Doing Things AI
Five builders working on laptops around a long wooden table in a brick-walled Chennai café at night

For people who actually build with AI.

A closed-door builders’ night in Chennai. Come with an idea, leave with something real.

Build & Blend

Date
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Time
7–10 PM
Venue
Time Café, Nungambakkam
Entry
Usually ₹250, snacks included
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Shipped in the room.

  1. scene_044

    Prototyped in the room. Launched publicly.

    Women Who Build #1Hemapriya Ulaganathan & G Akshaya Sri

  2. AI Outreach Manager

    Built in one session. Improved at the next.

    Build & BlendElanchezhiyan Ragavan

  3. Parent to-do app

    Built with Claude in one edition, with baby sleep tracking.

    Edition 11Sivanesan

  4. ₹4,300

    Earned by participants in a single session.

    Women Who Build #1

Builders around a boardroom table, one presenting from a laptop

3 hours. Open laptops. Build. Good people.

  • People at a white table with laptops in a small meeting room
  • A host standing with arms folded watching builders work under fairy lights
  • A packed room of builders posing for a group selfie beside a Build & Blend welcome poster
  • A group of around twenty women standing together in an office decorated with blue balloons

Past nights.

All on Luma

  • Build & Blend 16

    7 Oct 2026

    The Love Hope Company, Adyar

  • Build & Blend 15

    30 Sep 2026

    Madras Adda, Mylapore

  • Build & Blend 14

    23 Sep 2026

    The Love Hope Company, Adyar

  • AgentCraftPartner

    19 Sep 2026

    House of Cyces, Chennai

  • Women Who Build #1

    14 Sep 2026

  • Build & Blend 13

    Sep 2026

  • Build & Blend 12

    6 Sep 2026

    Time Café, Nungambakkam

  • Build & Blend 11

    2026

  • Build & Blend 1

    8 Jul 2026

    Third Wave Coffee, Adyar

Run by builders.

  • Chandrasekar Jayapalan smiling outdoors in a white blazer and glasses

    Chandrasekar Jayapalan

    Founder

  • Shankar K in a green linen shirt in front of a bookshelf

    Shankar K

    Co-host, Build & Blend

Questions.

Pull up a chair. Bring a laptop.