AI Tinkerers Seattle - June 2024 [AI Tinkerers - Seattle]
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AI Tinkerers Seattle - June 2024

Jun
06
Thursday
Thursday, June 6th, 2024 โ€ข 5PM to 8PM (PDT)
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Talks include open-source speech LMs, streaming Parquet in-browser, multimodal agent orchestration, and structured LLM game engines, and more. View Demos »

๐Ÿ”ฅ AI Tinkerers is happening again on June 6th, 2024, from 5 PM to 8 PM ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Get ready for another exciting AI Tinkerers Seattle meetup, generously sponsored by ๐Ÿข CBRE - the worldโ€™s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm - and SuperMicro - a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology and innovation.

โ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธ Register above to join us for an evening of kick-ass demos and networking with other active builders. This is an event you do not want to miss! โ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธ

What is AI Tinkerers?

AI Tinkerers is a meetup designed exclusively for practitioners who possess technical, machine learning, and entrepreneurial backgrounds and are actively building and working with foundation models, such as large language models (LLMs) and generative AI. If youโ€™re deeply passionate about creating LLM-enabled applications, have hands-on experience in building such systems, and are eager to connect with like-minded individuals who share your level of commitment, then this group is the perfect fit for you. With AI Tinkerers meetups taking place in multiple cities, we cater to a dedicated community of practitioners.

Who is this for?

Weโ€™re not โ€œAI Enthusiastsโ€, we are AI Tinkerers. The core essence of AI Tinkerers lies in active collaboration surrounding early-stage discovery and innovation, which requires a high degree of experimentation, vulnerability, openness to sharing challenges and learnings, and collaboration among individuals with a shared level of expertise. This unique environment allows us to push the boundaries of whatโ€™s possible with AI and LLMs while maintaining a strong sense of camaraderie and mutual support.

๐Ÿ’ป Event Format
  • Doors open at 5:00 pm
  • Demos at 5:45 pm
  • Networking
  • Doors close at 8:00 pm

๐Ÿ” There will be drinks and appetizers served, courtesy of our sponsor SuperMicro.

๐Ÿค Join us for an evening of mind-blowing demos and connect with fellow AI active builders ๐Ÿค

Whatโ€™s in store?
  • Demos galore! Witness the latest and greatest AI innovations from our talented community members. ๐Ÿค–
  • Networking with the best and brightest: Connect with like-minded individuals, share ideas, and forge new collaborations. ๐Ÿง 
  • Learn from the experts: Gain insights from CBREโ€™s team of passionate professionals with diverse backgrounds in commercial real estate, technology, and innovation. ๐Ÿข

Who should attend?

Whether youโ€™re a seasoned AI practitioner, a budding entrepreneur, or simply curious about the potential of AI for commercial real estate, this meetup is for you!

๐Ÿค– More Information

If you are new to the group, please be sure to read the AI Tinkerers FAQ.

๐Ÿ“ท May 2024 Meetup Photos

A full house with another 200 on the waitlist
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(Photo) A man in a black shirt is presenting, gesturing with his hand towards a projected screen displaying code examples and explanations. Text: Valuation ode # Collect your examples examples = [ {"question": "What is the capital of France?", "expected": "Paris"), {"question": "Who wrote 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?", "expected": "Harper Lee"}, {"question": "What is the square root of 64?", "expected": "8"}, define any custom scoring function weave.op() ef match_scorel(expecte dict, model_output: dict) -> dict: #Here is where return {'match @weave.() def functn to # Here define the logic to score the model output acted == model_output['generated_text']} ce(question: str): would add your LLM call and return the output ated_text': 'Paris'} aples using scoring functions Evaluation( c=examples, scorers=[match_score1] #Start tracking the evaluation weave.init('intro-example') luate person | indoor | projected code, presentation | candid Note: The image is a photograph of a person presenting code on a projector screen. It captures a real-life scene, making "photo" the most appropriate category.

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PLEASE RSVP AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE โ˜๏ธ - space is limited.

AI Tinkerers Seattle Stats ๐Ÿ“Š
  • Attendees: This exclusive community of 5,360 technical professionals comprises approximately 43% senior software engineers, 32% AI/ML scientists, and 25% technical founders. Members possess deep expertise in agentic workflows, LLM orchestration, and cloud infrastructure. Notably, the group bridges elite enterprise talent from Microsoft and Amazon with venture-backed startups, driving rapid, open-source AI integration and local-first hardware-software innovations.
  • Companies Represented: Featuring industry giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google, and Apple, alongside leading AI innovators such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Together.ai, and rising startups like CopilotKit, OpenPipe, Fixie.ai, and Moondream, and more
  • Demos: 614 demos have been submitted and 266 have been presented at AI Tinkerers โ€“ Seattle. The most exciting themes have frequently blended agentic workflows, production-ready LLM engineering, and agent/tool orchestration, while technical highlights have emphasized RAG and memory systems, structured outputs for reliability, multimodal real-time UX (especially voice/vision), and evaluation/observability for safer iterationโ€”often alongside privacy/security and edge performance work.

Testimonials ๐Ÿ’ฌ

โ€œI like the changeup in the opening where you had nate doing news. Keeping that fresh is great. ... I just... didn't really get it I guess?โ€
โ€” Agentic engineer, enterprise storage

๐Ÿ‘‘ Sponsors

The event is generously sponsored by CBRE and SuperMicro.

CBRE is the worldโ€™s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, offering comprehensive services, insights, and data across every sector and geography. With a dedicated team of over 500 global researchers, we provide unparalleled market intelligence and multi-dimensional perspectives to drive innovative solutions for clients of all sizes. Our commitment to sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion reflects our core values, as we strive to create a more sustainable and equitable future. CBREโ€™s extensive portfolio of services includes real estate investment, planning, leasing, design, construction, and property management, ensuring we meet the diverse needs of our clients and help them realize their full potential.

SuperMicro - Supermicro is a global technology leader committed to delivering first-to-market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, Metaverse, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Rack-Scale Total IT Solutions provider that designs and builds an environmentally-friendly and energy-saving portfolio of servers, storage systems, switches, software, along with global support services.

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p.s. this is our regularly scheduled monthly meetup. Look out for our summer hackathon this month also! ๐Ÿš€

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