--- title: "The story of the Global AI Community that spans every continent | DEM376" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-story-of-the-global-ai-community-that-spans-every-continent-dem376-jejdhbemy source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSEVf01iGvo type: video:youtube source: "Microsoft Developer" published: 2026-06-03T11:03:53.938Z updated: 2026-06-03T11:04:14.883Z tags: ["ai", "microsoft", "community", "ai-agents"] reading_time: 20 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The story of the Global AI Community that spans every continent | DEM376 **[Microsoft Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper)** · 20 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conference talk transcript from Microsoft Build where two Global AI Community leaders describe the organization's history, structure, and growth. Founded in 2017, the community now has over 200,000 members, ~200 local chapters across 70+ countries, and has hosted more than 4,600 events. The talk covers how chapters are organized (city-based, led by local volunteers), the three main event formats (Agent Camps for hands-on bootcamps, Agent Cons for larger conferences, and Global AI Nights for casual meetups), and three ways to get involved: joining a local chapter, attending an event, or starting a new chapter. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-story-of-the-global-ai-community-that-spans-every-continent-dem376-jejdhbemy)