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​Event: SAFE-Model Context Protocol Contributor GatheringLocation: VC Nest Palo Alto.Join us for the contributor gathering and deep-dive discussion of the SAFE-Model Context Protocol (SAFE-MCP), security guideline developed by Frederick Kautz to address vulnerabilities in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) pioneered by Anthropic. The SAFE-MCP developer community is led by Arjun Subedi. If you want to contribute to SAFE-MCP join discord channel.SAFE-MCP specifically tackles critical security concerns arising from AI agents interacting with external tools, data sources, and workflows. ​Key MCP Security Challenges addressed by SAFE-MCP: • ​Prompt Injection and Unauthorized Tool Execution • ​Excessive OAuth Permissions and Token Management • ​Third-party MCP Server Risks • ​Supply-Chain Vulnerabilities and Tool Poisoning ​Frederick Kautz, a recognized authority in cloud-native security, leads this initiative. His distinguished background includes: • ​Co-authoring NIST Special Publication...

​​Come ready to learn how to build on LLMs and work with a team to build an AI Application! We'll start with a hands-on tutorial, so come ready to code! Bring your laptop! ​​You will need to have: • ​​A recent version of Python (I use 3.12) • ​​A vague idea of what an LLM is • ​​An enjoyment of building things with code ​​You will get: • ​​A hands-on, practical training to learn how to build AI • ​​Pizza, the classic lunch fuel for hackathons ​​You will have roughly 6 hours to make: • ​​A public GitHub repo containing your project code • ​​A presentation that you will get to give in front of the whole class (I mean group of hackers) and some Venture Capital judges • ​​New friends :) ​​Here's the itinerary. Please arrive by 9:15am! ​​​9:00am - Arrive and Welcome ​​​9:15am - Tutorial ​​​9:45am - Team Formation ​​​10:00am - Hack! ​​​12:00pm - Lunch Break ​​​3:59pm - Submit your projects ​​​4:00pm - Pitching and Snacks ​​​5:00pm - Judging ​​​5:30pm - Award Ceremony ​​​6:00...

​We’re bringing together the most powerful AI community in South Florida in partnership with CTO Insights, a network that connects technology executives, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers who are driving digital transformation; BI360, a leading platform in advanced analytics and generative AI that helps companies of all sizes become truly AI-driven; and Andrés Carne de Res Miami, an iconic cultural and gastronomic experience that fuses Latin energy with world-class hospitality. ​This event is not only about technology, but also about high-level networking, creating a bridge between the traditional industry and the main players of the digital world. ​The panel will feature distinguished leaders including Becky Serson (Endeavor), Mari Velez (Crack the Code), Mina Teicher (University of Miami), Gabriela Morales (BI360), Rafael Socarras (Bodytech), and Max Reiff (IDC Ventures), who will share their perspectives on the realities and opportunities of AI, the challenges of talent and educ...

​The worlds of AI and Web3 are colliding — reshaping how we build, secure, and scale decentralized ecosystems. Whether you’re a developer, security researcher, founder, student or curious builder, this event is for you. ​Join us in Palo Alto for an evening of keynotes, workshops, and networking, featuring leading voices in DeFi, wallets, memecoins, AI-driven security, and hands-on dapp building. ​This is the first edition of our ongoing series “Proof of Intelligence”, where builders and thinkers meet at the intersection of AI x Web3. 🚀 Speakers & Sessions ​✅ Keynote 1: Onchain is Future Elaine @ AI101 Labs ​✅ Keynote 2: DeFi Meets Wall Street & TradFi: Are You Late to the Game? Charles @ NAVI Protocol ​✅ Workshop: Vibe Coding for a Fun dapp Xiaohui @ OP_CAT Layer ​✅ Keynote 3: Web3 Wallet and Memecoin Launchpad Ecosystem Stephen @ Virgo✅ Keynote 4: AI-Driven Web3 Security Peter @ Bitslab✅ Startup Showcase Presentations from new projects and early-stage founders. ​✅ Netwo...

​⚡ This special edition of GGW Sharks will be fully dedicated to AI startups — the founders shaping the future with artificial intelligence!Imagine pitching your startup to real investors — no slides, no fluff, just pure energy.Get ready for the most electrifying startup pitch event connecting bold founders with top-tier investors. ​✨ Keshia Theobald-van Gent, Partner at BDev Ventures ​✨ Benny Liao, Principal at Acorn Pacific Ventures ​✨ Akif Malik, Managing Partner at PodiumVC ​✨ John Roche, Investor at WI Harper Group🚀 Five handpicked founders. Two minutes. One shot.No slides, no safety nets — just raw hustle, real innovation, and a panel of top investors ready to judge.🎤 And that’s not all — we’re opening the mic!If you’re a founder, you’ll get a chance to jump in and pitch your startup during our open mic session. No pressure — just the perfect opportunity to get noticed, share your vision, and connect.But it’s not just about the pitch…✨ This is where the magic happens: up-cl...

Waitlist-only: As registrants cancel, new applicants will be accepted./n/n- Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin)./n- Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev./n- Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered and approved./n/n-------------------------------------/n/nPrimary Audience: AI Founders:/n-AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority)/n-Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs/n-Corporate AI Decision Makers/n-See list below/n/nAbove Chart: Data crunched on Aug 19th, 2025/n-------------------------------------/n/nLlama Lounge Agenda:/n5:00PM:/n-Doors open. meet 10 AI startups/n/n6:30pm:/n-Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min)/n-Conch Call* and Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min)/n-Welcome Remarks: SAP/n-10 AI startup pitches/n-Return to demo floors, networking/n/n9:00pm:/nEvent concludes/n/nMeet 10 AI Startups on the Demo Floor:/nDemo Pitch Emcee: Samuel J Cummings III, AI Content Creator of Generative AI (6M followers)/n/n-ApertureDB: Powering AI w...

​Join us at the intersection of Bitcoin, digital assets, finance, startups, venture, and capital raising in the #1 Miami business meetup at Regatta in Coconut Grove. ​​​​This event is hosted by Fortress, a private, invite-only network of investors, family offices, and fund managers: www.fortressmembers.com ​​​Co-hosted and Sponsored by Next Layer Capital, a bitcoin advisory and investment firm bringing corporations, family offices, and nation states onto the Bitcoin standard.

​Casual Founders & Friends Meetup ​We’re bringing together a small group of tech founders, operators, investors, and friends for a casual meetup at a laid-back bar. ​The idea is simple: make meaningful connections, share stories about our journeys, discuss challenges we’re facing, and enjoy relaxed, engaging conversations. ​This isn’t your typical networking event—it’s intentionally intimate and curated. Expect quality conversations with great people in a low-key atmosphere. ​Note: Everyone covers their own tab. ​The goal? Walk away with useful connections, fresh ideas, and maybe even a few new friends. ​About the Hosts ​TechBrig – TechBrig is an AI product design and development partner for early-stage startups and venture-backed companies. We help teams build and scale software, from MVP to growth.🌐 techbrig.co📅 Book a call with the founder ​Fridman Law Firm (FLF) – Fridman Law Firm PLLC advises startups, providing practical and fast-moving legal guidance to help you build,...

​If you’re building AI agents, you’re hitting walls. We’ve got answers. Join Paid and Lightspeed Ventures for an evening of demos, drinks, and real talk. ​ ​If you’re building or deploying AI agents, you’re probably hitting the same wall • ​What do agents really cost to run? • ​How do you prove ROI? • ​What’s a scalable pricing model? ​ We’re fixing that ​This event is for developers, product teams, and builders navigating the real challenges of building a business creating and selling  autonomous AI agents. We’ll share how Paid helps you finally track agent costs, prove their value, and charge for their work ​Come for the demos, stay for the energy. It’s going to be a good one ​ What to expect: • ​Compare notes with other agent builders • ​Demos and real stories on how  agent builders are printing money • ​Live demo of Paid’s monetization engine, cost tracking, and customer value portals • ​Drinks, vibes, and a room full of agent-first minds Agenda: ​5:30 pm | Arrivals, net...

​An event for MCP builders with Datadog, Alpic, Mux, Twelve Labs and MCP Jam! Agenda ​​​​​5:30 pm - Welcome 5:45 pm - Opening Remarks ​​​​​​🎤 Frederic Bartelet and Erica Beavers, cofounders @Alpic ​​​​​6-7:15 pm - Talks! ​1. Building useful MCP serversReilly Wood, Senior Software Engineer at DatadogReilly shares lessons learned from building Datadog's official MCP server. Learn how to go beyond simple API wrappers and build tools that agents can use to solve problems effectively. ​2. MCP server testing and evals ​Matthew Wang, Founder & CEO of MCPJam ​You have an MCP server up in production, but how can you ensure it works? We’ll go over how to test your MCP server at the development stage, and how to set up E2E testing for your server that’s up in production. ​3. Unlocking Agentic Video Intelligence with TwelveLabs MCP ServerJames Le, Head of Developer Experience at TwelveLabsThis talk will go over TwelveLabs' multimodal foundation models for video understanding and demo the Tw...

​Join us for an exciting evening at our Techstars Space Fall 2025 Mixer! ​​​Enjoy drinks and light refreshments as you meet the innovative companies from our latest Techstars Space class and mingle with mentors and alumni from across the Techstars network. ​​​Mark your calendar and be part of a community shaping the future of aerospace & defense. We can't wait to see you there! ​Thanks to our incredible sponsor, JP Morgan! ​J.P.Morgan for the Innovation Economy: At J.P. Morgan, our bankers aren’t just financial professionals—they’re former founders, industry leaders, and company builders equipped to guide you from idea to IPO and beyond. With decades of global experience, a robust professional and venture capital network, and scalable treasury management solutions, J.P. Morgan offers unmatched reach, solutions, and technology to help you disrupt any market. Please reach out to Alex Tonhazy (alexander.tonhazy@jpmorgan.com) for more information.

Pitch Night with TheAgentic ​​In December 2024, TheAgentic launched its unique Launchpad program to help entrepreneurs build vertical AI agent startups with no capital and zero financial risk. Since then, we have partnered with over 60 startups to transform innovative ideas into scalable, production-reliable AI agent products with actual customers—all without raising a single penny of investor capital.We invite you to a pitch night where 10 innovative founders will showcase their startup and what they have built. What You'll Experience ​​Witness 10 AI startups who have used the Launchpad program, demonstrating how they've built game-changing AI agent products across diverse domains. • ​​Perplexity Equivalent for Financial Products • ​​Customer Success Agents for long tail customers • ​​High Throughput Antibody Screening Platform • ​​Virtual CISO using AI agents • ​​Agents enabling GTM at the speed of CI/CD • ​​And more breakthrough products ​​​Who Should Attend • ​​Founders • ​​Ang...

n8n Starter Sessions: From Basics to Building AI-Powered Agents ​Join us for a hands-on, starter session where we’ll take you from the fundamentals of n8n, to building your first AI-powered agent! ​This workshop is led by n8n and powered by Avanai, the new company of our Berlin workshop wizard, Aemal Sayer, and Christian Voigt. ​Perfect for beginners and those new to n8n and automation: in just a few hours, you’ll learn the core concepts of n8n, see how to connect your favorite apps and data sources, and discover how to integrate AI into your workflows. By the end, you’ll have a working automation and the skills to create many more! ​For attendees only: you’ll exclusive n8n swag and a free n8n license (limited time). ​After the workshop, enjoy food and drinks while we continue the conversation on AI, automation, and how to make your ideas reality, in a fun and relaxed setting. 🍻 ​Note: the sessions will be in English. Please bring your own laptop. ​ ​Agenda: • ​Welcome & Intro...

An event dedicated to exploring all things AI Engineering!/n/nAgenda/n5:30 pm – 5:40 pm/nWelcome and Opening Remarks/nNikola Radisic, Senior Solutions Engineer at Daytona/n/n5:40 pm - 6:10 pm/nKeynote "AX is the only Experience that Matters"/nIvan Burazin, Co-Founder & CEO at Daytona/n/nOutline:/nWhy traditional devtools fail in an agent-native world and how Daytona is rethinking infrastructure for AI agents./n/n6:10 pm - 6:20 pm/nLightning Talk "Identity Crisis Averted: Auth0 for AI Agents"/nMira Sharma, Product Manager at Auth0 (Okta)/n/nOutline:/nHow generative AI introduces new identity risks and how Auth0 secures AI agents with modern IAM patterns./n/n6:20 pm - 6:30 pm/nLightning Talk "AI Agent Security in Action: Sandboxed Execution with Daytona and Clarifai"/nPatrick Lundquist, Staff Engineer at Clarifai/n/nOutline:/nDemo of using Clarifai’s orchestration with Daytona sandboxes to securely run AI agent workflows./n/n6:30 pm - 6:40 pm/nLightning Talk "AG-UI: Bringing Agents out o...

Our 6th AI Agent Meetup is sponsored by BeeAI and Neo4j./n/nThe SF AI Agent Meetup is a new & growing community for AI Agent Developers, Engineers, UX, Ops, and Applied Researchers exploring and leading the evolution of AI agents. Whether you're building autonomous systems, experimenting with LLM-powered assistants, or integrating AI agents into real-world applications, this meetup is the place to discover, share insights, and collaborate with your peers. Join us for talks, demos, discussions and networking with like-minded innovators shaping the next generation of AI./n/nAgenda/n5:00 pm – Checkin & Networking/n/n5:30 pm – Introductions & Welcome/n/n5:45 pm – Lightning Talk/n/nTBD/n/n6:00 pm - Talks:/n/nSoftware-Defined AI Workforce: AI Workers vs. AI Agents by Nikita Ivanov, Humatron AI, Founder 7 CEO/n/nTBD/n/n7:30 pm – Open Networking w/ Pizza and Sodas/n/n8:30 pm – Close/n/nTalk Details:/n/nTalk 1:/n/nSoftware-Defined AI Workforce: AI Workers vs. AI Agents/n/nNikita Ivanov, Humatro...

​Graph Exchange is an innovative mini-conference+unconference on Graph-powered AI Agents, Knowledge Graphs, GraphRAG, and all ways where graphs underpin the modern GenAI stack.  Brought to you by Neo4j, the category-defining graph database, we’ll review key use cases for graphs and bring together the leading graph experts. ​In this Fall Edition, we'll explore AI Memory, that Andrej Karpathy tried to rename as Context Engineering. We'll have several speakers from the Ai Engineer GraphRAG Track, lead by Vasilije Markovic of Cognee, who'll set the stage. ​We'll feature a brand new Deeplearning.AI course on agentic graph memory, and you'll come home equipped with the tools to build the most exciting AI startups of tomorrow with agents who understand, remember, and know what they are doing. ​We start with the talks setting the theme of Context Engineering and AI Memory. ​ Vasilije Markovic, Founder, Cognee. • ​Introducing AI memory and context engineering, with Cognee as an example. •...

​Calling all AI builders, data infrastructure folks, and open source developers — we’re back in NYC with a special evening focused on scaling AI workloads in the real world. ​Join the ClickHouse and Docker teams for a fast-paced night of technical talks, hands-on stories, and practical advice for anyone working on AI-driven applications. Whether you're building LLM-powered products, managing large-scale vector search, or just curious how modern infra handles modern workloads — this night is for you. ​📍 Location: Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY📅 Date: Monday, September 8, 2025🍕 Food, drinks, and great conversation included ​Agenda • ​5:00 PM – Arrivals, Check-In, and Networking • ​6:00 PM – Welcome from Docker & ClickHouse • ​6:10 PM – Laurent Goderre, Software Engineer III @ Docker • ​6:35 PM – Gautami Nadkarni Senior Customer Engineer @ Google Cloud "Getting started with Agentic AI on cloud for your Enterprise" • ​6:55 PM – Ian Armstrong Engineer @ Profound • ​7:15...

​IIA AI Summit - The Next Revolution of AI - once you fill this out we will use to register you at google - where you will have a badge to enter AI Summit - this is only for Sept 8. Next day is separate registration.

​Join industry leaders and experts in AI, ML and Data Science for an unique experience featuring an expert panel and talks on the most pressing and exciting directions in AI. ​Expect engaging discussions, actionable insights, and the chance to meet collaborators and friends. ​Reserve your spot now - space is limited and past events have filled up fast. ​​Agenda • ​​​​5:30pm: Doors Open (Food and Beverages served) • ​​​6:15-6:30pm: Welcome and Introduction • ​​​​6:30-7:30pm: Talks + Q&A • ​​​​​7:30-8:00pm: Panel • ​8:00-8:30pm: Networking Speakers: • ​Gabriela de Queiroz - Founder @ f02 labs (Ex-Microsoft, IBM) • ​Sadie St Lawrence - Founder @ Human Machine Collaboration Institute • ​Jyoti Yadav - Senior Data Science Manager @ Loom • ​Natasha Lalwani - Senior Data Scientist @ Fractal Panelists: • ​Pratik Mehta - AI Architect @ NVIDIA • ​Riya Gayasen - AI Product Manager @ Intuit • ​Ravi Shankar - AI/ML Manager @ Dick’s Sporting Goods • ​Swagata Ashwani - Principal Data Scientist @ ...

​​🍻 Join Us Once Again for This Month’s Community Happy Hour & Pitch Fest! ​​​​🎨 Calling All Web3 and AI Builders!If you'd like to showcase your work during our happy hour, we’d love to hear from you. DM @web3sfg on Telegram or email george@edgeandnode.com if you'd like to pitch or co-sponsor. ​​​​🍷 What to Expect: • ​​​​Beer, wine, and pizza • ​​​​A relaxed atmosphere to connect with fellow members and the extended community • ​​Fast Pitches from local SF tech builders • ​​​​A chance to bring a friend and make new connections ​​​​RSVP now and and come celebrate and support fellow creatives and builders! ​​​​Interested in co-sponsoring a happy hour and promoting your company or product? Reach out to us directly to get involved. ​​​​Stay up to date with all our upcoming events by checking our calendar and subscribing to our newsletter.