NYC AI Users - AI Talks, Demo & Social: Learning & Building Production AI
AI technology like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, Midjourney and many others will play an increasingly large role in our day-to-day lives. To this end, New York AI Users will host our monthly tech talks & social gathering at Emergence AI's office overlooking Bryant Park in Midtown. Emergence is a collaborative group of researchers, engineers, and product specialists focused on solving some of the most complex problems in agentic AI. They will graciously provide free drinks and food for the event. The space and accommodations are perfect for our talks and the social time that follows.
From the creators and organizers of New York Tech & Beer®, New York AI Users organizes high-quality AI events that both educate and connect AI enthusiasts in the New York area who use or want to use AI to meet their creative, entrepreneurial, and technical aspirations. No technical background is required, only an interest in learning about these tools of the future. Founders, engineers, and creatives are all welcome!
For our July meeting, we will gather at Emergence and we will host:
Talks on AI:
For our first talk, we will hear from Naren Sankaran. Evaluation-Driven Development: Taking AI from Prototype to Production. Naren will explore how embedding evaluation throughout the AI development lifecycle leads to more reliable, scalable, and production ready systems and why skipping it often leads to failure. Naren is a Solutions Achitect at OpenAI with a background in engineering and engineering leadership.
Our second talk will be by Jyoti Shah. Bridging the AI Skills Gap: Strategies to Future-Proof Your Engineering Workforce. As AI becomes core to modern software engineering, the disconnect between academic training and real world job requirements is widening. Jyoti will touch on five actionable strategies that companies can adopt to bridge this gap, drawing on research and hands-on experience leading GenAI initiatives and mentoring global engineering teams. This talk offers practical steps to future-proof your talent. Jyoti is a tech leader and sought-after speaker with over 18 years experience in her field. As Director of Application Development at ADP, she spearheads enterprise-grade solutions that blend full stack engineering with AI-powered intelligence to drive measurable business outcomes.
After the talks, there will be social time with the attendees and the speakers for the remainder of the evening, with free drinks and food
We’re excited to see you soon!