Arize AI Builders Meetup: Building and Shipping Reliable AI Agents
The Arize AI Builders Meetup is coming to London!
Join us for an evening of talks and demos on building and shipping reliable AI agents.
Agenda
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM | Check-in & Networking
6:45 PM – 7:15 PM | Building Agents at Scale: Practical Patterns
Speaker: Nicola Croon, CrewAI
Most teams building AI agents hit the same wall: what works in development falls apart in production. The difference isn't the framework, it's understanding when to use full agency, when to use structured workflows, and when a simple LLM call is all you need.
In this talk, we'll bridge that gap. Starting with CrewAI fundamentals, we'll explore how agents actually work, then dive into the production patterns that matter: designing for repeatability, building reliable tool use, and creating systems that scale. You'll learn the decision framework we see teams use to choose between LLM calls, single agents, multi-agent crews, and when to choose structured workflows vs crews.
Expect practical takeaways, production-tested patterns, and clear guidance on making agents work reliably in the real world.
7:15PM – 7:45 PM | The Hard Truth About Building Agents and How the Best Are Solving It
Speaker: Dat Ngo, Arize AI
Building truly capable AI agents sounds easy, until you try it. From flaky reasoning and tool-use failures to feedback loops that never close, most teams hit the same roadblocks. In this session, we'll pull back the curtain on the biggest issues holding agentic systems back and how the world’s leading teams are overcoming them.
See real-world examples of how to design systems and agents that learn from their own mistakes, integrate evaluation data directly into improvement cycles, and move closer to becoming truly self-improving systems. Expect honest lessons, practical takeaways, and a glimpse at where the next generation of autonomous AI is heading.
7:45 PM – 8:15 PM | Advances in Gemini and Intelligent Agents
Speaker: Ian Ballantyne, DeepMind
DeepMind will share new work on Gemini and the fast-moving world of intelligent agents. The session will explore how advances in reasoning, planning, and interaction are beginning to blur the line between large models and autonomous systems. Attendees will get a look at how these ideas are being utlised in practice and what they might mean for the next generation of AI tools and applications.
8:15 PM – 9:00 PM | Networking & Refreshments
**Space is limited and entry is strictly first come, first served—arriving early gives you the best chance of getting in. There will be no entry once the event reaches capacity.