NYC Alt Cloud Meetup (March 2026)

​Spend an evening nerding out about what agents need to be productive in the real world. As AI agents are moving from demos to doing real s**t, two things suddenly matter a lot: speed and isolation. We’ll break it down.

What does an agent need, really?

• ​5:00 - Doors open, drinks mingling

• ​6:00 - Alexander Jung "Why milliseconds & isolation matter for agents"

• ​6:30 - Nikhil Kanamarla "Object storage in the age of AI"

• ​7:00 - Mutual aid

• ​7:15 - Mingling

​About our speakers:

​Alexander Jung is Co-Founder and CPO at Unikraft, shipping unikernels to the world. A PhD candidate at Lancaster University, he focuses on high-performance, network-optimized virtualization and compile-time systems wizardry. Formerly CIO at Adjacent Systems, he built secure platforms for UK law enforcement and government. Alex will chat about why fast start up times and lightweight isolation matters!

Nikhil Kanamarla is the founder of a stealth startup. He'll share more details at the meetup!