The GenAI Collective

Demo Night SF is back on March 26 at the AWS Startup Loft San Francisco —this time in partnership with Ampersand and Product Hunt! We’ll be spotlighting the newest wave of AI-focused startups, and we can’t wait to show you the innovations they’ve been cooking up. Last time, we drew over 300 attendees and ended up standing-room only. Don’t miss out on this next round—RSVP in the comments to secure your spot! See you there!

We're excited to announce our inaugural East Bay event on Thursday, March 27th! Join us at the award-winning Bishop Ranch in their new Flourish Wellness Center. Our event will feature an engaging panel discussion that explores the merits, opportunities, and benefits of mindfulness as a productivity tool. We'll also dive into the breakthroughs in Generative AI and how these innovations might enhance or transform our perspectives on these topics. As always, you can look forward to great food, refreshing drinks, lively conversation, and incredible company. We can't wait to see you there! #generativeai #wellness #community

Denver, what an incredible The GenAI Collective event! Follow Kenneth Scott to learn more about future events.

Women are shaping the future of AI—yet they remain underrepresented in the field. In this week’s GenAI Collective newsletter, guest contributor Swagata Ashwani highlights the trailblazing women redefining AI across research, ethics, and entrepreneurship. ?? From Fei-Fei Li championing AI education to Dr. Joy Buolamwini exposing bias in AI, women have been at the forefront of major breakthroughs. Networks like WiML, AI4ALL,Women in AI Ethics and our very own AI Girl's Club are creating pathways for the next generation of women leaders in AI. ?? Funding for women-led AI startups is growing, but the gap remains vast—less than 6% of venture capital goes to women-founded AI startups. ?? Plus, in a major milestone: GenAI Collective has officially contributed to U.S. AI policy—submitting its first response to the White House on AI strategy and data governance. Special thanks for Monette Stephens for providing a quote for this week's issue. ?? Read the full story and join the conversation in the comments. This week's authors include: Swagata Ashwani is a Principal Data Scientist at Boomi, an AI patent holder, NLP researcher, and mentor, leading AI initiatives while empowering women in data science through the Women In Data?? SF chapter. Aqeel A. co-leads the GenAI Collective newsletter and is building Retentech AI to help ad-supported websites maximize revenue through visitor retention—all while writing, cracking jokes, and engaging in deep AI discussions. Noah Frank is the co-founder of Aurix, an AI policy and innovation strategist focused on anticipatory governance and decision-making—balancing emerging tech with making music in his band.

Miami AI Builders—This One’s for You! ?? AI Agents are changing the game. But building them? That’s where the real magic happens. Join us for The GenAI Collective AI Agent Hack Night in Miami during eMerge Americas ?? March 25 ?? Northeastern University, Wynwood, Miami ?? https://lnkd.in/e7mfmATQ ? Hands-on hacking — Bring your laptop, dive into agents, and build something real. ? Meet fellow builders — Connect with Miami’s AI community, exchange ideas, and get inspired. ? Live demos & feedback — Show off what you’re building, get insights, and iterate fast. AI Agents are evolving fast. If you're building in this space (or want to start), this is your chance to learn, experiment, and level up. Who’s in? Drop a ?? if you’re coming, and tag a friend who needs to be there! ?? Lamatic.ai Pedro C. C. Gomes Maria C. Alonso, NACD.DC Melissa Medina Marlene Herrera Charles Whiteman Tomas Canova

Coming in hot, we're going bigger for our next event! We are proud to have been trusted by Dentons and Graphite Ventures for our next The GenAI Collective Toronto event on April 9th. Matthew Literovich, tech founders and Graphite investors are going to engage in conversations with you on scaling AI companies, regulatory considerations, investor readiness and more! Spaces are limited to 100 people. Sign up at the link below. Christine K. Ho Jude Sacramenthas Steve Currie

Join us for an exclusive networking and technical event co-hosted by The GenAI Collective (Chicago chapter) and Building AI Agents on April 3, as part of the CrewAI Enterprise AI Agent Week (https://lnkd.in/gCdH-Ny7), where you'll find great presentations by influential speakers, demos of some real-world AI Agent use cases, and opportunities to network with builders and decision-makers driving AI adoption in various industries. * Date: Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 * Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM (CDT) * Location: Microsoft Midwest District, 200 East Randolph Suite 200, Chicago, IL We have confirmed speakers from the following companies as we're firming up the program, and we'll be announcing a few more speakers in the coming days: AbbVie, Cloudera, CCC Intelligent Solutions, Discover Financial Services, expert.ai, Lambda League Thank you to Microsoft-Chicago for the venue, and to Madisons Pub and Grill for the refreshments. Event details and registration info: https://lu.ma/fd0zzad0 #AI #CrewAI #AIAgent #AgenticAI #MultiAgentAI #EnterpriseAI #AIOrchestration

One of the biggest challenges with AI-generated code is ensuring quality and reliability. And Graphite's new AI-powered code review agent, Diamond, caught our attention. Diamond’s quick, high-signal feedback on pull requests helps teams catch bugs, logic errors, style inconsistencies, and security vulnerabilities before they reach production. It’s free for up to 100 PRs per month—worth checking out fot AI-assisted development. https://gt.dev/diamond #GenAI #AIForDev #CodeReview #AI #LLMs #DeveloperTools

?? Demo Night was a SUCCESS! A big THANK YOU to all of the The GenAI Collective members who came out, the incredible companies who demoed, and AvantSpace for hosting us! Exciting conversations, groundbreaking tech, and an amazing community! Here are the companies who showcased their latest innovations: CoreViz, LLC Wassim Gharbi CoffeeBlack AI Peyton Casper Runbear (Techstars '24) Snow Lee T1ka Creative Inc Simon Lin Linwood, MD, MBA Hunch Dean Yao TwelveLabs James Le Narada AI Fernando Delgado Special thanks to Yang Qu for sound and video. ?? And Chris Guest!