claude Meetup

Claude Auckland Meetup, September 🗓 Wednesday 30 September 2026 · Doors 5:00pm, talks 5:45pm Our September meetup brings together the people shaping how AI is actually used in Aotearoa, from cloud infrastructure to the boardroom to the lecture theatre, as well as the builders quietly shipping things on nights and weekends. Come for the talks, stay for the kōrero. Free, open to everyone, no AI experience required. Drinks and food included. Speakers Matthew Haigh, Head of AI, AWS New Zealand A view from the infrastructure layer: what AWS is seeing across NZ organisations transitioning from AI experiments to production, and where the true bottlenecks lie. Paul Pritchard, Group CEO, Overdose The operator's perspective. Paul leads one of the region's largest digital commerce groups and will share what changes when AI ceases to be a side project and begins reshaping how an agency delivers. Adam Holt, Anthropic Community Ambassador A 10 minute lightning talk on live artifacts: building interactive, shareable things with Claude in real time. Expect a live demo. Show & Tell Two community members sharing what they've created: Claire Byrne on building Opspot, a discovery platform for op shops across NZ and Australia that shows what's available in-store right now. From idea to launch. Klaus Bravenboer on something more personal: how Claude assisted him through a genuinely challenging period in his life. A different kind of AI story, and one worth hearing. Open Q&A, 20 minutes We're concluding with a proper open floor. All of our speakers on stage, your questions driving it: strategy, tools, policy, hiring, what's actually working and what isn't. No pre-vetted questions, no script. Come with something you've been wanting to ask. Running order 5:00pm  Doors, refreshments and networking 5:45pm  Welcome 5:50pm  Matthew Haigh, AWS New Zealand 6:10pm  Paul Pritchard, Overdose 6:40pm  Adam Holt, lightning talk on live artifacts 6:50pm  Show & Tell: Claire Byrne, Opspot 7:00pm  Show & Tell: Klaus Brave 7:10pm  Open Q&A with all speakers 7:30pm  Wrap and networking