Welcome to the AI meetup in New York City. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and machine learning, food/drink, networking with speakers and fellow developers

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

Tech Talk: Beat GPT 4 and Build the Best AI: Mobilizing First-Party Data with Fine-Tuning
Speaker: Donny Greenberg (Runhouse) , Paul Yang (Runhouse)
Abstract: In late 2022, there was an alluring promise that large models can do everything - just prompt a sufficiently large model to solve your AI problem. But after two years of GenAI experimentation, it's clear that even the largest models still fall short for many use cases on quality, speed, cost, or reliability. Enter small language models (SLMs) - nimble, purpose-built models fine-tuned on first-party data to excel at specific use cases. In this talk, we'll give a concrete framework for thinking about fine-tuning and when it's necessary. Then, we will show how combining modern open-source fine-tuning libraries and clever infrastructure abstractions has made fine-tuning more accessible than ever before.

Tech Talk: Financial RAG using LangChain
Speaker: Can You (AICamp)
Abstract: In this talk, we will explore how to build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications using LangChain in financial analysis. Specifically, we will demonstrate examples such as building chatbots for financial documents, implementing LangChain agents with integrated tools and local LLM models, and leveraging graph databases to visualize text data effectively.

Tech Talk: Agentic AI
Speaker: Rishav Acharya (AICamp)
Abstract: In this talk, we will review a 5-day program on building AI Agents, focusing on practical applications such as LLM-powered chatbots, LangChain agents, multi-agent systems, and real-world applications. Participants gained hands-on experience with Python, APIs, and modern frameworks to design intelligent systems.

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

Sponsors:

Runhouse: For AI teams looking to enable at-scale experimentation and deployment, Runhouse provides the simplest way to run and iterate on AI/ML programs on your own compute, including complex, distributed workloads.

We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 20,000+ AI developers in New York or 450K+ worldwide.

Venue:
Microsoft NYC - Times Square, 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
Room Name: Central Park West 6501

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