Breaking Out of DemoLand : Ship It NYC
We're back for an evening of real code, real problems, and real pipelines.
Too many ML/AI projects die in demo land. This meetup is for the engineers building the ones that don’t.
Join us for a night of hands-on, code-first talks from builders who ship—no theory, no fluff, no “high-level” hand-waving. Just deep dives into real-world systems, architecture decisions, failures, hacks, and the weird stuff nobody writes about but everyone runs into.
Whether you’re fine-tuning latency-sensitive agents, parsing 100+ page PDFs, or debugging hallucinations in production—this one’s for you.
🧠 Speakers
Vaibhav Gupta – Co-founder & CEO, Boundary
Building BAML—a new programming language for LLMs that makes prompting reliable across open and closed-source models. Think: React for prompting. Used in production across use cases like chatbots, healthcare ERP, and financial document processing. Ex-DE Shaw, Google AR, and Microsoft HoloLens.
Allen Calderwood – Co-Founder & CTO, Hadrius
Automating SEC/FINRA compliance using LLMs for firms managing ~$2T in assets. Previously led Android/Google TV teams, now building the future of AI + fintech compliance. Knows more about pizza than you.
Gabe Villasana – Co-Founder & CTO, GovEagle
Leading LLM development for automating government proposal writing. Ex-Stripe (anti-money laundering models), ex-Johns Hopkins (glaucoma-risk prediction). On the side: hip-hop dancer and sci-fi nerd.
🛠 Format
90 minutes of deep-dive, live-coded, technical talks
Each speaker will walk through a single real-world challenge they solved—something you can take back and use in your pipeline
No panels. No product pitches. No beginner content.
Just: engineers talking to engineers, about code that ships.
Date & Location:
📍 Adonis AI: 175 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007 (Floor 50)
📅 May 8th (Thursday)
⏰ Doors open at 5:15
We're intentionally keeping the room small, attendance is limited. Practitioners only.