AI, Search & Scale: Elastic x HyperFlex @ Chicago Tech Week

Join the Elastic Chicago User Group and HyperFlex on Wednesday, July 22nd for a special Chicago Tech Week meetup focused on AI, search, and modern data architectures.

We’ll hear from speakers across the Elastic and HyperFlex communities, followed by food, refreshments, and networking with fellow developers, engineers, and technology leaders in the Chicago area.

Whether you're building AI-powered applications, exploring vector search, or scaling modern data platforms, this meetup is a great opportunity to connect with the local tech community during Chicago Tech Week.

More details, speakers, and agenda coming soon!

📅 Date and Time:
Wednesday, July 22nd from 5:30-7:30 pm

📍Location:
Location: AF-Chicago: 54 W Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60654

🔑 Arrival Instructions:

• The event entrance is located at 54 W Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60654 and presentations will take place in the auditorium.

🚗 Parking:

• Parking (with validation at AF–Chicago reception desk): InterPark at 100 W Chestnut St: $12. If you park at InterPark, you will be given a validation ticket to reduce the rate at payment. or Book a spot on SpotHero
• Public Transportation: The venue is approximate 4 min walk from Chicago Redline.

📝Agenda:

• 5:30 PM – Doors open, grab a seat, and enjoy some pizza!
• 6:00 PM – Trusted Research, Powered by Elastic AI - Vishal Rathod (CTO & Co-founder of Hyperflex) and Yash Patidar (Head of Delivery at Hyperflex)
• 6:30 – AI Agents Are Goldfish. Let's Fix That - Jeff Vestal (AI Architect at Elastic)
• 7:00 pm: Networking and refreshments

💭 Talk Abstracts:
AI Agents Are Goldfish. Let's Fix That - Jeff Vestal (AI Architect at Elastic)
AI agents forget everything between sessions — unless you give them a memory layer. I'll show you how I wired Elasticsearch as long-term memory for my own AI agent: the architecture, why ES over a dedicated vector DB, how retrieval actually works, and what broke along the way. Live demo included.

Trusted Research, Powered by Elastic AI - Vishal Rathod (CTO & Co-founder of Hyperflex) and Yash Patidar (Head of Delivery at Hyperflex)
Today’s AI is great at answering questions, but not always at finding the right answers.
This session explores the next evolution of AI: agents that can research, verify, and reason through complex problems instead of relying on a single prompt. You’ll see how modern search technology enables AI to gather evidence, connect information from multiple sources, and produce more reliable, explainable responses. Whether you’re building AI products, exploring enterprise AI, or simply curious about what’s next, this talk offers a practical look at how search is becoming the foundation for trustworthy AI.