🧠 GenAI Collective NYC 🧠 February Research Roundtable
Join us for the second research roundtable of 2025!
Who Should Attend
This event is designed for researchers, engineers, founders, investors, and all enthusiasts passionate about the latest in Generative AI.
What to Expect
Speaker Presentations: Learn from top researchers about the latest in AI research.
Interactive Q&A Sessions: Engage with experts, ask questions, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics discussed.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and explore collaborative opportunities in the field of Generative AI and software development.
Featured Speakers
James Checca is a founding engineer at Rogo, an AI platform that helps financial professionals work faster and access trusted information within their firm's secure environment. He will be talking about Finance and AI.
Gabriel Atkin is a Field AI Engineer at Fiddler AI. He will be talking about observability in LLMs.
Wei-Yin Ko is a researcher working at Cohere. He will be talking about language confusion and solutions in LLMs, and the benchmark developed to tackle this problem.
As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
Your Host
This event is made possible due of the generous support of Alpha Square Group (ASG).
Alpha Square Group (ASG) is a New York-based investment firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, focusing on AI, infrastructure software, and vertical applications. ASG backs category-defining companies such as DigitalOcean, Anthropic, ScaleAI, Canva, and Arctic Wolf.
ASG is a long-term partner, supporting companies from early to expansion and growth stages and beyond, providing flexible capital solutions through primary fundraisings, secondaries, and convertible notes to accelerate growth.
Sebastian Zhou invests across early to growth stages in infrastructure software and application software at Alpha Square Group (ASG).
Your Organizers
Prithvi Rajasekaran is a Software & Applied AI Engineer with experience building AI systems at scale. Previously at MIT's Auto ID Lab and C3.AI, he developed AI applications for Fortune 500 companies and led research initiatives across IoT, voice recognition, and medical domains. Currently, he leads GenAI Collective's NYC chapter and international presence, and is always looking for ways to bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI technology and practical applications.
Alex Pizzirani is a quantitative researcher at AllianceBernstein L.P.
Saurav Velleleth is a Solutions Architect at Cohere advising enterprises on building AI systems. He was previously at Retool and C3 AI, as well as a co-founder of Dogwood Technology Associates.
The GenAI Collective is a growing community of 10,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors built around a shared curiosity for AI. Through incredible in-person events and vibrant online forums, members leverage their diverse perspectives and innovative minds to foster meaningful relationships, solve challenging problems, and define the future of AI.
Questions, comments, concerns? Reach out to us at nyc@genaicollective.ai.