One community, in three cities.
SAIN is its chapters. Utrecht, Groningen and Amsterdam each run their own discussion groups, free courses and evenings, on a shared curriculum and under one national organisation. Pick the one nearest you and walk in.
Three chapters, each its own room.
Same curriculum, same national support, different characters.
Choose a city to see who runs it, the courses and what is on this month.
A free AI safety course, two discussion groups, and a growing research track at Utrecht University. Run by volunteers, open to anyone in the city.
- Directed by
- Riccardo Campanella
- Community
- 240+ members, multidisciplinary
- This year
- Win4AISafety, a full ARENA-based technical course, and a research talk by an Anthropic researcher to more than 60 people
The free course
AI Safety Fundamentals
Applications are closed. Sign ups for the next cohort will open next semester.
Coming up in Utrecht
The full Utrecht calendar on Luma (opens in a new tab)Events are walk-in unless the event page says otherwise. Questions? Each chapter lists its events contact on its own page.
Hackathons, talks, graduations and pub quizzes
Groningen keeps a full archive of its events back to 2023.
Utrecht
Groningen
Amsterdam- Your city?
The next chapter starts with one meetup.
No chapter in your city yet? The three that exist all started the same way: a few people who wanted a local AI safety community and were willing to host the first meetup. SAIN’s leadership guides founders through the whole process, and new chapters operate under the national stichting, so no separate legal entity is needed.
Send us an email with your city and a few things about you.
What SAIN hands over
- The SAIN brand and national recognition
- Operational playbooks and handbooks
- Course curriculum and facilitation guides
- Google Workspace and digital infrastructure
- One-on-one mentorship from experienced organisers
- Outreach templates and media support
- Connection to the national network
What a founder does
- 01Write to us about your city.
- 02Work through the founding process with SAIN's leadership.
- 03Set up your local channels and your chapter page on this site.
- 04Do the first outreach and run the first meetup.
- 05When you are ready, run a first course; the curriculum and guides are part of the kit.
Nobody in these photographs knew anyone the first time either.
Come to one session in the city nearest you. If you want to do more than attend, every chapter has volunteer work waiting.