Wild AI SF # 1 Hidden Infrastructure of Intelligence
Wild AI SF #1: Hidden Infrastructure of Intelligence
AI products feel magical on the surface, but underneath them is a vast hidden stack: model infrastructure, data pipelines, inference systems, compression, compilers, evals, agents, developer tools, and the people building all of it.
For our first Wild AI gathering in San Francisco, we are bringing together founders, engineers, researchers, and builders working on the infrastructure that makes intelligent software possible.
Expect short technical talks, live demos, and conversations with people building close to the metal of modern AI.
Throughout the evening, we will explore automated research, novel inference methods, AI infrastructure at massive scale, model alignment, lower-cost reliability, and designing products that make complex systems easy to understand.
Speaker lineup
Arsalan Zafar — formerly Founder/CTO at Deep Render
Joe Fioti — Founder/CEO at Luminal, YC S25
Jake Brindley — Founder/CEO at Attentio.ai
Akash Nagaraj — Product & Design at smallest.ai
More speakers to be announced soon.
Schedule
5:30 PM — Doors open, check-in, food and drinks
6:00 PM — Welcome and introductions
6:15 PM — Lightning talks and live demos
7:15 PM — Open networking
8:30 PM — Event ends
Who should come
Founders building AI products or infrastructure
Engineers working on systems, ML, data, agents, or developer tools
Researchers, operators, investors, and anyone curious about what sits beneath the surface of intelligent software
Wild AI is a growing community of more than 1,000 AI founders, researchers, engineers, and builders, with chapters in Minneapolis and Toronto. After hosting builder-focused AI gatherings across our existing communities, we are excited to host our first San Francisco event at Frontier Tower.
Come for the talks. Stay for the demos, ideas, and people building what comes next.