Rethinking Hardware in the AI Era
The AI revolution isn't just a software story. Join us for a pivotal discussion as we dive into the emerging landscape of AI, where hardware is no longer just an afterthought.
Hardware serves as the crucial mediator between humans and AI systems. The convergence of AI software with purpose-built hardware will redefine how we interact with technology.
We'll explore embodied AI, the edge vs. cloud debate – revealing how both play crucial roles in AI's future, and human-computer interaction, UX and design decisions when thinking about AI and hardware.
The future belongs to those who master the powerful interplay between hardware, AI and software. Start 2025 with a fresh perspective and discover the opportunities presented by the AI hardware renaissance.
SPEAKERS
Vishal Kumar is CEO & co-Founder of Alice Camera, an AI-native camera for creators. He has a background working as a data scientist at Sotheby’s, and is also a video creator with 30,000 followers and over 1 million views for his content around his niche as a Cultural Data Scientist. He previously studied the London School of Economics and at UCL.
Mina Fahmi is the co-founder & CEO of Sandbar, an interface company building hardware and software to bridge humans and AI. Previously, Mina worked on neural interfaces and deep learning at Meta and CTRL-labs. His work also includes brain implants (Kernel), neuroprostheses (MIT Media Lab), AR (Magic Leap), and personal LLM projects.
Davide Asnaghi is the founder and CEO of Diode Computers, a Y Combinator backed startup focused on using AI to automate custom hardware design. Prior to founding Diode Computers, Davide served as a senior software engineer at Chromatic, developing ultra–low-power custom silicon chips and as an embedded software engineer at Apple’s Special Projects Group in autonomous robotics.
Drew Winget is Head of Software at Daylight Computer, which makes a new ecosystem of personal computer hardware that aligns with human flourishing rather than attention-harvesting. Previously, Drew founded Fully Parsed, a language learning app based on knowledge graphs and generative AI, and built open source research software and standards for ulta-high-resolution images and annotations at Stanford.
AGENDA
6:15-6:45 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
6.45-8:00 - AI Hardware Panel with audience Q+A
8:00-8:30 - Community demos - 30-60 second pitch
8:30-10:00 - Mix + mingle + pizza
Thank you to our sponsors
Betaworks is an AI-focused, early stage VC with investments in more than 150 companies including, Hugging Face, Granola, The Browser Company, Stability AI, Twitter, Venmo, and more.
Alice Camera is on a mission to make everyone a professional creator. Its AI-native Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera has custom electronics equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip and a TPU from Google to run AI algorithms on-device to automate complex camera functionality. They are also developing active intelligence for Alice Camera, controlled by voice and an LLM, to perform tedious post-production editing tasks within the camera itself, streamlining content workflows like never before.