Rapid City AI is officially live!If you live in Rapid City or the surrounding Black Hills area and you’re excited about Artificial Intelligence, you’re in the right place.Whether you’re a small business owner looking to use AI to grow your company, a tinkerer experimenting with local models, or just someone curious about tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok — this community is for you.What We’re Building
- LLM Prompting – Mastering ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and other large language models
- Local AI Servers – Running OpenClaw and other open-source models on your own hardware
- Generative Media – AI video, avatars (HeyGen), images, and creative tools
- Practical Business Applications – How real local businesses can actually benefit from AI today
Who’s Behind Rapid City AI?Hi, I’m a local Rapid City small business owner who’s become obsessed with AI. After diving deep into prompting, setting up my own local OpenClaw server, and creating avatar videos with HeyGen, I realized something important:There’s no dedicated space in the Black Hills for people who are actively tinkering with AI.So I decided to create one.Let’s Build This TogetherMy goal is to create a friendly, practical community where we can:
- Share powerful prompts and workflows
- Help each other troubleshoot local setups
- Learn how AI can actually help our businesses
- Host in-person “AI Tinkerers” meetups
Whether you want to start with a Discord server for async conversations or jump straight into regular meetups — your input matters.Ready to join? Visit https://rapidcity.ai and register your interest.You can text or call me directly, or fill out the form on the site. I personally reply to everyone.Let’s make Rapid City a destination for practical, hands-on AI innovation in South Dakota.