Seattle AI Developers Group

AI Webinar - Building an AI-Ready Data Backbone

Thu, Mar 26 · 10:00 AM PDT

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Description:
Welcome to the weekly AI Deep Dive Webinar Series (Virtual) with Aiven and Google Cloud. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs, Agentic AI, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers & fellow developers from all over the world.
This is virtual event for our AI global community, please double-check your local time. Can't make it live? Register anyway to receive the webinar recording.
Join Aiven and Google Cloud to learn how to build an AI-Ready data backbone.

Tech Talk: Building an AI-Ready Data Backbone
Speaker: Dmitry Kan (Aiven)
Abstract: In the era of Generative AI, the true differentiator for successful application deployment isn't the model—it's the underlying data infrastructure. Many enterprises struggle to transition from siloed, legacy data platforms to a scalable, real-time data backbone capable of fueling modern AI and search applications.

This webinar will dive into the essential components of building a robust, AI-ready data foundation, focusing specifically on leveraging the power of Aiven for OpenSearch integrated with Google Cloud. Attendees will learn practical strategies for establishing a unified data platform that supports high-velocity indexing, advanced vector search, and multimodal data storage.
We will explore how to seamlessly ingest, process, and enrich data streams on Google Cloud, ensuring your data is clean, secure, and immediately accessible for AI workloads. Discover how this powerful combination accelerates your time-to-value for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures, intelligent search, and operational analytics, transforming your data from a cost center into a core competitive advantage.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics
Venue:
virtual, join from anywhere.
Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 500K+ worldwide.
More upcoming sessions:

• Mar 18: AI Meetup (Virtual) - AI in Industry: From Hype to Operational Reality

Local and Global AI Community on Discord
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- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers

Ray Day: Seattle

Tue, Mar 31 · 9:00 AM PDT

THE WESTIN, The Westin Seattle, 1900 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, United States, Seattle, WA, US

Important: Register on AICamp website is required for admission.
RSVP on meetup is turned off.

Scale AI with confidence— Learn directly from Ray’s creators and power builders at this free technical event featuring real-world talks and hands-on workshops designed to move your AI workloads from experiment to production.

What to expect:

• Community-Led Talks: Learn real-world lessons, proven architectures, and scaling patterns from teams actively building with Ray.
• Direct Expert Access: Engage directly with Ray’s creators and builders to get answers, insights, and best practices for productionizing AI.
• Hands-on Workshops: Accelerate your path to production with an instructor-led Ray workshop covering Ray’s AI libraries.
• Peer Networking: Connect with experienced engineers and AI teams and learn from shared experiences.

Speakers:

• Robert Nishiharam, co-founder @Anyscale
• Mickey Liu, Software Engineer @Notion
• Chi Wang, Director Software Engineering- AI Platform @Salesforce
• Suman Debnath, Technical Lead - ML @Anyscale
• Haocheng Bian, Principal ML Engineer @Apple
• Jiwei Cao, Software Engineering Lead @Salesforce
• Peng Zhang, Engineering Manager - AI Platform @Uber
• Rahul Samir Mehta, Manager, Member of Technical Staff @Anyscale

Agenda:

• 9:00AM - 9:30AMRegistration + Networking
• 9:30AM - 10:15AMOpening Keynote
• 10:15AM - 12:30PMRay User Talks
• 12:30PM - 1:30PMExpo hall: Lunch and Networking
• 1:30PM - 5:00PMHands-on Workshop: Building Distributed AI with Ray
• 2:00PM - 3:15PMFuture of Ray: Technical Roundtable (Invite-only)
• 5:00PM - 6:30PMExpo hall: Happy Hour and Networking

Featured Sponsors:
AWS, Google Cloud, CoreWeave, Nebius

[External] Seattle Startup Summit

Wed, Apr 1 · 2:00 PM PDT

Sheraton, 1400 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, Seattle, WA, US

You must get your tickets here: https://luma.com/seattle-startup-summit

Come join us for the second ever Seattle Startup Summit!

You can use code AICAMP20 for 20% off your tickets

​April 1 (Workshop Day)

• ​2pm to 6pm

• ​25 minutes each, 5 minute break

• ​4 rooms

• ​Willow A

• ​Willow B

• ​Cedar

• ​Aspen

​April 2

• ​Main Stage
• ​Grand Ballroom
• ​Opening: 9-9:05
• ​Keynotes:
• ​9:10 - 9:30:
• ​Dan Lewis, CVP @ Microsoft
• ​9:35 - 9:55:
• ​TBA
• ​4:00 - 4:45: TBA
• ​20 minutes each
• ​Closing/Awards:
• ​4:45 - 5:00
• ​Fireside Chats:
• ​10:00 - 10:25:
• ​Atai Barkai, CopilotKit
• ​10:30 - 10:55:
• ​Ozan Unlu, Edge Delta
• ​11:00 - 11:25:
• ​Jordan Tigani, MotherDuck
• ​11:30 - 11:55:
• ​Hang Huang, Insforge
• ​1:00 - 4:00
• ​25 minutes each, 5 minute break (TBA)
• ​Demo Rooms
• ​Presented in partnership with:
• ​NVIDIA
• ​Redis
• ​Okta
• ​8 minutes each, 6 per hour
• ​10am to noon and 1pm to 4pm
• ​4 Stages
• ​Willow A
• ​Willow B
• ​Cedar
• ​Aspen

​Register now to build your AI advantage and secure your funding future.
​Find our more at https://www.seattlestartupsummit.com
​2025 Stats:

• ​Over 40% of attendees were in leadership positions
• ​Over 55% of attendees were in an engineering role
• ​Over 450 unique companies participated
• ​Over 50 companies came to exhibit
• ​Almost 900 people signed up

​For 2026, you can expect:

• ​30 companies to exhibit
• ​1200 - 1500 attendees
• ​120 Top Tier AI Companies vying for the top category prize


Location

AI Deep Dive (Virtual) - AI-Ready Data Framework with Agent Skills

Wed, Apr 15 · 10:00 AM PDT

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Event Website link. (rsvp on meetup will NOT receive joining link).
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Description:
Welcome to the AI Deep Dive Series (Virtual) with Snowflake. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs, Agentic AI, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers & fellow developers from all over the world.
This is virtual event for our AI global community, please double-check your local time. Can't make it live? Register anyway to receive the webinar recording.
Join Snowflake to learn how to evaluate AI Agent Reliability.

Tech Talk: How to Make Your Data AI-Ready
Speaker: Jacob Prall (Snowflake)
Abstract: Most AI initiatives fail because they're built on data that isn't ready for the demands of AI workloads. The result? Poor results, wasted effort, and broken trust. How do you know when your data is AI-ready, and how do you make it ready?
In this webinar, we will introduce the AI-Ready Data Framework, an open standard that defines AI-readiness and provides a suite of agent Skills to help you assess your data, identify gaps, and apply remediations to make your data ready for RAG, agents, and training.

Key takeaways:

• How to tell if your AI problems are really data problems: A practical diagnostic lens for spotting readiness gaps behind hallucinations, weak retrieval, and more.
• How to set the right bar for each workload: Compare what RAG, agents, and model training each require so your team can prioritize the right investments.
• How to close the gap: Learn practical approaches teams use to address data-readiness gaps once they are identified.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Venue:
virtual, join from anywhere.
Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 500K+ worldwide.

More upcoming sessions and Past sessions

• Recordings for all Past episodes: Link

Local and Global AI Community on Discord
Join us on discord for local and global AI tech community:
- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers