GenAI Collective: NYC Research Roundtable
Building on the momentum of our last research-focused event, we're excited to announce our first Research Roundtable in NYC! Join us for an insightful event where we delve into the latest research in Generative AI. We'll be diving deep into the the technological forefront of the field, directly engaging with the researchers making it all possible.
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
Panel Discussion: 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 Researchers
Jacob Portes (Databricks) - LoRA Learns Less and Forgets Less
Jacob Jackson (Supermaven, ex-OpenAI) - Challenges in adapting LLM tokenizers for code completion
Daniel Kang (UIUC) - LLM agents can autonomously exploit real-world cybersecurity vulnerabilities (paper)
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!
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.
Thank you to M13 for hosting us at their office space! M13 is an early stage venture fund, investing in infrastructure technology—such as AI and web3—that powers the future of work, health, commerce, and money.
About the Speakers
Jacob Portes is a research scientist at Databricks with an interest in LLM pretraining, finetuning, and retrieval. Some recent projects include MosaicBERT and Beyond Chinchilla-Optimal: Accounting for Inference in Language Model Scaling Laws, in addition to the MPT and DBRX open source LLMs. He was part of the original Mosaic research team acquired by Databricks in 2023.
Jacob Jackson is the founder of Supermaven, a coding assistant with a unique 1 million token context window. Previously he founded TabNine and was a researcher at OpenAI.
Daniel Kang is a professor of computer science at UIUC, where he studies AI agents in various domains, including cyber security. Outside of his professorship, Daniel advises startups (>$150M total raised) and consults at companies (including OpenAI and Microsoft). He also help develop the leading standard for ML performance benchmarking, MLPerf.
Your Hosts
Prithvi Rajasekaran is a Software Engineer at NerdWallet. Previously, he worked at MIT & C3 AI, supporting research & product development of AI for various real world use cases.
Sriram Ramakrishnan is currently a Product Manager at Visa working on biometric identity and risk authentication solutions. He previously launched Finch (consumer neobank, brokerage & rewards card) and prior to that, worked at Techstars and Jet.
Samantha Hughes is currently a Community Specialist at M13 Ventures, leading business development and community engagement across the New York and Los Angeles ecosystems. Previously, Samantha managed community programs at M13 and coordinated strategic outreach and events at The Rockefeller University.