Join us for the August edition of the San Francisco AI Engineers Tech Talk, a gathering focused exclusively on AI engineering. Whether you’re a seasoned machine learning engineer or a fullstack dev curious about how to work with LLMs, this is your space to dive deep into real-world projects, technical challenges, and creative solutions. What to Expect: We invite AI engineers to share something they’ve built, the challenges they faced, and how they solved them. It’s all substance, no fluff, designed for engineers by engineers. This Month’s Presenters: Adam Malone, Senior Director @ PromptQLBuilding a Company Brain for AI Agents PromptQL will share a self-organizing, Wikipedia-style knowledge layer that helps agents understand evolving organizational knowledge instead of relying solely on vector databases. The talk will explore intelligent retrieval, AI-assisted knowledge updates, and practical ways to reduce ambiguity and stale context, giving AI agents durable, evolving domain knowledge without fine-tuning or massive context windows. ParcleBuilding Shared Memory for AI Agents AI agents are more effective when they can build on past knowledge instead of starting from scratch. Parcle will share how they're creating a shared memory layer that works across tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Hermes, and OpenClaw, giving AI agents persistent context and a better understanding of your work. The talk will explore cross-agent memory, shared context, and practical approaches to building more capable and consistent AI systems. Luke Zhan, Software Engineering Intern @ AltaraDefeating "Infinite Churn": A Plug-and-Play Architecture for AI Startups AI startups must constantly balance shipping new features, meeting customer needs, and keeping up with rapidly evolving technologies. Altara will share how they're building a plug-and-play architecture that decouples product logic from infrastructure, making it easy to adopt new AI tools and cloud providers without rewriting the platform. The
This is a casual 5K running event held weekly in San Francisco for builders and founders. Participants run at a relaxed pace and connect socially afterwards over coffee. It provides an opportunity to meet other startup builders in an informal setting outdoors.
Kernel 6 Launch Party features readings and conversations with contributing writers from the latest issue of Kernel. The event offers attendees a chance to engage with the content and enjoy food in a social setting. It is suited for anyone interested in literary and creative publishing in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Fidget Camp is a weeklong makeathon in San Francisco focusing on DIY creative exploration with hands-on workshops led by participants. The event showcases collaborative artworks from diverse creators such as pranksters, digital gardeners, and puzzle designers. Attendees can experience innovative art and maker projects in a community-driven environment.
This event is a 3v3 basketball tournament for developers, founders, and technical builders to compete for cash and sponsor prizes while networking. It is designed to bring together members of the tech community for friendly competition and social connection before the MongoDB .local Build Fest. Teams compete in a group stage and knockout rounds culminating in a final and awards ceremony.
This event gathers founders, engineers, product builders, traders, and fintech operators to discuss how AI agents interact with money. Participants walk and converse about emerging infrastructure challenges and safety questions in connecting AI agents to financial accounts. It is designed for those building or curious about AI-driven fintech technologies and workflows.
Early-stage founders building on Baseten present their AI models and inference stacks, sharing technical stories and challenges. The event targets engineers and technical founders interested in AI inference technology. It provides a stage for demos and networking in the San Francisco Bay Area.