HARDTECHOKC.
Real things. Real people.
Built here.
A monthly gathering for people turning atoms into something that matters. Come for the fire. Stay for the people who get it.
Less networking.
More shop talk.
You’re building something that has to work outside a slide deck.
So are the people here.
We get together once a month in Oklahoma City. A fire, one honest story about shipping something hard, and a few things worth stealing for your own shop. Pizza’s on the table. Leave the pitch at home.
NO BADGES. NO PANELS. NO BOOTHS.
Oklahoma built the
last energy economy.
Let’s build what’s next.
The future of American manufacturing belongs here, too. But nobody builds it alone.
A rising tide lifts all boats. It starts with knowing who’s building the boat next door.
Trade a lesson. Make an introduction. Help somebody get their next thing out the door.
One night.
Plenty to take home.
FIRST THURSDAY.
FIRE’S LIT AT SIX.
- 18:0001THE FIRE
Pull up a chair.
Meet someone who knows what a slipped lead time feels like. Cold drinks. Warm fire. No name tags required.
- 18:3002THE REAL STORY
“Here’s how we shipped it.”
One builder. One physical thing. What broke, what it cost, and what they’d do again. Questions welcome. Pitch decks aren’t.
- 19:1503THE AI SWAP
Show the prompt.
Show the result.CAD, test data, procurement, paperwork. Bring the AI workflow that actually saves you time. Skip the predictions.
PIZZA THROUGHOUT. COLD DRINKS, ENJOYED RESPONSIBLY.
Times are a loose plan, not a production schedule. All times Central.
Different trades.
Same stubborn
streak.
You don’t need a finished product.
Curiosity and a good question count.
- Founders
- Engineers
- Machinists
- Operators
- Investors
- Researchers
- Suppliers
Building hard things takes people around the work, too. Folks from OCAST, the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, Techstars, and our universities: there’s a chair for you here.
Shipped something hard?
Tell the real story.
The first prototype. The third supplier. The fix nobody saw coming. If you learned it the expensive way, someone here needs to hear it.
Talk submissions open soon. Bring your story to the next meetup.