DC AI: four events Nov 5, Takeoff Nov 13 to 15

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This week

Monday November 2, 6:00 PM. DC Nightowls Open Coworking x AI Collective. DC Nightowls. Registration requires host approval.

Thursday November 5, 8:30 AM. AI for Nonprofits with Claude: Hands-On Workshop. Learning Journey AI.

Thursday November 5, 1:00 PM. Fed Supernova DC: Readiness Is a Frontline Imperative. STATION DC.

Thursday November 5, 5:30 PM. Design Stunning Websites Workshop. AI Discussion Club.

Thursday November 5, 6:00 PM. Civic Tech DC Project Night. Civic Tech DC.

Saturday November 7, 10:30 AM. Outdoor Discussion Walk: The Race to Superintelligence. AI Discussion Club.

Saturday November 7, 2:00 PM. DC Abundance x POPVOX Foundation: Lightning Talks. DC Abundance x POPVOX Foundation.

Next week

Monday November 9, 6:00 PM. Forensic Metascience for Policymakers: How AI Can Clean Up the Scientific Record. DC Industrial Policy Salon.

Wednesday November 11, 7:00 PM. Data Centers and Arlington: Regional Economic Engine vs Rising Local Burden. Advance Arlington.

Thursday November 12, 6:00 PM. Data Engineers D.C. Presents: DuckDB 2.0. DC Data & AI Events.

Thursday November 12, 6:00 PM. CDT Tech Prom 2026. Center for Democracy & Technology.

Thursday November 12, 6:00 PM. AI Founders Roundtable with The AI Collective DC x Avahi. The AI Collective DC.

Friday November 13 to Sunday November 15. Takeoff 2026. Sparrow Infrastructure. Invitation or application only.

New jobs

Senior Counsel, AI Product, OpenAI. Hybrid, 3 days in office. $330k–$366k.

AI Safety Lead, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute.

Program Manager, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Defense Contract Audit Agency. In person. $169,279–$197,200.

DC Summer Fellowship 2027, GovAI. In person. $24,500 stipend.

Head of Developer Experience, Code Metal. Remote.

Technical Writer & Instructional Designer, 10a Labs. Remote. $95k–$125k.

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