Product & Business Strategy in AI: Talks + AI Agent Workshops, Ft Google & Snowflake
Interdisciplinary sessions, from consumers and marketing, large language models, and open-source innovation with hands-on AI agent workshops, exploring how organizations design, deploy, and govern intelligent systems to drive real-world impact and strategic advantage.
TechEquity Ai invites you to an evening of applied AI learning and hands-on building at the Snowflake Silicon Valley AI Hub (SVAI) in Menlo Park. We bring together AI leaders, developers, founders, early-career talent, and professionals exploring AI.
This session is part of the TechEquity Ai Monthly Forum Series, combining strategic insights and real-world use cases from industry leaders, alongside technical workshops and live demonstrations.
Speakers
Gopi Kallayil — Chief Business Strategist, AI, Google (Bio)
Anupam Datta — AI Research Lead, Snowflake (Bio)
Dave Nielsen — Head of Community, AI Alliance (IBM) (Bio)
Mike Prince — CEO, Matchwise (Bio)
What to Expect
Program details are subject to change.
5:00–6:00 PM | Registration & Workshop Pre-requisite Setup
Check in; bring your laptop to set up for the workshop.
Grab a drink, enjoy light refreshments, and connect with fellow attendees before the program begins.
6:00–6:15 PM | Welcome
Welcome and announcements
6:15PM–7:30PM | Keynotes
Keynote: AI As Your Business Multiplier
Gopi Kallayil — Chief Business Strategist, AI, Google
AI is creating a new type of AI-powered consumers and Agents acting on behalf of consumers. Brands are responding with AI-powered marketing.
Keynote: The Sovereign Stack: Why Private LLMs are the Only Path to Strategic Independence in 2026
Ivan Lee — Founder & CEO, Datasaur
This session explores the shift from massive capital expenditure to high-efficiency deployment. We will examine how the maturation of the open-source ecosystem has democratized high-performance LLMs, allowing companies to fortify their market position through custom-tuned, private models. Attendees will learn how to leverage these "off-the-shelf" giants to create a proprietary competitive advantage without the billion-dollar price tag.
7:30-8:30 PM | Workshops
Workshop (Intro): Introduction to AI Agents
Dave Nielsen — Head of Community, AI Alliance (IBM)
Mike Prince — CEO, Matchwise
(Meeting Hub)
Workshop (Intermediate/Advanced): Optimize your Agent's GPA with Coding Agents
Anupam Datta — AI Research Lead, Snowflake
(Workshop Room)
In this talk, we will share how coding agents help developers build high quality agents faster. A key insight from building agents in production is that high quality agents operate with their goals, plans and actions aligned. We introduce the Agent Goal-Plan-Action or Agent GPA framework to capture this insight, which achieved state of the art benchmarks on TRAIL/GAIA with 95% error coverage and 86% error localization. This framework goes beyond examining the agent's final results to assessing the agent's process: Was the goal achieved efficiently? Did the plan make sense? Were the right tools used? Did the agent follow through? Without visibility into these steps, teams risk deploying agents that look reliable but create hidden costs in production. Inaccuracies can waste compute, inflate latency and lead to the wrong business decisions, all of which erode trust at scale. This approach to agent evaluation enables effective and fast optimization with coding agents. We will also show how to use coding agents to automate the process of measuring and improving an Agent's GPA by using agent optimization skills that take advantage of the GPA evaluation framework. By the end, attendees will be able to use coding agents and the GPA framework to identify common agent failures, improve their agent and make it ready for production.
8:30–9:00 PM | Networking & Closing
Continue the conversation with developers, founders, and AI practitioners in a collaborative, welcoming environment. Light refreshments will be provided.
Who Should Attend
Product managers and business leaders driving AI initiatives within organizations
Developers and engineers exploring applied AI and agent-based systems
Startup founders building AI-powered products
Students and career-transition professionals looking to deepen hands-on AI experience
Anyone interested in practical, responsible approaches to modern AI development
Important Details
🏢In-Person
Keynotes
Technical hands-on workshops
(Please bring your laptop to participate)Networking
💻Online Access
Please access the event through the streaming links below:
Meeting Hub: Streaming link here
Workshop Room: Streaming link here
Code of Conduct: This event follows TechEquity Ai’s community code of conduct to ensure a respectful, inclusive environment for all participants
Event Info
🎟️ Registration: RSVP required (limited capacity)
🍽️🪑 F&B and Seating: Limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis
🏢 Venue: Snowflake Silicon Valley AI Hub (SVAI)
📍 Address: 8th Floor at 135 Constitution Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025
🚗Parking: Self-park in the garage next to the 135 Building
❗Arrival Guide: Download the guide at bit.ly/SVAI-Arrival-Guide
About the Event Organizer
TechEquity Ai is a nonprofit organization dedicated to democratizing access to artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge and applications.
Our flagship initiative is the TechEquity Ai Summit, a series of high-impact events designed to foster innovation, broad participation, and education in AI. In addition to the Summit, TechEquity Ai hosts a Monthly Forum Series to keep the community engaged year-round through ongoing learning, networking, and hands-on exploration of emerging AI tools and ideas.
Across our programs, we bring together builders, leaders, and learners through keynotes, panels, fireside chats, hands-on workshops, and interactive demos.
To learn more about TechEquity Ai and our programs, visit techequity-ai.org or reach out to us at [email protected].