Hack My Agent OR "Alex Under Attack" - Live Meetup
- Date
- 2026-02-18
- Location
- Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- Host
- Personal
About this event
If you’re building with AI agents, this meetup puts the conversation where it belongs: in the open, under pressure, and in front of people who know how fast things can break. Hack My Agent — also known as "Alex Under Attack" — is a live, in-person session in Tel Aviv-Yafo focused on testing, challenging, and learning from AI agent behavior in real time. This is not a polished demo night where everything goes according to plan. It’s a community meetup built around curiosity, technical honesty, and the value of seeing what happens when an agent meets real scrutiny from a smart room. About the Event At its core, this event is a live meetup for people interested in AI, agents, and the practical realities of building systems that interact with the world. The title sets the tone: an agent will be put under pressure, participants will get to see how it responds, and the group will learn from both the wins and the failure cases. The format is designed to be social and interactive rather than passive. Expect a room full of builders, experimenters, and AI-minded people who want to talk through what works, what doesn’t, and what these systems still struggle with when they are pushed beyond ideal conditions. Because this is an in-person community gathering, the event also doubles as a strong networking opportunity. You’ll meet people who are not just interested in AI in theory, but actively thinking about how agents behave in practice, how they fail, and how to make them more useful, reliable, and resilient. What to Expect The live component is the center of the evening. Rather than talking abstractly about agents, the meetup will focus attention on one in action and invite close observation, critique, and discussion. That makes the session valuable whether you’re deeply technical or simply trying to get a sharper sense of where agent tooling stands today. You can expect a mix of live interaction, audience energy, and grounded conversation. Likely elements of the evening include: A live agent-focused session where the system is tested, challenged, or otherwise put in a situation where its behavior can be examined in real time Group discussion about decisions, outputs, blind spots, and failure modes Community networking before, during, or after the main session Informal knowledge-sharing with other attendees working on adjacent tools, products, experiments, or research What makes this format useful is that it creates a shared reference point. Everyone in the room sees the same behavior and can react to it together, which leads to better questions and more concrete conversations than a typical high-level meetup talk. Expect the atmosphere to be engaged and social, with enough technical substance to keep the conversation sharp. Whether the agent performs well or gets exposed, the point is the same: to learn something real from the interaction. Why Attend If you care about AI agents, there is a big difference between hearing claims about capability and seeing systems operate under live scrutiny. This meetup gives you a chance to watch that gap up close. You’ll leave with a clearer sense of how agents behave when the environment is less controlled and the audience is paying attention. There’s also value in the room itself. Community events like this work best when they attract people who are building, testing, questioning, and comparing notes. If you want better conversations than you usually get online, this is a strong setting for them: in person, specific, and grounded in a shared experience. A few reasons this event is worth your time: You’ll see AI agents discussed in practical terms, not just broad promises You’ll meet people in the Tel Aviv AI community who care about experimentation and real-world behavior You’ll get sharper intuitions about agent reliability, edge cases, and interaction design You’ll have something concrete to react to, which makes networking easier and conversations more useful This meetup is especially relevant if you believe that the most interesting thing about AI systems is not what they do when everything is easy, but what they do when someone pushes back. Practical Details The event takes place in person in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel on Wednesday, February 18 at 5:30 PM GMT+2. As an in-person meetup, it’s a good fit for anyone local to Tel Aviv or nearby who wants face-to-face conversation rather than another remote session. Because the event sits at the intersection of AI, community, networking, and social connection, you should expect a setting that supports both focused attention during the live session and informal conversation around it. Come ready to listen, ask thoughtful questions, and talk to people before and after the main program. A few practical tips to get the most out of the evening: Arrive on time so you don’t miss the setup and opening context Come prepared to engage if audience participation becomes part of the session dynamic Bring your questions about agents, evaluation, product behavior, or failure modes Stay a little after the main session if you want the best networking conversations If the title caught your attention, that’s probably a good sign. This meetup is for people who want to look closely at AI agents, talk honestly about what they can and can’t do, and meet others who are equally interested in the space.
Who should attend
If you’re excited by AI agents and prefer real, grounded conversations over hype, you’ll likely feel at home here. - **You build with AI tools or agents** and want to see how other people think about testing, reliability, and behavior under pressure. - **You’re a founder, product builder, engineer, or researcher** looking for sharper insight into how agent systems perform outside ideal demo conditions. - **You like live formats** where the room can react in real time, ask questions, and learn from what actually happens rather than what was planned. - **You want to meet people in the Tel Aviv AI community** who are active, curious, and interested in practical discussion, not just trend-watching. - **You’re interested in failure modes, edge cases, and evaluation** and want a better feel for where current agent experiences hold up or fall apart. - **You enjoy social meetups with substance** and want networking to come from a shared experience instead of forced small talk. If you’ve ever wanted to watch an agent get seriously tested and talk about the results with smart people in the room, this event is for you.