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**Join AWS & Skai for an evening dedicated to one of the most exciting frontiers in GenAI: Agentic AI for real‑world, production‑grade applications.** **Expect cutting‑edge insights, deep technical exploration, live demos — and of course, there will be pizza, beers, and great conversations.** We’ll break down how to design, build, and operate AI agents at scale through a real case study: Celeste AI, the GenAI Marketing Agent built for Commerce Media. Celeste AI already powers hundreds of brands and agencies, delivering up to 50% higher operational efficiency and 20% stronger performance. From there, we’ll dive into the architecture behind agent‑based systems, including multi‑agent collaboration patterns — the same concepts behind tools like Claude Code (sub‑agents, agent teams, orchestration flows) — but implemented with full transparency and control. We’ll demonstrate these patterns in action using AWS Strands, a popular, code‑first open‑source agentic framework. To wrap up, we’ll explore what it really takes to bring agents to production: scaling, security, observability, operations, and evaluation. You’ll see how Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and its nine modular enterprise‑grade services streamline the entire lifecycle from prototype to production. **Why Attend?** * Discover real-world use cases for agentic AI * Participants will gain a practical framework for building a GenAI agent that goes beyond theory. * Get inspired by tools, frameworks, and research pushing the boundaries of Agentic AI **Who Should Join?** * Software Engineers & Tech Leads * AI/ML Engineers & Data Scientists * Product Managers **About the lectures:** * **Avi Ben Yossef** is Sr. Director of AI & Optimization @ Skai. He is data science, big data & gen AI Expert, with over 14 years of experience in building various systems, both from the field of machine learning, recommendation, Agentic AI, and optimization systems. * **Gili Nachum** is an AI Solutions Architect in AWS, working with Israeli leading companies on implementing ML and AI solutions in the last 8 years. Gili has 25 years of software development experience. * **Orgad Kimchi** is a Senior Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services. He serves as the customer’s advocate and assists his customers in achieving cloud operational excellence focusing on architecture, AI/ML in alignment with their business goals. **Full Agenda** * **Pizza & Beers** 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM IDT * **Building agents for Real-world application, Celeste AI** 5:30 PM - 6:10 PM IDT Avi Ben Yossef, Sr. Director of AI & Optimization @ Skai * **Dive deep into building agents by using AWS Strands and AgentCore** 6:20 PM - 7:00 PM IDT Gili Nachum, AI Solutions Architect @ AWS Orgad Kimchi, Sr. Technical Account Manager @ AWS

TAMI open-fa-sure (Open Night) is a great time to visit the space and get to know how things work. If you want to double check whether someone is in the space, call 03-3726660. ========== TAMI wiki: [https://telavivmakers.org](https://telavivmakers.org) TAMI main Telegram channel: [https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8](https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8)

באו לתקן כל מה שלא עובד. יותר טוב אם [צרו איתנו](https://docs.telavivmakers.space/welcome) קשר וספרו לנו מה הולכים לתקן ךפני להגיע. Come to fix together It is much better if you [contact us](https://docs.telavivmakers.space/welcome) and tell what do you want to repair before coming.

לצפייה במפגשים הקודמים: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWYO6ItABnqsaUHKt7BXFaZyc319UOHDp](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWYO6ItABnqsaUHKt7BXFaZyc319UOHDp) יום שני נפגשים בשרונה להמשיך לקרוא יחדיו ולנהל דיון על הספר: **The Ominous Parallels** נכתב על ידי לאונרד פיקוף ויצא לאור בשנת 1982. הספר סוקר את התרבות והאקלים הפילוסופי בגרמניה שהוביל לעליית הנאציזם ולשואה. הספר מציג כיצד תהליכים תרבותיים ופילוסופים דומים מתחוללים בארה״ב ובמערב. את הספר נקרא באנגלית והדיון יתקיים בעברית. את המפגש יוביל אייר רייכל, עמית מרכז איין ראנד בישראל ההשתפות כרוכה בתרומה למרכז איין ראנד בישראל. 20 ש"ח למפגש. חינם: למשתתפים שתורמים תרומה קבועה של 50 ש"ח ומעלה בחודש. [קישור לתרומה](https://www.aynrand.org.il/donate) הספר זמין לרכישה וניתן בחינם לתורמים הקבועים של המרכז מיקום: וויוורק שרונה מרקט הוראות כניסה: יש להיכנס בכניסה א' של שרונה מרקט, מול מסעדת "מקסיקנה" יש דלת לחדר מדרגות, יש לעלות לקומה ה3 ולצלצל לפתיחת הדלת לאייר רייכל 050-5210025. למגיעים ברכבת הקלה, לרדת בתחנת יהודית. למגיעים ברכב, חניה מומלצת ב"חניון פלטיניום" (מופיע בוייז). או בחניון "מילניום" (שקצת רחוק יותר) ב10 ש"ח עם אפליקציית סנטרל פארק. לתיאום הגעה בפעם הראשונה ולמתלבטים ניתן ליצור קשר עם אייר בטלפון ובוואטסאפ 050-5210025

במהלך הסדנה נלמד טכניקות מתקדמות של עיבוד גבס פולימרי, חומר קל לעבודה שמאפשר יצירה גמישה ומדויקת; נבין כיצד ליצור דפוסים מרהיבים ומרקמים עשירים וייחודיים, בסגנון קלאסי ועדכני כאחד; נלמד באילו תבניות ניתן לעבוד ונתנסה בהכנת תוצרים דמויי טראצו ודמוי שיש בעזרת החומר. למבוגרים ונוער (16+). עלות: 250 ש”ח ליחיד/ה. לתושבי יהוד-מונוסון – 200 ש”ח ליחיד/ה. שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://link.makelab.org.il/Terrazzo

Hey! 😊 **Note:** This event is posted in a few places, so more people show up than only the RSVPs shown here. This is a **Speed Dating event** ❤️ **Why participate:** Really easy way to meet your **new girlfriend / boyfriend!** No need to do the hard part first, **the host does everything for you.** Really easy way to make **new friends.** **🎫 GET YOUR TICKET HERE: 🎫** **www.datemap.net/telaviv –** (if link doesn’t work - it means we sold out) 🕊️ **Changed plans?** Just send a DM 24h before the event for **full refund**! 😊 ❗ **Note:** We usually sell out around **1 week** before the event! ❤️ **Why People Love Our Events:** ⚖️ **50/50 gender ratio guaranteed** \- handled carefully so numbers match 😌 **Professional host included** \- the host takes care of the flow for you ☺️ **Relaxed, welcoming atmosphere** \- warm\, simple\, and low pressure 🌸 **Friendly people** \- you might be surprised how nice and polite people are\! 🧭 **YOUR FIRST TIME? 😊 HERE IS HOW IT WORKS:** 🧭 You will have a **5 min conversation** with every person ⏱️ You’ll get **question cards** on each table! Men rotate every 5 minutes, women stay seated. At the end you get your matches. ❤️ 📍 **LOCATION:** The venue details go to **ticket holders** after purchase. It is always a big cafe lounge in a central location. 💌 **QUESTIONS?** Email us! We answer everyone! **🎫 GET YOUR TICKET HERE: 🎫** **www.datemap.net/telaviv –** (if link doesn’t work - it means we sold out) 🕊️ **Changed plans?** Just send a DM 24h before the event for **full refund**! 😊 ❗ **Note:** We usually sell out around **1 week** before the event! I’m excited to greet you! See you on Saturday! 😊❤️

סתם מפגש של חברי קהילת מעקף לדבר על מה שבא לנו. אין אג'נדה פשוט יושבים ביחד ומפטפטים.

Rescheduled to May 19th. PharmaTech is enabling new pathways for pharma value creation spanning discovery, supply chain and beyond. It is the engine turning breakthrough science into patient-centric, scalable, data-driven innovation. On May 19th in Tel Aviv, join pharma and tech multinationals and a prominent panel of VC investors for "PharmaTech: Future Forward", 10am-12pm, Naschitz Brandes & Amir law firm, 5 Tuval Street, Tel Aviv. Details Below: **Registration via LUMA**: https://luma.com/zsvd6fuw **Date**: Tuesday, May 19th **Time**: 10am-12pm **Agenda**: **Opening Remarks**: [Noga Spira](https://www.linkedin.com/in/noga-spira-89655/), Naschitz, Brandes, Amir **MNC Perspectives**: [Lena Granovsky](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-granovsky-7a04231b/), Head of Israel R&D site / Senior Director, AI / ML, GSK Pharma [Ksenya Kveler](linkedin.com/in/ksenya-kveler), Principal Medical Science Manager, Health AI, Microsoft **Investors Roundtable**: [Roy Wiesner](linkedin.com/in/roy-wiesner-5ba0754), Partner, aMoon; [Yael Gruenbaum-Cohen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yael-gruenbaum-cohen-8089a789/), PhD, General Partner, Entree Bio; [Renana Ashkenazi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/renana-ashkenazi-94515850/), Managing Partner, Grove Ventures **Moderator**: [Ellie Hanson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellie-gorlin-hanson-4376203/), FINN Partners Join the leaders driving cross-disciplinary convergence and help define PharmaTech’s next chapter. Tuesday, May 19th, 5 Tuval Street, Tel Aviv. Link for registration is **HERE**; https://luma.com/zsvd6fuw

Signing up is via [LUMA.](https://luma.com/r8xfehz3) https://luma.com/r8xfehz3

🍕 **18:00 – 18:30** · **Gathering, Pizza & Drinks** 📣 **18:30 – 18:45** · **Welcome + Latest Claude Updates** · Boaz Ziniman - Claude Israel User Group 💻 **18:45 – 19:15** · **Claude + AWS: New Ways to Build Together** · Eitan Sela - Principal GenAI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect @ Amazon Web Services Discover how Anthropic's Claude tools integrate with AWS to unlock new ways of working. We'll explore Claude Code, the agentic coding assistant that lives in your terminal, powered by Amazon Bedrock, and Claude CoWork, Anthropic's agentic AI that lets anyone delegate knowledge work like reports, spreadsheets, and file organization from the Claude desktop app. Through a live demo, we'll connect Claude Code to AWS services via AgentCore Gateway and MCP servers, showing how developers can access tools dynamically with a single connection. Whether you code or don't, this session shows how Claude and AWS work better together. 👾 **19:15 – 19:45** · **Shipping with Claude: Lessons From Real Projects** · Ran Isenberg - AWS Hero, Principal Software Architect @ Palo Alto Networks I ship with Claude every day, on my personal brand website, home projects, and my daily job. I am not a Claude master, but the LinkedIn flood about the latest Claude bells and whistles misses the point. The tool matters far less than the person holding it. Using it correctly, with the right configurations and state of mind, is what moves the needle. In this talk I will share the setup and insights that help me deliver. We will cover real Claude Code and Cowork use cases, how to expand both with community and custom skills, and how AI SDLC frameworks like BMAD bring structure to this non-deterministic domain. Everything is grounded in real projects and will be shareable. 🍻 **19:45 – 20:00** · Drinks & Geek Out Claude User Group Israel 🇮🇱. A joint meetup with the AWS User Group Israel, hosted at the AWS office in Tel Aviv. Claude Code is powerful, but if you’re not careful, it burns tokens fast. This session is about working smarter: how to structure your prompts, manage context, and get more done per session without watching your costs spike. We’ll cover practical techniques developers are using right now, from reducing unnecessary context to getting Claude Code to produce better output on the first try. Talks and topics will be announced shortly. RSVP now to hold the date. **Who should come?** Developers actively using Claude Code who want to get more out of it. This is not a general AI overview, we’re going straight into the workflows. **Venue capacity is 200. Seats are first come, first served - arrive early to avoid missing out.**

**ניהול מוצר מאחורי הקלעים:** ב-19 במאי ניפגש ליום שלם של 12 סיפורים אמיתיים על ניהול מוצר: אסטרטגיה, קבלת החלטות בזמן אמת והשפעה שנמדדת גם בעסקאות, לא רק בפיצ'רים. נדבר על הבינה, הכוכבת הראשית, על הפיצ'רים ה״מתבקשים״ שבחרנו דווקא לא לבנות, ועל הקריירה שלנו כמוצר שדורש פיתוח בעצמו. **PM Live: Where Product Experts Meet** לפרטים, הרשמה וכרטיסים (זהו כנס בתשלום): [https://pmlive.co.il/2026](https://pmlive.co.il/2026)

TAMI π is a curated meeting, workshop or presentation about a topic in math. It happens every two weeks at TAMI. The event is hosted by a different person each time. You can come, learn topics and share ideas in an open and informal atmosphere. This time we will talk about [Sinkhorn's theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhorn%27s_theorem) and a simulation on [Birkhoff polytope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkhoff_polytope) For proposing a presentation or topic you can drop us a line. תאמי פי הוא מפגש אוצר, סדנה או מצגת על נושא במתמטיקה. זה קורה כל שבועיים בתאמי. את האירוע מנחה אדם אחר בכל פעם. תוכלו לבוא, ללמוד נושאים ולחלוק רעיונות באווירה פתוחה ונעימה. הפעם נדבר על[ משפט סינקהורן ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhorn%27s_theorem)ועל סימולציה על[ פוליטופ בירקהוף](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkhoff_polytope). להצעת מצגת או נושא ניתן לפנות אלינו.

Customer identity resolution becomes increasingly complex as organizations scale across multiple systems, regions, and data formats. Traditional rule-based approaches often fail to keep up with data variability, require constant manual tuning, and struggle with real-time processing needs. This session presents a practical approach to building a scalable identity resolution pipeline using AWS services and modern AI techniques. The architecture combines data ingestion through Amazon S3 and AWS Glue, transformation pipelines using Spark on EMR, and machine learning models deployed via SageMaker for entity matching and standardization. Graph-based relationship modeling is implemented using Amazon Neptune to improve resolution accuracy by incorporating household and shared attribute context. We will walk through how machine learning models can be used for name and address normalization, how intelligent blocking strategies improve matching efficiency, and how feedback loops can be introduced to continuously improve accuracy. The session also highlights how serverless components such as AWS Lambda can be used for orchestration and real-time processing. **SPEAKER BIO** Mosaic Syed is a Senior Data Engineering and Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across global enterprise environments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaic-basha-syed-92300856 **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/) **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/) **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month John Lairson will share a notebook describing the Alpaca (Paper) Trading API and discuss different algorithms for evaluating stock trades. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space. No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving. If you’d like to take the stage, message \*\*Chris (the organizer)\*\*with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/transformlabs/) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/transformlabshq)

**Abstract:** This is a practical playbook for building a production-grade data lakehouse. It walks through foundational principles — naming conventions, least-privilege access, automated CI/CD testing — before diving into medallion architecture. Furthermore, metadata-driven design patterns show how configuration tables and dynamic notebook orchestration eliminates hard-coded pipelines. The deck covers star schema modeling, guidance on choosing between Spark, Pandas, and SQL, and data quality enforcement using DQX with YAML data contracts. Finally, we dive into security best practices and performance optimizations. **Host:** Justin Shea, Mehdi Jeddi, Erik Pak, and Sou-Cheng Choi **Talk Format:** This is a hybrid event. To attend online, join us on Zoom here at 6pm: https://iit-edu.zoom.us/j/89379230295?pwd=NdETyE5sdYuSrvsrBZXSBFkUESBVkg.1 Meeting ID: 893 7923 0295 Passcode: 5t5WYn **Sponsor:** Adyen, UIC College of Business, and PyData Chicago co-host this event. UIC will provide the meeting site. Adyen will sponsor pizza and soft drinks for the onsite participants. **Address:** University of Illinois - Chicago, Douglass Hall, Room 220, 705 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607 **Logistics:** “UIC Douglass Hall” is recognized on Google Maps, which can guide you through campus. Once you arrive, proceed to the second floor, room number 220

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** TBD **YouTube Link** TBD

**Welcome to Drunken Philosophy** a casual, curious social discussion **Optional topic for this meetup: What's up with all the AI hate?** A recent survey found that 74% of Americans have a negative view of AI, and I want to know why. Come out and debate whether AI is good or bad. My hot take: a labor-saving tool that could potentially help cure cancer gets called dangerous because it might raise unemployment or cause a speculative investment bubble, that tells you a lot more about capitalism and the economic system we live under than it does about the tool itself. As a computer programmer, I think AI is a wonderful tool that has increased my productivity by at least an order of magnitude. I'd go so far as to say Claude Code is the best tool I have ever used. Debate me and name a better one. Is AI potentially dangerous? Yes, but so are a lot of tools. Chainsaws. Steam engines (early ones would occasionally explode and kill everyone in the room). Do you think cavemen sat around debating whether fire could be used as a weapon or for self-harm, and decided not to discover it? I have two friends who hate AI for opposite reasons: one thinks it's a fad and not useful, and the other thinks it's going to take over everything and cause human extinction. Come out tonight, have a friendly debate, and make some friends. No lectures. Friendly crowd. Drop in for one drink and stay if it's fun.

**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9