Tech Leadership Meetup with Dino Bernicchi (AI Strategy Consultant)
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Join us at our next in-person Tech Leadership meetup. There will be drinks and snacks to kickoff the evening.
The event will be hosted at Root's offices in Greenpoint, Cape Town.
The agenda for the evening will be as follows:
17:30 - 18:00 - Arrival: Drinks and snacks.
18:00 - 18:05 - Introduction and house rules.
18:05 - 19:00 - Main speaker - Dino Bernicchi.
19:00 - 19:30 - Networking and wrap up.
Topic of Main Talk - Unleashing Generative AI Into The Workplace
- Demystifying Generative AI: What is it and how does it work?
- Case Study: The short life of a Generative AI App.
- Supercharge workflows with Generative AI like ChatGPT.
- What does the future hold? 🤖💀
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Dino has 13 years’ experience working with large corporates and business leaders to roll out successful AI Strategies, build high performance data science functions, and develop large-scale productionized data solutions. He is an international speaker at AI and data conferences, and lectures the Data Science Leadership for Executives course at University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business. Dino also previously consulted on the development of course content for Andrew Ng's DeepLearning.AI.
Thank you to our sponsors Peach Payments, OfferZen, Root and Takealot
Peach Payments (https://www.peachpayments.com/) make online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. We believe in the potential of Africa and aim to grow into more countries. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and large merchants in South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and disburse payments through web and mobile. Our merchant partners include your favourite food delivery services, whether you are ordering in or using a meal kit, travel services that can help you book your next getaway adventure and even your neighbour’s side-hustle e-commerce store. For these partners and their customers, we aim to provide brilliant experiences that make it as easy as possible to facilitate online payments.
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OfferZen (https://www.offerzen.com/) is an online job marketplace by developers for developers. Our mission is to help people unlock their potential by helping them build awesome software. That’s why we are connecting actively looking developers with exciting job opportunities from over 1000 companies in South Africa and the Netherlands. We flip the normal recruitment process on its head – companies reach out to candidates with upfront salary information.
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Root (https://rootplatform.com/) is a platform for modern insurance designed around data, flexibility and control. It allows for end-to-end digital insurance that streamlines product launches and digital engagement. Our easy-to-use APIs handle compliance, regulatory, and reporting complexities. Our low-code platform, designed for software developers by software developers, simplifies workflow and fosters innovation. We prioritise the needs of developers, designers, actuaries, and data scientists to build modern insurance products. Our APIs, product data models, and low-code environment empower product teams to prototype and launch tailored experiences for customers. Our mission is to bring insurance to the internet age and make it more accessible to all.
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We are the Takealot Group. Driven by people, powered by tech.
We started with one clear vision: To be the largest most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa.
Our aim is to create a sustainable and diverse product and technology-driven African champion.
Our mission is to save customers time and money, enable businesses, and create opportunities.
Having acquired takealot.com, superbalist.com, and Mr D, the Takealot Group has become a market leader in online retail, fashion, homeware, and on-demand delivery.