Session brief

Announcing the AI Engineer Network: Benjamin Dunphy

Overview

This talk announces the launch of the AI Engineer Network, a new initiative aimed at fostering connections and knowledge sharing within the AI engineering community. It highlights the growth of AI engineering as an industry and introduces a new mobile event app, also named Network, designed to enhance attendee interactions at conferences. The app features AI-driven matching to connect individuals with shared problems and solutions.

Who should watch

• AI engineers
• Product Managers
• Founders and builders in the AI space
• Individuals interested in open-source tools for event management
• Those looking to network with peers at AI conferences

Key takeaways

• The AI Engineer Summit 2023 brought together experienced software engineers actively involved in AI applications.
• The Network mobile app was introduced, offering features like conference schedules, partner listings, and dining recommendations.
• A key feature of the Network app is its AI-enhanced matching algorithm, which uses LLMs to connect attendees based on stated problems.
• The Network app and its matching algorithm are being open-sourced to enable other events to provide similar networking capabilities.
• The open-sourcing effort aims to create a simple yet powerful mobile event experience for attendees globally.
• Key contributors to the Network app include lead engineer Simon Sturmer and Swyx as the architect of the generative matching algorithm.
• Infrastructure partners for the app include Dscope for authentication and Supabase for database and PG Vector.
• The project repository for the Network app is available on GitHub.

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