AI Builders Meetup: Building & Shipping AI Agents
Building AI apps is easy (thanks to tools like Cursor). Building AI apps that don’t break in production is hard. Too many developers get stuck in the “demo works, production doesn’t” cycle: slow inference, mysterious failures, and no clue what’s happening when users hit their app.
This meetup is about what actually matters: creating realtime experiences that keep users engaged, having visibility into problems before they escalate, and shipping agents that work reliably in the wild.
You’ll learn how to:
Make inference fast enough that users stay engaged
Go from a Python script to a shipped, cloud-deployed agent in minutes
Build feedback loops that make agents reliable in production
Join fellow AI builders for practical insights, live demos, and real-world examples of how to move from hacky prototypes to production-ready agents.
Agenda
6:00 PM — Doors Open & Networking
Grab a drink and bites, meet fellow AI builders, and connect with the local community.
6:30 PM — Talk 1: Groq
Inference That Doesn't Keep Your Users Waiting
Frontier models bring powerful capabilities, but their latency and cost often make real-world deployment difficult. Groq will share benchmarks and demos showing how open source models now rival frontier intelligence while running orders of magnitude faster. Learn how leading teams are deploying production AI apps that deliver both speed and cost-efficiency—ensuring users get the intelligence they expect without the delays or costs that kill adoption.
6:50 PM — Talk 2: Google
Zero to Prod: Launching AI Agents in Minutes with ADK
Tired of wrestling with infrastructure? Discover how Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) helps you go from a local script to a live, cloud-deployed AI agent in minutes. This session will walk through building, testing, and shipping an agent:
Compose specialized agents and orchestrate them into workflows
Debug reasoning steps in realtime with
adk webDeploy to the cloud instantly with a single command
7:10 PM — Talk 3: Arize
Shipping Reliable AI Agents in the Real World
Agent development is moving fast, but production bottlenecks remain. This talk focuses on workflows to evaluate agent behavior, trace decision paths, and build iterative feedback loops so your agents improve with every deployment. Learn how to move beyond demos and start shipping agents that perform reliably at scale.
7:30 PM — 9:00 PM Networking & Wrap-Up
Continue the conversation, swap notes with other developers, and meet the speakers