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Join us for Agentic + AI Observability meetup on Tuesday, September 29 from 5pm - 8pm PST at the Databricks Bellevue office, for an evening focused on agentic architectures and AI observability: real-world deployment, smart routing, and automated incident resolution. This meetup is built for engineers, ML/AI practitioners, and AI startup founders who are already experimenting with agents (or planning to) and want to go deeper into the tech. We’ll cover real-world patterns, failure modes, and tooling for building a reliable meta-harness layer to manage agent execution, control and choice, state, and runtime policies across the broader ecosystem. Whether you’re at an early-stage startup or an established company, if you care about getting AI agents into production and keeping multi-agent systems healthy, this meetup is for you. Previous series speakers include Databricks, Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and more. Why you should attend See real agentic architectures: Learn how teams design smart routing and meta-harness layers using Unity Gateway to optimize model execution without sacrificing caching performance. Explore automated incident response & tracing: See how tools like Genie ZeroOps handle structured root-cause investigations, evaluate agent choices, and automate system recovery when workloads fail. Connect with other builders: Meet engineers, founders, and practitioners working on similar problems, swap design patterns, and expand your network. Agenda 5:00pm: Registration/Mingling 6:00pm: Welcome Remarks 6:15pm: Talk #1: Route The Task, Not The Request: Smart Routing Without Breaking The Cache (Elise Gonzales, Staff Product Manager at Databricks) 6:45pm: Talk #2: Investigating & Resolving Data and AI incidents with Genie ZeroOps (Harshit Rai, Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer at Databricks) 7:15pm: Mingling with bites + dessert 8:00pm: Night Ends Session Descriptions: Route The Task, Not The Request: Smart Routing Without Breaking The CacheRouting sounds simple:

Join us for a high-signal evening with security and technology leaders from Microsoft who are working at the intersection of AI, identity, access, DevOps, and cybersecurity. 📅 Date: November 12, 2026 📍 Location: Bellevue City Hall ### Agenda 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Check-in & Networking 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Peter De Tender – Senior Content Developer Dev/AI/DevOps, Microsoft Topic: 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Praveen Kumar Kashimsetty – Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Security Topic: TBA 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Srinivasa Ravi Teja Peri – Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft Security Topic: Identity in the Age of AI 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Networking ### Why Attend Learn how AI agents and automation are changing the DevOps and software development lifecycle. Explore approaches to securing enterprise systems and access as AI becomes more deeply integrated. Understand how AI can amplify phishing, social engineering, and credential-based attacks. Learn about phishing-resistant credentials, passwordless authentication, and modern identity security. Gain practical perspectives on building more secure, resilient, and AI-ready enterprise environments. Connect with security leaders, architects, engineers, and technology professionals across the Seattle ecosystem. ### Who should attend CISOs, Security Leaders, and Cybersecurity Professionals Identity & Access Management Professionals Cloud & Enterprise Security Architects DevOps and Engineering Leaders AI Engineers and Technology Professionals IT and Security Architects Professionals working with Microsoft Entra, Azure, and enterprise security Anyone interested in AI security, identity, and the future of cybersecurity Follow Seattle Data AI & Security on LinkedIn, YouTube, and our website for updates.