AI Engineer

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.

Featuring talks from speakers representing leading AI companies & technologies

  • Github
  • OpenAI
  • Fixie
  • Amazon
  • LangChain
  • Llama Index
  • Vercel
  • Notion

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

    Founder & CEO, Replit

  • Matt Welsh

    Matt Welsh

    Chief Architect & Co-Founder, Fixie.ai

  • Abi Aryan

    Abi Aryan

    ML Engineer in Research & O'Reilly Author

  • Toran Bruce Richards

    Toran Bruce Richards

    Inventor, AutoGPT

  • Logan Kilpatrick

    Logan Kilpatrick

    Developer Relations, OpenAI

  • Mario Rodriguez

    Mario Rodriguez

    VP of Product, GitHub

  • Jared Palmer

    Jared Palmer

    VP of Product, AI, Vercel

  • Shreya Rajpal

    Shreya Rajpal

    Founder, Guardrails AI

  • Harrison Chase

    Harrison Chase

    Co-founder & CEO, Langchain

  • Jerry Liu

    Jerry Liu

    Co-founder & CEO, LlamaIndex

  • Brittany Walker

    Brittany Walker

    Principal, CRV

  • Eugene Yan

    Eugene Yan

    Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon

  • Anton Troynikov

    Anton Troynikov

    Co-founder, Chroma

  • Amelia Wattenberger

    Amelia Wattenberger

    Design, Adept

  • Jason Liu

    Jason Liu

    Founder, Fivesixseven

  • Linus Lee

    Linus Lee

    AI Lead, Notion

  • Mithun Hunsur

    Mithun Hunsur

    Senior Engineer, Ambient

  • swyx

    swyx

    Editor, Latent.Space; Founder, Smol.ai

  • Flo Crivello

    Flo Crivello

    Founder & CEO, Lindy

  • Joseph Nelson

    Joseph Nelson

    Co-founder & CEO, Roboflow

  • Samantha Whitmore

    Samantha Whitmore

    Cofounder and CEO / CTO, New Computer

  • Jason Yuan

    Jason Yuan

    Cofounder and CDO, New Computer

  • Michele Catasta

    Michele Catasta

    VP of AI, Replit

  • Bryan Bischof

    Bryan Bischof

    Head of AI, Hex

  • Chris White

    Chris White

    CTO, Prefect

  • Paul Copplestone

    Paul Copplestone

    CEO, Supabase

  • Dedy Kredo

    Dedy Kredo

    Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of CodiumAI

  • Simon Willison

    Simon Willison

    Creator, Datasette; Co-creator, Django

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, OpenAI

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
  • LlamaIndex
  • Sourcegraph
  • Airbyte
  • DataStax
  • Codium
  • Replit
  • Fal
  • Cloudflare
  • Wb
  • 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.

Reinier van der LeerCraig Siwift
Included with your ticket

Reinier van der LeerFounding AI Engineer, Auto-GPT

Craig SiwiftFounding AI Engineer, Auto-GPT

AutoGPT 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!

Silen NaihinMerwane Hamadi
Included with your ticket

Silen NaihinFounding AI Engineer, AutoGPT

Merwane HamadiFounding AI Engineer, AutoGPT

AutoGPT Advanced Workshop: 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!

Included with your ticket

Building an AI-powered Sidekick using AI.JSX

In this 2-hour workshop, you will be introduced to the open source framework AI.JSX and learn how to build a Sidekick for your website or application.

Harrison ChaseLogan Kilpatrick
Included with your ticket

Harrison ChaseCo-founder & CEO, Langchain

Logan KilpatrickDeveloper Relations, OpenAI

LangChain Deep Dive ft. OpenAI

More info coming soon

Simon Suo
Included with your ticket

Simon SuoCofounder / CTO, LlamaIndex

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.

Greg Richardson
Included with your ticket

Greg RichardsonEngineer, Supabase

Build an AI Startup in 2 hours: Chat with your files using Supabase

Build a production-ready MVP for securely chatting with your documents in 2 hours.

Christopher Harrison
Requires separate registration

Christopher HarrisonSenior Enterprise Advocate, Github

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
  • LlamaIndex
  • Sourcegraph
  • Airbyte
  • Codium
  • Replit
  • DataStax
  • Fal
  • Microsoft
  • Cloudflare
  • Wb

Silver Sponsors

  • Deepset
  • Twilio
  • Speakeasy

Community Sponsors

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

Partners

  • O'Reilly
  • The New Stack
  • Cooperpress

Organizing Partner

Smol

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