SF Python Meetup at Gel

Want to learn more about Python and meet other Pythonistas?

Please register here: https://ti.to/sfpython/jun-11th-sf-python-edgedb

Please support our sponsors Gel!

Our location this month is: Culinary Artistas

👉 Submit your 5, 15 or 25 mins talk proposals here: https://bit.ly/bapyacfp

SCHEDULED TALKS

🔎 Talk (~10 mins)
Gel Intro - Elvis Pranskevichus

🔎 Talk (~10 mins)
PyBay - Chris Brousseau, PyBay chair

🔎 Talk (~25 mins + Q&A)
Open Source AI is Accelerating: Now is the Time to Make the Shift - Justin Woo
In the ever evolving AI landscape, organizations are faced with the choice between open-source versus closed-source models. While many developers find it easier to get started in the closed source ecosystem, they quickly realize it is more expensive, inefficient, and doesn’t have the security and controls required for their applications. With the launch of DeepSeek R1 671B in 2025, open source models have quickly caught up to their closed counterparts and now deliver a cheaper and just as accurate solution that provides organizations with the security they need to run their operations.
The pace of the open source community is iterating at speeds that are beyond belief and not only improving the accuracy of these models, but making them run even faster, especially on hardware that is better suited for AI beyond the GPU. With new open source models dropping every week and an active community fine-tuning even better versions daily, open source is making AI a commodity, with a wide range of cloud services for developers to choose from that make it even easier for them to use.
Join Justin Woo, Developer Advocate, SambaNova, as he breaks down for attendees the advantages of open-source models, why they are critical for fast product iteration, and how organizations can use them to tap into the best minds globally, accelerate their pace of innovation, and position themselves to shape industry standards while continuously advancing enterprise-grade solutions.

🔎 Talk (~25 mins + Q&A)
Python 3.13 — It’s kind of a big deal - Amethyst Reese
A quick dive into some of the new and exciting features in Python 3.13, including an introduction to free threaded Python (aka NoGIL) and why it matters for the future of the language. Ending with a look forward to Python 3.14 and what we can expect to see later this year.
Amethyst Reese is a senior engineer, writing Python professionally since 2010, and working on foundational infrastructure and tooling to support thousands of engineers, data scientists, and ML researchers. Amethyst is also the maintainer of numerous open source libraries on PyPI, and an experienced speaker from Python conferences and meetups around the world.

AGENDA
6:30p Reconnect with friends!
7:00p Opening remarks, sponsors acknowledgement
7:10p Scheduled talks and Q&A + networking break
8:30p Wrap up last talk, more networking

THIS EVENT IS PRODUCED BY
SF Python, a volunteers-run organization aiming to foster the Python Community in the Bay Area