breakpoint
war stories of agents breaking in prod. a curated gathering for engineers building and scaling ai agents in production.
story sessions from engineers who have deployed, debugged and scaled agents in production: what breaks, how teams recover, and what it takes to stay reliable at millions of runs. plus 2-minute lightning talks.
what it's about
a no fluff engineers' discussion on what actually happens when agents break, how teams recover, and what it really takes to build reliable systems that can scale to millions of runs.
expect to meet engineering leaders from top ai start-ups, platform teams from major tech companies, and hands-on builders who are shaping how agents operate in the real world.
if you're building, maintaining, or scaling ai agents, breakpoint is where you'll find peers who've been through the same fire. the focus is on shared learning, not slides.
how the day runs
all times pst · subject to change- 30 minwelcome & networkingarrive
with pizza. grab a slice, meet fellow engineers, and get ready for an evening of stories and insights.
- 1 h 30 minstory sessionstalk
stories from engineers that have deployed, debugged, and scaled ai agents: what breaks, what works, and what to avoid when reliability matters. plus 2-minute lightning talks.
- 30 minclosing notes & open discussionssocial
wrap up with takeaways, new ideas, and new connections.
who's on
- SPEAKERKevin Gucto @ thirdlayer (yc w25)
building the context engine for browser work. founded thirdlayer while at harvard; before that, quant and ml research at jump trading, mit-ibm watson ai lab, quantco and meta.
linkedin - SPEAKERAbhinav Tumufounding engineer @ brainbase labs (yc w24)
brainbase builds high fidelity tooling and environments for conversational and generalist agents. previously at bland, snowflake and roblox.
linkedin - SPEAKERNikhil Mishracto & co-founder @ flexprice
flexprice is an open-source billing and metering platform for ai and agentic companies. previously led engineering teams at companies including zomato.
linkedin - SPEAKERRobin Guldenerco-founder & ceo @ nango
nango is a developer platform that connects your ai product with 500+ apis. before nango, he built a b2b saas to 1k customers and 30+ integrations.
linkedin - LIGHTNING TALKGoutham Karthisignoz (yc w21)
- LIGHTNING TALKSaksham Aggarwalcardboard.sh
- HOSTRegina
- HOSTLily Yang
getting there
questions
something else? ask on discord →can i speak?
apply to express interest in speaking. for a 2-minute lightning talk, register with details of your talk and the team will reach out. story sessions run from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.
sponsorships or speaker enquiries?
reach out to nikita@exosphere.host for sponsorships and speaker enquiries.
how does registration work?
request to join on luma. every registration is subject to host approval; the venue is dex by thirdlayer at 74 brady st, san francisco.
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