Demetrios Brinkmann

About

Demetrios Brinkmann founded the MLOps Community in April 2020, a practitioner network for people putting machine learning and AI into production, and hosts its podcast. The community has grown to tens of thousands of members with meetups, conferences and a newsletter. He is also listed as a Member of the Non-Technical Staff at the Agentic AI Foundation and now speaks often about AI agents in production.

In his own words: studied Spanish and Portuguese, then lived in Spain.

Known for

• Founded and has led the MLOps Community since April 2020
• Grew the MLOps Community to more than 90,000 members
• Built a network of local MLOps meetups across dozens of cities plus virtual conferences and a twice weekly podcast
• Member of the Non-Technical Staff at the Agentic AI Foundation

Key points

• Argues that teams succeed with AI agents by limiting their scope rather than chasing broad, ambitious use cases
• Sees computer-use agents automating work that used to need a person, while bringing them into enterprises takes careful infrastructure work
• Advises against gamifying communities with badges and leaderboards, favoring real member to member connection and varied content

• Computer-Use Agents and the Future of the Agentic InternetPractical AISep 2026
• Episode 202: How the Largest MLOps Community Was BuiltOpen Source Startup PodcastSep 2026
• MLops and HCI with Demetrios BrinkmannThe Machine Ethics PodcastJul 2026
• Demetrios Brinkmann | AI Agents: Hype, Complexity, and What Actually Works | Episode #44The Only ConstantJan 2025
• From English Teacher to MLOps Leader with Demetrios Brinkmann #39AI StoriesDec 2023