Community intelligence · Executive report

THE AI MEETUP — SRI LANKA

Gapstars Partnership | Event Performance, Community Growth & Roadmap

Edition 2 · Oct 2026 · Static data snapshot from event workbooks

Total attendance
70
57 external + 13 Gapstars
External attendees
57
Community guests checked in
Gapstars team
13
Internal employees attended
Confirmed registrations
137
External RSVPs
External check-in
41.6%
57 of 137 registrations
Waitlisted
11
Recorded on the waitlist
Digital community presence · snapshot at Edition 2
Meetup.com members
434
Cumulative group members
LinkedIn page followers
486
Cumulative page followers
LinkedIn main poster impressions
22,153
Impressions, not unique viewers

Who was in the room — all 70 people at Edition 2

13 Gapstars
42 Company-affiliated
13 University-affiliated
2
13 Gapstars internal(18.6%)42 Company-affiliated guests(60.0%)13 University-affiliated guests(18.6%)2 External, profile not submitted(2.9%)

Industry vs academia

Professional and student representation among external guests

76%industry
  • Company-affiliated
    42 · 76.4%
  • University-affiliated
    13 · 23.6%

New vs returning attendees

Based on 55 Edition 2 attendee responses

65%first-time
  • First-time
    36 · 65.5%
  • Returning
    19 · 34.5%

Nearly two in three respondents were attending for the first time — the community is expanding beyond its first audience.

Companies represented

32 companies · 42 guests
  • Torchlabs
    3
  • WellTech Solutions
    3
  • Ascentic
    2
  • Brown & Company
    2
  • Dialog
    2
  • IFS
    2
  • Inova IT Systems
    2
  • Itechro
    2

Universities represented

7 universities · 13 students
  • IIT
    2
  • KDU
    2
  • SLIIT
    2
  • UCSC
    2
  • University of Kelaniya
    2
  • University of Moratuwa
    2
  • University of Colombo
    1
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Audience intelligence

How attendees discovered us

Edition 2 attendee acquisition channels · self-reported

55 responses
  • LinkedIn27 · 49.1%
  • Meetup.com14 · 25.5%
  • Friend / Colleague12 · 21.8%
  • Company / Organization1 · 1.8%
  • Facebook1 · 1.8%

LinkedIn was the leading reported discovery channel for Edition 2 (27 of 55, 49.1%). Self-reported answers, not measured platform reach.

AI tools & frameworks in use

Technologies mentioned by Edition 2 attendee respondents

137 mentions
Most mentioned AI tool
Claude · 23 mentions
  • Claude
    23
  • ChatGPT
    8
  • Claude Code
    8
  • Cursor
    8
  • Antigravity
    7
  • Gemini
    7
  • GitHub Copilot
    6
  • LangChain
    5

137 mentions from 41 of 55 respondents who named tools. Counts are mentions, not unique users. Languages and general dev tools excluded.

Totals from Edition Summary. Organisation breakdowns from 55 external attendee profiles of 57 external guests. No personal attendee information is shown.