PyData Seattle

Tue, Oct 14 · 5:30 PM PDT

Idea Validation & MVP Development ✨🚀 Startup Time: Open Source Round Table

Databricks Bellevue WA, 500 108th Ave NE, 26th Floor · Bellevue, WA., Bellevue, WA, US

🌟 Secure your spot by registering through our form HERE : https://forms.gle/17XkLhMPfoyrR34B7

Idea Validation & MVP Development
Learn to validate your startup ideas and build minimum viable products (MVPs) using AI-driven prototyping and open source tools.

Event program:

• 5:30 PM: Registration & Mingling ♥️ Food
• ​​6:00 PM: Announcements + Welcome Remarks by:
• Denny Lee PM Director, Developer Relations at Databricks
• 6:10 PM ➡️ Session #1: Idea Validation: Test Before You Build
• Speaker: Yinhan Liu Co-founder & CEO Co-founder & CEO
  FlickBloom
• 6:50 PM ➡️ Session #2: Building the MVP: Lean and Impactful
• Speaker: Javier Luraschi Founder & CEO Hal9
• 7:20 PM ➡️ Session #3: Idea Validation & MVP Development from the VC point of view.
• Speaker: Annie Luchsinger Founding Partner at Breakers

🚀 Join us to learn about the Databricks AI Accelerator Program: This program empowers pre-seed and seed founders with hands-on mentorship, executive guidance, funding, and access to our vibrant partner ecosystem—fueling the next wave of innovative data and AI solutions. 🔗 Discover more: https://www.databricks.com/blog/fueling-next-generation-ai-announcing-databricks-ai-accelerator-program

🌟 Secure your spot by registering through our form HERE : https://forms.gle/17XkLhMPfoyrR34B7 Apply now and join a community of innovators shaping the future of open source and AI-driven entrepreneurship!

Why Join Us?
Our series is limited to 60 carefully selected participants per event to ensure intimate, high-impact sessions that prioritize deep engagement, meaningful networking, and personalized mentorship. By joining, you’ll connect with a vibrant community of innovators, gain access to industry-leading experts, and explore cutting-edge open source tools and AI-driven strategies to accelerate your startup journey.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and successful candidates will be notified via email. Once selected, you’ll have the opportunity to join all subsequent events in the series, fostering continuity and building lasting relationships within a supportive alumni network.

Program Overview
The PyData Startup Time: Open Source Round Table spans six bimonthly events over 12 months, plus two exclusive special events, each designed to address critical stages of startup development. Every session integrates open source tools and AI, featuring real-world case studies from data-driven ventures to inspire and inform.

Event Themes

1. Idea Validation & MVP Development (October 14, 2025)
   Learn to validate your startup ideas and build minimum viable products (MVPs) using AI-driven prototyping and open source tools.
2. Funding & Pitching to Investors (November 25, 2025)
   Master the art of crafting compelling pitches and securing investment from venture capitalists specializing in AI and tech.
3. Scaling & Operations (January 27, 2026)
   Discover how to scale your startup efficiently using open source infrastructures and data-driven operational strategies.
4. Marketing & Customer Acquisition (March 2026)
   Unlock data analytics strategies to drive customer growth and build a powerful brand presence.
5. Resilience & Failure Recovery (May 2026)
   Gain insights on navigating setbacks and building resilient ventures with lessons from seasoned entrepreneurs.
6. Innovation & Future Trends (July 2026)
   Explore emerging AI advancements and open source innovations shaping the future of startups.

Special Events

• Pitch Competition (Events 3 & 6)
  Held every six months, this exciting competition invites five selected participants to pitch their ideas to a panel of industry experts for a chance to win exclusive mentorship sessions and other valuable prizes.
• Startup Open Source Demo Day (Post-Events 3 & 6)
  Showcase your project to investors, industry leaders, and the broader community, gaining real-world exposure and potential partnerships.

Why It Matters
Our events are intentionally intimate, capped at 60 participants, to foster deep connections and meaningful dialogue. Selected attendees can opt to attend all future events, allowing our cohort to grow organically (from 50 to potentially 100 participants by the series’ end) while maintaining a close-knit community. This structure builds trust, encourages collaboration, and creates a dynamic alumni network to support your entrepreneurial journey long after the series concludes.
Event Timeline (First Round Table)

Speaker Lineup
Our events feature a diverse and accomplished roster of speakers, including:

• Founders of cutting-edge data and AI-driven startups
• Venture Capitalists with expertise in open source and AI technologies
• Industry Experts offering diverse perspectives across gender, ethnicity, and startup stages

Speakers are carefully curated to provide actionable insights and inspire innovation, ensuring you leave each session equipped with practical knowledge and new connections.

Celebrating lessons learned and triumphant moments in our open source journey ✨🚀

♥️ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. ✨ We’re a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.🎗Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, we’re always striving to make each event better than the last! 🥳

🌷Your reviews truly mean so much—they help us keep uplifting the incredible open source community and secure more in-kind donations!"

Join us and support the open source community! 🥳🌟 In-person event - This is your chance to connect with an extensive open source community with over 50+ Enterprises, Startups and Academia 🌎🚀

Your network is your fortune. Growing and nurturing your network is one of the most important things you can do for your career ♥️

🥳 🍬 🍭🍿 An event for our local tech community, with a strong focus on knowledge exchange, networking, and learning 🌟 Get together with:
PyData Seattle | Seattle Spark + AI | PyLadies Seattle |
Google Developer Group (GDG) Bellevue / (WTM) Women Techmakers Seattle

💚💙 PyData Seattle Conference 2025 is officially happening November 7–9, 2025, and the website is now live at https://pydata.org/seattle2025/

The Call for Proposals is open now through September 1, 2025, so we’ll be encouraging people to start submitting talks right away.

♥️ About Databricks
​​Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Block, Comcast, Condé Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse and Apache Spark™.
​​​📚 Check out Tabular has joined Databricks towards a joint vision of the open lakehouse.
​​​📲 Follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
​​​🖥️ Subscribe to Databricks YouTube.
​​💾 Sign up for Databricks Express Setup and get $400 free credits when using your work email.

🚨 Attention

• Due to venue restrictions, please note that children are not permitted. Thank you for your kind understanding.

💟 WiFi: TBD

We recommend to arrive early as seats are limited and are first come first serve 🌷🌸🌼

Parking options:

• There is paid parking at the building.
• Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square parking and Hyatt Bellevue are complimentary with validation from Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square retail, restaurants and entertainment. After 8:00 p.m. – No validation is necessary.

Join Us at Our Next Event!
https://www.meetup.com/pydata_seattle/events

🌷 Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event 🌟 Volunteering opportunities - Details here 💟

Supporting over 13,250+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area 🌷 We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations at every event.

♥️🌎🚀✨ Call For Proposals 👩‍🚀♥️🌎🚀
We’re thrilled to invite you to share your ideas with our vibrant meetup community! If you have a 15–45-minute presentation, workshop, or lightning talk, please submit a brief proposal here: Form. 💟 Connect with our chair, Eloisa Elias T , at pydataseattle@gmail.com and complete the form. Join us in creating an inspiring event! 💖 We especially encourage women and first-time speakers to submit proposals for our distinguished tech meetups in Seattle and Bellevue.

💙 💚 Sponsor the open source community
Host an event at your company or provide some delicious food or snacks for our tech community attending our world class events 🍬 🍭🍿 Please fill out the form here 💟

💟 Kindly share your highlights and constructive feedback with the organizer regarding Our Open Source Events 💟 form here

💙🌎 NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) a nonprofit that supports world-class, innovative, open source scientific projects for Data Science, including: Pandas, NumPy, Julia, SciPy, Sympy, scikit-learn, R project and many more!. NumFOCUS envisions an inclusive scientific and research community that utilizes actively supported open source software to make impactful discoveries for a better world.

♥️🚀 The Apache Software Foundation - Software for the Public Good
Apache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.

Spark has a thriving open source community, with contributors from around the globe building features, documentation and assisting other users.

Thu, Oct 23 · 5:30 PM PDT

👻🎃🍬👾 Halloween Open Source Spooky Party 🦸‍♀️🎊 👾🎯🧩🕹🎮🎰

Snowflake Bellevue, 1646 123rd Ave NE, Bellevue, WA, US

IMPORTANT 👻 Everyone attending is REQUIRED to show their Halloween spirit by wearing a Halloween costume 🧛‍♀️ 🎃 🤠 🥳 🏴‍☠️ 🐥👩‍🎤👨‍🚒 🧙‍♂️🧝‍♀️🧚 👑

🍄🦸‍♀️ 🧟‍♀️ A frightening developer festival for our local tech community, with a strong focus on knowledge exchange, networking, and learning 🌟 Get together with Seattle Spark + AI, PyLadies Seattle, GDG Bellevue, PyData Seattle and Women Techmakers Seattle meetups

Program:

• 5:30 PM: Registration & Mingling ♥️ Food: Hamburgers, Fried Chicken, Tamales, Tacos, Cuban Sandwich, Vietnamese Sandwich, Mochi Donuts, and many more surprises! - Donated by Snowflake ❄️ Swag: Databricks and Delta Lake, Google 👩‍🚀💙🚀 💕🌷 🧁🍩
• ​​6:00 PM: Announcements + Welcome Remarks by:
• Honorable MC: Mae LaPresta Software Engineer at Google
• ​​6:10 PM ➡️ 👻 Spooky Speaker 1: Celebrating lessons learned and triumphant moments in our open source journey
• Speaker: John Kew Principal Software Engineer at ❄️ Snowflake
• ​​6:40 PM ➡️ 🎃 Spooky Speaker 2: YOLO Image Segmentation With Mosaic AI
• Speaker: Yang Yang Senior Specialist Solutions Architect (GenAI/ML/DS)
• 7:10 PM ➡️ Keynote Talk: CEO in the Open Source Arena
• Keynote: Surprise special guest.
• ​​8:00 PM: NEW!!! Impromptus Open Source Community Lighting Talks
• Give a short 2-5 min presentation in something cool that you feel passionate about anything related to open source tools or tech. We encourage Halloween theme 🥳 Every presenter will receive a swag bag! 🛍✨👕🚀
• 8:20 PM: 🧛‍♀️ 🎃 Halloween games + Costume Contest Prizes 👻👩‍🚀🦹🏽
• ​​8:30 PM: Good night

Celebrating lessons learned and triumphant moments in our open source journey ✨🚀

♥️ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. ✨ We’re a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.🎗Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, we’re always striving to make each event better than the last! 🥳

🌷Your reviews truly mean so much—they help us keep uplifting the incredible open source community and secure more in-kind donations!"

Join us and support the open source community! 🥳🌟 In-person event - This is your chance to connect with an extensive open source community with over 50+ Enterprises, Startups and Academia 🌎🚀

Your network is your fortune. Growing and nurturing your network is one of the most important things you can do for your career ♥️

♥️ About Databricks
​​Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Block, Comcast, Condé Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse and Apache Spark™.
​​​📚 Check out Tabular has joined Databricks towards a joint vision of the open lakehouse.
​​​📲 Follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
​​​🖥️ Subscribe to Databricks YouTube.
​​💾 Sign up for Databricks Express Setup and get $400 free credits when using your work email.

🚨 Attention

• Due to venue restrictions, please note that children are not permitted. Thank you for your kind understanding.

💟 WiFi: TBD

We recommend to arrive early as seats are limited and are first come first serve 🌷🌸🌼

Parking options:

• There is paid parking at the building.
• Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square parking and Hyatt Bellevue are complimentary with validation from Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square retail, restaurants and entertainment. After 8:00 p.m. – No validation is necessary.

Join Us at Our Next Event!
https://www.meetup.com/pydata_seattle/events

🌷 Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event 🌟 Volunteering opportunities - Details here 💟

Supporting over 13,250+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area 🌷 We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations at every event.

♥️🌎🚀✨ Call For Proposals 👩‍🚀♥️🌎🚀
We’re thrilled to invite you to share your ideas with our vibrant meetup community! If you have a 15–45-minute presentation, workshop, or lightning talk, please submit a brief proposal here: Form. 💟 Connect with our chair, Eloisa Elias T , at pydataseattle@gmail.com and complete the form. Join us in creating an inspiring event! 💖 We especially encourage women and first-time speakers to submit proposals for our distinguished tech meetups in Seattle and Bellevue.

💙 💚 Sponsor the open source community
Host an event at your company or provide some delicious food or snacks for our tech community attending our world class events 🍬 🍭🍿 Please fill out the form here 💟

💟 Kindly share your highlights and constructive feedback with the organizer regarding Our Open Source Events 💟 form here

💙🌎 NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) a nonprofit that supports world-class, innovative, open source scientific projects for Data Science, including: Pandas, NumPy, Julia, SciPy, Sympy, scikit-learn, R project and many more!. NumFOCUS envisions an inclusive scientific and research community that utilizes actively supported open source software to make impactful discoveries for a better world.

♥️🚀 The Apache Software Foundation - Software for the Public Good
Apache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.

Spark has a thriving open source community, with contributors from around the globe building features, documentation and assisting other users.

Fri, Nov 7 · 8:00 AM PST

PyData Seattle Conference 2025 💙 💚 by NumFOCUS

Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA, Bellevue, WA, US

PyData Seattle Conference 2025: Connect, Learn, Innovate! 🚀

📅 When: November 7–9, 2025
📍 Where: Bellevue College
🚀 Tickets: pydata.org/seattle2025

All funds from ticket sales support NumFOCUS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing open-source scientific computing such as Pandas, NumPy, Julia, SciPy, Sympy, scikit-learn, R project and many more!.

For PyData Seattle Conference 2025, we are offering scholarship opportunities to those from underrepresented groups who may otherwise be unable to attend the conference.
Apply here at the Diversity section 🧡 https://pydata.org/seattle2025/about#overview

What Is PyData Seattle?
PyData Seattle 2025 is a 3-day in-person conference bringing together the global community of data scientists, data engineers, and developers of data analysis tools. Expect 400+ attendees from diverse domains, including Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, and programming in Python, R, Julia, and more.

Why Attend?

• Learn: Engage with live keynote sessions, 40-minute talks, 90-minute hands-on tutorials, and lightning talks.
• Connect: Network with fellow PyData enthusiasts and meet decision-makers in the Seattle tech community.
• Inspire: Share ideas, discover innovative tools, and explore cutting-edge techniques in data management, analytics, and visualization.

🌟 Key Topics
Explore the latest advancements in:

• Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
• Predictive Modeling
• Data Mining
• Natural Language Processing
• And more!

PyData fosters collaboration among users and developers of open-source tools like Pandas, NumPy, SymPy, IPython, Jupyter, Matplotlib, and Julia.

🌈 Diversity Panel Event
Join our Diversity Panel, featuring a diverse array of experts in data science, ML, and AI. This session will highlight varied experiences and perspectives, fostering an inclusive community.

🚀 Startup Time Panel Event
Discover the intersection of data science and entrepreneurship at our Startup Time Panel Event! Hear from founders, innovators, and data experts who are leveraging ML, AI, and open-source tools to build cutting-edge startups. This panel will explore challenges, successes, and strategies for applying data science in the startup ecosystem.

🐍 Python Sprints Event
Contribute to the open-source Python ecosystem at our Python Sprints Event! Join developers of all skill levels in a collaborative coding session to work on projects like Pandas, NumPy, Jupyter, and more. Whether you’re fixing bugs, adding features, or improving documentation, this is your chance to make an impact. Mentors will be available to guide newcomers such as Python Core Developer C.A.M. Gerlach. Bring your laptop and enthusiasm!

💚💙 Become a Sponsor!
Showcase your organization to 400+ data professionals and decision-makers. Sponsorship benefits include:

• Increased visibility for your products and services.
• Access to the Seattle tech community.
• Support for NumFOCUS’s mission to advance open-source scientific computing.

Interested? Contact pydataseattle@gmail.com or fill out our sponsorship form.

About NumFOCUS
NumFOCUS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting open-source scientific computing projects like Pandas, NumPy, Jupyter, and Julia. Our mission is to promote sustainable programming languages, open code development, and reproducible research.

💛💜 Become a NumFOCUS Member!
Support the open-source data stack and help build an inclusive scientific community.
Join NumFOCUS Today

🎥 Watch Past PyData Talks!
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Why PyData Seattle 2025?

• Community-Driven: Connect with passionate data enthusiasts.
• Cutting-Edge Content: Learn from experts in ML, AI, and data science.
• In-Person Experience: Engage face-to-face at Bellevue College.

Mark your calendars for November 7–9, 2025, and join us in Bellevue!
Follow us on X for updates. Questions? Email pydataseattle@gmail.com.