Welcome to the AI meetup in San Francisco, in collaboration with Civic, Redpanda and Moss Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agents, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers.

Agenda:
- 5:30pm~6:00pm: Checkin, food and networking
- 6:00pm~6:15pm: Welcome and Community update
- 6:15pm~7:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A
- 7:30pm~8:30pm: Open discussion, Mixer and Closing.

Tech Talk: Guardrails to OpenClaw
Speaker: Titus Capilnean (Civic)
Abstract: AI agents can now call APIs, execute workflows, and take real actions across your stack. Projects like OpenClaw show how quickly autonomous agents are becoming powerful system operators. But most agent systems still lack one critical layer: granular authorization. We’ll explore why unrestricted agents create new security challenges for developers and demo how to add guardrails to OpenClaw.

Tech Talk: The Convergence of Real-Time Data and AI
Speaker: Peter Corless (Redpanda)
Abstract: The world of AI has its origins in batch processing of large data sets. In more recent years it has had to accelerate to faster and faster development cycles — feedback from real-time usage, RAG and MCP architectures for live data lookups. What's driving the convergence of AI and real-time data? And how can you ride the wave?

Tech Talk: Real-Time Voice AI
Speaker: Sri Raghu Malireddi (Moss)
Abstract: Real-time AI agents are going mainstream, powering live phone calls across thousands of business locations. But the bottleneck isn't the LLM. It's retrieval. When a caller asks a question mid-conversation, the agent needs context in under 10ms or the experience breaks. We'll walk through why traditional vector databases fail at conversational speed, how Moss solves this by running a semantic retrieval engine locally alongside agent runtimes, and share production lessons from deploying across 1,000+ business locations.

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:
AWS Loft SF, 525 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

• The Loft entrance is main lobby on 525 Market St. take the elevator to the 2nd floor .
• By registering for this event, you acknowledge that you are 18 years or older and agree to follow the AWS Code of Conduct and the AWS Event Terms and Conditions
• It is mandatory to bring valid physical government ID to enter the AWS Builder loft (No Digital IDs will be accepted).
• There is no scooter/bike parking available in the building. If you plan to bring one, you will need to find parking options nearby.
• All attendees must be 18 or older to attend this event at the space

Sponsors:
* Redpanda: Redpanda is pioneering the agentic data plane - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Learn more
* Civic: an engine for AI-driven workflows that unifies your apps, systems, and platforms into automated workflows that scale. Learn more
* Moss: Moss is the real-time semantic retrieval engine that runs locally alongside AI agent runtimes, delivering sub-10ms latency for voice and conversational AI.. Learn more

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 50,000+ AI developers in San Francisco Bay Area and 500K+ worldwide.

Local and Global AI Community on Discord
Join us on discord for local and global AI tech community:
- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers;