Tom Spencer

Community

Building communities around AI, startups, and education. From organizing meetups and mentoring founders to teaching at universities — connecting people who build.

SoCal LangChain

Organizer

Monthly meetup in Southern California for people building with LangChain, LangGraph, and related tooling. Co-organized with Google Cloud.

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SaaS Startups Melbourne

Organizer (Past)

Ran a SaaS-focused startup community in Melbourne for a few years. Events, intros, the usual.

Melbourne, Australia

SXSW 2026

Startup Mentor

Mentoring early-stage companies at SXSW on product and AI.

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Teaching & Advisory

Victoria University

Advisor to Vice Chancellor · Entrepreneurship

Advised on integrating entrepreneurship into the curriculum.

2017–2019

Monash University

Lecturer · Journalism

Taught media startups — product, audience, business models.

2016–2018

University of Melbourne

Lecturer & Head of Insights · Business & Economics

Undergrad marketing. Also ran insights and strategy.

2015–2017

The Build Podcast

As a LangChain Ambassador, community building extends to the show

26 episodes covering AI agents, MCP servers, LangGraph, and the people building the future of AI tooling. Listen on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

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