MLSys 2026 Happy Hour - by LMSYS & Ai2

​LMSYS Org (SGLang) and Ai2 are co-hosting a happy hour for the open AI community during MLSys 2026 in Bellevue, sponsored by Crusoe and Doubleword !

​We are bringing together folks working on open models, infra, hardware, and applications for a quick talk, drinks, and chill hang. Whether you're flying in for MLSys or local to Seattle, come through.

​Monday, May 18th at Bellevue downtown

​Schedule:

• ​6 p.m. - doors open (Food and refreshments will be served)

• ​7 p.m. - quick talk

• ​7:30 - 9 p.m. social time

​Special guests:

• ​Nathan Lambert, Senior Research Scientist, Allen Institute for AI

• ​Chenyang Zhao, SGLang Core Dev

• ​Banghua Zhu, Co-founder, RadixArk; Assistant Professor, UW

• ​Connor Guerrero, Senior Developer Relations Manager, Crusoe

• ​Jamie Dborin, Co-founder & Head of Research at Doubleword Inference Lab, Doubleword

• ​Carlo Mussolini, Member of Technical Staff, Fractile

​RSVP is required! See you soon!