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SF Open Source AI Week
Oct 18 - Oct 26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nov 10 (Tue) @ 06:30 PM       FREE
Venue, To Be Announced

 
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Join the AI debate night where you defend the take you'd never post online.
RAG is dead. AI is already sentient. Open weights should be banned. We should trust models we can't explain.
Think you can argue either side?
Find a partner and sign up as a team when you arrive. Scan the QR code on the big screen, pick one of three controversial AI takes, and get assigned a side at random. You dont choose the position. You have to sell it.
Prep starts the moment you sign up and ends when your team is called, so the earlier you enter, the more time you get. Once youre on stage, you have 10 minutes to make your case.
The room votes live. The strongest arguments win prizes.

First prize: Nintendo Switch Lite
Second prize: Lego Technic NASA Artemis Space Launch System
Third prize: Qdrant & Agora swag
Teams of 2, each person receives a prize

Not feeling argumentative? Come watch the debates, play, hang out, grab a drink, and enjoy the spectacle from a safe distance.
Your RSVP includes:
One drink ticket for the first 50 people to arrive
Small bites and appetizers
Built for engineers, AI researchers, and builders in New York City, especially anyone working on search, retrieval, or agents.
Check-in begins at 6:30 PM. Debates start at 7:00 PM.
Spots are limited!



By registering, you agree to receive event emails and consent to being photographed at the event.

Hosted by Qdrant and Agora
Agora (NASDAQ: API) is redefining Human-AI (H2AI) and Human-Human (H2H) interactions as the global leader in Real-Time Engagement (RTE). Agora provides developers with simple, flexible, and powerful APIs alongside no-code deployment tools to rapidly embed real-time conversational AI, voice, video, interactive live streaming, and chat into applications and IoT devices. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, Agora is trusted by over 5,800 organizations worldwide to power best-in-class digital experiences across all industries.
Qdrant is a leading vector retrieval engine for AI search, retrieval, and agent applications. It provides the AI data infrastructure layer for companies like HubSpot, Disney, Bosch, and Bayer. When AI teams work on RAG, agentic AI, or semantic search use cases, they rely on Qdrant to store and retrieve unstructured data such as documents or images. Qdrant is known for its high retrieval speed and accuracy and for being developer-friendly, with a simple but powerful API.
 
 
 
 
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