Unleashing The Power of AI Applications
About This Event
Join us for an afternoon at Google NYC as we delve into what's next in the dynamic world of artificial intelligence with "Unleashing The Power of AI Applications."
Prepare to engage in interactive discussions and deep dives into the latest AI application layer innovations transforming industries and reshaping the future. This event is for builders focused on the application layer of generative AI whether you're a founder, CTO, or ML Engineer.
Agenda
1:00PM | Evolving Architectures at the Application Layer
SPEAKERS
Chip Hazard - General Partner, Flybridge (Moderator)
Benjamin Flast - Director, Product Management, MongoDB
Jason Gelman - Director, Product Management, Cloud AI, Google
Ian Cairns - Founder, Freeplay
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Topics we'll discuss:
Best practices in the current frameworks
Future state ideas, the shift to native retrieval augmentation, evolution of RAG and more
Agents and autonomy at the enterprise level
2:00PM | The Human-AI Interface
SPEAKERS
Jesse Middleton - General Partner, Flybridge (Moderator)
Alexander Reese - AI Principles and Ethics Associate, Google
Andy Thompson - AI Augmentation Product Strategy, Splice
Genevieve Patterson - Co-Founder, TRASH acq. VSCO
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Topics we'll discuss:
Building applications that imbue trust and can be integrated into workflows
Consumers and AI, skepticism and opportunity
UI/UX for AI Applications what’s different
Empowering Creators with AI Products
3:00PM | Building with AI: Journeys for Technologists and Founders
Speakers
Joe Mellet - Head of Customer Engineering, East, Google (moderator)
Daniel Porras Reyes - Associate, Flybridge Captial
Drew Oros - Google Cloud, Client Executive
Sam Li - Founder and CEO, Thoropass
Alex Sambvani - CEO and Co-Founder, Slang.ai
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Topics we'll discuss:
Choosing the right model for your needs and optimizing model selection
The Future of Multimodal AI and vision models
Vertex AI
The Evolution of Industry-Specific Models
4:00PM | The Business of AI AMA Session
We'll bring together technologists from our earlier sessions and business leaders enmeshed in the AI space through different lenses for an AMA to kick off the conversations and connections during our reception.
PANELISTS
Aaron Rubin - General Partner, Gunderson Dettmer
Bo Ren - Managing Director of Early Stage Startups, SVB
Chip Hazard - General Partner, Flybridge
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We'll be taking questions directly from the audience but here are some topics to kick us off
How to develop sustainable models when the technology is rapidly evolving
Selling into Enterprises
Where does value accrue
Nascent opportunities
4:30PM | Networking Reception
We look forward to welcoming you and sharing a day of discovery, connection, and inspiration.
About Flybridge
Flybridge is an early-stage venture capital firm backing ambitious founders building our AI future. With 20+ years of experience in venture investing we ride the waves of innovation with a strong track record and an eye for what's next.
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