Data for AI Presents: The Open Source Afterparty w/ DAGWorks, Marquez, & Datastrato! Hosted at Airbyte
Join us for an exciting evening of insights, networking, and innovation as we explore the cutting-edge world of data infrastructure and platforming for Generative AI, multimodal models, and beyond. Whether you're a founder, engineer, executive, or innovator, this event is designed for those who are passionate about the future of AI and the data that drives it.
Event Highlights:
Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded professionals who share your passion for AI and data.
Expert Talks: Gain insights from industry leaders and pioneers in the field
Stefan Krawczyk - CEO @ DAGWorks, Inc.
"Burr: Agents as Flowcharts"
Stefan Krawczyk is the co-founder and CEO of DAGWorks, an open-source company driving two projects: Hamilton & Burr, whose mission to empower developers to build reliable AI agents & applications. He is a Y Combinator alum, StartX alum, and a Stanford graduate with a Master of Science in Computer Science with Distinction in Research. With over ten years of experience in building and leading data & ML-related systems and teams, his passion is to make others more successful with data by bridging the gap between data science, machine learning, engineering, and business.
Stefan has expertise in data platforms, model lifecycles, featurization, model serving systems, natural language processing, speech recognition, and spoken dialog systems. He also contributes to open-source projects and advises other startups in the data space.Willy Lulciuc - Co-creator @ Marquez, Senior Software Engineer @ Astronomer
"Simplifying Data Observability with OpenLineage"
Willy Lulciuc is the Project Lead and Co-creator of Marquez. He enjoys making datasets discoverable and meaningful with metadata. He is also a OpenLineage committer. Previously, he was the Founding Engineer at Datakin, a data lineage startup. When he’s not reviewing code and creating indirections, he can be found experimenting with analog synthesizers.Lisa Cao - Product Manager @ Datastrato
"To Mesh, or Not to Mesh? How to Know When Fabric is Good Enough"
Lisa is a data engineer and now product manager interested in observability, validation, and reliability in data systems. Through her work at Datastrato she is reinventing new and improved use cases for metadata to be leveraged in AI stacks for DataOps and Data Fabric integrations. She is a Google Women TechMakers Ambassador, Continuous Delivery Foundation Ambassador, and Linux Foundation LiFT recipient for Women in Open Source. Currently, she serves on several boards and committees- namely Linux Foundation's LF AI & Data, Generative AI Commons, and OPEA.
Interactive Q&A Sessions: Engage directly with our speakers and get your questions answered.
Innovative Ideas: Discover new approaches and technologies that are shaping the future of AI.
Agenda:
6:00-6:15pm - Opening Remarks, Introduction
6:15-7:30pm - Speaker Presentations
7:30-8:00pm - Closing Remark & Networking