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Events

Come find us.

We'll be around Kansas City this November, and we'd like to meet you in person. Here's where we'll be and how to come along.

Upcoming events

Platinum Sponsor

KC AI Expo 2026

An evening expo from the Kansas City AI Club, with around 30 exhibitors from KC's AI community.

When
(doors open at 4:00)

Add to calendar (.ics) for KC AI Expo 2026 Google Calendar: add KC AI Expo 2026 (opens in a new tab)

Where
The Mint
12345 W 95th St, Lenexa, KS
The former Bank of America building near 95th and I-35

Directions to The Mint (opens Google Maps)

Get tickets Come as our guest

How we're involved

Early is one of two Platinum sponsors of the Kansas City AI Club's November expo. Find us at our table and come talk about what you're building, or what you've been meaning to build.

Good to know

  • Tickets are on Eventbrite.
  • Look for Early at our exhibitor table.
  • We have a small number of guest passes for clients, partners and friends. If you'd like to come as our guest and join us in the VIP Lounge, get in touch.

Hosted by Kansas City AI Club

Co-host

GEW Happy Hour for Product Builders

A happy hour for people building products (founders, makers and the people who help them) during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov 16–22, 2026.

When

Add to calendar (.ics) for GEW Happy Hour for Product Builders Google Calendar: add GEW Happy Hour for Product Builders (opens in a new tab)

Where
Spark Coworking (Startland News HQ)
1475 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64106

Directions to Spark Coworking (Startland News HQ) (opens Google Maps)

How we're involved

We're co-hosting this happy hour with Startland News and Spark Coworking during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Early is a community underwriter of Startland News, which covers Kansas City's entrepreneurs and startups.

Good to know

  • Startups to Watch: during the happy hour, Startland's editorial team will hear open pitches for its annual Startups to Watch list. If you're building something, bring your pitch.
  • Register in advance through Startland.
  • You may have seen this listed as "918 Studio x Startland." That's us. 918 Studio is now Early.

Also that week

Pick up Startland's Fall 2026 print edition, out during Global Entrepreneurship Week at coffee shops, coworking spaces, universities and libraries around Kansas City, and look for Early at Startland's News-Stand at Union Station.

Hosted by Early, Startland News and Spark Coworking

Can't make it? Let's talk anyway.

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