Future of AI Search: Lightning Talks + Dinner (SF)

Submitted by the Event OrganizerMariane Bekker​Join us at Databricks for an evening with AI leaders and engineers shaping the future of search, intelligent agents, and production AI. ​Through a featured fireside chat and three fast-paced lightning talks, we’ll explore how search is evolving, why AI agents struggle in production, how post-training improves model performance, and what it takes to build AI systems people can trust. ​Dinner will be served. ​Agenda ​5:00–5:30 PM · Networking & Dinner ​Meet fellow AI engineers, founders, researchers, and technical leaders over dinner. ​5:30–6:00 PM · Fireside Chat: From Prototype to Production: Building AI Agents People Can Trust ​Nancy Wang, Chief Technology Officer, 1Password ​Saurabh Sharma, Chief Product Officer, You.com ​Nancy and Saurabh will explore how companies can move AI agents from promising prototypes into production while maintaining security, reliability, human control, and user trust. ​6:00–6:30 PM · Lightning Talks ​From Keywords to AI Agents: The Evolution of Search ​Mariane Bekker, Head of Developer Relations, You.com Founder, Founders Bay ​A fast-paced look at how search evolved from directories and keywords to semantic retrieval, generative answers, and intelligent agents—and what this shift means for developers. ​Why AI Agents Fail in Production ​Srivardhan Jalan Engineering Leader, Meta ​An engineering-focused look at the gap between an impressive AI demo and a dependable production system, including reliability, orchestration, evaluations, and scale. ​Beyond Pretraining: How RL and Evals Improve AI Models ​Ryan Hu Applied Research, Mercor ​Ryan will explain how reinforcement learning, evaluation systems, and high-quality training data are shaping post-training and helping models perform more reliably in real-world environments. ​Zairah Mustahsan, Engineering Manager, You.com ​Royston Monteiro, Engineering Leader, Meta ​Amey Banarse, Field Engineering Leader, Databricks ​6:30–8:00 PM · Networking ​Continue the conversation and connect with speakers, builders, founders, and AI leaders from across the Bay Area. ​Who Should Attend ​AI and machine learning engineers ​Software engineers and engineering leaders ​Founders building AI-native companies ​AI researchers and data professionals ​Product leaders working on AI systems ​Builders interested in search, agents, RL, evaluations, and post-training ​About You.com ​You.com is the leading AI search infrastructure built for developers. ​Our APIs help developers build intelligent agents and applications powered by live, factual information from the web, news, and research. With just a few lines of code, teams can provide their LLMs with current, citation-backed results instead of relying exclusively on static training data. ​By registering, you agree to our Event Terms & Consent and additional terms below: ​​Additional terms ​By registering for and attending this event: ​You agree that Founders Bay, You.com, and their event partners are not responsible for claims related to your participation, to the fullest extent allowed by law. ​You agree to receive event updates and other communications from Founders Bay and the event co-hosts. You can unsubscribe at any time. ​You agree to Founders Bay’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. ​You understand that photos and videos may be taken during the event and used for marketing. ​You agree not to record sessions or private conversations without permission. ​You understand that your registration information may be shared with Founders Bay and You.com for event communications. ​You understand that the organizers may refuse entry at their discretion. ​About Us User Uploaded Image ​You.com is the leading AI search infrastructure — built for developers. ​Our APIs let you build intelligent agents and applications that use live, factual data from the web, news, and research, in real time. ​With just a few lines of code, you can power your LLMs with up-to-date, citation-b…