The AI Frontier: Building Production-Ready AI Faster with Snowflake & Menlo Ventures
The Lowdown 👋
Snowflake for Startups and Menlo Ventures are excited to host you at the Silicon Valley AI Hub to cut through the hype and dive into the technical realities of building LLM-powered applications.
In this AI world, time-to-market is your ultimate competitive moat. But taking an AI product from a scrappy prototype to a scalable, enterprise ready customer-facing solution requires the balance between rapid iteration and rock-solid infrastructure.
Join us to breakdown the bottlenecks tripping up today’s AI startups. Whether you're navigating complex infrastructure choices, optimizing model performance, or securing capital for your next stage of hyper-growth, you'll walk away with actionable strategies to accelerate your development cycles and ship robust AI faster.
This event is part of our Startups Event Series, hosted by Snowflake for Startups.
The Humans at the Mic 🎤
Sami Akbay, Founder of Dagen.ai and ex-Googler
Tim Tully, Partner at Menlo Ventures
Bala Kasiviswanathan, VP of Products at Snowflake
The Rundown 🗓️
Join us for networking and light bites as early as 4pm. Following the panel, stick around for more networking until 7pm.
Is This Your Crowd? 👀
This event is for AI startup founders, technical builders, forward-looking investors, and enterprise innovation leaders who are building, funding, or adopting AI-powered applications and want to accelerate the path from prototype to scalable, enterprise-ready solutions.
How to Get Here (and Get In) 🚗
Venue | Hosted at the Silicon Valley AI Hub at the Snowflake offices in Menlo Park
Location | 135 Constitution Dr., 8th Floor, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Parking | Free, convenient self-parking is available in the garage directly adjacent to the 135 Building
Arrival Guide | For seamless entry and navigation, please download our arrival guide
About the SVAI Hub ✨
The SVAI Hub is a dedicated community for the AI ecosystem to learn, collaborate, and push the boundaries of what’s possible. From hands-on workshops to expert fireside chats, we bring together startups, developers, and executives for high-signal programming in the heart of Silicon Valley. Our mission is simple: no pitches, no pretense, just AI builders focused on technical depth and a thriving community.