Builders & Brews: Tokyo AI Meetup

A build day with Nebius and Tavily — open-source AI workshops, office hours and hands-on building, with partners across the Tokyo ecosystem.

Sep 9, 2026

5 PM – 9 PM (JST)

Shibuya Solasta Conference

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The first stop of a 20-city global tour.

The opening stop of BUILDERS & BREWS, a global tour running across 20 cities, co-hosted by CODAS and Nebius at Shibuya Solasta Conference. Alice Lin, head of the Nebius developer community, welcomed the room and introduced the Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon, while CODAS — the AI Data Sovereignty Co-Creation Organisation — made the case for privacy-first AI and data sovereignty. Workshops and hands-on building ran through the evening with partners Tavily, Swarm, Endeavor Japan and AKINDO.

Hosted by CODAS × Nebius

Alice Lin

Head of Developer Community — Nebius

Ryutaro Okada

Secretary-General — CODAS

Jun Hasegawa

Chief Project Officer — CODAS

Guanru Huang

Cloud Solutions Architect — Nebius

Dhruv Diddi

Principal, Physical AI Builder Ecosystem — Nebius

Stefania Druga

Research Scientist — Sakana AI

Photos

Builders & Brews Hack Edition Tokyo at Shibuya Solasta Conference — photo via CODAS
Builders & Brews Hack Edition Tokyo at Shibuya Solasta Conference — photo via CODAS
Photo via CODAS
Developers, founders and product managers at the Tokyo build day — photo via CODAS
Developers, founders and product managers at the Tokyo build day — photo via CODAS
Photo via CODAS
Hands-on session at Builders & Brews Tokyo, co-hosted by CODAS and Nebius — photo via CODAS
Hands-on session at Builders & Brews Tokyo, co-hosted by CODAS and Nebius — photo via CODAS
Photo via CODAS
Opening talks on sovereign AI and privacy-first AI in Tokyo — photo via CODAS
Opening talks on sovereign AI and privacy-first AI in Tokyo — photo via CODAS
Photo via CODAS
CODAS presenting its data-sovereignty vision at Shibuya Solasta Conference — photo via CODAS
CODAS presenting its data-sovereignty vision at Shibuya Solasta Conference — photo via CODAS
Photo via CODAS