122nd SF Hardware Meetup @ Studio 45 | AI Infrastructure
Join for our next meetup to discuss all things metal 🤘. Well, metal for scaling AI infra.
🤖 There will be a chance for an open mic. All demos and standup pitches welcome.
Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network, share knowledge, and support each other and the larger hardware ecosystem.
About Studio 45
Studio45 is a professional coworking space for professionals building across different areas of hardware and robotics.
We have a great group of guest speakers
Mikhail is Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer at Google helping scale global GPU infrastructure for Google Cloud. He'll be covering everything needed to hyperscale GPUs, from rack standards to energy and cooling considerations.
Dr. Giulia Marcucci is a deep-tech entrepreneur and physicist who has been working on sustainable AI long before it became urgent. She holds a PhD in Physics, specialising in photonics for new computing models. She has held research roles at the Universities of Rome, Ottawa, Glasgow, and others, and served as Algorithms Lead at a neuromorphic startup in London. A recognised expert in AI-photonic computing, she now leads LumiAIres as Co-Founder and CEO, bringing purpose-built, energy-efficient AI-photonic processors to market through co-designed AI software and optical hardware.
AJ is the cofounder and CEO of Artisan Insight and the inventor of a groundbreaking prototype-simulation hybrid that brings Physical AI to electronics. He will present a new way of working that is poised to reinvent electrical and firmware engineering.
Agenda
6:30-7:00 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
7:00-7:05 - Welcome and introduction
7:05-8:00 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
8:00-8:30p - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.
8:30-9:30p - Mix + mingle
Thank you to our community partners!
Tenstorrent is a next-generation computing company specializing in building computers for artificial intelligence, bringing together experts in computer architecture, ASIC design, and neural network compilers. Distinguished by their open-source software approach and proprietary Tensix cores, they recently unveiled their Blackhole™ chip designed to handle massive AI workloads efficiently while maintaining a developer-friendly ecosystem
informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. Learn more.
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See you soon!
This event is part of SF Hardware Meetup, hosting monthly meetups for the community since 2011.