Windsurf Open Build powered by The AI Collective Cape Town

Windsurf Open Build powered by The AI Collective Cape Town

We're bringing Windsurf to Cape Town – the AI-native coding tool that's rethinking what it means to code in flow. This is about building together, learning from each other, and pushing what's possible when you mix great tools with even better people.

This is the first time The AI Collective Cape Town and Windsurf are teaming up locally, and we're doing it properly. Real conversations, hands-on building (please bring your laptops!), and the kind of energy that makes you want to stick around (plus there will be free swag and snacks!). Bring your colleagues, friends and laptops for an evening of open building with AI Collective and Windsurf!

Please ensure to bring your laptop and have Windsurf downloaded ahead of the event -> https://windsurf.com/

What You're Getting

• Free Windsurf Pro access plus a ton of free tokens to experiment with. You'll leave with the tools to keep building.
• Tech support essentials so you can build with confidence
• Proper hands-on time to actually create something, not just watch demos
• Lightning rounds from our advocates showing what they've built
• Complimentary snacks and drinks
• Springboard prompts, we'll give you starter ideas and challenges to get you playing around with Windsurf straight away

Whether you've never used Windsurf before or you're already deep in it, this is your chance to level up and maybe ship something you didn't think you'd finish tonight.

Parking

Pay-per-hour parking is available:

Outside the AWS Skills Center

Behind at the Capetonian Hotel

In front of the Onyx

CTICC (Cape Town Convention Centre)

Agenda

6:15p ~ Settle In

Doors open. Grab a drink, scope out the space, meet the people you'll be building with.

7:00p ~ Intros & Context

7:35p ~ Open Build Session

This is the main event. Use the springboard prompts we'll give you, form teams, or go solo. Just start building. We're here if you get stuck.

8:30p ~ Show & Tell from the Advocates

Four quick demos (5 mins each) from people who've been where you are and built something worth sharing.

9:00p ~ The Collective: How to Stay Plugged In

How to get more involved, what's coming up, and how to tap into the community properly.

9:30p ~ Closing

Who This Is For

• Developers who want to build, not just talk about building
• Tech teams who are wanting to try out new tools
• Founders testing new tools and looking for edge
• Engineers who are curious about what AI-native actually means

If you show up ready to try things, ask questions, and connect with people building real things – you'll fit right in!

Disclaimer

The AI Collective is a global non-profit community uniting 70,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI’s future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing.

All attendees and organisers at AI Collective-affiliated events are subject to the AI Collective's Code of Conduct.