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Medellín Residents Master AI and Data Skills at Weekly Tech Meetups

Weekly gatherings and Colombia Tech Week 2026 offer residents practical exposure to AI, data and security topics that shape daily digital interactions.

By Medellín Tech Desk · Published July 24, 2026

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Colombia Tech Week 2026 will take place in Medellín from August 18-22, bringing founders, investors and tech leaders together for networking and strategic events. Residents can use these gatherings to learn directly about technologies that appear in the apps, services and online tools they rely on each day.

Weekly Networking at Punta Arena

The Medellín Tech Mixer and Social runs every Friday at 7:00 PM at Punta Arena in Laureles. The event focuses on AI, data and IT networking. Local residents who attend gain repeated opportunities to discuss practical applications of these topics, such as how data tools affect personal privacy choices or how AI features appear in everyday software.

Targeted Workshops on Security and AI

The Medellin IT & Information Security Group holds regular in-person meetups that include technical workshops and English-language talks, with its first event at CC El Punto de la Oriental. HackLab Medellín runs weekly presencial sessions on information security topics. These sessions let residents strengthen skills that apply to protecting personal accounts and devices used in daily routines. The Medellin AI Meetup, which has 615+ members, will hold an event on October 23, 2026 at Universidad EAFIT focused on building intelligent agents with Databricks. Participants can explore how such agents influence the automated services encountered in banking, transport and communication apps.

These meetups connect residents with current technical discussions without requiring travel outside the city. Regular attendance supports ongoing learning about tools that already affect local daily life, from secure online banking to AI-assisted recommendations in common platforms. Residents interested in taking part can review details on the event pages listed by the organising groups to find times and registration steps that fit their schedules.

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