Are you ready to navigate the AI-driven job market? 👀

Join us for “Graduating into the AI World”, a panel by early career women exploring how AI is changing careers, hiring expectations and the important skills needed across both tech and non-tech industries.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

🎤 GOH Sharing & Panel Discussion
💼 Real-world Insights on Job Hunting & Interviews
🤖 Optimising AI for Your Career & Job Search
🧠 Key Skills to Develop
💬 Audience Q&A
🤝 Informal Networking

Hear first-hand experiences from young professionals who have navigated internships and job hunting in the AI world, from startups and MNCs.

🗓️ Date: Monday, 24 August 2026
🕐 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Location: SMU Jay and Marilyn NG Greenhouse

Organised by Women in Tech Singapore, Protege Ventures, SMUIIE, SMUAI and SMUWiT.

Sign up HERE by Sunday, 23 August 2026 and take the first step towards preparing for your career in an AI-driven world!

[SMUAI x Alibaba Cloud: Mulerun Workshop — EVENT UPDATE]

🚨 UPDATE: WE’RE AT 150 SIGN-UPS!

The event is capped at just 200 attendees, so if you haven’t secured your spot yet, now’s the time 👀

🏆 $1,000 PRIZE POOL
Reserved for students with a valid .edu email address!

🍗 WINGSTOP DINNER FOR EVERYONE

🤖 Mulerun Workshop & Ideathon
Learn, build, and get hands-on with Mulerun — no coding setup or downloads needed.

📅 21 Aug, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
📍 SMU Yong Pung How School of Law

🎟️ Only 50 spots left. Secure your spot now:
https://luma.com/8s2fw6oj

150/200 spots gone. Don’t say we didn’t warn you 👀

Happening Tomorrow 📣

Figuring out the AI-driven job market as a uni student/fresh grad?

You’re not imagining it: AI is reshaping careers, hiring, and the skills that matter.

Join “Graduating into the AI World” 🌍✨, a panel by recent grads across tech and non‑tech roles revealing their tips and tricks for job hunting and skill development:

🔹 Crystal Lui - Cybersecurity Software Engineer, J.P. Morgan
🔹 Poornima Valsan - NFR Transformation Analyst, HSBC
🔹 Cordillia Tan - Co-Founder & GTM, PetaniAI
🔹 Subodhini Vignesh - Engagement, Women in Tech SG

📅 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 | ⏰ 6–8 PM | 📍 SMU Jay and Marilyn NG Greenhouse

🔗 smu.sg/gradintoAIsignup

Open to all genders.

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝘁 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁. 🎓✨

Heading into the new semester, having the right study toolkit can completely transform how you learn, research, and stay organized.

Google just announced a dedicated 12-month student plan to give students access to its most advanced AI tools for free:

🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱:
 • 𝟭𝟮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲: Free access to Google AI Pro (US) or Google AI Plus (internationally in 140+ countries).
 • 📚 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗯 & 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: Upload your syllabus and lecture notes to automatically generate personalized lesson plans, practice quizzes, and sync exam deadlines directly to Google Calendar.
 • 🧬 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝟯𝗗 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻s: Explore complex STEM concepts through interactive, rotatable 3D simulations.
 • 🎙 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 + 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: Run in-depth, multi-step research reports in the background and talk through complex problem sets hands-free.
 • 💾 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 & 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Extra cloud storage and seamless AI integration across Gmail and Google Docs.

👉 Claim the student offer here: https://one.google.com/ai-student
📖 Read the full announcement: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/student-offer-google-ai/

🚨 LAST CALL 🚨

⚠️ $2,616 Course for $80?
Master Python & Data Analytics with AI100! 🐍📊

SMUAI x Heicoders Academy is bringing back our highly requested 8-week course! Whether you're starting from scratch, prepping for IS1704 & DSA312, or padding your resume, this is for you.

🔥 Why Join?
• Subsidised: $80 for Members / $100 for Non-Members (U.P. $2,616).
• Cert: Industry-recognised for your LinkedIn. 📜

📍 YPHSOL
⏰ Wednesdays, 6:55–10 PM
🗓 8 Weeks (Starts 26 Aug)

👉 Register Interest: https://forms.gle/VY8KAxvjjpgST92w7
(Interest-only form; slots filled strictly via FCFS timestamp. We’ll email selected participants.)

💡 Membership Hack: Join SMUAI for $15 to pay just $95 total ($80 course + $15 membership) & unlock life perks!
Sign Up Here!

💬 Qns?
Contact Eric (@stjernestv)

🚀 Build AI Agents for Production

Building an agent is easy. Making it reliable, scalable and cost-effective is the real challenge. ⚙️

Join Bitdeer AI and The AI Capitol for a hands-on workshop to build, deploy and stress-test an agentic AI workload on real cloud and GPU infrastructure—and leave with a working deployment. 💻

Learn how to:

- 🧠 Build agents with tools, state and memory.
- 🌐 Deploy a live AI endpoint.
- ⚡ Choose compute based on cost and performance.
- 📈 Scale agents under load.
- 🔍 Improve reliability through monitoring and testing.
- 🚀 Move from prototype to production.

Basic Python and API knowledge is sufficient. Bring a laptop; platform access and compute credits will be provided. 🎓

Open to developers, students, founders, engineers and aspiring AI practitioners. 🤖

🕕 6:00–9:00 PM | Workshop, networking and Q&A

🔥 50 slots left—register now!
🔗 https://luma.com/6wcmwhqz

🎯 SMUAI MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Not a member yet? Sign up here:
🔗 https://forms.gle/7UeUbNhu4fPJqCbs9

Already a member? Sign up for the event here:
https://luma.com/l9fii5n5

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

📅 Date: Friday, 4 September 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
📍 Venue: SMU YHPSL SR B1-1

Earn the official Claude 101 certificate from Anthropic — add to LinkedIn the same night!

Beginner-friendly — no coding or AI experience needed.

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🎁 You'll leave with:

Official Claude 101 certificate

Working AI workflow

Clear answer to "what do I do with AI?"

📋 Agenda:
6:30pm — Registration
6:45pm — Welcome (SMUAI)
7:00pm — Claude 101 Intro
7:10pm — Hands-on Build
8:15pm — Quiz & Certificate
8:30pm — CCA-F Exam Details
8:40pm — Q&A + Networking

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💰 NO PAID ACCOUNT NEEDED

Download Claude Desktop:
→ https://claude.ai/download

📢 SMUAI: https://t.me/smu_ai
💬 ClaudeSG: https://t.me/claudesgx

☁️ SMUAI × Tencent Cloud — Exclusive Buddy Program

Hey SMUAI fam! 👀

We’re soft-launching the Tencent Cloud Global Buddy Program exclusively with our community for now 🤫

If you’ve joined a Tencent Cloud hackathon before and enjoyed using their tools, this is a chance to get more involved with Tencent Cloud, build cool things, and connect with builders, developers and AI enthusiasts globally.

What you get:
• Early access to unreleased Tencent Cloud products
• Free quotas & tokens to build real projects
• Official amplification of your work by Tencent Cloud
• Priority seats at selected hackathons & offline events
• Networking opportunities with Tencent Cloud and other builders
• Potential career opportunities and closer engagement with the Tencent Cloud team

What you can do:
→ Share your build stories
→ Write hands-on tutorials
→ Give honest product reviews
→ Join hackathons or potentially be a judge
→ Co-create with the Tencent Cloud community

No follower count requirement, they care about what you build, not vanity metrics.

Who should apply?
• Joined a Tencent Cloud hackathon with us
• Tried Tencent Cloud tools and liked them
• Interested in AI, agents, cloud or developer tools
• Want to grow your portfolio and network
• Curious about future opportunities with Tencent Cloud

The program is mainly focused on WorkBuddy, Miora & EdgeOne for now.

Apply → Review → Join the community → Co-create

👉 Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ESPtYvQN0rgTdgfiy0QPKG3tBusPI3xw-zV1C5l8dWY/viewform?edit_requested=true

This is an SMUAI-first soft launch, so if you’re interested, feel free to apply! 🚀

P.S. 🤫 Keep this within the community for now — we’re soft-launching this with you guys first.

Brought to you by our partner StartIT

Happening this Wednesday: #1 DeepTech Fireside Chat! 🚀

Join us for an evening of insights into DeepTech, robotics, automation and entrepreneurship as we hear directly from leaders building technology that is deployed globally.

🎤 Meet our speakers

Dylan Ng — Co-Founder & CEO, LionsBot
Sunardi Tay — CTO, LionsBot

👀 Plus, a mystery speaker!
One more exciting speaker will be joining us, stay tuned for the reveal soon.

Hear firsthand about building a DeepTech company, developing autonomous robots, scaling globally, and the lessons learnt along the way 🤖

📅 2 September, 4–6 PM
📍 NUS COM4 SR32

🙌 Open to NUS students and members of the public!

⚡Spots are limited. Sign up here!

🔗 Follow our socials to stay updated.

🎤 Ready to build with real AI voice tech, not just talk about it?
Join SMUAI x Inworld AI for a hands-on Voice Builder Night with Brian Cox, Senior Director of Forward Deploying Engineering at Inworld AI, and go from watching to shipping in two hours.

✨ Realtime voice AI — sub-200ms text-to-speech & instant voice cloning
🎯 Build a working voice project yourself, with free Inworld credits
💼 Live demos, small group builds, and prizes for standout projects
No AI experience needed, just bring a laptop and leave with something that talks. 🏆

📅 9 September 2026 | 6–8 PM
📍 SMU Yong Pung How School of Law Seminar Room B1-01
🎟 Free · Limited spots

👉 https://luma.com/dajkp34q
Questions? Reach out to @chaneldebleu on Telegram.
See you there! 🤩

🚨 HAPPENING TODAY — Singapore HUG x CNCG Meetup @ SMU!

🤖 Interested in AI + Cloud Native?
🍕 FREE FOOD
☁️ Meet people from the tech & cloud-native community

📅 Today, 2 Sep (Wed)
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
📍 SMU, 55 Armenian St

Hear from speakers from Learnkube, HashiCorp & Red Hat on:
🔹 AI’s impact on Platform Engineering
🔹 MCP going stateless & Cloud Native
🔹 Kubernetes, infrastructure & more

🎟️ Free entry — approval required

👉 Register: https://luma.com/hb71nin1

Come for the food, stay for the tech 😎🚀

🚀 LightVela Meetup starts today!

⏰ 4:00–6:00 PM (Singapore Time, GMT+8)
💻 VooV Meeting
🔢 Meeting ID: 965 453 687
🔗 Join here: https://voovmeeting.com/dm/UFSXCCcyt7Un
Please join 10 minutes early and rename yourself as:
Name/Nickname + University

Before the workshop:
✅ Install the VooV Meeting desktop app
✅ Register at https://lightvela.ai/
✅ Have your LightVela User ID ready

See you online! 👋

[HAPPENING TOMORROW !!!]

🎤 Ready to build with real AI voice tech, not just talk about it?
Join SMUAI x Inworld AI for a hands-on Voice Builder Night with Brian Cox, Senior Director of Forward Deploying Engineering at Inworld AI, and go from watching to shipping in two hours.

✨ Realtime voice AI — sub-200ms text-to-speech & instant voice cloning
🎯 Build a working voice project yourself, with free Inworld credits
💼 Live demos, small group builds, and prizes for standout projects
No AI experience needed, just bring a laptop and leave with something that talks. 🏆

📅 9 September 2026 | 6–8 PM
📍 SMU Yong Pung How School of Law Seminar Room B1-01
🎟 Free · Limited spots

👉 https://luma.com/dajkp34q

Questions? Reach out to @chaneldebleu on Telegram.
See you there! 🤩