AGI is Just Another Open Source Away — AI Builders Meetup
Don’t miss this GTC side event on March 20, San Jose!
🚀Join the AI revolution during GTC week!
During this year's GTC, there is one hot topic no one can ignore — Open Source. The impact of open source has never been stronger; it has become the most critical factor driving the entire AI development process.
We can say that "AGI Is Just Another Open Source Away."
We're excited to bring you this curated discussion during GTC week, featuring pivotal participants from the open-source community.
RSVP here: https://lu.ma/3waoaqhw
🎤Featured Guests:
Xiaohuang Huang - Founder and Chairman of Manycore, a spatial intelligence company that began with technological innovations in GPUs and has evolved into one of the world's most important spatial intelligence companies. Manycore is a leading developer of spatial intelligence model algorithms and a significant driver in the next phase of AI's integration into the physical world.
Yifeng Yin - Former ML engineer at Hugging Face's San Francisco office. Hugging Face stands as one of the most important hubs of the open-source revolution. Today, Yin is an active contributor to the open-source community while building his own startup.
Junping Du - Founder and CEO of Datastrato, a company focused on big data, virtualization, and cloud computing. Junping is a long-time contributor to the open-source community with extensive experience in data infrastructure.
💡Join us to explore:
The current state of open-source AI models and their rapid evolution
What’s really going on in Spatial Intelligence
The next frontier of AI development—system-level optimizations
How to choose the right developer tools, balancing open-source flexibility and cost-effectiveness
🍻 Enjoy happy hour & networking:
Wrap up the evening with refreshments and great conversations—connect with startup founders, developers, and AI builders in a relaxed setting!
Event Details
📅Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
🕔Time: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
📍Location: San Jose (To be confirmed after approval)
Agenda
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Check-in & Refreshments
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Fireside Chat - From GPU to Spatial Intelligence
Moderator: Thomas Luo, Founder & CEO of GenAI Assembling
Guest Speaker: Xiaohuang Huang, Chairman and Co-founder, Manycore Tech Inc
6:10 PM - 6:50 PM: Panel Discussion - AGI is Just Another Open-Source Away
Moderator: Zhaoyang Wang, Chief Editor of GenAI Assembling
Panelists:
Yifeng Yin, Former ML Engineer at Hugging Face, Stealth Startup Co-founder
Junping Du, Founder and CEO of Datastrato
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Happy hour and networking
Who Should Attend?
Founders and executives of AI startups
Decision-makers at SMEs looking for open-source technologies and platforms
Developers with their own projects or startups
AI & ML engineers and researchers interested in the latest open-source developments