The Future of AI & Infrastructure | HashiCorp Cofounder, Armon Dadgar
Join FirstMark and Georgian for a fireside chat on the future of AI and infra with Armon Dadgar, Cofounder & CTO of HashiCorp (moderated by David Waltcher, Principal at FirstMark), and a deep dive into the state of AI with Nick Schrock, Founder & CTO of Dagster and Nahim Nasser, Head of Engineering at Georgian.
Few people in the world can speak to the future of cloud infrastructure like Armon. HashiCorp is a pioneer in infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation, widely known for its open-source DevOps tools: Terraform, Vault, Consul, and many more. It went public in 2021, was later acquired by IBM in 2024 for over $6B, and continues to be the market leader today.
Nick Schrock, Founder and CTO of Dagster, is best known for co-creating GraphQL during his time at Facebook and later launching Dagster, a leading open-source data orchestration framework. He has made lasting contributions to the open-source community by building developer-friendly tools that power data and engineering teams worldwide.
Schedule (Subject to Change):
5:30 PM | Doors Open (close at 6:30pm)
6:00 PM | Presentations & Fireside
7:15 PM | Pizza & Networking
About The Hosts:
FirstMark: FirstMark is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City. We have invested in many companies that went on to define their industries including Pinterest, Shopify, Airbnb, and Riot Games. We are also very active investors in ML, AI and Data and proud backers of category leading companies such as Dataiku, Synthesia, ClickHouse, Cockroach Labs, Ada, Pigment and many others. For more about FirstMark, visit firstmark.com.
Georgian: Georgian invests in high-growth B2B software companies and builds software to help those companies scale faster. They seek to identify and accelerate leading growth-stage software companies in their thesis areas of Applied AI and Trust. Based in Toronto and founded in 2008, Georgian’s team brings together investors with machine learning professionals, software entrepreneurs and experienced operators.
Current: Current is a premier fintech banking platform committed to providing everyday Americans with seamless access to financial solutions. Our integrated financial tools help users overcome barriers and achieve their financial aspirations.
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