AI Engineering SF: 2026 is the year of ____?

​if you liked our previous meetup, you'll like this! we are now THE definitive AI Engineering meetup in SF.

​Come prepared with STRONG OPINIONS on what will be the most important NEW theme of 2026 that people might be sleeping on (in AI Engineering).

​Confirmed Speakers - start ON TIME at 6pm:

• ​Speed — Sarah Chieng

• ​"Claude Code" for local, small models — Erik Thorelli

• ​GOOD Voice Agents — Moin Nadeem
  Interactive Video Models — Karthik RA Kumar

• ​The Death of Synchronous Agent — Ishaan Sehgal

• ​Background Agents — Jay Chia

• ​Context Engineering — Karan Vaidya

​This is a free event, thanks to AWS for the lovely venue! Thanks also to our Food/Dinner sponsors:

• ​Digital Ocean ft Gradient AI (Lizzie Siegle)

• ​Cerebras ft Cerebras Code (Sarah Chieng)

• ​Eventual / Daft.ai (Jay Chia)

​We will send a QR CODE just before the event - bring the QR code plus your ID to check in. obviously if you're not confirmed don't come.

​IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

• ​By registering for this event, you acknowledge that you are 18 years or older and agree to follow the AWS Code of Conduct (https://aws.amazon.com/codeofconduct/) and the AWS Event Terms and Conditions (https://aws.amazon.com/events/terms/)

• ​It is mandatory to bring valid physical government ID to enter the AWS Builder loft (No Digital IDs will be accepted).

• ​There is no scooter/bike parking available in the building. If you plan to bring one, you will need to find parking options nearby.