Rough Cuts: AI Demo Sessions
No pitch decks. No slides. Just builders showing how their AI systems actually work—live code, real architecture, honest tradeoffs. A recurring event series for students, hackers, and weekend builders in Toronto.
What is Rough Cuts?
Rough Cuts is a hands-on demo night focused on showing real AI projects in progress—not polished pitches or investor decks.
Each session features a curated selection of builders walking through how their systems actually work: the architecture, the tools, the decisions, the tradeoffs, and what they're still figuring out. The emphasis is on transparency, experimentation, and creative problem-solving.
Expect practical walkthroughs of interesting AI builds—from simple but clever solutions to more complex systems—followed by open Q&A and discussion.
This isn't an investor pitch event. This is a builder's showcase.
Volume 1 Recap
March 19, 2026 — Our inaugural event brought together AI builders from across Toronto
Volume 1 kicked off on March 19 at Office146 in Etobicoke. Students, weekend hackers, and a few founders showed up, and we spent the evening watching builders walk through what they've been working on. The format was simple: show the thing, explain how it works, answer questions.
Demos
The projects ranged from hardware prototypes to enterprise infrastructure. Here's what people demoed:
Boz Zou & Hadi Hamade — Sovereign Cloud: AI-powered cloud infrastructure for data sovereignty and compliance
Ariel Vazquez — GoAway Travel: AI that turns your saved travel fees and screenshots into actual trip plans [goawaytravels.com]
Mujahid Sultan — AUTOSAD & AskNexa: Room layout AI for architects and an enterprise SDLC methodology baked into an AI tool [autosad.ai] [asknexa.ai]
"Definitely one of the better events I've been to all year"
- Attendee Feedback
“…it was really refreshing to see other builders out there"
- Attendee Feedback
Upcoming Volumes
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Want to Demo Your AI Project?
We're looking for builders who have an AI project in progress, can walk through their architecture and decisions, and want to share what they're figuring out—not just what's working.
No pitch deck required. Just bring your code.