🧠 GenAI Collective 🧠 × [Vectorize] — Agentic AI in the Wild

​ GenAI Collective × [Vectorize] — Agentic AI in the Wild
Real-world architectures for autonomous reasoning and action.

Date & Time:
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM CT

​Location:
Microsoft Midwest District, Chicago, IL (full address provided after RSVP confirmed)

​Event Description
From prompt-following to plan-executing. Autonomous AI agents now chain reasoning, retrieve data, call APIs, and act, without constant human nudge. See how today’s most advanced Agentic AI frameworks are leaping from research to production.

​The 2 co-founders of Vectorize, Chris Latimer and Chris Bartholomew, draw from their extensive hands-on experiences at major technology companies (such as Google and Datastax) building many technical products, they are currently working on constructing agentic AI capabilities. Chris Latimer will discuss the core challenges particularly around data retrieval and system architecture, and will demonstrate proven approaches to overcome these hurdles.

​We will also be having Chicago's very own Building AI Agents -Michael for a demo talk.

​Don't miss this exciting event!!

​Agenda

• ​5:30 PM — Check-in & Networking

• ​6:00 PM — Welcome by GenAI Collective

• ​6:10 PM — Featured presentation by Chris Latimer, CEO of Vectorize

• ​7:10 PM — Live Demo/Talk by Michael Cunningham, Founder of Building AI Agents

• ​7:30 PM — Open Q&A & Networking

• ​8:00 PM — Close

​Featured Speakers:

• ​Chris Latimer, CEO of [vectorize]

• ​Michael Cunningham, Founder of Building AI Agents | ML Engineer, Abbvie

• ​Mary Grygleski, Director of Emerging Tech, Callibrity | GenAI Collective Chicago Leadership

​Sponsored by: [Vectorize] — RAG-as-a-Service for production-ready GenAI

​Tickets: Space is limited. Please keep applying to join our event if this is not enough space for all attendees at this event.

​As always, snacks and soft drinks, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!

​​Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone who we would like to join in person. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! The good news is that, for this event, we will be able to livestream it. We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!

For those of you who will be joining us in person at the Microsoft office, please remember to bring a valid picture ID for building security checkin purpose. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

​The GenAI Collective is a global non-profit community uniting 40,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI’s future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing.

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