Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
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Prior to joining AWS, Mackenzie was the Head of Technical Operations at Betterment, the world’s largest independent robo-advisor based in NYC which manages over $8B in assets. Mackenzie was a founding engineer and Head of Technical Operations at Oscar Health, an insurance startup also based in NYC, helping to grow the company to over 400+ employees.
Join us for Gen AI Day, a one-day event in New York City, showcasing how startups are building with Generative AI on AWS. Mirroring the same content as our virtual Gen AI Day, we will broadcast the keynote, followed by a live business track and technical demo session led by our NYC-based customers, partners, and AWS experts.
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You will get the live in-person experience to hear from industry leaders and experts who have leveraged Generative AI on AWS to innovate and drive growth in their respective fields. You will learn about the latest trends and best practices, as well as tools and services such as Amazon Bedrock to help you build and deploy powerful AI Applications.
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This event offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights, get AWS Expert support, and build connections with Gen AI founders, business leaders, and builders.Â
GenAI has taken the world by storm, and we’re starting to see its potential for impact. Join us for an impactful keynote panel as we explore the transformative power of genAI across industries and how today’s learnings are rapidly paving the way for tomorrow’s advancements. Discover its potential to optimize processes, revolutionize healthcare, redefine content creation, and more. We’ll also address the critical topic of ethics, discussing privacy, bias, and misuse. Emphasizing responsible and transparent deployment, this session will foster innovation and envision a future where genAI continues to propel positive change and shapes our collective progress.
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Moderator: Baratunde Thurston (Activist, Writer, Comedian)
Panelists:
Justin Finberg CEO and Founder, Cassidy AI
Su-In Lee, Professor, Baker Lab (University of WA)
Ozzy Johson, Director of Solutions Engineering, NVIDIA
Cody Coleman, CEO and Co-Founder, Coactiv
Noelle Russel, Global AI Solutions Lead, Accenture
Experience a new era of content creation with genAI and how it empowers creators to unleash their vision like never before. The innovators behind AI21 Labs, Creative Intell, Open Ads sit down to discuss genAI’s profound impact on the creative landscape, including natural language generation and prompt-based image creation. Through insights and demonstrations, witness the seamless integration of genAI tools into existing workflows, revolutionizing content conceptualization, development and consumption. Learn how to leverage genAI as an amplifier of imagination, not a substitute for creative, along with how to enhance your brand and engage your audience in innovative new ways.
With so many businesses using open-source frameworks to power a wave of incredible genAI applications, it’s time we explore the immense potential these frameworks hold for building language model powered applications. Snorkel AI, will share how best to harness the power of the revolutionary Snorkel AI tools/platforms on AWS. Discover seamless integration possibilities and how it can empower you to build and deploy cutting-edge genAI applications. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting your journey, this technical session provides valuable insights and practical tips.Â
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In this session, Matthew Casey from Snorkel AI will take you through the purpose of the library and components, describe some of the use cases it satisfies. Additionally, Cole Draper from AWS will show you how to build and deploy applications with AWS Bedrock and AWS SageMaker JumpStart.
David Fritz is an accomplished entertainment attorney and co-founder of Creative Intell, an AI-powered platform that streamlines dealmaking in the creative and music industries. With self-service tools for drafting, negotiating, and signing agreements, the platform also offers educational resources and team collaboration features to ensure informed decisions and efficient workflow. David is also a partner at Boyarski Fritz LLP, a full-service entertainment and media law firm with offices in NYC and LA and represents many renowned artists including Marc Anthony, Joan Jett and Lil Tecca.
Nadav Magnezi is an experienced professional with over six years in the tech industry. As the first non-tech employee at AI21 Studio, he was responsible for building out Go-to-Market and business initiatives from scratch. Prior to his role at AI21 Studio, Nadav worked at Deloitte Israel, where he led the retail innovation sector. Currently, he handles AI21's partnership with AWS, managing the strategic collaborations between the two entities. Drawing on his background in tech and business, Nadav continuously contributes to the industry's growth and innovation
Steven Liss is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAds.ai, an AI-native ad network. OpenAds lets consumer AI services monetize though ads that adapt in real-time to users’ interactions with chatbots and other generative AI content. Steven previously founded Polis, a door-to-door voter outreach platform for political campaigns that reached 10M voters before being acquired. Steven studied politics and economics at Princeton and has been building software for twenty years.
Matt Casey has architected and deployed production data science projects using cloud infrastructure, foundation models, and trillion-record databases. In his current role as Data Science Content Lead at Snorkel AI, he blends his credentials as a data scientist with his roots as a data-driven journalist.
Cole is a Startup Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services in New York City. He has guided startups as they grow their technology from zero to millions of users. Cole is a technical advisor for a wide range of technologies and he has a focus on machine learning and generative AI. He has worked with industry leading generative AI companies to build and deploy their solutions on AWS.
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