

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 team at Nous Research behind Hermes Agent.
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
Moderated by Lahari Chowtoori | Open Source AI/ML TPM, AWSAs 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
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Crispin Velez Villazon | Global ML/AI Incubation Manager, Google
[1–2 sentence talk description]7:30–7:50 PM | Talk
Sandboxing Hermes Agent Harness
Michael Levan | Principal AI Architect & FDE, Solo.ioA 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.
Who's this for
The talks are highly technical, aimed at people building with agents.
Hosted by David DeStefano, Lahari Chowtoori, and Michael Levin.