Own Your AI - Event #3
"Own Your AI" is a community event for practitioners who want to run their own AI. We explore the sovereignty of infrastructure, models, and data, and what that means for controlling security, risk, and costs. Our focus is independence from the cloud foundation services and large hyperscalers that dominate the scene.
We are an active community of people who are building AI systems and want to exchange notes with peers who do the same.
Our Mission:
Sovereignty • Optimization • Knowledge
Who is this for?
LLM- and Agentic-Engineers, Data Scientists, AI-Platform-Engineers, Hands-on Tech-Leaders
Agenda
📢 Intro: "What's new in August 2026" by Andreas and Andreas
A short overview of the latest developments in LLMs and agentic AI over the past five weeks.
Talks
🚀 "LLMs in Cyber Defense" by Aaron Kaplan.
Cybersecurity expert Aaron Kaplan explores the cutting-edge intersection of AI and modern threat defense as well as how AI based tools can help in incident response.
The topic can be broadly split into :
- AI 4 cyber security
- Cyber security 4 AI
Both aspects will be touched upon.
🚀 "Long-Term Memory Concepts - Which to use for what?" by Andi Kunar
Andi will present the current and upcoming concepts of long-term memory for agents.
🚀 "How to Build a Fully Autonomous AI Software Factory?" by Andreas Petersson
Andreas will present an end-to-end concept of a pipeline where AI agents autonomously plan, write, test, and ship software.
Lightning Talks
⚡ "Was KI kann" by Florian Zsifkovics
Florian is a journalist and the host of the AI podcast "Was KI kann", where he discusses hype and reality.
Format
Agenda: Focus talks (20 min), Lightning talks (5 min) - each followed by a Q&A
Followed by: Meeting peers and discussing topics - have a drink together
Location: Vienna (in person only. No online attendance)
Cadence: Once every month.
Language: English - we appreciate our very international community!
Why in person only? The value is in the hallway conversations, the whiteboard sketches, and the people you meet.
Hosts
Andreas Burner — Management Advisor for AI & Cloud Strategy, Board Advisor, and Court-Certified Expert. 25+ years in global enterprise technology. BurnerNet.com
Andreas Petersson — Technology Advisor and Founder of Capacity. Two decades of experience building and auditing decentralised, security-critical systems. Capacity.at
Registration
Seats are limited — we deliberately keep the session small so that discussion and networking actually work. Register here via Luma. You'll receive the exact location, the final speaker line-up, and the agenda well in advance of the event.
Own the stack. Own the data. Own the future.