Cerebral Valley – Week of August 11th 🗓

The latest in AI Products, News, Jobs and Events

August 11, 2025

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Register here for our Coworking at NEA in NYC on Thursday, August 21st!
Register here for our AI Fintech Hackathon in NYC on Saturday, August 23rd!

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Open Jobs

Looking to hire the best talent? Reach out to [email protected] to see how we can help.

1) AI Engineer at Agentic Research Lab (SF)

- About: Building state-of-the-art agents for human-AI interaction • Repeat founding team • Strong research culture from top PhD programs 
- Ideal candidate: Experience at top consumer AI companies (Perplexity, Granola, Notion) • Native understanding of LLMs and their place in product • Demonstrated zero-to-one experience from idea to production

2) Research Scientist at Financial AI Lab (NYC)

- About: Founders with previous 9-figure exit • Top investors including Garry Tan and hedge fund founders • Building OpenAI for finance
- Ideal candidate: Past publications in top research conferences • Experience researching in academia, top AI labs, or hedge funds • Deep understanding of Pytorch, RL, LLMs, and Embedding Models • High agency and following latest research trends

3) Backend Engineer at Financial AI Lab (NYC)

- About: Founders with previous 9-figure exit • Top investors including Garry Tan and hedge fund founders • Building OpenAI for finance
- Ideal candidate: 3+ years experience building high-availability backends for intense environments • Alum from Stripe, Ramp, Plaid, or other fintech unicorns • High agency and following latest trends in AI + finance • Build infra for low-latency ML workflows

Events List

A curated list of upcoming AI events (view all events).

CV Events:

🗓️ Thursday, August 21st
📍 New York, NY

Join us for a coworking day with our partners at NEA. Come lock in alongside fellow AI founders, engineers, and builders in the NEA offices.

We'll close out the day with demos, where you’ll have the opportunity to share what you're working on with peers and NEA team members.

Lunch, snacks, and refreshments will be provided.

Spots are limited!

🗓️ Saturday, August 23rd - Sunday, August 24th
📍 New York, NY

Cerebral Valley is hosting NYC's first-ever AI Fintech Hackathon on August 23-24!

This 2-day hackathon is where top-tier builders, engineers, and founders collide with the most powerful use-cases for AI - finance, payments and infra.

We've curated a list of problem statements for hackers to solve. The Top 3 teams will receive cash and credits as prizes 👀

Featured in August:

🗓️ Monday, August 11th
📍 New York, NY

​This workshop is for developers and AI agent builders who want to run open-source coding agents in the cloud, as part of a team, with the right infrastructure behind them.

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🗓️ Tuesday, August 12th
📍 San Francisco, CA

Agentic AI is one of the hottest topic in Generative AI today. The applications are changing our lives and the way we work - opening up new use cases and opportunities.

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🗓️ Friday, August 15th
📍 San Francisco, CA

​​​​Join us for a special keynote presentation on the detailed product vision of the Hyperspace Agentic OS, including an extended live demo of our breakthrough new agentic browser with it's spatial AI, and the announcement of the first-ever agentic blockchain protocol.

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🗓️ Thursday, August 21st
📍 San Francisco, CA

Step San Francisco is a high-energy tech and startup festival that brings together founders, investors, and global ecosystem leaders. Expect breakthrough startup showcases, networking with real decision-makers, and sharp keynotes from speakers like Amjad Masad and Chris Messina - alongside powerhouse firms including Insight Partners and Khosla Ventures.

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🗓️ Friday, August 22nd
📍 San Francisco, CA

​​​​Get ready for an exciting day of learning, hacking, networking, and innovation! This event is all about exploring the potential of AI and creating impactful solutions alongside fellow developers.

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🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
📍 San Francisco, CA

VapiCon is a voice AI summit tailored for developers. Join us on October 2, 2025, in San Francisco for a one-day event bringing together engineers, developers, and industry leaders to explore innovations and the future of voice AI.

Learn about building, deploying, and scaling voice AI agents, explore modern architectural designs, and discuss where the voice AI industry is headed. The event features talks from experts, including voices from Top Research Labs, Vapi, Deepgram, Assembly, Coval, Krisp, Ultravox, Rime Labs, and others.

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This Week in SF:

🗓️ Monday, August 11
📍 San Francisco, CA

​​​​Get ready for an exciting evening of hacking, networking, and innovation! Hosted at GitHub, Presented by Weaviate, this event is all about exploring the potential of AI and creating impactful solutions alongside fellow developers.

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🗓️ Wednesday, August 13
📍 San Francisco, CA

​Join us for an exclusive fireside chat with Browserbase founder (Paul Klein IV) and Shepherd founding engineer (Avi Banerjee) as they go deep on the trade-offs, triumphs, and curveballs of building AI that actually works in the real world. Hosted by Shepherd's very own, Gabriel Dalessandro.

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🗓️ Thursday, August 14
📍 San Francisco, CA

Join us for an engaging evening featuring a hands-on workshop, tech talks, networking opportunities, and delicious food and drinks. Seats are limited. We encourage you to register in advance to secure your spot.

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This Week in NYC:

🗓️ Thursday, August 14
📍 New York, NY

​Join us for an engaging workshop, "Using Open Source AI with GPT-5," where you'll learn how to harness the power of GPT-5 alongside cutting-edge open source AI tools to build flexible, private, and cost-effective solutions.

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🗓️ Thursday, August 14
📍 New York, NY

​​​Builders, AI-nerds, tech-enthusiasts, investors: Join us at the Ethereum New York Week 2025 for a chill happy hour where we explore the possibilities of AI agents in web3. Discover how these intelligent systems are being applied in creative ways to paving the way for groundbreaking innovations. Get ready to be inspired by the possibilities that lie ahead.

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🗓️ Saturday, August 16
📍 New York, NY

​First Major MCP Hackathon in NYC. Come Build the Future!

​Thank you to our sponsors Anthropic, Stainless, WorkOS, Beeper, MongoDB, and Smithery.ai!

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