Welcome to the monthly in-person AI meetup in Austin, in collaboration with Oracle. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI/ML, food, networking with speakers and fellow developers.

Agenda:
* 5:30pm~6:00pm: Checkin, Food/drink and networking
* 6:00pm~6:10pm: Welcome/community update
* 6:10pm~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A
* 8:00pm~9:00pm: Open discussion and Mixer

Tech Talk: Serving LLM using HuggingFace
Speaker: Joanne Lei (Oracle)
Abstract: LLMs have made significant strides in text generation, problem-solving, and following instructions. As businesses integrate LLMs to develop cutting-edge solutions, the need for scalable, secure, and efficient deployment platforms becomes increasingly imperative. Kubernetes has risen as the preferred option due to its scalability, flexibility, portability, and resilience.
In this talk, Joanne will demonstrate how to deploy fine-tuned LLM inference containers on OKE, an OCI managed Kubernetes service that simplifies deployments and operations at scale for enterprises.

Tech Talk: Building AI: The AI Ecosystem, AI UX, and the AI Engineer
Speaker: Patrick McGuinness (Freestar AI)
Abstract: With LLMs as copilots, chatbots and infused as gen AI features in apps, the era of AI-centric software is here. We present an overview of the who, what and how of building AI applications. We describe types of AI applications, the AI tool stack and ecosystem to support AI applications and AI agent development, and the interfaces and AI user experience (AI UX) modes in AI applications. We also discuss the role of the AI application developer, aka the AI Engineer in building AI..

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Venue:
Oracle, 2300 Oracle Wy, Austin, TX 78741
How to find us: meeting room: TRAIN-W1078

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community.  Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 6,000+ AI developers in Austin or 350K+ worldwide.

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