Upcoming Events
🌁 SF & Bay Area
Thu, Sep 19th: 🧠 GenAI Collective Marin 🧠 The Scaling Salon
Fri, Oct 11th: 🧠 #SFTechWeek Happy Hour Wine Tasting with SVB 🍷
🗓️ Hungry for even more AI events? Check out SF IRL, MLOps SF, or Cerebral Valley’s spreadsheet!
🗽 NYC
Tue, Sep 17th: AI Founder Social - Lynx Collective x Gen AI Collective
Thurs, Sep 19th: 🧠 GenAI Collective NYC 🧠 Research Roundtable
Thu, Sep 26th: GenAI Collective NYC x Fractal Tech: AI Lightning Talks ⚡
🏝️ Miami
Thu, Sep 24th: 🧠 GenAI Collective Miami x GPTuesdays 🧠 Research Roundtable
☔ Seattle
🦞 Boston
Thu, Oct 3rd: 🧠 GenAI Collective Boston 🧠 AI Lightning Talks ⚡
This week, we are excited to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the GenAI Collective Community Newsletter! 🎂
Celebrating One Year of the GenAI Collective Newsletter
In August 2023, I had the privilege of joining the GenAI Collective to lead a new initiative—a newsletter aimed at cutting through the noise and delivering thought-provoking insight around the dynamic and rapidly evolving ecosystem of GenAI. Our vision was to create a digital platform that could extend our reach beyond the Bay Area, connecting founders, researchers, operators, and investors from across the globe around a shared curiosity for AI. Although our mission has always been to foster meaningful relationships through incredible in-person events, this newsletter allowed us to scale the insights from our community beyond the limitations of physical expansion.
While writing the 26th issue, I find myself reflecting on this incredible journey filled with growth, learning, and most importantly community building. What began as a modest newsletter shared with a few hundred subscribers has transformed into a thriving network of nearly 20,000 engaged readers. This milestone is not just a testament to the growing belief in the paradigm-shifting nature of GenAI but also to the power of a community united by a shared passion for solving the most challenging problems through tech innovation.
Building a Vibrant Community
The past twelve months have been nothing short of transformative with tangible developments in technology outpacing any 12 month period in human history. Although the promise of AI has been around for decades (first coined at Dartmouth College in the summer of 1956), ubiquitous adoption and value has always been hamstrung by some combination of computing power and accessibility. Building on 50+ years of hardware and software advancements, the “ChatGPT moment” less than 2 years ago catalyzed mainstream adoption. This moment has been followed by rapid innovation which has challenged enterprises, governments, and individuals to evaluate how to adopt, regulate, and live with AI.
We have now pushed past initial barriers and been able to accelerate the discussion around AGI from an “if” to a “when”. Seemingly daily, we are hearing about new enterprise use cases being worked on, solved, and adopted. With development at a breakneck pace, the GenAI Collective Newsletter has been able to explore diverse use cases ranging from cybersecurity to humanoid robotics to AI regulation to industrial AR/VR. We are witnessing a fundamental shift as the ecosystem becomes ready to leverage transformer-based models to build intelligence across any domain. It's incredibly exciting to be writing this newsletter during such a transformational technological moment. I am both thrilled and deeply grateful to our readers and contributors for providing insightful perspectives across various use cases as we navigate the rise of this generational technology.
Nevertheless, the most rewarding aspect of this journey has been witnessing the growth of a passionate and global community. Your engagement has taken many forms—thought-provoking commentary on our articles, collaborative insight articles, and increased awareness for our in-person events. These interactions have not only enriched the content of our newsletter but have also fostered a sense of belonging and mutual support among members.
I am continually inspired by your willingness to share insights, challenge ideas, and support one another in exploring the complexities of GenAI. It's this collaborative spirit that transforms a newsletter into a living community—a space where ideas are not just presented but are actively discussed and developed.
A Heartfelt Thank You!
As we celebrate this milestone, I am reminded that the true strength of the GenAI Collective lies in its people—in you. Your passion, curiosity, and deep-domain insight have not only fueled the growth of this newsletter but have also contributed to the broader advancements in the ecosystem. A special thank you goes out to our contributors—researchers, operators, and community members—who have shared their knowledge and expertise through articles, interviews, and guest posts. We have worked with 30+ contributors across our ecosystem, and your willingness to collaborate has positioned us as thought leaders and has been paramount to sharing diverse, vertical-specific applications of AI with the greater ecosystem.
Thank you for being an integral part of this journey, and we are excited to continue building out our digital presence while exploring the new horizons that await us in the coming year.
As always, I invite you to join us as we embark on the next chapter—one that promises to be filled with even greater events, collaboration, and global expansion!
Partner Event Spotlight
Cerebral Beach Hacks
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PyTorch Conference 2024
On September 18-19 in San Francisco, PyTorch Conference 2024 will gather AI & Software Architects & Engineers, Data Scientists, Research Scientists, and academic leaders from around the globe to push the boundaries of AI and machine learning.
This is your opportunity to learn directly from the creators and top practitioners in the field, exchange ideas with peers, and deepen your understanding of the latest advancements in PyTorch. If you're serious about staying at the forefront of AI and open source development, this is the conference to attend. View the full schedule.
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Events Spotlight
Our New York Chapter was thrilled to join Datastax, OpenAI, Vercel & others as the RAG++ NYC event on September 4th! We had a blast hacking away learning about the latest tech from groundbreaking companies in the field!
Join the GenAI Collective team! 👷
The GenAI Collective is growing and we need passionate, dedicated individuals to join our team! If you want to help shape the future of our community, we have tons of exciting ways to get involved. Read more about each opportunity below and learn how you can contribute to this vibrant community!
About Eric Fett
Eric leads the development of the newsletter and online presence. He is currently an investor at NGP Capital where he focuses on Series A/B investments across enterprise AI, cybersecurity, and industrial technology. He’s passionate about working with early-stage visionaries on their quest to create a better future. When not working, you can find him on a soccer field or at a sushi bar! 🍣