ACM CAIS 2026 Mixer
โ๐ ACM CAIS 2026 Mixer โ Hosted by EPIC Connector & FounderGro
โ๐ฏ The Vibe
โTired of agentic systems that almost work? So are we.
โCome unwind with the builders, researchers, and operators who are actually shipping compound AI architectures. This is the unofficial after-hours hang for ACM CAIS 2026 โ no slides, no demos, just real conversations with the people behind the papers.
โWhether you're presenting research, shipping production agents, or just trying to figure out if your multi-agent pipeline will ever stop hallucinating โ this is your crew. No long panels. No pitch decks. No slide karaoke. Just the conversations you came to San Jose for. ๐ป
โ๐ Quick Facts
โ๐ Date๏ผ28 May 2026
โ๐ Location๏ผSan Jose, CA (walking distance from CAIS)
โ๐ Who's Coming๏ผCAIS attendees, AI founders, researchers, engineers, investors
โ๐ฐ Cost๏ผFree with RSVP
โโจ Why You Should Show Up
โ๐ง High-signal networking โ Meet the authors behind CAIS's 61 peer-reviewed papers and 45 live system demos
โ๐ค Cross-community collision โ EPIC Connector ร FounderGro ร the global CAIS crowd
โ๐น Zero agenda, maximum serendipity โ No pitches, just peer-to-peer hangs
โ๐ Bridge academia & industry โ From Stanford CRFM to Databricks to Anthropic Claude Code team
โ๐ค Who You'll Meet
โ๐ฌ Researchers shipping reproducible agent benchmarks
๐ Engineers productionizing multi-agent orchestration
๐ก Founders turning compound AI into real products
๐ฐ Investors hunting for the next DSPy or vLLM moment
โ๐ How to Join
โSmash that RSVP button โ๏ธ
โBring your CAIS badge (or your best agentic hot take)
โShow up thirsty โ for knowledge and refreshments ๐ฅ
โ๐ Connect With Us
โ๐ EPIC Connector: epicconnector.ai
โ๐ฉ Questions? Drop us a line โ our DMs are always open.
โNote: This is a community-organized side event and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ACM or ACM CAIS 2026.