Dropbox x AI Circle | Beyond the Buzz: Building Real AI Products | Panel and Happy Hour
Join us for an evening with two world-class founders shaping the future of AI systems from multimodal model efficiency to human and AI collaboration. Learn how they’re scaling teams, products, and infrastructure to power the next generation of intelligent software.
When: Wednesday, October 29
Where: Mission Bay, SF
Hosted by: AI Circle and Dropbox
Speaker Panel:
Ryan Wang - CEO and Co-founder of Assembled. Connect with Ryan.
Appu Shaji - CEO and Co-founder at Mobius Labs. Connect with Appu.
Moderator:
Wen Shaw - Product at Dropbox. Connect with Wen.
Ryan Wang is the CEO and Co-founder of Assembled, an AI-powered platform that helps modern support teams deliver exceptional customer experiences. Trusted by companies like Robinhood, HubSpot, and Stripe, Assembled automates most customer interactions and optimizes planning across human and AI agents. The Series-B company has raised $50+ million to date. Before founding Assembled, Ryan was an early engineer at Stripe, building machine learning systems for fraud detection and support automation. He began his career in management consulting with Steve Levitt and Daniel Kahneman and holds an M.S. in Statistics and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Appu is the CEO and Co-founder of Mobious Labs, leading the development of a super-efficient, affordable, open-source multimodal AI stack designed to make GenAI models faster, cheaper, and easier to use. Before founding Mobius Labs, he headed R&D at EyeEm, leading a top team of computer vision researchers in Europe and developing products that solved real-world problems for photographers. He also co-founded sight.io, a startup acquired by EyeEm in 2014.
Hosts:
Wen Shaw is in product at Dropbox and previously founded a Sequoia-backed B2B SaaS startup. Connect with Wen.
Brad Bycraft is in product at Applied Intuition and SF Chair at AI Circle. Connect with Brad.
Agenda:
5:30–6:00 PM PT: Check-in and networking
6:00–7:00 PM PT: Fireside chat with Ryan, CEO of Assembled, and Appu, CEO of Mobious Labs
7:00–8:30 PM PT: Happy hour with small bites and drinks
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Sponsors:
Dropbox
Work efficiently and collaboratively from anywhere with Dropbox. Store, edit, share, and sign content securely—all in one place. Dropbox keeps your team connected and your work flowing. Learn more about Dropbox.
AI Circle
AI Circle is the premier network for AI founders, executives, and leaders. Learn more about AI Circle.
Assembled
Assembled is the leading platform for managing and staffing human and AI-powered support teams. Trusted by top companies, Assembled helps organizations deliver exceptional customer experiences at scale. Learn more about Assembled.