Building AI for the Real World

​Autodesk just shipped Autodesk Assistant. It sits inside AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D, and other products, takes natural-language prompts, routes tasks to specialized agents, and automates workflows designers used to do by hand.

​Boaz Brudner helped build it. He leads AI and engineering at Autodesk, advises and invests in AI startups, and on May 5 he’s walking through what it actually takes to ship AI at that scale. What works, what breaks, and the things nobody tells you until you’re in the middle of it.

​After the keynote, five builders demo what they've made. Audience votes.

​Confirmed demos:

​Dani Beit-Or - AI-powered client outreach for his real estate team. Personalized emails that took hours now take seconds.

​Krisztina Zur - Agntai. AI-driven CRM that runs daily outreach for real estate agents, first touch to close.

​Shuaiyu Yao - AI email assistant that handles job tracking, calendar extraction, and drafts replies automatically.

​Griffin Rowell - AI systems engineering tool that turns requirements into a full review package. Aerospace, from a founder behind a $75M exit.

​Ian Read - Field service automation. Coordinates dispatch, engineers, managers, and customers in real time.

​A May evening in Irvine with people shipping AI at Google, Amazon, and startups across OC. Come for the talk, stay for the conversations.

​Agenda 6:00 - 6:30 PM
Networking 6:30 - 7:00 PM
Keynote 7:00 - 7:30 PM
Live Demos 7:30 - 8:00 PM
Audience Vote + Networking

​Light refreshments and soft drinks provided.
Free parking on-site.