AI Innovator's Dinner - Open Models & Inference Cost Optimization
An intimate evening hosted by FriendliAI for engineers and innovators moving beyond proprietary APIs toward high-performance open models.
📝 About the Event
The default choice for most has been OpenAI and Anthropic, but the production landscape is changing. As the performance gap between proprietary labs and the open-weights ecosystem vanishes, the most innovative teams are looking toward a new stack.
Join FriendliAI and an intimate group of AI engineers and technical founders for a dinner dedicated to the reality of running high-performance models—like Qwen, GLM, DeepSeek, and MiniMax—at scale.
We’ll gather to talk shop about the shift toward open weights, the engineering of inference optimization, and how FriendliAI helps teams reclaim their unit economics without sacrificing performance.
The Vibe: No pitch decks. No formal presentations. Just high-signal technical conversation and a world-class meal with the best builders in the industry.
👥 Who Should Attend?
This event is specifically for AI Engineers, CTOs, and Architects currently navigating the transition from closed APIs to optimized, cost-effective open-model infrastructure.
Note: This is a private, by-approval event to ensure a high-signal environment for all guests.
Hosted by FriendliAI