From Prototype to Planet-Scale: Lessons in Shipping AI Systems
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About the Event
AI teams today can build prototypes in days — but scaling those prototypes to millions of users, across geographies, compliance layers, infra constraints, and organizational roadmaps is where the real game begins.
Join us for an evening with two of the sharpest minds in applied AI:
Kavita Kanetkar - VP of Engineering, AI Platform (Microsoft, Ex-Google)
Dawn Woodard - Distinguished Engineer, LinkedIn (ex-Uber Applied Science)
as they break down what it really takes to ship AI systems at planet-scale — from infra and model design to org design, evaluation frameworks, compliance, and cross-functional scaling.
Lakshmi Shankar (Together Fund) will host a deep-dive conversation based on real-world case studies including surge pricing at Uber, Uber Maps, LinkedIn’s notifications AI, Google Search, Teams Enterprise agents, Copilot, and more.
Agenda
16:30 – 17:00
Registration
17:00 – 17:30
From Prototype → Product → Planet Scale
A keynote on successes, failures, and lessons from building large-scale AI systems.
17:30 – 18:00
Case Study: Scaling a Data Analysis Agent to Planet Scale
A walkthrough of infra, retrieval/ranking/gen models, evaluations, telemetry, and team design.
18:00 – 18:30
Designing for Scale: Technical & Organizational Patterns that Actually Work
– Overcomplication vs simplicity at scale
– Experimentation platforms & measurement
– Why compliance, safety, and infra decisions make or break AI products
– Human-in-the-loop, evals, telemetry & governance
– Squad models vs centralized models
18:30 – 19:00
Networking with speakers & the Together Fund team