TMRW: The Rise of the AI Engineer, with Latent Space's @swyx, in SF + via livestrea
Talking ML versus AI engineers, developer tooling, Software 3.0
We’re coming at you with two live events, just one week apart.
First, tomorrow, we’re talking about the rise of the AI engineer with swyx, host of the
podcast, and one of the most in-the-weeds commentators on the companies, papers, and trends rising and falling in AI, every single week.Join us in-person at our spot in the Mission in SF, or join via livestream.
When: Tomorrow, Thursday, February 29, 6:30pm to 8:30pm in the Mission
Join in person: Apply here to join
Join the livestream: RSVP here
Hosts: Outset Capital and Imbue
Sponsored by: WndrCo
Topics we’ll cover:
swyx’s canonical essay, “The Rise of the AI Engineer,” as well as the discussions it’s spawned (including Andrej Karpathy’s response!)
swyx’s thesis on Software 1.0 —> 2.0 —> 3.0
Learning in public, and swyx’s journey from options trader → developer advocate → AI Founder and his advice for people who want to take the plunge into AI
Learnings from Latent Space, the AI Engineer community he’s created, and the “World's Fair '24” he’s hosting later this year.
Then, next week: Selling AI into the Fortune 500 with Snorkel CEO Alex Ratner
We’re following up @swyx’s event with a fireside with Snorkel AI’s Alex Ratner the following week, on Thursday, March 7.
Alex is the co-founder and CEO of Snorkel AI, Series C AI startup backed by top VC funds including Greylock, Google Ventures, and Lightspeed. The product is used by huge enterprises including Apple, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and LinkedIn.
Snorkel AI believes that AI teams can get better results faster by replacing highly manual data annotation with programmatic approaches that more efficiently capture and apply subject matter expertise. Its data development platform Snorkel Flow helps companies like Apple, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and LinkedIn fine-tune and align generative models with these programmatic approaches.
When: Thurs, March 7, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Join in person: Apply here to join
Join the livestream: RSVP here
Hosts: Outset Capital and Imbue
Sponsored by: WndrCo