From Open Source to SaaS: Turning AI Innovation into Scalable Products
Open source projects are driving the next generation of AI innovation—but turning that innovation into a successful, scalable SaaS business takes more than great code. Join us for an expert-led session and learn from our speakers first-hand experience turning successful open source projects into a thriving SaaS business.
This event brings together founders, technical leaders, and cloud experts to explore the critical inflection points in the OSS-to-SaaS journey—from product-market fit and community-market fit to value-market fit
Whether you're early in your journey or actively scaling your cloud offering, you'll gain practical insights into:
Building scalable, multi-tenant, cloud-native AI apps
Turning your open-source into a sustainable business with usage-based pricing, packaging, and marketplace distribution
Understanding the modern AI compute stack — from model orchestration to inference optimization — and how it impacts performance, scalability, and cost
How to design a modern data layer that supports real-time, low-latency performance across cloud, edge, and mobile — critical for scaling AI-powered SaaS apps
How lakehouse architectures power responsive and scalable AI Products
Avoiding common pitfalls in scaling open source projects into commercial SaaS offerings
Speakers:
John Lorance, AWS, Sr. Manager, Partner Solutions Architecture – AWS SaaS Factory, Moderator and Host
Kamal Gupta, Omnistrate, Founder & CEO
Jaikumar Ganesh, Anyscale, Head of Engineering
Gaurav Gargate, Confluent, VP of Engineering
Steven Yen, Couchbase, Co-Founder
Varun Madan, Onehouse, Head of Engineering
Who Should Attend:
Startup founders and product leaders looking to monetize open source projects
Architects and engineers tasked with building cloud-native, SaaS-ready platforms
Business development and GTM teams exploring new revenue streams
Builders with a vision of building the next great thing
Agenda:
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Meet & Greet
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Keynote Sessions
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Happy Hour & Networking
Join us to hear real-world case studies from successful leaders, engage in live Q&A with industry experts, and walk away with insights to turn your open source project into a scalable SaaS product.