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## Important RSVP does not guarantee entry. We will review registrations, and approved attendees will receive confirmation. Register here (Luma): https://luma.com/tqvq3nxe # AI Engineering: Under the Hood How are modern AI systems actually built, evaluated, and scaled? Join Indian Data Club Bengaluru for a practical evening exploring the engineering behind modern AI applications — from models, context, tools, and agents to data, infrastructure, evaluation, and reliability. ## What We'll Cover Building AI Systems: Models, Context, Tools & Agents A practical session on how modern AI applications are designed and built. AI Engineering Quiz Test your knowledge of LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and real-world AI systems. Panel Discussion: Engineering the AI Stack An open discussion on AI Engineering, data, infrastructure, evaluation, real-world challenges, and the skills needed to build modern AI systems. Tea Break & Networking Closing & Open Networking Connect with speakers, panelists, founders, engineers, developers, and the Bengaluru technology community. ## Who Should Attend? AI Engineers, Software Engineers, ML Engineers, Data Engineers, MLOps/LLMOps Engineers, developers, students, founders, and anyone interested in AI Engineering. ## Become a Speaker Interested in speaking at future Indian Data Club events? Become a Speaker – Inspire India's Data Community Note: Speaker submissions are reviewed for current and future sessions.

166,000 neurons. 125 million connections. One day to see what they can do. Fruit Fly-athon is a one-day hackathon for creating games, research tools, simulations, robots, visualizations, and experimental applications powered by the mapped nervous system of a real fruit fly. The Source Google Research, HHMI Janelia, and collaborators recently released the complete connectome of an adult male fruit fly. A connectome is essentially a circuit diagram of the nervous system. It maps how more than 166,000 neurons connect through 125 million synapses, from sensory inputs such as sight and smell to outputs controlling movement and behaviour. The Format A small, open-ended, and experimental buildathon. There are no fixed problem statements. Your project can be playful, technically ambitious, scientifically useful, or all three. Your input → Fruit-fly brain mapping → Your output Connect it to a game or robot. Turn neural activity into music or visuals. Build tools to explore how signals move through the brain. Run controlled experiments by activating or removing specific neurons. Investigate whether biological neural architecture can offer useful ideas for AI and robotics. Important distinction: Researchers did not upload a living fly’s consciousness or create a fully functional digital fly. They mapped its physical neural connections, which can be used to build connectome-based controllers. Bring your laptop, curiosity, and any hardware you want to experiment with. 📅 September 20, 2026 ⏰ 10 AM to 6 PM 📍 2586Labs, Bengaluru Some inspiration The fruit-fly connectome announcement What people around the internet have already built

Forty years later, the feeling he was describing is just daily life. Your phone knows where you slept last night. Your browser knows what you almost bought and changed your mind about. Your keyboard knows what you typed and then deleted. None of this is a secret anymore, it's just something most of us have stopped noticing. If you've ever had a faint sense that something about the internet doesn't feel right anymore, this session is for you. Privacy is not about hiding. Most conversations about privacy start by making you feel paranoid. This one won't. Privacy is something ordinary and human. It's the ability to decide what parts of your life get shared, when they get shared, and with whom. In the physical world this feels obvious. You close the door when you change clothes. You lower your voice in a crowded room. You don't hand your diary to a stranger. Online, we've slowly given up all of that, usually without realising we were giving anything up. Each app asks for a small permission. Each service collects a small piece of information. Individually, none of it feels like much. Put together, it forms a surprisingly complete picture of how you live, think, move, and talk to people you love. This session is a starting point for anyone who has never thought seriously about this before. No cybersecurity jargon. No lectures. Just a clear walkthrough of what's happening, why it matters, and what you can do about it this afternoon. What we'll cover Part 1: Where privacy actually leaks Why "I have nothing to hide" misses the point The difference between privacy, secrecy, and safety How ordinary apps and devices observe and track far more than you think What changes, slowly and invisibly, when people lose their private space Part 2: What you can actually do about it One of our speakers runs an almost entirely open-source setup on his phone. No Google Play Store, no surveillance-heavy apps, just tools built by people who believe your data belongs to you. He'll walk you throu

Curious how AI is reshaping fintech engineering? Join us at our Adyen Bengaluru office for a technical discussion designed for senior engineers, technical leaders and solution engineers. Discover how Adyen leverages AI to boost developer productivity, and gain direct insights from our CPO and Head of Engineering, India. Why Attend? The AI Landscape at Adyen: A behind-the-scenes look at how we integrate AI into our core tech stack Live Coding Demo: Watch spec-driven development in action - integrating with Adyen and processing payments live in under 20 minutes ⚡ Leadership Keynote: Hear directly from Gayathri Rajan (Chief Product Officer) and Ajay Bhave (Head of Engineering, India) on how AI is driving innovations at Adyen Networking: Engage in tech discussions over coffee, bites, and dinner with local Bangalore builders. 📅 Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 ⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM IST 📍 Venue: Adyen Bengaluru , WeWork Vaishnavi Signature, ORR Agenda 5:00 PM: Doors Open - Coffee and Bites 6:00 PM: Welcome by Ajay Bhave, Head of Engineering, India 6:05 PM : Leadership Keynote - AI & The Future of Commerce by Gayathri Rajan, CPO 6:10 - 6:30 PM: AI@Adyen - A behind-the-scenes look at how Adyen integrates AI into their core tech stack 6:30 - 6:40 PM : Panel Discussion - Tech discussions and Q&A with Adyen AI experts 6:40 - 7:00 PM : Live Demo - Integrating with Adyen and processing a payment in under 20 minutes! 7:00 - 8:00 PM : Dinner and Networking Space is limited - register now! Your spot will be confirmed separately after registration. ⚠️Adyen requires all visitors to bring a valid photo ID (passport/ID card) to enter the building. Show it at reception and you'll be escorted to the event space. If you don't have an ID with you, you may not be able to access the event.