BALTIMORE CREATORS · THE WEEKLY SIGNAL
Week of October 26
Monday, October 26, 2026. What's shipping, who's moving, what's worth your time.
First, our news: Builder Fridays has a date. The first one is Friday, Nov 20, and it runs the third Friday of every month after that. Details below.
This week, Thursday is the night to build: an open hack night at Baltimore Node, an AI use-case workshop on Harford Road, and a beginner AI agent demo at JHTV. Tuesday brings TEDCO's statewide expo with live pitches. The Techstars AI Health Baltimore deadline is Nov 18, and a housing hackathon in Arnold lands Friday, Nov 6. 15 items this week.
BUILDER FRIDAYS
The first Builder Friday is Friday, Nov 20, in Baltimore. Co-work from 10 to 3: bring your laptop and whatever you're building. From 3 to 5, a tight structured session: demos, live builds, what's working. No pitches. After that, it's the third Friday of every month. The room is invite-only to keep it serious, and the venue goes out with the invites. Get invited at baltimorecreators.com.
Build Together
Baltimore Node OpenHack Night @ Baltimore Node
Thursday, Oct 29, 7 to 9 PM, at 2106 N Lovegrove St. It runs every Thursday: bring a project, tinker, or talk through an idea. Cost isn't listed, see the Meetup page.
Human Checkpoint: An AI Use-Case Design Workshop @ The Cube Cowork
Thursday, Oct 29, 6 to 8 PM, at 4709 Harford Rd (doors 5:40). A two-hour hands-on workshop: you screen one real workflow for AI automation, define success metrics, and decide where a human reviews the work. Bring a workflow you actually run. Price: see event page.
From Curious to Confident: Putting AI to Work @ JHTV
Thursday, Oct 29, 4 to 6 PM, at 1812 Ashland Ave. A beginner-friendly session on using AI agents, with a live demo led by entrepreneur Chris White. Registration is required; price: see event page.
HART Tech Tuesdays @ Co_Lab Workspace
Tuesday, Oct 27, 6:30 PM, at 2209 Maryland Ave. A weekly in-person tech meetup with pair programming, tech talks, guided walkthroughs and live demos. Price: see event page.
Skillshare: How Accessible Is Your Website? @ Impact Hub Baltimore
Wednesday, Oct 28, 6 to 7:30 PM, at 10 E North Ave. You learn to test and improve a site's accessibility, and your own site gets evaluated in the session. Bring something you've shipped. Price: see event page.
Project Night @ Unallocated Space
Mondays, 7 to 10 PM, including tonight (Oct 26), at 1029 Benfield Blvd in Millersville. An open night to work on, collaborate on, or brainstorm projects; non-members can come see what people are building. Cost isn't listed, see the Meetup page.
Demos and Pitches
TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo 2026 @ Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
Tuesday, Oct 27, 8 AM to 7 PM, at 401 W. Pratt St. A conference-format day with workshops, roundtables, live pitches and an exhibitor showcase. Registration is required; price: see event page.
Funding and Programs
Techstars AI Health Baltimore: final application deadline @ Online
Applications close Wednesday, Nov 18. The accelerator invests $220,000 per company, starts March 8, 2027 in Baltimore, and ends with Demo Day on June 3, 2027. Apply on the Techstars site.
TEDCO Investment Open Forum @ Virtual (TEDCO)
Wednesday, Oct 28, 10 to 11 AM, on Zoom. A Q&A with TEDCO's investment team on how its funds work and how to apply. Register through the event page.
Ecosystem Signal
Baltimore Tech Week 2027: call for speakers @ Online
Baltimore Tech Week runs April 26 to 30, 2027, five evenings from 5:30 to 10 PM across several neighborhoods. Session submissions close Feb 1, with decisions by March 1. Formats are a 45 to 60 minute workshop or panel, or a 20 to 30 minute tech talk on something you built, learned, or are arguing for.
On the Horizon
Wednesdays, 3 to 4 PM (virtual, free): ELM Lab at Morgan State, with AI workshops, LLM news and breakout groups; email the contact on the page for the Zoom link. Next: Nov 4. 👉 events.morgan.edu
Thu, Nov 5, noon to 1 PM (virtual): GDG Baltimore Small Business AI Clinic, a short demo then a live build of a prompt or automation. 👉 GDG event page
Fri, Nov 6, noon to 6 PM: GDG Annapolis AI for Good Hackathon on housing, at the AACC CALT Building in Arnold. Panel, a Google AI Studio and Cloud Run workshop, then building. RSVP required, space limited. 👉 GDG event page
Tue, Nov 17, 5 to 8 PM: UpSurge fireside chat with Orioles VP Sig Mejdal on sports analytics, at Spark Flex, 621 E. Pratt St. Registration required. 👉 gbc.org
Thu, Nov 19, 8:30 AM to noon: StarTUp Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, AI for Founders, at Towson's StarTUp. 👉 towson.edu/startup
Fri, Nov 20, 10 AM to 5 PM: the first Builder Friday, in Baltimore. Co-work all day, builder session 3 to 5. Invite-only; venue shared with invitees. 👉 baltimorecreators.com/events
That's the week. Next Monday: November's first stretch, including that Friday hackathon, and more on Nov 20. If you run a build night we missed, reply and tell us.