Rust NYC: Validating/Optimizing DB Queries w/Types & Rust in Enterprise AI

Join us on Tuesday, August 5th at our NEW VENUE over at BlackRock in Hudson Yards. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. to give attendees plenty of time to grab pizza and socialize, and the talks begin at 7:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: Due to security measures at BlackRock's building all attendees will be required to bring a photo ID to access the building.

Validating and Optimizing Database Queries with Types - Haikal Ryclova-Pribadi and Joshua Send
It can be very easy to write bugs in SQL or NoSQL queries as they get complex, as databases are not yet as good at validating correctness as a programming languages do.
As programmers, we're used to reaching for strongly typed languages when correctness and performance are paramount, but databases have no such option. By introducing types in database query languages, we found ourselves catching entirely new classes of query issues, including semantic ones, as well as inefficient possible query plans.
By leveraging principles from a modern branch of mathematics, Type Theory, we were able to introduce a rich and highly expressive type system, bringing the benefits of programming languages to the database. User-defined types, variables, functions, sophisticated type checking, and much more, now become available to us at the database.
We will share with you in this talk, how we blend programming language design, compiler technology, and more traditional database operations, to build the ultimate database for programmers.

Leveraging Rust to build an Enterprise-grade and domain-specific AI platform - Dan Mbanga

Dan Mbanga will share the journey of building an Enterprise AI Platform, engineered to empower AI Scientists, Engineers, and Developers with integrated tooling for responsible AI development.
Designed with a Rust-first philosophy, BlackRock's Enterprise AI Platform leverages Kubernetes, domain-driven design, and Rust’s performance and memory safety to power mission-critical systems across Aladdin.
The talk will explore how BlackRock's Enterprise AI Platform unifies model management, deployment orchestration, online/offline evaluations, training, tuning, and agent frameworks into a cohesive platform for the firm.
Key discussion points include a breakdown of the platform’s high-level design, insights into how Rust enables scalable and reliable AI infrastructure, and how business domain modeling bridges technical and non-technical stakeholders. Attendees will gain a deep understanding of how BlackRock's Enterprise AI Platform co-designs backend services, OSS/in-house tools, and data dependencies to deliver robust, observable, and governed AI solutions at enterprise scale.

It should be a good time! Hope to see you there!

Lawrence Harvey is Rust NYC's official recruitment partner, with Ross providing support as a co-organizer and financial support for food and drinks.

The space is generously sponsored by BlackRock - who will kindly be letting us access their roof terrace in Hudson Yards for this event.