COMMUNITY / GROWTH / CREATOR

I bring people and ideas together.

Across AI, tech, content and grassroots spaces, I create connections and help good ideas grow.

From King’s Cross, building with people everywhere.

Pixel art portrait of Sami Tahir smiling

Organisations I've worked with

Google
BBC Research and Development
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Colourful abstract organisation mark
Camden United FC

SELECTED WORK / 001

Built with people.

Projects and communities that create opportunity, confidence and connection for young people.

Students and volunteers together at the youth AI literacy pilot
YOUTH + AI

UK Youth AI Literacy

Nearly 700 applications in under 12 hours. Fifty students joined the first pilot at Google.

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Sami at work behind the scenes in a control room
LOCAL + TECH

The Camden Algorithm

Helped bring 240+ young people into Google’s London HQ for an AI education event.

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Camden United footballers and supporters together on the pitch
GRASSROOTS

Camden United FC

Sharing the people and stories behind a local football club. United by more than football.

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THE PERSON BEHIND THE PIXELS / 002

Showing up is the whole point.

I grew up in King’s Cross. Community is where I learned that access changes what people imagine for themselves. Today I connect young people to AI, education and the people who can open doors.

I build the invitation, help people feel they belong in the room, and make sure the momentum carries beyond one event.

I also create short videos as @sxmi.ai, making AI feel approachable for the next generation.

Let’s build something together
Young people gathered for an AI literacy session
In the room, learning together. ↗
Architectural rendering of Platform 37 in King's Cross
Platform 37, King’s Cross

THE AI EXCHANGE / 003

A new space for everyone to explore AI.

Advisory Board member · Platform 37, King’s Cross

The AI Exchange is Google DeepMind’s public space at Platform 37, created for people to learn about AI and discuss its impact through free educational programmes, interactive exhibitions and cultural events.

On the Advisory Board, I help shape strategic decisions for the space’s launch, bringing a local and youth perspective to its programming and community engagement.

Read Google’s announcement

BUILD / MEET / REPEAT / 004

Hackathons are my playground.

More than 51 events, countless new people and plenty of late nights building together.

I turn up to learn, make things with new teams and share what we discover. I’ve picked up wins and placements along the way, but the best part is the community that carries on afterwards.

51+HACKATHONS
Sami presenting on stage at a hackathon
Sharing what we built ↗
Sami at a London hackathon event
Celebrating the finish ↗
A late night at a hackathon venue
Late night energy ↗
Sami at a community technology event
People make the place ↗

HOW IT HAPPENED / 005

A few chapters.

Different rooms. The same belief that people deserve a way in.

01 / YOUTH AI LITERACY

Make the invitation impossible to miss.

I led youth engagement and the organic recruitment campaign for a national AI literacy programme with Google DeepMind, the University of Cambridge and BBC R&D. The pilot selected 50 students and brought them together with 50+ Google volunteers.

~700 applications / <12 hours
02 / THE CAMDEN ALGORITHM

Bring opportunity into the neighbourhood.

On the steering committee, I helped shape an AI education event with Google and Havas that welcomed more than 240 young people into Google’s London HQ.

240+ young people
03 / CAMDEN UNITED FC

Tell the story beyond the score.

As a volunteer leading digital and media for my local club, I focus on the people who make grassroots football matter and the connections it creates across Camden.

United by more than football

NEXT LEVEL / 006

Got a room we can open together?

Let’s talk community, youth engagement, AI literacy, content or your next big idea.

+44 7867 980616