SF’s largest AI community: 10,000+ founders, researchers, operators, & investors with a shared curiosity for AI. We ❤️ connecting through incredible events!
The GenAI Collective began back in February as a small group of friends gathering in a cozy San Francisco living room to discuss the week’s latest news and advancements in AI.
I don’t think any of us expected these conversations to grow beyond this intimate setting. And in many
The countdown begins: we are only nine days away from the GenAI Virtual Worlds Summit!
After wrapping up day one of
@TechCrunch
Disrupt, join the GenAI Collective community and
@glxydotgg
for an evening of discovery and discussion as we gather leaders and experts from across the
Thank you SO much to the 150+ attendees at our summit today!! You all were AMAZING — we can’t wait to host this community again. 🥹
So much gratitude to our sponsors
@gantry_ml
and
@werqwise
for making this incredible evening come together!!
Last night’s SF GAI Summit was one for the history books. We’re so proud of the community we’ve built over the past couple of months, and it was an honor to bring you all together to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and network with each other!
To recap, we had...🧵
ChatGPT and the GPT-3.5-turbo API have been facing massive outages over the past day.
As developers, this goes to show the importance of being able to quickly swap out LLMs in production applications — potentially using tools like
@LangChainAI
to get the job done.
#LLMops
#AI
🌐 NEW SUMMIT ALERT! 🌐
Are you as PUMPED for
#TCDisrupt2023
as we are? Join the community right before Disrupt kicks off for the Disruptive Horizons Summit! More exciting details to come 👀
RSVP here 👉
All upcoming events 📆
We are thrilled to announce our partnership with
@TEDTalks
and
@TEDAI2023
for the TED AI Hackathon! 🧑💻🛠️
Join the community for this two-day hackathon as we utilize the transformative power of AI for good!
Learn more here 👇
We had a blast attending
@TheAISalonSF
’s Symposium at
@thesfcommons
today!
Such an awesomely diverse community sparking thoughtful discussion and fresh perspectives on the social and philosophical implications of AI. Incredible work
@Andercot
and
@Ian_Eisenberg
! 🫶
We had a blast partnering with
@TheAISalonSF
last night to brainstorm and discuss the most pressing problems our wonderful city of San Francisco faces. Next step: building solutions at
@accelerate_sf
! 🧑💻🌁
Sign up here 👇
We’ve hacked and pitched all day, and now finalists’ presentations are in full swing!
Congrats to our pitch finalists
-
@xpressai
-
@makeMontage
(
@CCgong
)
- Watchtower research (
@panickssery
)
- ClassGaga ()
Stay tuned for hack finalists and the winners!🎉
We are LIVE 🎉 at the final presentations and judging for the
@TEDAI2023
Hackathon in partnership with The GenAI Collective at
@Microsoft
Reactor led by
@arungupta
from
@intel
!
❤️It is heartening to be surrounded by an intense concentration of enthusiasm for solving problems
Last night's Future of AI summit & panel at
@werqwise
was a huge success.
It’s not often that you get to attend a panel discussion with top AI execs and have the chance to mingle and hold intimate discussions with each of them afterwards. More 👇🧵
It's happening!! 🗣️x🧠
We are so excited to partner with
@TheAISalonSF
on our first of many collaborative events. Join the community next Tuesday as we brainstorm ideas for the upcoming
@accelerate_sf
hackathon!
RSVP here 👇
Incredible meetup last night in Redwood City! Conversation topics included plateaus vs exponential growth, the role of AI in education, and where value could accrue in AI/consumer.
Thank you to everyone who attended and our wonderful friend
@ruima
for helping make this possible!
Back to home base with another fantastic SF meetup! Thank you to everyone who came by yesterday evening, and a very happy birthday to our very own
@chappyasel
!🥳
Can't wait to see everyone next Wednesday 4/19 for our inaugural South Bay meetup! RSVP here:
Last night, we made lemonade 🍋🍸🧠
Silicon Valley is home to the densest concentration of innovators, builders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers in the world. Core to the success of our industry is to be adaptable, and flexible, and resilient - to be creative problem solvers 🌉
We had a BLAST closing out the AI Dev Conference last night with the GenAI Collective Open Source Social! The energy and enthusiasm was INCREDIBLE!! ⚡️
Thank you so much to
@linuxfoundation
and
@cassandra
for making this event possible. Onwards and upwards – together! 🔷🚀
Yesterday's ABC LLM Hackathon + Pitchathon with
@NorwestVP
was truly special.
With 50+ teams of AI builders, founders, and operators from around the world, 6+ hours of hacking, and $30k+ in prizes, the creativity that came out of yesterday's event blew us away. 🧵👇
🚨 South Bay friends! 🚨
Excited to announce our next "living room discussion" in beautiful Stanford, CA on June 28th!
We're thrilled to foster innovative discussions with the
@Stanford
community and more🌲✨
Join us to exchange ideas! RSVP below 👇
Out of over 50 teams, the winners have been announced!
Overall: ClassGaga ()
Pitch:
- first place:
@xpressai
- runner-up:
@makeMontage
Hack
- first place:
@immigrantfirst
- runner-up: UBlink (
@tonyadastra
)
Congrats to all of the amazing hackers! 🥳🎉
🍻✨ What a fantastic evening at the Biergarten Bash! ✨🍻
Cheers to good friends, great conversations, and memorable moments shared over a drink or two. 🍺🗣️
As we head into the winter holidays, we're grateful for this incredible community that comes together to celebrate our
A huge thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to the vibrant conversation at last night’s Tech Talks meetup in collaboration with the
@mlopscommunity
! 🤩
Our speakers were the stars of the evening, delivering 8+ insightful talks on lessons learned from building GenAI
Join us and
@NFX
next Thursday, July 6th, for an evening of engaging discussion with generative AI's best and brightest!💥🥂
We're thrilled to co-host the "Brainstorm Brew"
#happyhour
at NFX's SF office, and we can't wait to see you there!
RSVP here👇
Thank you who everyone who joined last night's Gen-Z in AI panel with
@M12vc
and
@github
! We had some incredible conversations about AI agents, open-source models, and more.
If you couldn't make it, don't worry – check out the recording here 👇
Join us for an extra special holiday party as we celebrate not just the season, but the GenAI Collective's milestone 50TH EVENT!! 🎄🥳
Let's come together to toast to our collective accomplishments and to an even brighter future ahead! See you there! 🥂
Our second Summit was our best yet! Engaging technical discussions, an amazing demo by
@gantry_ml
, and our wonderful hosts
@werqwise
made the evening truly special. New event announcements coming soon 👀👀👀
#GenerativeAI
#ai
#sf
#meetups
🥳 Our AI <> Longevity event last night was a resounding success!! Thanks to our co-hosts Coco Chen and Matt Huang for making it all possible, and for our incredible attendees for participating in what became a lively and intellectually stimulating evening 🥳
Couple of firsts:
The Summit is wrapping up, great to have everyone stay till the end! We’re so proud of our amazing discussion group leaders – thank you for making this community great 🥹
First AI event in Marin = 🔥 ✅ 🫡
AKA a resounding success! 🥳
Our co-hosts
@guesto
(GenAI Collective community member/Marin local) and
@matthuangbrain
(GenAI Collective Co-leader & Head of Community) kicked off the AI event scene in Marin by bringing together researchers,
TONIGHT is the night! 🎉
Can’t wait to see the community at this evening’s “Future of AI” panel at the beautiful
@werqwise
downtown SF venue!
#AI
#generativeAI
#panel
What an absolute year.
Last night's holiday party was more than just a gathering of friends, nerds, and colleagues. It was a celebration of the unbelievable progress this year has delivered – to the GenAI Collective community and the technology ecosystem as a whole.
The
Exciting news – we are thrilled to announce our partnership with
@gantry_ml
for our SF GAI Summit on 3/29 at
@werqwise
SF!
Join founders, funders, and thought leaders to discuss the eventful past few weeks of generative AI at our largest scale yet!
It was incredible to have our living room discussion series last night at the offices of
@twelve_labs
!
There was a ton of energy in our discussion groups, where topics included Python in Excel, Finetuning GPT3.5, and using H100's for financial engineering 😆
Thank you to
Today's crazy news aside...
Last night's final Mountain View living room discussion with our South Bay friends was truly special. The spirit of reflection was ever-present as we shared our thoughts on the people and ideas that had influenced us most over the past year.
One of
New living room: activated😎
Thanks to all of the builders who joined us last night for our Bytes && Bites mixer! We had a wonderful time chatting tech and making connections – shoutout to
@wenphan
,
@bitfortdev
,
@TimothyStiles
, and our very own
@matthuangbrain
for killing it on
AI Product Open Demo Night = ✅ 🚀 🔥!!
Last night,
@ProductHunt
and
@GenAICollective
said 🤝🤝🤝 and co-hosted a demo night for product enthusiasts - and it was AWESOME.
We had ~100 folks show up, and the energy was palpable. People wanted to demo (80 folks signed up for 10
There's no better way to close out the summer than with a living room discussion meetup! 🌅
In fact, the conversations last night were so 🔥 we only took a single photo 🥲. Thank you to everyone who made it out!
Got another product-focused event for y'all 👀
We'll be partnering with
@ProductHunt
and
@mercury
for an "Open Demo Night" on March 12! 🥳 🚀
Product Hunt CEO
@rajivayyangar
is on a mission to revitalize the in-person product community in SF, so we'll be gathering to watch
There was a lot to discuss at our
@Techweek_
recap summit!
The community discussed learnings from the previous week’s packed event schedule and the latest news in generative AI.
Thank you to our wonderful sponsor
@AvahiTech
, an
@awscloud
partner!
"Powering Future AGI" 🤖👀
Thank you
@PatrickMcFadin
and
@APloetz
for the EXCEPTIONAL keynotes and
@DataStax
for providing their wonderful HQ in Santa Clara for the AGI Enablers Summit this week! 🤩
Had SUCH a great time cohosting with the incredible
@graceleaf_
✨, leader of
@DsgnBuddies
, and
@AnshMehraaa
, the world's biggest and fastest growing Youtube content creator for AI!
@graceleaf_
✨, your energy is infectious - you're a powerhouse!
@AnshMehraaa
, can't even
The future of tech and AI is a little brighter, more diverse, and equitable after our event with
@GirlsinTech
/
@GITSF
at
@SiliconVlyBank
last night! 🫶
Thank you to everyone who joined the discussion as well as to our AWESOME keynotes and panelists:
@marianebekker
, Erika Bahr,
Looking forward to an evening of great BBQ and even greater AI discussion at tomorrow's Silicon Valley meetup! Here's a sample of some treats to expect from our very own pitmaster
@PKelaita
🤩
(And don't worry — we'll offer tons of vegetarian options as well!)
#GAI
#SV
We're excited to announce that we're partnering with
@M12vc
to host our very first Gen Z-focused AI summit at Github!
Come meet with guest speakers from research, VC, and top AI startups to share ideas. Best of all, there's an open bar! 🍻
RSVP below 👇
Last night's Stanford discussion meet up was incredible – thank you to everyone who attended! Thank you to our friend and outstanding host, Sunny Scott, for making the evening a success.
Expect many more meetups with the
@Stanford
community soon!🌲
#GenAI
#PaloAlto
HEY YOU! 🫵
Come join us for a fantastic Friday evening of discussion and connection as we gather together to explore AGI, futurism, and the limits of exponential technological progress! 🤖
RSVP here 👇
📣 Excited to announce a new way to engage with the community! Join the inaugural GenAI Collective Community Town Hall 🌟 Your chance to shape our future & get involved. A fresh experiment we're all in on! 🚀
RSVP here 👇
🌟 Excited to announce the GenAI Collective x Daily 🗣️ AI & Voice Summit! Dive into an evening where AI meets voice tech, sparking real conversations that could one day "power" our AI counterparts. 🤖💬
👥 Perfect for anyone keen on making AIs sound less like robots and more
This Thursday will be the GenAI Collective's 20th event!
When we started this community six months ago, we never imagined it would come anywhere close to the scale it's reached today. To all of the amazing community members – THANK YOU!
Can't wait to celebrate together 🥳
🎉 Exciting News! 🚀 The GAI Collective is teaming up with
@OctoML
&
@awscloud
for the launch of OctoAI on June 14th. Join us to explore this cutting-edge platform built for
#AI
developers! Networking, live demos, workshops, and more await.🎉
Product people!! Huge news.
Throwing a event specifically for PMs looking to learn to leverage GenAI in their workflows on Tuesday, Feb 27!
🥳
It'll be a workshop, and we're collabing w/
@irungracepace
✨ Design Buddies (world's largest design community) +
@AnshMehraaa
Thank you to everyone who made it out to the Silicon Valley meetup last night and a big shoutout to Matt Huang for running an especially intimate discussion group on the back porch! 🏡
2 Days til We Launch OctoAI!
Make sure to register for our virtual launch to find out how you can create images like this on your own:
And if you're in SF on Wed, come to our Ai After Dark Launch party!
#octoai
#aiafterdark
Back to home base! Our next "living room discussion" meetup returns to Silicon Valley.
Join us for that classic, homegrown AI discussion we all know and love 🤩
RSVP here 👇
🚨 Collab alert 🚨 - we're stoked for our first official GenAI Collective <> AI Salon partnership event this Wednesday!
We'll be throwing a co-hosted event on the topic of "AI and Human Flourishing." This will be more of a philosophical discussion, a meeting of minds. Think
Thank you to everyone who attended Thursday's Future Founders mixer with Heretic. What a turnout, and so many incredible ideas being shared.
Thanks again to the
@mnaficy
and the team at Heretic for making this possible!
#genAI
#sanfrancisco
🍁🦃 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃😊
Such a joy to gather together for a warm and cheery virtual friendsgiving! Who can guess what the number of topic of discussion was? 🃏☕️
A huge thank you to everyone who attended the first ever GenAI Collective virtual event yesterday with
@OctoML
! 🤩
Also, thank you to everyone who submitted literally hundreds of questions for this roundtable! From this list, we broke the discussion into three main topics:
1.
Can't wait to see everyone TONIGHT at our second GAI Collective summit in partnership with
@gantry_ml
and
@werqwise
!
Join us in downtown SF to exchange ideas with 150+ of the top minds in AI 🧠
#SF
#GAICo
#GenerativeAI
The barriers to entry between developers and foundational models continue to be knocked down! 🚧🚫
@Vercel
just announced their AI playground allowing devs to easily integrate LLMs from
@OpenAI
,
@CohereAI
, and more into their applications.
Learn more:
🚨HACKATHON ALERT! 🚨
The moment we’ve all been waiting for! We are thrilled to partner with
@NorwestVP
to host a community hackathon. Whether you have a new project to build or an existing one to pitch, this is the place to be. More details to come! 🧑💻
Calling all aspiring founders! 📣
We're excited to announce our partnership with
@mnaficy
and to host Future Founders Mixer at a wonderful downtown SF venue on 7/27! Join us to share your ideas and meet potential collaborators.
Our 8/23 living room discussion has been moved to the offices of Twelve Labs, a cutting edge AI company providing developers with video understanding infrastructure to build intelligent video applications!
We are excited and grateful for Twelve Labs' gracious offer to host, and
Join the community for a wonderful evening of enlightening AI discussion as we turn to the rooftops of 100 Van Ness, providing stunning views across SF! 🌉
We are going all out for this one – it's sure to be a special experience! 😄
RSVP here 👇
Announcing the "AI in the Workplace" Summit and Panel discussion! 📣💥
We're so excited to partner with
@BruinenHQ
and
@werqwise
to host a panel of AI leaders and hundreds of the best minds in AI for an unforgettable night of discussion.
RSVP below 👇
We're so excited to officially announce that Jay Mandal,
@StanfordLaw
Fellow and COO of
@SAP
Intelligent Spend Management, and Andy Pandharikar, Founder / CEO of
@aicommerce
, will be joining our upcoming 7/19 AI panel as speakers!
See everyone there!
Fantastic second Silicon Valley meetup! So much energy in the Bay Area around
#generativeai
, SF should watch out! Fascinating discussions around definisibility in the app layer and AGI were highlights 🤖
📣 Summit Announcement! We're thrilled to host our next Summit on 6/6! Join us for a deep dive into the transformative world of
#GenerativeAI
. 🧠💡 Expect riveting discussions, thought-provoking insights, & a community that drives AI forward!
🚨BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨
The GenAI Collective is officially joining forces with Silicon Valley Generative AI!
Silicon Valley Generative AI, organized by Matt White, is a rapidly growing community of over 1,200 AI researchers, data scientists, ML engineers and those with a keen
Only one week out from our Future of AI Summit and Panel discussion! 🥳
Join us at
@werqwise
for this special community event that is sure to be chock full of networking, discussion, and learning! 🤝
RSVP here:
After an exhilarating day one of
@TechCrunch
Disrupt, the GenAI Collective partnered with
@glxydotgg
to host an unforgettable evening at
@werqwise
! 🤩
Our gratitude to
@protopia_ai
for showcasing ML data transformation technology that's revolutionizing enterprise data use,
🚨 MAJOR EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
We are ECSTATIC to be announce that we will be hosting our very own Demo Night - and we’re going to make it the best this city has ever seen! 🚀
At the GenAI Collective, we bring together those who are building tomorrow, today. We rally the
Happy holidays everyone! 🥳🎄
Not to get ahead of ourselves but... join us in kicking the year off right with the AGI Enablers Summit on 1/11, feat.
@DataStax
! 2024 is going to be an exponential year for AI and we can't wait to get started! 📈
Details 👇
Our SF GAI Summit is 🚨TONIGHT🚨 at
@werqwise
! Get ready for an unforgettable evening with 150+ of the top founders, funders, and thought leaders in generative AI.
Thank you to our wonderful sponsor
@gantry_ml
for making this event possible — we can’t wait to see you all there!
Join the GenAI Collective and
@OctoML
for our first ever virtual event! 🌐🎉
During this live, interactive talk, we’ll deep dive into building domain-aware LLM applications and much more. This is the beginning of something GREAT! 🚀
Details 👇
We had a blast hosting our "living room discussion" meetup with
@gavindoughtie
last night in SF! Lots of discussion on AI's pace of market evolution, philosophical implications, applications to AR/VR, and more⚡
Thank you to everyone who made it out!
#generativeAI
#SF
5 days out from the GAI Collective Stanford meetup! 🥳
If you're in the South Bay and are passionate about generative AI and academia, you won't want to miss this.
Spots are limited, so RSVP soon! Come discuss the future with the best and brightest 🤩
Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model.
Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions.
Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy
Just under a week until our first ever virtual event! Join the GenAI Collective and
@OctoML
for a builder's roundtable session featuring leading voices in generative AI as we discuss how to build customized LLM applications that leverage domain-specific knowledge! 🛠️
⭐️ Guest
Had an AMAZING last night time partnering with the incredible
@Ianeisenberg
(representing
@TheAISalonSF
) to throw what may have been one of our best events of the year! 🥳
The topic of the event was "AI <> Human Flourishing," and what was particularly special about this event
Why should SF have all the fun? We are beyond excited to bring our special “living room discussions" event series down to Silicon Valley. Get ready for generative AI in a brand new suburban format! RSVP here 👇
In the mood for snacks & stacks? Brews & queues? Maybe even cheese & trees?!
If you're a SWE building in AI you've undoubtedly heard about
@OpenAI
's upcoming GPTs monetization release. With all this excitement, the GenAI Collective is thrilled to announce our inaugural