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San Francisco filled the AWS Builder Loft for the debut of SF Pitch Night, a format shift from demos to full investor-grade pitches. Six pre-Series A teams took the stage before a panel of Anne Dwane, Jeremiah Owyang, Chris Messina, and Grace Gong. The crowd stayed locked in through live feedback, audience investing, and sharp exchanges that tested clarity and conviction.

Treinsit swept both Best Pitch and Top Funded, while Toolhouse, Mutanex, Hailcube, Alpic, and Cliqk drew serious follow-ups. Attendance crossed 300, with founders, investors, and operators packed shoulder-to-shoulder until closing. The next event opens soon – founders can apply to pitch, or subscribe for early access.

The Addis chapter gathered developers for a hands-on Windsurf Open Build, where AI-assisted coding turned from concept to collaboration. Students, engineers, and volunteers built side by side, sharing workflow tips and practical examples of AI in daily development.

The takeaway was grounded and local: AI isn’t a shortcut, it’s a shared toolset. Participants left with working prototypes, new collaborators, and a deeper sense of how to use AI responsibly. The chapter will keep the momentum with recurring build sessions and community-led showcases.

Ottawa’s evening on AI ethics drew a full house to examine bias, governance, and trust in real-world systems. Tina Crouse opened with a keynote on responsibility and transparency, followed by a panel moderated by Stephen Gagné featuring Heidi Hauver, Heather Cayouette, and Mohamed Sharaf. The discussion stayed grounded—data lineage, consent, and accountability took precedence over abstractions.

Key takeaways: ethical risk starts with weak governance, not code; transparency accelerates trust; and augmentation should outrun automation. Supported by Hub350, the team closed by outlining a follow-on series linking policy, education, and entrepreneurship.

Protopia AI, Miriel AI, and CyborgDB join forces for a live session on building AI systems that connect video, documents, and transcripts without exposing sensitive information. Hosted by The AI Collective, the discussion explores how context engines reduce hallucinations while encryption and privacy-in-use techniques keep data secure from ingest to inference.

Speakers include Eiman Ebrahimi (Protopia AI), Josh Paulson (Miriel AI), and Nicolas Dupont (CyborgDB), moderated by Charlcye Mitchell. The session runs Wednesday, Nov 19 at 11 AM PT.

A fundamental shift is underway in how modern engineering teams operate. As AI reshapes software operations, companies still struggle to scale infrastructure management while maintaining speed, security, and compliance. Teams are now beginning to use an AI-first approach that turns automation into intelligent execution, where AI agents perform real DevOps work safely and at scale.

In this 30-minute Lightning Talk, DuploCloud’s CTO, AWS’s Solutions Architect, and the AI Collective team unpack what that transformation looks like inside today’s fastest-growing engineering orgs—and how AI-driven DevOps is unlocking velocity, cost efficiency, and governance at scale.

What You’ll Learn

🎙️ Speakers: DuploCloud CTO | AWS Solutions Architect | AI Collective

Account Executive, Descript“We’re looking for a driven and creative Account Executive to bring Descript’s video and AI solutions to more businesses around the world”iOS Engineer, Device Integration, Sesame“We’re looking for an experienced iOS Engineer to help build the Sesame app that powers our next-generation wearable devices. From initial setup to account management, personalized experiences, FW OTA, and beyond, you will be instrumental to the architecture, design, and implementation of our iOS app that works best with Sesame’s wearable devices.”Resident Solutions Architect, DataBricks“As a Resident Solutions Architect (RSA) on our Professional Services team, you will work with customers on short to medium term customer engagements on their big data challenges using the Databricks platform.”Growth Lead, SEO & AI Search, Rippling“The SEO + GEO opportunity and upside at Rippling is among the most impactful SEO roles across all of tech. Rippling has 30+ products (and growing), we have strong product market fit, strong domain authority, and our product touches complex regulatory laws that make for a very long tail of relevant search terms and keywords.”Partner Marketing Manager, Wiz“The Partner Marketing Manager, Global System Integrators, helps drive joint business growth with Wiz’s global SI partners. This role focuses on building and executing marketing programs to, with, and through partners — building co-branded assets, activating go-to-market plans, and supporting campaigns that deliver measurable results.”

​Join leading CEOs, researchers, and builders for a high-signal debate on how intelligent systems are reshaping productivity, culture, and the human contract with work. We’ll move past hot takes to examine what the next era truly looks like – and who it benefits.

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About Noah Frank

Noah is a researcher, innovation strategist, and ex-founder thinking and writing about the future of AI. His work and body of research focus on aligning governance strategies to anticipate transformative change before it happens.

About AJ Green

AJ Green is a founder, writer, VC scout, chairman, and respected community leader in the AI and startup space. A former athlete turned tech entrepreneur, AJ is on a mission to make AI the great equalizer scaling startups, connecting ecosystems, and turning disruption into opportunity.