AAIF NYC: Agentic AI Night with Nous Research

​Join us for a night of tech talks and good conversation with the people building agents in NYC.

​This month's sponsor is AWS, who are generously providing the space, food, and drinks.

​Co-hosted by the teams at Nous Research, behind Hermes Agent, and Antimetal.

​Agenda

• ​6:00 PM: Doors open. Grab a drink and meet people before things kick off.

• ​6:30 PM: Talks begin.

• ​6:30–7:10 PM | Panel Discussion
  Authorization & Behavior Alignment in AI Agents
  Karan Malhotra | Co-Founder, Nous Research
  Jake Moshenko | CEO, AuthZed
  Shreyas Iyer, Co-Founder & CTO, Antimetal
  Moderated by Lahari Chowtoori | Open Source AI/ML TPM, AWS

  • ​As AI agents become more capable and autonomous, how do we ensure they behave as intended while operating within the right boundaries? This discussion will explore open research and agent development, behavior alignment, authorization and access control, and what these challenges mean as we move toward increasingly autonomous and multi-agent systems.

• ​7:15–7:25 PM | Talk
  Optimizing Agent Harness - exploring ML code evolution
  Crispin Velez Villazon | Global ML/AI Incubation Manager, Google

  • ​A practical look at optimizing the agent harness through ML-driven code evolution, covering techniques for improving performance and reliability as agents take on more complex tasks.

• ​7:30–7:50 PM | Talk
  Sandboxing Hermes Agent Harness
  Michael Levan | Principal AI Architect & FDE, Solo.io

  • ​A focused look at sandboxing the Hermes Agent Harness and the role isolation can play as agents gain access to tools, environments, and increasingly powerful capabilities.

• ​7:50–9:00 PM · Networking
  Continue the conversation with speakers and fellow attendees over networking.

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​Who's this for
The talks are highly technical, aimed at people building with agents.

​Hosted by David DeStefano, Lahari Chowtoori, and Michael Levin.