AI Engineers May Tech Talk w/ Harmonic, Instacart, Hebbia, & Noemica

Join us for the May edition of the New York AI Engineers Tech Talk, a monthly gathering focused exclusively on AI engineering. Whether you’re a seasoned machine learning engineer or a fullstack dev curious about how to work with LLMs, this is your space to dive deep into real-world projects, technical challenges, and creative solutions. What to Expect: Each month, we invite AI engineers to share something they’ve built, the challenges they faced, and how they solved them. It’s all substance, no fluff, designed for engineers by engineers. This Month’s Presenters: Yesh Chandiramani, AI Engineer @ HarmonicBuilding Reliable AI Agents with Feedback Loops Today’s models are powerful but without the right feedback systems, they fall short. Inside how Harmonic is building Scout, an AI assistant operating in hard-to-evaluate domains like market mapping and investor search, and what it takes to design feedback loops that actually improve output quality. Ahsaas Bajaj, Senior Machine Learning Engineer @ InstacartCatching Model Failures Before They Ship Why most AI systems fail silently and how to fix it. A deep dive into AI-powered eval pipelines that surface hidden regressions, replace slow human labeling, and dramatically speed up iteration cycles. David Osemwegie, Member of Technical Staff, @ HebbiaInside Enterprise-Grade Coding Agents What it takes to deploy coding agents in real production environments. A breakdown of the architecture, security, and design behind Hebbia’s background agent and how teams are actually using them today. Sebastian Sosa, Founder, @ NoemicaWhy Most AI Agents Are Built Wrong (and How to Fix Them) Everyone’s building agents, few are doing it right. A sharp, practical teardown of common mistakes in agent design, plus battle-tested patterns used by top teams (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) to make agents actually perform. The Crowd: You’ll be joining a mix of software developers, data scientists, AI engineers, and technical founders working at or curious about the future of applying AI at the application layer. It’s a casual, high-signal environment perfect for learning something new and meeting peers in the NYC AI Engineering scene. Agenda: 6:00 to 6:20 PM – Networking with pizza, beer, & wine courtesy of Fonzi AI 6:20 to 6:25 PM – Opening remarks 6:25 to 6:55 PM – Two 10 minutes Tech Talks with 5 minute Q&A 6:55 to 7:15 PM – Meet the speakers 7:15 to 7:45 – Two 10 minutes Tech Talks with 5 minute Q&A 7:45 - 8:30 – Meet the speakers About the host: Fonzi is a recruiting platform focused exclusively on product and AI engineering hires in NYC and SF. We work with 75+ open roles across the best startups in the city. Hiring? Want intros to startups?