Optimized AI Conference

OAI 2026 Program is LIVE 2 days. 50+ talks. 8 workshops. 📍 Atlanta | March 30–31 At Optimized AI Conference Day 1: Production AI at scale → Netflix, Google, NVIDIA, Microsoft & more Day 2: Hands-on workshops → agents, RAG, GPUs, LLMs 🎟 Few tickets left: oaiconference.com/event-details/… #OptimizedAI #AIConference

🎥 From the OAI archives Lin Zhang (@BlackRock) on GenAI in production: Massive inquiries + high-stakes clients. Solution: Classify each case by → sentiment → urgency Using simple few-shot prompting. Result: Faster response. Fewer escalations.Simple systems. Real impact. #GenerativeAI #OptimizedAI

🙏 Sponsor Spotlight Big thanks to Amazon Web Services (@awscloud) for supporting the Optimized AI Conference 2026 And to all our sponsors: Redis @Redisinc • Kilo Code @kilocode • 66 degrees @66degreestech • Elastic @elastic • Ejento AI @EjentoAI • Georgia State University @GeorgiaStateU • Kennesaw State University @kennesawstate • University of Georgia • Analytic Vizion Making real AI systems possible 🚀 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #OptimizedAI

🎥 From the OAI archives Raja Iqbal on LLMs: 👉 The real shift isn’t model training—it’s in-context learning Chunk data → embed → store in vector DB → retrieve → prompt “95% of this is data engineering.” That’s how modern RAG systems are built. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #RAG #LLM #OptimizedAI

🚨 Keynote Lineup — Optimized AI Conference 🎤 Kamelia Aryafar (Netflix) @netflix 🎤 Mike Tamir (Tubi) @Tubi 🎤 Paige Bailey (Google DeepMind) @GoogleDeepMind 🎤 Carter Abdallah (NVIDIA) @nvidia 🎤 Jess Ramos (Big Data Energy) The people building AI at scale. All on one stage. 📅 March 30-31 | Atlanta 🎟 oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #OptimizedAI #AIConference

🎥 From the OAI archives Shane Murray on the biggest AI mistake: 👉 Thinking launch = done Real challenges start after: • reliability • observability • root cause analysis Solution? AI agents that debug data pipelines → reducing incident resolution time by ~80%. This is production AI. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31) in Atlanta: oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #MLOps #DataEngineering #OptimizedAI

🎤 Group Talk: Edge AI + Physics At Optimized AI Conference Lennon J. Shikhman + Logan Lawler Topic: Deploying Physics Models at the Edge • 4-bit quantized models • real-time weather + fluid simulation • edge inference on Dell + NVIDIA From batch → real-time AI systems.🎟 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #EdgeAI #OptimizedAI

🎥 From the OAI archives At @Pinterest, Aayush shares how they moved from manual feature engineering → deep AutoML systems. Major shift was - Raw features in - Feature learning by the model Real ML at scale. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31) in Atlanta: oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Join Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #MachineLearning #AutoML #OptimizedAI

⏳ 2 weeks to go The Optimized AI Conference is almost here. 📅 March 30–31 📍 Atlanta Two days focused on how AI systems actually run in production — agents, RAG, infrastructure, real deployments. Speakers from Google, NVIDIA, Netflix, Microsoft, and more. 🎟 Get your ticket: oaiconference.com/event-details/… Join Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #OptimizedAI #AIConference #AgenticAI

🎥 From the OAI archives In this fireside chat, Kyle Maloney and Devang Sachdev discuss “Startups 3.0.” AI is enabling leaner, AI-native startups where domain expertise becomes the real moat. Less code. More models + data. Deeper domain knowledge. 🚀 Join the next conference. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #AIStartups #OptimizedAI

🎤 Speaker Spotlight Yuanzheng Zhu | Senior Applied AI Engineer at @Shopify Talk: Building Reliable Browser-Use Agents for Storefront Optimization Learn how LLM-powered agents can browse storefronts like shoppers to optimize millions of online stores. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #AIAgents #AgenticAI #OptimizedAI

🎥 From the OAI Archives Amr Awadallah warns about RAG sprawl in enterprise AI. Teams rushing into RAG often create fragmented pipelines that are hard to scale or govern. Key lesson: Small error rates across AI pipelines → big failures at scale. Architecture matters as much as models. #RAG #EnterpriseAI #OptimizedAI

🎤 Speaker Spotlight Brenden O’Leary | Developer Relations Engineer at Kilo Code (@kilocode) Session: Agentic Engineering for End-to-End Product Ownership Learn how to move beyond “vibe coding” → real agentic engineering workflows. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #AgenticAI #DevTools #OptimizedAI

🎥 From the OAI Archives VC Garnet S. Heraman shares a blunt startup lesson: If you’re pre-Series A and spending more on marketing & events than customer discovery… you might be overhyped. Real startups focus on: • customer problems • repeatable value • scalable outcomes Less hype. More substance. #Startups #VentureCapital #OptimizedAI

🎤 Speaker Spotlight Bhavuk Jain | Tech Lead, Applied AI at @Google Talk: Framework for Production-Grade AI Agents Learn the 5 pillars of Agentic AI Engineering and how to move from fragile AI demos to scalable production systems. 🎟 Join us at Optimized AI Conference 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #AIAgents #AIEngineering #OptimizedAI

🎥 From the OAI Archives Clara Zang shares how AT&T deployed LLM + RAG systems to support customer care agents. Challenges included: • latency vs model quality • access control across teams • multilingual & cross-lingual search Real lessons from enterprise AI deployment. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Join Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #RAG #LLM #EnterpriseAI #OptimizedAI

🎤 Keynote Speaker: Jess Ramos Founder of Big Data Energy (500K+ community) joins the Optimized AI Conference. Her keynote: Inside AI: What Every Professional Needs to Know to Stay Relevant, Protected, and Ahead Learn how AI is shaping careers, decisions, and the future of work. 🎟 Register now: oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #AI #FutureOfWork #OptimizedAI

🎥 From the OAI Archives How do streaming platforms generate better playlists? Surya Kanoria explains how Reinforcement Learning powers playlist generation at Spotify (@Spotify). AI agents select tracks → observe feedback → adapt strategies. Smarter recommendations through learning loops. 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #ReinforcementLearning #RecommendationSystem #OptimizedAI

⏳ 3 weeks to go. Only 50 tickets left. The Optimized AI Conference is almost here. Expect: • AI agents & RAG workshops • Production AI talks • Speakers connected to NVIDIA(@nvidia), Google(@Google), Walmart(@Walmart), AWS(@awscloud), and more. 🎟️ Final tickets available. 👉 Register now before they sell out: oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #OptimizedAI #AIConference

🎥 From the OAI Archives Joshua Cazoe shares a simple rule for small businesses adopting AI: - Start small. - Build MVPs. - Iterate. From 300+ client consultations: • Focus on real pain points • Break tasks into specialized agents • Avoid flashy but unnecessary complexity Practical AI > complicated AI. Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=3NEvnk… 🎟️ Register to attend OAI 2026 (March 30-31): oaiconference.com/event-details/… 🙋 Volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 💬 Discord: discord.com/invite/fBmRNbb… #AIagents #GenerativeAI #OptimizedAI