AI Builders & Researchers Happy Hour and Panel - "The Art & Science of Post-Training Agentic Systems" - Seattle (SLU)

​Join us for an evening of networking, insights, and conversation with Seattle's AI community. Hosted by Databricks, OneSixOne Ventures, and Innodata, this happy hour and panel discussion brings together AI builders, founders, researchers, and investors shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

​Enjoy drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and the opportunity to connect with some of the brightest minds in the local AI ecosystem.

​Agenda

• ​4-5PM - Networking w/ drinks and hors d'oeuvres

• ​5-5:30PM - Frontier AI Scientists Panel

• ​5:30-7PM - Networking w/ drinks and hors d'oeuvres

​Space is limited to 50 attendees - RSVP early to reserve your spot.

​Panelists

​Zhenyu Zhao
Staff Research Engineer at Lila Sciences. Previously at Writer, Cohere, and Airbnb. Holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

​Tommy Guy
Principal Applied Scientist at Microsoft, Data Science Instructor at the University of Washington, and co-host of PageNerd. Holds an M.A. from Wake Forest University and previously attended the Ph.D. program at the University of Waterloo.

​Matthew Lee
Director of Applied Research. Previously at Meta Superintelligence Labs, Scale AI, and AWS. Studied Data Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

​Moderator

​Rahul Singhal
President and Chief Revenue Officer at Innodata. Previously Chief Data Officer at IBM Watson, & New York University (Professor).

​About the Hosts

​Josh Lille
Director at Databricks, where he partners with early-stage startups to accelerate AI adoption and provides Databricks credits to support founders. He is also an active startup investor and advisor. Prior to Databricks, Josh spent six years at Microsoft helping organizations drive cloud adoption and digital transformation.

​Ken Morimoto
Veteran startup and technology operator currently the Director of AI Partnerships & Strategy at Innodata. Formerly at Amazon, Scale AI, NewEdge, BigBand Networks, and Cobalt. An active angel investor, community builder, and Partner at Leading Edge VC. Ken has organized AI Leaders & Builders meetups since 2020, is active across the Seattle, New York, and Bay Area startup ecosystems, and serves as a founding member and co-chair of Seattle AI Circle.

​Pablo Casilimas
Founding Partner at OneSixOne Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm backing relentless founders building category-defining companies. The firm is known for hosting highly curated events that help startups unlock customers, partnerships, and fundraising opportunities.