AI Agent Crash Recovery: Why Durable Execution Still Creates Duplicates
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- APAlex PoliakovHead of Customer Solutions · DBOS Inc.
Building Crashproof Agents
Beyond the problems of accuracy and cost, AI agents are challenged by long-running execution processes, human-in-the-loop approval logic, non-deterministic call paths, and upgrade…
Recap coming soon - ASAlex SeriySenior Staff Sales Engineer · Cockroach Labs
Agentic Memory: The Final Frontier
Once agent and workflow state live in your database, three questions become sharper: what happens when a database server goes down, what happens when the fleet grows 100x, and how…
Recap coming soon - KMKranthi ManchikantiAI Architect · Microsoft
Welcome and intro
Opening the build night: The AI Runtime, the format for the evening, and what a good show and tell looks like.
Recap coming soon - PHPetros HongDeveloper Community Manager · Apify
Apify: Power to the Builders
The featured talk of the build night: how builders use Apify actors to give agents live web data and real tools, setting up the hands-on workshop that followed.
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Ananya ShahAI Strategist & Consultant · CartesianBeyond the Private Chatbot: Bringing AI to Collaborative Work
AI has reshaped individual productivity. We write, research, code, and ramp up faster than ever. But collaborative workflows haven't kept pace. Teams still run on pre-AI processes…
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Nirmal JingarAI Engineering Executive · WayfairAI as a Teammate: Driving Double-Digit Engineering Productivity Gains
AI is no longer just a tool for automation. It is becoming an active teammate in the software development lifecycle. By embedding AI into daily workflows, teams can reduce time…
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Michael R. SchulteAI Builder · Harvard Business SchoolThe Greenfield Delusion: Shipping AI Inside Real Organizations
Everyone can now build impressive AI demos in a weekend. Almost none of that work ever makes it into production at a real organization. This session walks through the three…
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Ray LiaoCofounder · InkboxTradeoffs and Learnings with AI Agent Self-Signups
As AI agents increasingly become first-class actors on the internet, every existing auth model breaks down, they all assume a logged-in human at the start of the flow, but agents…
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