Grace Gong

engineer @microsoft. prev @datadoghq @googledevs campus lead. opinions are my own.

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

Back from ICML in Seoul last weekend. Met many people and friends from the community! The poster sessions and workshops were great, and Seoul was a wonderful place to spend the week.

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@NVIDIAAIDev @NVIDIAAI @nvidia Updated page: https://t.co/LINmz8w1wa

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

Looking forward to volunteering at the NVIDIA Spark Hack this weekend and judging the Developer Champions' Choice category. Excited to see what participants build with agentic AI and open data to improve public services, urban operations and economic systems. 🏙️

@NVIDIAAIDev @NVIDIAAI

[Open Data - Toronto @Open_TO]

⚡NVIDIA's Spark Hack is coming to Toronto 📍

Build agentic AI apps on real https://t.co/24d1P51jjG datasets. Every team gets an ASUS GX10 (Grace Blackwell) for the weekend. Win one to keep.

Part of #TorontoTechWeek — 30 teams max, apply as a crew.
https://t.co/ote52pjRwj

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@technovation Thank you!! 🫶

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

This was my second year volunteering as a judge for the Technovation Challenge, and I was excited to share a few reflections during the 2026 Finalist Celebration earlier this month. Congratulations to all the finalists!

https://t.co/ILh3a1b8iF (19:49)

[Technovation @technovation]

The 2026 Technovation Girls finalists are here.

Of every team that started this season, these are the ones still competing. Next up: the virtual World Summit in October, where they compete for the win.

https://t.co/M2BQyQ1ZzO

Tag your team. #BuildBrave

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@boardyai @OpenAI @OpenAIDevs yes

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Excited to be attending @OpenAI DevDay in San Francisco! Looking forward to learning from the talks, exploring what’s new across the OpenAI ecosystem, and connecting with fellow builders. If you’ll be there, say hi! 👋

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@shannonyangsky Congrats!! 🎊

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Some pictures:

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

Back from ICML in Seoul last weekend. Met many people and friends from the community! The poster sessions and workshops were great, and Seoul was a wonderful place to spend the week.

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

@KORGAONKAR 🙌 same!! hope your summer is going well

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Just submitted my first ethics review for #NeurIPS!

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

Booth talk done! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! If you’d like to learn more about AIOps and Azure reliability, here are the references from the talk:

1) Meet BRAIN, the AI system behind Azure reliability:
https://t.co/VSUG6qPY4u
2) AIOps Unleashed: Transforming Cloud Operations at Microsoft Azure (Xu et al.)
3) Azure AIOps (Chen et al.)
4) AIOps (Jones et al.)

#AIOps #Reliability #ICML #ICML2026

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

Excited to be at ICML 2026 this week!

I'll be speaking at the Microsoft booth on AIOps & Reliability on July 7 from 2:30–3:00 PM, and presenting a poster at the WiML Symposium on July 8 at 7:00 PM.

I'll be volunteering on Monday and around throughout the conference. If you'd like to chat, feel free to stop by and say hello :)

#ICML #ICML2026 #WiML #AIOps #ReliabilityEngineering

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Here’s the link for the full booth schedule https://t.co/6OkReQyrmf

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@josefdc_ Sounds great! Sent a dm

[Felix @ ICML 2026 🇰🇷 @felix_red_panda]

ProbML :)

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

It was a great experience mentoring and judging the Champions Choice track at this @NVIDIAAI hackathon! Teams using agentic AI and open data to tackle real public services challenges. Congrats to all! 🙌

[NVIDIA AI @NVIDIAAI]

Spark Hack Toronto Winner Spotlight: Belong & City Flow https://t.co/VcKpCbW2dc

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

As an NVIDIA Dev Champion, I'm hosting a quick virtual Product Feedback Session on Brev Dev for the community & recent hackathon participants. Share what you built, give feedback to Dev Champions, and your insights will be passed onto the NVIDIA product team.

Wednesday, Jul 1 · 3:30–4:00 PM EDT / 12:30–1:00 PM PDT https://t.co/tfXhCoWxYB

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

@Nvidia Developer Champions will be mentoring and supporting the event! Excited to collaborate with @LaurenceLiang1 + team on this event and looking forward to seeing hackathon participants building responsible AI projects. 🙌

RSVP at: https://t.co/UmOeaKo8Ys

#Nvidia #ResponsibleAI #AISafety #Hackathon #NvidiaAI #Developers

[Laurence Liang @LaurenceLiang1]

@nvidia is joining us as a sponsor along with @redwood_ai , @RubricLabs and @rootlyhq !

a special thanks to all our sponsors for the week-long AI safety (control) hackathon, launching this Thursday both irl in Montreal and online

signups still open, details in thread!

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

@nvidia @LaurenceLiang1 And congrats to the winners of the @nvidia brevdev category! More details from their hackathon project: https://t.co/kG6xTi13gB

#Nvidia #Developers #Hackathon

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

@alumniventures Second Update: All emailed submissions have been reviewed. I've followed up where there's a fit. You can also submit directly to the AV team and review their criteria here: https://t.co/UMDaRPvUnr
Appreciate everyone who reached out!

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

I'm a 2026 Venture Fellow at @alumniventures ! 🚀
If you're building something and looking for potential funding opportunities, feel free to DM me or reach out at [email protected]!

#AlumniVentures #VentureCapital #Startups #VC #FounderEcosystem #StartupCommunity

[Grace Gong @gracegong]

@alumniventures Update: Thanks to everyone who has reached out so far! I'm balancing this fellowship as an extracurricular alongside my full-time role and other commitments so I appreciate your patience. I'll follow up within the next 1-2 weeks if I think there could be a fit.