Name: Building Trusted AI on Cloud Native Platforms
Start: 2026-04-06T22:00:00.000Z
Location: S Prairie Ave

We’re bringing together Chicago’s AI & Cloud Native open-source community—platform engineers, SREs, architects, AI practitioners, builders, and anyone working hands-on with modern infrastructure—for a focused, in-person technical gathering.
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No sales pitches. No marketing fluff. No surface-level talks. Just real architectures, practical lessons, and conversations with people building and operating production systems.
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**What to expect:**
• Meet Chicago practitioners working on AI, Kubernetes, security, and hybrid cloud platforms
• Learn how teams are evaluating AI models privately, reducing CVE noise, and operating Kubernetes at scale
• Exchange real-world design patterns, trade-offs, and lessons learned
• An open, discussion-driven format with time to connect and go deeper
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**Why this matters:**
Chicago has strong technical talent across many companies, industries, and neighborhoods—but few spaces for deep, practitioner-to-practitioner knowledge sharing. This meetup is about strengthening local connections and raising the signal for how modern platforms are actually built and secured to support your AI & Cloud Native applications.
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**Who should come:**
Engineers, SREs, platform teams, AI practitioners, and anyone tech-curious who wants to learn, share experiences, and help grow a stronger, more connected Chicago AI and Cloud Native ecosystem.
​Come for the technical depth, stay for the conversation.
**Free food, drinks, swag, and complimentary parking tickets included (while supplied last)**.

​​**Agenda** (Central Time):

* ​​​​​5:00 - 5:30 pm (Check-in): Networking, Food and Drinks
* ​​​5:30 - 6:00 pm (Talk 1): Private AI Evaluation in the Enterprise, Nutanix
* ​​​​6:00 - 6:30 pm (Talk 2): Beyond the Patching Treadmill: Automating Zero-CVE Platforms with Runtime Intelligence, RapidFort
* ​​​​6:30 - 7:00 pm (Talk 3): One Interface, Any Infrastructure: Architecting a Consistent Hybrid Private Cloud, Nutanix
* ​​7:00 - 7:30 (Talk 4): To Be Added Soon
* ​7:30 - 7:45: Wrap-up

**Location**
2121 S Prairie Ave
Chicago, IL 60616, USA
@Marriott Marquis Chicago (Room: Water Tower AB)

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