Name: Street Smart AI Berlin meetup #8
Start: 2025-04-07T18:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-07T21:30:00+02:00
Location: OLX GmbH

Welcome to **Street Smart AI**, a meetup where AI practitioners share their insights on bringing machine learning and data science to real-world applications. This time, we're gathering at the **OLX Berlin office** for an exciting evening of talks, networking, and knowledge exchange.

**Important: RSVP Required!**
To attend, please reserve your spot on **Eventbrite**:
https://street-smart-ai-meetup-8.eventbrite.de
Before registering, please read the note about event recording and photography at the end of this announcement.

**📍 Event Details**
📅 **When**: Monday, April 7th, 18:30
📍 **Where**: OLX Office, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 29, 10178 Berlin
Doors open at **18:30**—come early to network and grab a drink before we kick off!

**🔹 Agenda**
**18:30 – 19:00** \| Arrival & Networking
**19:10 – 19:40** \| *From Picture to Podcast Episode: Using GenAI to Create Horror Stories* – [Alexey Grigorev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/agrigorev/)
**19:40 – 20:10** \| Break & Networking
**20:10 – 20:40** \| *GenAI: Driving Customer Experience and Business Value* – [Andreas Merentitis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-merentitis-37b262b/)
**20:40 – 21:30** \| More Networking
**Event Moderators**: [Ilya Boytsov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ieboytsov/), [Evgeny Labzin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/evgeny-labzin/)

**Featured Talks**
**💥 From Picture to Podcast Episode: Using GenAI to Create Horror Stories**
🔈 [Alexey Grigorev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/agrigorev/), Founder of DataTalks.Club
What if everyday objects weren’t so ordinary? In this talk, Alexey will share how he and his son built a GenAI-powered system that transforms photos of common objects into horror stories—automatically generating a new podcast episode every day. He'll dive into the **process, deployment, automation, and key lessons learned**.

**💥 GenAI: Driving Customer Experience and Business Value**
🔈 [Andreas Merentitis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-merentitis-37b262b/), Chief Data Officer Europe, OLX Group
At OLX, GenAI is reshaping customer experiences and driving business value. Andreas will discuss how OLX manages a **portfolio of GenAI use cases**, balancing immediate impact with long-term innovation. He’ll share **lessons learned, A/B test results from millions of users, and what’s next** in OLX’s GenAI journey.

**Event Recording & Photography**
This event will be **recorded and photographed**. If you prefer not to be included in any recordings or photos, please let us know on-site. Your comfort and privacy are important to us.
Looking forward to seeing you there! 🚀

Evgeny Labzin

Ilya Boytsov

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