OpenMentor’s SWE x AI Networking Event
This event is open to students only.
📅 Date: 8th Nov, Saturday
🕑 Time: 2-5 PM (food provided at 2PM)
📍 Venue: StartupX, 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent #04-07
Join us for an afternoon of good food, agentic AI with Tavily and meaningful mentorship from software engineers. We are empowering student engineers through mentorship & real connections.
About OpenMentor
• Singapore's largest free student to student mentorship platform, hosting frequent networking and career events.
About Tavily
• Tavily is powering the Internet of Agents with fast, secure
and reliable web access APIs. They have free API credits for all students, check them out!
Event Timeline
2-3 PM Food & Networking
3-3:15 PM Tavily Intro & Demo
3:15-4 PM Fireside Chat with OpenMentor Mentors
4-4:15 PM Q&A Session
4:15-5 PM Open Networking
Meet our Mentors
💼 Brian Choon, Y3 CS @ NUS, ex-JPM SWE
Brian is a final-year Computer Science student at NUS with experience building software in large-scale financial environments. His work spans quantitative-development projects and engineering tools used in complex pricing and analytics workflows. Beyond fintech, he is also active in initiatives that apply technology for social good, through hackathons, volunteering, and impact-focused internships.
🛠 Rach Pradhan, Member of Technical Staff @ Menlo Research
Rach is a fresh graduate from NUS and builds with foundation models: shipping OSS tools and products used by 150k+ users, has had 3 interviews with Y Combinator, and winning multiple major hackathons (CalHacks ×2, HTN ×3). Recent projects include Satya(A type validation library that's in the top 10% of every python packages downloaded ever) and many more open sourced projects. He currently is a member of technical staff at Menlo.ai, where he leads code generation agents.
👨🎓 Shaoqin Lu, Y4 CS @ NUS, ex-GovTech SWE
Shaoqin is a current NUS CS student with a track record in practical builds and hackathons. His portfolio highlights multiple projects and competitions focused on productivity and social good. He is also the Head of Technology from Developer Group @ NUS Computing, where he builds #TechforGood.
🧑💻 Jewel Aw, MSc (REP) @ NTU, ex-AWS SA
Jewel is a postgraduate in NTU’s Renaissance Engineering Programme (Computer Engineering), previously at AWS and SAP, and currently a Tavily and NVIDIA Student Ambassador. Her recent work spans developer outreach and practical AI enablement.
💡 Why Join?
Meet current and past software engineer interns, fresh grads from established firms 🚀
Discover career paths in software engineering and AI 👩🏻💻
Build connections for internships 🤝
Enjoy food, fun and a casual community vibe 🍕
Please register only if you can confirm your attendance.
We have space for only 100, and only those with approved registration will be admitted.
If your plans change, kindly deregister so we can offer your spot to someone else. No-shows may result in restricted access to future events.
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🙏 Special thanks to our community partners:
Durwin Ho for the StartupX venue
Tavily for the sponsorship support
Participating Clubs
Developer Group @ NUS Computing, Google Developer Group, Nanyang Polytechnic, SUSS ICT IG, Apple Developer Society, SUTD Digital Design and Development Club, SITech Developers club