The APP Funeral: Photon Dev Day
You are cordially invited to a funeral.
The deceased: Apps.
2008–2026.In loving memory of all the apps you downloaded and opened once.
On September 17, inside a 1914 San Francisco ex-mortuary, we lay the app era to rest, and unveil what comes next.
Welcome to Photon's Dev Day.
This is going to be the coolest product ever released in the agent communication layer.
And you're going to experience it as a fully immersive launch, alongside the best developers and founders in the field, all there to witness it.
Seats are extremely limited and curated.
The Service
5:30 PM — Doors open · Demo playground
6:15 PM — Keynote: Agents, Go Everywhere
Daniel Tian — CEO & Co-founder, Photon
Ryan Zhu — CTO & Co-founder, Photon
7:00 PM — Panels: Build With & Build On
Panel 1: After the App: Where Do Agents Live?
Andrew Qu, Chief of Software at Vercel
Hayden Bleasel, MTS at OpenAI
Shirley Zhou, Product at Stripe
Shuhao Zhang, Cofounder / CPO at TinyFish
Moderator: Josh Constine, Solo GP - Unexpected Investments / ex-TechCrunch
Panel 2: The Next App Is a Contact
Eric Liu, Co-Founder / CTO at Ditto
Sebastian Scott, Co-Founder at Clera
Sanjay Amirthraj, CEO of Flip Labs
Harsha, CEO at Slashy
Sujal Dhakal, CEO at Vene Health
Moderator: Julie Chen, CMO at Photon
8:00 PM — The Burial
A moment of silence for the apps we loved.8:10 PM — Drinks, playground & celebration
Dress code: black and white
About Photon
Photon is the simplest way to deploy AI agents across iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, SMS/RCS and more - so your agents live where your users already are.