AI Tuesdays: AMA with Marc Manara, OpenAI

A hackathon on building quality agents, co-hosted by Failproof AI and Quad AI. We hand every team the same AI agent. It works... sometimes. You have under two hours to make it one you would ship. Same agent, same model, same tools for everyone. Change anything around the model: prompts, tool definitions, validation, retries, guardrails and policies. Then we run a hidden eval suite against every submission, three times per task. A task only counts if it passes all three. How the evening runs 4:30 pm: doors open, form teams 4:45 pm: kickoff. Meet the agent, the public eval suite and the baseline score 5:00 pm: build 6:50 pm: code freeze. The hidden suite runs while teams demo 7:30 pm: results and wrap Judging Reliability (80 points): the share of hidden tasks your agent passes on all three runs, inside the call, time and token limits Your evals (20 points): up to ten eval cases you add, each counted when the baseline fails it and your agent passes it every time Ties go to the lower cost per task Bring your laptop, your charger and a GitHub account. Come solo or as a team of up to three. We provide the agent, a model key for your team and the public eval suite. It's Hacktoberfest, so the agent is open source. After the event, open your fix as a pull request. The best fixes and evals get merged. Free. Registration is subject to host approval. The exact address in HSR Layout is shared once you're in. Also listed on MLH: https://events.mlh.com/events/14866-hacktoberfest-meetup-bengaluru-x-failproofai Venue: Quad AI HSR Campus, 27th Main Rd, beside RBIH, 1st Sector, HSR Layout, Bengaluru 560102. Free. Registration is subject to host approval.

AI is leaving the screen. It's starting to move, sense, build, navigate and operate in the real world. Join us at South Park Commons India in partnership with Elevation Capital for an AWS powered evening of live demos from the people building it. What you'll see: Live demos across - Physical AI and robotics Hardware and autonomy Drones and spacetech Computer vision and industrial intelligence Advanced manufacturing Two ways to join: Apply to demo: Building something in the physical world? Show us the thing that works, and why it is hard. We'll select 8 to 10 teams 5 minutes each, no extensions 1 to 2 slides for context, then a live demo Show the most impressive part, not a full walkthrough Demo applicants: please complete the demo questions in the form (what you'll demo, a demo video link, and your setup needs). Incomplete demo applications won't be considered. Come as audience: Founders, researchers, engineers, operators and investors who want to meet the people building at this edge. Schedule: Wednesday, 28 October 4:30 PM: Doors open 5:00 PM: Welcome and live demos begin 6:15 PM: Demos conclude 6:15 to 7:00 PM: Open house. Try the products, meet the teams, keep the conversations going. About South Park Commons: SPC is a home for the most talented technologists figuring out what's next. A community built to turn the chaos of possibility into the clarity of conviction. Whether you're exploring a new idea, building your next product, or re-imagining how we create, SPC helps you get from -1 to beyond. Apply to join here. About Elevation Capital: For over 20 years, Elevation Capital has partnered with audacious founders from day one to help them build enduring businesses. We back teams committed to reimagining the future, such as PayTM, Meesho, Urban Company, Spinny, Clear, Sprinto, and more. As an early-stage venture capital firm, our partnership with founders in realizing their vision starts from day one. Learn more at www.elevationcapital.com Explore our Subst

AI is leaving the screen. It's starting to move, sense, build, navigate and operate in the real world. Join us at South Park Commons India in partnership with Elevation Capital for an AWS powered evening of live demos from the people building it. What you'll see: Live demos across - Physical AI and robotics Hardware and autonomy Drones and spacetech Computer vision and industrial intelligence Advanced manufacturing Two ways to join: Apply to demo: Building something in the physical world? Show us the thing that works, and why it is hard. We'll select 8 to 10 teams 5 minutes each, no extensions 1 to 2 slides for context, then a live demo Show the most impressive part, not a full walkthrough Demo applicants: please complete the demo questions in the form (what you'll demo, a demo video link, and your setup needs). Incomplete demo applications won't be considered. Come as audience: Founders, researchers, engineers, operators and investors who want to meet the people building at this edge. Schedule: Wednesday, 28 October 4:30 PM: Doors open 5:00 PM: Welcome and live demos begin 6:15 PM: Demos conclude 6:15 to 7:00 PM: Open house. Try the products, meet the teams, keep the conversations going. About South Park Commons: SPC is a home for the most talented technologists figuring out what's next. A community built to turn the chaos of possibility into the clarity of conviction. Whether you're exploring a new idea, building your next product, or re-imagining how we create, SPC helps you get from -1 to beyond. Apply to join here. About Elevation Capital: For over 20 years, Elevation Capital has partnered with audacious founders from day one to help them build enduring businesses. We back teams committed to reimagining the future, such as PayTM, Meesho, Urban Company, Spinny, Clear, Sprinto, and more. As an early-stage venture capital firm, our partnership with founders in realizing their vision starts from day one. Learn more at www.elevationcapital.com Explore our Subst

Software supply chains are expanding beyond traditional application dependencies to include AI components, models, and agents that interact with tools and data. Understanding these assets and controlling their access are important parts of securing modern environments. Join AccuKnox at Black Hat India 2026 to discuss two areas of security: SBOM & xBOM Visibility Inventory software and AI components Track vulnerabilities and license risks Trace components across builds and runtime AI Agent Security with AgentZ Default-deny sandboxing for agent execution Network and tool access controls Replayable execution traces Meet the AccuKnox team Connect with Rahul Jadhav, CTO & Co-founder, and Gaurav Mishra, Senior Product Manager, to discuss software supply-chain visibility and controls for AI agent execution. Register to attend: https://luma.com/laglamti

We’ve been waiting for this day, and we want to celebrate it with the people who are building and who believe in this vision. For past few months, the group chat has been Bengaluru’s busiest hardware help desk. Someone always knew who could fix it, who had a spare, who was building what. But nobody could answer the biggest one: where can I actually build this? So we built a lab. Armature AI Labs is 3,500 sq ft of physical AI and robotics lab in HSR Layout, made by the community that needed it. On Friday, 30 October, we’re turning the lights on, and you’re flipping the switch. Curious about the lab? Bring your questions, introduce yourself to someone new, and see where the conversation goes. Whether you’re coming with your team or on your own, we’d love to have you there.

Beyond LLMs: A Glimpse of World Models & Physical AI We all use LLMs in our daily lives, and they have almost become part of our lifestyle. Now the buzz is about world models and physical AI, but what do they actually mean? We are hosting a relaxed, leader-friendly session to unpack world models and physical AI without overloading you with jargon. What will you learn? How AI is moving from just talking to actually seeing, understanding and acting in the real world What “world models” are, explained in plain English What will you need? No technical background Curiosity An open mind Date: Saturday, 31st Oct 2026 Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM IST Format: In-person, limited seats Place: Koramangala, Bangalore Seats are limited - register fast!