Silicon Valley Startup Incubation And Acceleration

Career Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Job Seekers:
Career Sessions: Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 PM Pacific Time
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98937546543
-Improve Communications and Presentation Skills to Colleagues, Stakeholders and Management.
-Become "Interview-Ready" by responding to practice Interview questions with constructive feedback from the attendees in a safe and non-judgmental environment.

• Career-focused speeches/presentations
• Weekly Interview Practice with instant feedback
• Guest Speakers, Career Coaches, Human Resource Professionals, Hiring Managers and other Subject Matter Experts

-Tips and Tricks on maximizing your job search
-Monthly Pitch Practice-How to and when to pitch during a job interview or management, investors or others (coming soon)

• Guests are always welcome (FREE)

If you want any more information about this club and/or
Toastmasters, please send me an e-mail to [email protected]
Guests welcome! Interview Practice open to all.

Important: RSVP here to receive joining link. (rsvp on meetup will NOT receive joining link).

Description:
Welcome to the weekly AI virtual seminars, in collaboration with Google. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI/ML/Data, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers & fellow developers from all over the world.

Tech Talk: Multimodality with Gemini: Text, Videos, and Images
Speaker: Henry Ruiz (Google Developer Expert)
Abstract: Gemini is the most capable and general model Google has ever built. It was built from the ground up to be multimodal, which means it can generalize and seamlessly understand, operate across, and combine different types of information, including text, code, images, and video. This talk dives into the exciting world of Gemini, a cutting-edge foundation model developed by Google. Discover how Gemini seamlessly integrates text and image processing, enabling you to:
- Analyze and understand the content of images, videos, and audio files
- Perform cross-modal tasks like image captioning and visual question-answering
- Explore the potential of multimodality for various applications, from creative content generation to advanced information retrieval.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only have the chance to speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 400K+ AI developers worldwide.

AICamp Community on Slack/Discord
- Event chat: chat and connect with speakers and attendees
- Sharing blogs, events, job openings, projects collaborations

** Important RSVP instructions: register at the event website is required for admission.

Description:
Join us for an exciting evening dedicated to the cutting-edge world of AI agents, in collaboration with Okareo. Unlock the true potential of your agent behavior and achieve remarkable results. This immersive event will dive deep into the intricate factors that influence agent behavior and provide actionable insights and practical techniques to fine-tune it for optimal performance.

Expect demos, talks, and networking opportunities with industry experts, developers, and enthusiasts.

Agenda:
- 5:30pm~6:15pm: Checkin, food and networking
- 6:15pm~6:30pm: Welcome, Community update
- 6:30pm~7:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A
- 7:30pm~8:30pm: Open discussion, Mixer and Closing.

Key Takeaways:

• * Understand the fundamental principles of agent behavior and its impact on overall performance.
• * Identify the critical factors that contribute to effective agent behavior.
• * Gain insights into the latest advancements in agent behavior fine-tuning.
• * Discover practical implementation techniques to enhance agent behavior in real-world scenarios.
• * Learn from industry experts and practitioners who have successfully applied these techniques to achieve outstanding results.

Who Should Attend:

• * Machine Learning Engineers eager to enhance their skills and stay updated.
• * Developers passionate about building AI projects.
• * Data Scientists seeking to deepen their understanding and collaborate.
• * Product Managers responsible for developing AI-powered products.
• * AI professionals looking to expand their knowledge and network.

Tech Talk: Optimize AI Agent Behavior: Navigating the Nuances of Fine-Tuning
- Matt Wyman (Co-Founder and CEO at Okareo)
- Boris Selitser (Co-Founder and CPO at Okareo)
- Stay tuned for more speakers/topics.

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 35,000+ AI developers in San Francisco Bay Area or 400K+ worldwide.

Community on Slack/Discord
- Event chat: chat and connect with speakers and attendees
- Sharing blogs, events, job openings, projects collaborations

SEATING IS EXTREMELY LIMITED - RESERVE YOUR SEAT ON EVENTBRITE HERE.

Are your contracts putting your startup at risk?

As a startup founder, your innovation and vision are key, but the foundation of your company’s success rests on strong legal agreements. Access Silicon Valley invites you to "Top 10 Key Contract Mistakes That Can Sink Your Startup," a critical session for founders and leaders of early-stage companies. Eli Mansour, a partner at Snell & Wilmer and advisor in technology transactions and contracts, will guide you through the most common (but often costly!) contract missteps that can jeopardize your business and technology—or worse, make your company unfundable!

Why This Workshop Matters
As your startup grows, you'll be entering into contracts with employees, contractors, vendors, customers, and investors all of which can impact, restrict or harm your technology and intellectual property rights. Serious mistakes in these agreements can lead to intellectual property and legal disputes which not only threaten your operations but can also send red flags to potential investors and acquirers, making it harder to raise capital or close deals.

Whether it's a poorly structured NDA, vague payment terms, or failing to properly draft your privacy policy, these mistakes can delay your growth or even derail your entire business. Eli Mansour has seen firsthand how these errors can cripple startups. Investors don’t just invest in an idea—they invest in companies with sound legal and operational foundations. Contract mistakes, particularly those involving intellectual property or privacy, can be major deal-breakers. Investors are quick to spot these red flags, and such errors can lead to delays or even the complete collapse of funding opportunities. In this workshop, Eli Mansour will show you how to create well-structured, investor-friendly contracts that protect your startup and make it more attractive to investors, partners, and acquirers.

Don’t miss this opportunity to safeguard your startup’s future and position your company for long-term success.

About the Speaker
Eli Mansour is a partner at Snell & Wilmer, a full service law firm with over 500 lawyers. He counsels clients on a variety of technology transaction matters including the discovery, development, protection, licensing, and commercialization of pharmaceuticals, novel life sciences solutions and medical devices, and related intellectual property. Eli regularly drafts and negotiates clinical trial agreements, development, manufacturing, distribution, and complex licensing agreements and has extensive experience in device discovery agreements, joint venture agreements and technology assignment, and transfer transactions. Additionally, Eli is a passionate aviator and advises corporate flight departments and individuals seeking to acquire, lease, or share the use of turboprop and turbojet aircraft and has extensive experience with various aviation transactional matters as well as FAA and international aviation regulatory issues. He also holds an FAA commercial pilot’s license for fixed wing and rotorcraft-helicopter as well as instrument ratings for fixed wing and rotorcraft-helicopter and an FAA remote pilot’s license for small, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

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Investment lectures occur every Sunday from 10AM - 12PM (unless it's a holiday or if I'm busy)

Please join this telegram channel for updates: https://t.me/finvizclub

Investment Tools I Use:
• Finviz: https://finviz.com/?a=100613214
• GuruFocus: https://goo.gl/TxAFJQ

** Important RSVP HERE (Due to building security, you must pre-register at the link for admission)

Description:
Welcome to the AI meetup in San Francisco, in collaboration with Outerbounds, GitHub. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and machine learning, food/drink, networking with speakers and fellow developers.

Tech Talk: Finetune LLMs with Metaflow cost-efficiently, from 1b to 405b
Speaker: Eddie Mattia (Outerbounds)
Abstract: Imagine a world where fine-tuning is no hassle - just another seamless step in your workflow, (almost) no matter the model size. Accessing GPUs for fine-tuning shouldn't be a hassle either. And you should be able to do all of this securely and privately in your cloud account. Open-source Metaflow has added a host of new features. It now helps you fine-tune LLMs in your own environment, using popular tools and tapping into compute resources across clouds. In this talk, we will walk you through a practical example of how you can do this at home today.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules.
If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 35,000+ AI developers in San Francisco or 400K+ in global.

Community on Slack/Discord

• Event chat: chat and connect with speakers and attendees
• Sharing blogs, events, job openings, projects collaborations

Career Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Job Seekers:
Career Sessions: Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 PM Pacific Time
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98937546543
-Improve Communications and Presentation Skills to Colleagues, Stakeholders and Management.
-Become "Interview-Ready" by responding to practice Interview questions with constructive feedback from the attendees in a safe and non-judgmental environment.

• Career-focused speeches/presentations
• Weekly Interview Practice with instant feedback
• Guest Speakers, Career Coaches, Human Resource Professionals, Hiring Managers and other Subject Matter Experts

-Tips and Tricks on maximizing your job search
-Monthly Pitch Practice-How to and when to pitch during a job interview or management, investors or others (coming soon)

• Guests are always welcome (FREE)

If you want any more information about this club and/or
Toastmasters, please send me an e-mail to [email protected]
Guests welcome! Interview Practice open to all.

** Important RSVP instructions: register at the event website is required for admission.

Description:
Join DataStax and AWS to learn how to get started and build highly-scalable, production-ready AI applications for your startup or enterprise.
Learn best practices, apply knowledge in real-time, and leave with your own deployed RAG Chatbot. Network with local experts and like-minded professionals over food and drinks. Don’t miss this opportunity to boost your technical expertise and connect with the AI community.

During this workshop, you will learn:
- Create an end-to-end Gen AI chatbot
- Learn all about the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern
- Integrate with Amazon Bedrock embedding and foundation models
- Create a vector database on DataStax AstraDB

Tech stack/Requirements:
- Participants will utilize DataStax Astra, Amazon Bedrock, and some third-party tools.
- GitHub account and laptop

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 35,000+ AI developers in San Francisco Bay Area or 400K+ worldwide.

Community on Slack/Discord
- Event chat: chat and connect with speakers and attendees
- Sharing blogs, events, job openings, projects collaborations