Wild AI SF #1: Hidden Infrastructure of Intelligence
AI products feel magical on the surface, but underneath them is a vast hidden stack: model infrastructure, data pipelines, inference systems, compression, compilers, evals, agents, developer tools, and the people building all of it.
For our first Wild AI gathering in San Francisco, we are bringing together founders, engineers, researchers, and builders working on the infrastructure that makes intelligent software possible.
Expect short technical talks, live demos, and conversations with people building close to the metal of modern AI.Throughout the evening, we will explore automated research, novel inference methods, AI infrastructure at massive scale, model alignment, lower-cost reliability, and designing products that make complex systems easy to understand.
Speaker lineup
Arsalan Zafar — formerly Founder/CTO at Deep RenderJoe Fioti — Founder/CEO at Luminal, YC S25Lukas Valine — Co-Founder at Attentio.aiAkash Nagaraj — Product & Design at smallest.aiMore speakers to be announced soon.
Schedule
5:30 PM — Doors open, check-in.6:00 PM — Welcome and introductions6:15 PM — Lightning talks and live demos7:15 PM — Open networking8:30 PM — Event ends
Who should come
Founders building AI products or infrastructureEngineers working on systems, ML, data, agents, or developer toolsResearchers, operators, investors, and anyone curious about what sits beneath the surface of intelligent software
Wild AI is a growing community of more than 1,000 AI founders, researchers, engineers, and builders, with chapters in Minneapolis and Toronto. After hosting builder-focused AI gatherings across our existing communities, we are excited to host our first San Francisco event at Frontier Tower.
Come for the talks. Stay for the demos, ideas, and people building what comes next.
