Build & Tell - Chicago (Claude Code Meetup)

Build & Tell is a small, curated roundtable for founders and operators who are actively building with AI and not watching from the sidelines. Six runs in; here's what typically happens: The format (we rotate): Go-around — everyone shares what they're working on, what broke, what surprised them Demo or deep dive — breakout into small groups of 2-3 people to share your actual setup: workflows, prompts, Claude projects, MCP configs, whatever's live Problem round — folks share with the group one AI problem they're stuck on. The group riffs. Some sessions lean more hands-on. Some have a theme. It depends who shows up. Who comes: A mix of operators figuring out AI for their business + a few more technical folks who push what's possible and show it in real time. The best conversations happen across that gap. You'll fit in if: You're actively building, automating, or integrating AI into how you work You're comfortable sharing unfinished things You're more indie hacker than hype machine You want to learn from other people's setups — mistakes included This isn't for you if: You're here to…