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No slides. Demo the thing.

We focus on demos, code, and technical insight. No sales pitches, no generic AI panels. Working systems set the agenda.

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Working code beats hype.

Demos, traces, systems, and scars carry more weight than predictions.

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Practitioners, not spectators.

The future of AI is built by people close enough to the work to show it.

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If it matters, bring the thing and show how it behaves.

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Self-Building Agent UIs
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Seven referral systems tested on real companies, exploring AI's impact on asking, timing, messaging, and rewards, with live integration into insider.works.
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AI agents source, qualify, and outreach to leads, learning from results to optimize sales calls for human closing.
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Tau-bench: Recursive Self-Improvement
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staff software engineer
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solutions architect, finance
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applied AI engineer
Generative AI LLMs
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Full-stack engineering AI & RAG pipelines
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data science lead
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senior ML engineer
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software engineer, AI
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Thank you for organizing the event. It is a wonderful space to meet others that are also passionate about building things.

It was my first event. The community was welcoming and great! Appreciated the demos and examples with practical applications.

This was my first time attending the event, and getting to present was so much fun! Looking forward to attending more!

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