AI Engineer Summit

October 8 - 10 • San Francisco

Physicists had Solvay.

AI Engineers have
Summit.

Every 100 years, a new discipline goes #foom. Physics had the 1900s, and AI will define the 2000s. We're convening the Einsteins and Curies of our age. Join us.

Presented by

AutoGPTSmolAI

Featuring talks from speakers representing leading AI companies & technologies

  • Github
  • OpenAI
  • Fixie
  • Amazon
  • LangChain
  • Llama Index
  • Vercel
  • Notion
  • Replit
  • Anthropic
  • Hex
  • Adept

Full speaker schedule and talks available now!

Stage content from world-renowned engineers & founders

Let's dive deep into the topics of highest relevance to AI Engineers including AI Agents, AI UX, AI Infra, AI Devtools and Codegen, LLMops, RAG/Vector DBs, Open Source AI, Multimodal APIs, & more

Speakers (see schedule)

  • Amjad Masad

    Amjad Masad

    CEO, Replit

  • Michele Catasta

    Michele Catasta

    VP of AI, Replit

  • Toran Bruce Richards

    Toran Bruce Richards

    Inventor, AutoGPT

  • Logan Kilpatrick

    Logan Kilpatrick

    Developer Relations, OpenAI

  • Simón Fishman

    Simón Fishman

    Applied AI Engineer, OpenAI

  • Shreya Rajpal

    Shreya Rajpal

    Founder, Guardrails AI

  • Simon Willison

    Simon Willison

    Creator, Datasette; Co-creator, Django

  • Mario Rodriguez

    Mario Rodriguez

    VP of Product, GitHub

  • Amelia Wattenberger

    Amelia Wattenberger

    Design, Adept

  • Eugene Yan

    Eugene Yan

    Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon

  • Harrison Chase

    Harrison Chase

    CEO, LangChain

  • Jerry Liu

    Jerry Liu

    CEO, LlamaIndex

  • Hassan El Mghari

    Hassan El Mghari

    AI Engineer, Vercel

  • Matt Welsh

    Matt Welsh

    Co-Founder, Fixie.ai

  • Anton Troynikov

    Anton Troynikov

    CTO, Chroma

  • Flo Crivello

    Flo Crivello

    CEO, Lindy

  • Abi Aryan

    Abi Aryan

    ML Engineer & O'Reilly Author

  • Jason Liu

    Jason Liu

    Founder, Fivesixseven

  • Linus Lee

    Linus Lee

    AI Lead, Notion

  • Joseph Nelson

    Joseph Nelson

    CEO, Roboflow

  • Samantha Whitmore

    Samantha Whitmore

    CEO / CTO, New Computer

  • Jason Yuan

    Jason Yuan

    CDO, New Computer

  • Bryan Bischof

    Bryan Bischof

    Head of AI, Hex

  • Chris White

    Chris White

    CTO, Prefect

  • Paul Copplestone

    Paul Copplestone

    CEO, Supabase

  • Dedy Kredo

    Dedy Kredo

    CPO, CodiumAI

  • Mithun Hunsur

    Mithun Hunsur

    Senior Engineer, Ambient

  • Karina Nguyen

    Karina Nguyen

    Trained Claude Instant, Anthropic

  • Brittany Walker

    Brittany Walker

    Principal, CRV

  • swyx

    swyx

    Latent.Space & Smol.ai

In numbers, there's probably going to be significantly more AI Engineers than there are ML engineers / LLM engineers. One can be quite successful in this role without ever training anything.
Andrej Karpathy

Andrej Karpathy, Formerly OpenAI, Tesla

Program Features - What happens when you bring together the world's top AI Engineers?

A collective output as groundbreaking as the technologies upon which we meet, driven by end-to-end program curation and network facilitation:

  • Stage talks. We've hand-selected a group of engineers & founders who are leading this exciting new chapter in AI-enhanced & AI-native software engineering, products, & companies. Our careful curation is meant to ensure that you will be both informed and excited about returning to your office to implement the future, today.
  • Hands-on, in-depth workshops. We've assembled a team of top engineers who build with the technologies they're teaching every day. From core-contributors and maintainers to senior engineers and founders, you'll learn in hours what they've have mastered over years.
  • Sponsors leading their industry categories. We've invited many of the best and most exciting companies who are pushing the boundaries in support of the fast-emerging AI Engineer category. Staffed by senior engineers & founders, each booth will provide you with insight and new capabilities to improve both your developer stack and your end-user experience.
  • Ad-hoc breakout sessions. Need a whiteboard to workshop with your peers? Want to connect to a monitor to present something you've been working on? Enjoy breakout space dedicated for workshopping or presenting ideas and projects, and plenty of quieter space for more intimate meetings.
  • Unrivaled networking & connections. We are curating attendance to ensure that every conversation you have is better than the last. Every attendee will be senior engineers or above who are actively working with or experimenting with AI technologies to enhance their software development and development output.

The AI Engineer Expo

From foundation models to domain-specific products & services, the Expo is your chance to meet some of the best engineers in our industry, working on the most cutting-edge technologies that empower product teams and developers like you.

  • AutoGPT
  • Fixie
  • Supabase
  • Microsoft
  • Github
  • Llama Index
  • Soursegraph
  • Airbyte
  • DataStax
  • Codium
  • Replit
  • Fal
  • Cloudflare
  • Weights and Biases
  • Deepset
  • Twilio
  • Speakeasy

A bespoke experience - Program Overview

We've designed & curated a program to provide you with maximum value, intrigue, and fun. Here's the high level overview of the main content:

The Microsoft Welcome Reception

Join other attendees from 6:00 - 9:00pm in the hotel lobby, Kan Pai lounge & bar, and Feinstein's club for a welcome reception you won't forget! Register early and grab a cocktail or mocktail to meet other attendees in open + facilitated networking. Featuring a live jazz band in Feinstein's and a welcome address from Microsoft!

Reception comes after optional Intro to AI Engineering workshop, see below

Workshops

Attendees new to AI Engineering can get a crash course via our free volunteer-led workshops on Sunday, Oct 9, from 9:00am - 5:00pm. They are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Full attendees can select from on-site workshops (for full details see below) taking place concurrently on Monday morning, Oct 9, from 9:00am - 2:00pm. They are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Full attendees + public can register for offsite workshops on Wednesday, Oct 11. Please get in touch if you would like to host a workshop!

Main program & expo

  • Expo. The expo opens at 1:00pm on Monday, Oct 9 for all attendees, and closes at 7:30pm on Tuesday, Oct 10. Come and speak with the top companies who are driving & supporting the ecosystem that directly enables & empowers AI Engineers.
  • Day 1. We open the stage talks at 3:00pm on Monday, Oct 9. Keynotes continue until 6:00pm, at which time we'll have open networking, topic tables, expo, and plenty of food & drinks.
  • Day 2. Full day of talks from 10:00am - 5:00pm. With plenty of breaks + an onsite lunch & afterparty, you'll have plenty of time to discuss the stage topics with exhibitors & your fellow attendees!

Workshops

We've assembled a team of top engineers who build with the technologies they're teaching every day. From core-contributors, maintainers, and founders of the top AI Engineering tools & infra, you'll learn in hours what they’ve have mastered over years.

Noah Hein

Noah HeinInstructor, Latent Space University

AI Engineering 101

Optional introductory course for AI Engineers, free for all Summit attendees. Build 5 small projects c...

Karina Nguyen

Karina NguyenTrained Claude Instant, Anthropic

Writing Principles for Task-Tuned Prompt Engineering

[Must preregister, limited to 50 signups] Free for preregistered Summit attendees. Learn the state of the art on prompt engineering from experience leading engineering on Anthropic Claude.

Charles Frye

Charles FryeInstructor, Independent

AI Engineering 201

[Must preregister, limited to 50 signups] Introductory course for AI Engineers, free for preregistered Summit attendees. Advanced knowledge of AI Engineering, led by instructor Charles Frye of the massively popular Full Stack LLM Bootcamp.

Reinier van der LeerCraig Siwift

Reinier van der LeerFounding AI Engineer, Auto-GPT

Craig SiwiftFounding AI Engineer, Auto-GPT

Workshop: Introduction to Agent Development

AutoGPT is the fastest growing open source project in history. Learn to build the next generation of AutoGPTs with AutoGPT Forge and join the largest open source community of AI Agent builders in the world!

Simon Suo

Simon SuoCofounder / CTO, LlamaIndex

Workshop: Building, Evaluating, and Optimizing your RAG App for Production

This workshop will guide you through this development process. You'll start with the basic RAG stack, create an initial evaluation suite, and then experiment with different advanced techniques to improve RAG performance.

Ben LowerJustin Uberti

Ben LowerHead of Developer Relations, Fixie.ai

Justin UbertiCTO, Fixie.ai

Workshop: Building a RAG powered, multi-modal Sidekick using AI.JSX

AI.JSX is the best way for JavaScript developers to bring the power of LLMs to applications. This workshop will teach you how to build production-grade Sidekicks that use RAG, Tools, and Generative UI...

Harrison ChaseLogan KilpatrickR. Lance Martin

Harrison ChaseCo-founder & CEO, Langchain

Logan KilpatrickDeveloper Relations, OpenAI

R. Lance MartinSoftware/ML Engineer @ Langchain

Workshop: Function calling and tool usage with LangChain and OpenAI

Learn how to best use OpenAI function calling within LangChain to do structured data extraction and build agents, with LangSmith access!

Greg Richardson

Greg RichardsonEngineer, Supabase

Workshop: Pgvector to Prod in 2 hours

In this workshop you'll learn how to build a secure and production-ready pgvector powered webapp using Supabase Vector.

Silen NaihinMerwane Hamadi

Silen NaihinFounding AI Engineer, AutoGPT

Merwane HamadiFounding AI Engineer, AutoGPT

Workshop: Advanced Evals-Driven Development

AutoGPT is the fastest growing open source project in history. Now, for the next step: Learn how to improve your agents and beat benchmarks with Evals-Driven Development!

Patrick McFadin

Patrick McFadinVP of Developer Relations, DataStax

Workshop: Unlocking the Power of Vector Search: RAG for AI Chatbots and Image Search with CLIP

In this cutting-edge workshop, participants will embark on a transformative journey into the world of Vector Search, exploring two compelling applications: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)...

Christopher Harrison

Christopher HarrisonSenior Enterprise Advocate, Github

Workshop: Streamline coding with GitHub with Christopher Harrison

Come join us as we walk through how you can use GitHub to manage your DevOps processes with AI to accelerate your development. ( And yes, there will be plenty to talk about with GitHub Copilot!)

Venue & Hotel - Hotel Nikko

Just steps from the historic Powell St Cable Car turnaround & BART station is the beautiful & independent, Japanese-owned & operated Hotel Nikko. Stay in comfortable, spacious rooms for a discounted group rate of $229/night, and enjoy modern amenities including gym, indoor pool, and onsite restaurants and bars.

Book your room here
Hotel Nikko

Sponsors

We've carefully curated a sponsor expo & non-exhibiting sponsors who are relevant, interesting, and pushing the boundaries of the AI Engineering ecosystem. These are the companies that are building & innovating with AI — from Devtools & Infra to Vector DBs and Models. Learn more about each of the companies by clicking on their logo below, and meet & discuss with their founders & engineering representatives at the summit to learn how they can help you take your company, product, and internal processes to unparalleled heights.

Presenting Sponsor

AutoGPT

AutoGPT stands at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, leveraging the capabilities of large language models to refine what's possible in the field. AutoGPT is creating a world where everyone, from a solo entrepreneur to corporate giants, has the same cutting edge resources at their disposal. For developers, the ecosystem removes routine complexities, focusing on the core task of intelligent system design. AutoGPT also sets a new standard in AI performance assessment, offering automated, objective metrics that drive innovation across multiple dimensions. For end-users, AutoGPT delivers an intuitive interface that makes complex tasks accessible without sacrificing depth or functionality. This holistic approach puts AutoGPT on a unique trajectory that aligns seamlessly with the long-term objective of achieving safe AGI.

Diamond Sponsors

  • Fixie
    Fixie is the world's leading platform for building conversational AI Sidekicks that are integrated directly into any website or app. Using Fixie makes it easy to build rich, interactive AI-powered experiences that can answer questions, access static and live data, and take action by calling external APIs. Fixie is powered by the open source AI.JSX framework, which brings powerful, compositional AI features to the JavaScript ecosystem. Fixie applications can support generative UI, in which custom user interfaces are generated dynamically, by the LLM, for the task at hand. Check out the Fixie platform at https://fixie.ai and AI.JSX at https://ai-jsx.com.
  • Supabase

    Supabase is an open-source database platform providing a set of tools for building scalable web and mobile applications using a Postgres database. Supabase was the first platform to offer pgvector, extending Postgres with vector capabilities. Thousands of vector databases are launched on the Supabase platform every week, powering apps with millions of users.

Gold Sponsors

  • Github
  • Llama Index
  • Soursegraph
  • Airbyte
  • Codium
  • Replit
  • DataStax
  • Fal
  • Microsoft
  • Cloudflare
  • Weights and Biases

Silver Sponsors

  • Deepset
  • Twilio
  • Speakeasy

Community Sponsors

  • Vercel
  • Ben's Bites
  • Valor
  • Nea
  • CNCF
  • HumanSignal
  • VideoTap

Partners

  • O'Reilly
  • The New Stack
  • Cooperpress

Organizing Partner

SmolAI
For the first time in decades, a new kind of software engineer is emerging and this is the conference to explore it.
Amjad Masad

Amjad Masad, Founder & CEO, Replit