February 2024 - LLM from Prototype to Production & Learn How To Talk To VCs

Join us for our upcoming tech meetup on Thursday, February 8th, 2024, at 7pm at the Waterford Treasures Museum (X91 K10E)

Prepare to dive deep into the transformative world of AI, startup strategies, and venture capital insights. Connect with like-minded tech enthusiasts over engaging talks, while enjoying an array of food, drinks, and the chance to win spot prizes.

Speakers for Talk 1: Paul Savage from a stealth startup and Fareed Idris from Kreoh

Paul Savage is a seasoned tech leader and entrepreneur currently pioneering a stealth startup. With a history of driving product development and business strategy, Paul is adept at turning innovative ideas into viable products. His expertise lies in harnessing the power of AI to solve complex problems and improve business processes.

Fareed Idris is an innovative co-founder engineer, CTO and AI enthusiast at Kreoh. His work revolves around developing cutting-edge solutions that integrate the latest advancements in AI. Fareed has a proven track record of tackling complex software challenges and pushing the boundaries of technology to meet modern business needs.

Tech Talk: Bridging the Gap: LLM Prototypes to Production-Ready Solutions

In this talk, Paul and Fareed will take us on a journey through the advancements of LLM technology, highlighting its impact on creating new Use Cases and rapid prototyping. The core focus will be on the transition from prototype to a production-ready state within an Enterprise Environment. They will share their firsthand experiences of overcoming the technical hurdles in preparing LLM and RAG applications for enterprise deployment, presenting a case study of this process with two enterprise customers.

Speakers for Talk 2: David Scanlon from Resolve Ventures

David Scanlon brings eight years of rich experience in investing in early and growth-stage technology companies. As a partner at Resolve Ventures, he has a keen eye for potential and is passionate about steering tech startups towards success.

Tech Talk: We're Off To See The Wizard: Or, How I Stopped Worrying, And Learned How To Talk To VCs

Engineers and technology enthusiasts are often drawn by the lure of the "Silicon Valley" promise: enticing investors to throw cash at their start-up idea, and dazzle the world with their innovative solution. But so many start-ups, the vast majority in fact, crash and burn - and it's almost never because the technology couldn't be built, or didn't function as promised. So, what's going wrong? This talk draws from David's eight years' experience of investing in early and growth stage technology companies, and will focus on the fatal mistakes tech entrepreneurs need to avoid, and how to talk to investors about the value of what they're building.