Open source AI · New England and the Acela Corridor
Mass Open.
Mass AI.
Mass Community.
Growing the open source AI community across Massachusetts, New England, and the Acela Corridor — one model, meetup, and contributor at a time.
About Mass Open
The intersection of open source and AI in New England
Mass Open exists to build a center of gravity in New England for open source AI. To do that, we are creating 2 types of events to serve the AI community in New England and the Acela Corridor.
Agentic 101
Agentic 101 is a series of workshops where attendees will learn how to deploy and manage local agentic systems. Agentic engineering holds the promise of automating complex, multi-step operations once reserved for brittle scripts and manual governance and observation. In Agentic 101, you’ll learn the basics for buiding and running these systems, the open source projects powering them, and ways to make use of them in your daily work without accruing large token usage fees.
See our events section to find out when we're coming to your neck of the woods.
Mass Open
Mass Open will be our signature, flagship event, coming to Boston in spring of 2027. We'll share more details here as they're available.
Upcoming Events
Check Out These Upcoming Events
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Sept 15, 2026
Agentic 101 - Washington, DC (State of the Stack)
Our insaugural Agentic 101 event! (expand)
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Sept 24, 2026
Agentic 101 - Boston, MA (Glasswing Ventures)
Our next Agentic 101 will be in Boston at Glasswing Ventures. (expand)
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October 17, 2026
Agentic 101 - NY, NY (location TBD)
The Agentic 101 tour will continue to New York City. Details to come.
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Upcoming Event Details
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Sept 15, 2026
Agentic 101 DC (Co-located with State of the Stack)
Our insaugural Agentic 101 event! This one-day workshop for enterprise developers and devops professionals will get you started with open models and local agentic engineering. Head over to the registration page at the DC State of the Stack event site. Registration is $50 per person - ask about group discounts.
Agenda9:30am - 10am: Kickoff - the latest in open source AI management and governance
10am - 11am: Getting Started with Local Models(Quantization, Harnesses, etc.)
11am - noon: Coding with Multipla Agent Personas
noon - 1pm: Lunch (provided)
1pm - 2pm: Getting Started with Ontologies and Data Graphs
2pm - 3pm: InnerSource and Agentic Engineering - a hands-on guide
3pm - 5pm: Hands-on Experimentation (quantization, constructing a harness, coding with agent personas, constructing ontologies, etc.)
5pm - 7pm: Happy Hour (sponsoredby Generationship)
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Sept 24, 2026
Agentic 101 Boston (at Glasswing Ventures)
Agentic 101 is coming to Boston - thanks to the generosity of our hosts, Glasswing Ventures. This one-day workshop for enterprise developers and devops professionals will get you started with open models and local agentic engineering.Registration will be $50 per person - add your email to the list and get notified when we're open for business..
Agenda9:30am - 10am: Kickoff - the latest in open source AI management and governance
10am - 11am: Getting Started with Local Models(Quantization, Harnesses, etc.)
11am - noon: Coding with Multipla Agent Personas
noon - 1pm: Lunch (provided)
1pm - 2pm: Getting Started with Ontologies and Data Graphs
2pm - 3pm: InnerSource and Agentic Engineering - a hands-on guide
3pm - 5pm: Hands-on Experimentation (quantization, constructing a harness, coding with agent personas, constructing ontologies, etc.)
5pm - 7pm: Happy Hour (sponsoredby Generationship)