Role of AI in Energy Transition - Upstream

​📍 San Francisco
🗓 Wednesday, July 30th | 5:30 PM

​Join The Battery Saloon, in partnership with Pebblebed Ventures, for a focused conversation on how artificial intelligence is transforming the battery sector; from fundamental research and materials discovery to manufacturing systems, diagnostics, sensing, and real-time battery management.

​This technical panel will feature engineers, scientists, and founders working at the intersection of battery systems and AI to explore applied use cases, evolving tools, and the practical challenges of integrating intelligent systems into high-performance energy technologies.

​🎤 Panelists Include:
– Vignesh Prabhakar, Machine Learning Scientist at SES AI Corp, leading development of the Molecular Universe LLM
– Anurag Kamal, Co-Founder & CEO of ElectricFish, with prior research roles at BMW Technology Office and Oak Ridge National Lab
– Kimberly Chan, Staff Engineer at SirenOpt, specializing in advanced sensing for batteries and electrochemical systems
– Abraham Anapolsky, Former Director of Advanced Manufacturing Research at Toyota; Founder of Supervenient Consulting

​🎙 Moderator:
Sama Aghniaey, PhD, Founder & President of The Battery Saloon

​💡 Event Sponsors:
This event is supported by Pebblebed, Ion Gates Consulting, and Adam Shaw of INTEG.

​🧠 About Pebblebed:
Pebblebed is a technical early-stage venture fund founded by Pam Vagata (co-founder of OpenAI, ex-Stripe), Keith Adams (founding engineer at Facebook AI Research, former Slack chief architect), Luke Byrne (former partner at Tapestry), and Tammie Siew (former Sequoia SEA investor and operator).

​🔗 RSVP: https://lu.ma/mccv6zn5