This past weekend was one of the best in the history of @atlbitlab. We held The AI Underground: a conference for people building the future of freedom-tech with AI.
Vibes were high. Holding a conference in a hackerspace gives the event a different energy. Everyone was in the same room, and the attendees, speakers, and volunteers all collaboratively built the experience in realtime.
Thanks to our sponsors the @hrf and @atdc for making this event possible.
Thanks to all the speakers who came to share what they are working on or what they are currently passionate about: @bitcoinplebdev, @nitesh_btc, @HODLBarbarian, @0xSero, @benthecarman of @spiral_xyz , @Ace_KYD of @AgenticAIFdn, @HarrisonFriedes, @ALewin, @moneydevkit, @anthonyronning of @TryMapleAI, @jharris9999 of @atdc, and everyone who stepped in to demo what they are working on for the room.
Thanks to my co-organizers @HODLBarbarian and @JACcrossout, and all the volunteers who showed up to make things run smoothly.
If you missed the event, you can always go replay the livestream. We'll be posting edited videos in the coming days for easier consumption.
The feedback is clear: we need to do another event like this. We'll have more information on our next conference soon. 👀
Anthony Ronning (@anthonyronning) is joining The AI Underground.
Anthony is the Co-founder & CTO of Maple, building private personal AI on confidential computing infrastructure. His background spans TEE-based AI systems, infrastructure, security, networking, defense, and Bitcoin.
If you care about private AI that doesn’t hand-wave the hard parts, this is one to catch.
Learn more: https://t.co/VNVqQlIEWM
Alex Lewin (@ALewin) is joining The AI Underground.
Alex is a developer at Finite Computer working on private AI, building toward end-to-end private AI apps, from inference inside trusted execution environments to fully encrypted messaging so using a model doesn’t mean handing your data to someone else.
If you care about privacy, secure AI infrastructure, and where AI systems are headed, this one’s worth paying attention to.
Speaker page: https://t.co/QNkI6a9zdu
TODAY: AI Builders #20 at ATL BitLab.
Bring lunch, bring questions, and come talk practical AI with builders in Atlanta. Last-minute RSVPs welcome.
⏰ 12 PM ET
📍 ATL BitLab, Atlanta
RSVP: https://t.co/4RMYyVs5hU
Harrison Friedes is joining The AI Underground.
@HarrisonFriedes leads freedom tech grants at the Human Rights Foundation, including HRF’s AI for Individual Rights program, backing open-source, privacy-preserving, censorship-resistant tools for human rights defenders.
Atlanta, Aug 15-16.
Get tickets: https://t.co/ZPCilydp6q
Atlanta's open source AI conference is coming up! We are looking for volunteers to help out before and during the event. If you would like to get in without buying a ticket, this is a great opportunity.
https://t.co/lVBcodpENe