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MEETUP · SAN FRANCISCO

The Inversion - AI Week Side Event

Overview The Inversion is the moment the subject flips. The agent is no longer the tool you reach for — it's the operator that reaches for you.

When
Thu, Oct 22
1:00 PM to 6:00 PM PT
Where
San Francisco, CA
Host
Open Source AI Week
Entry
Free to attend

About this event

Overview

The Inversion is the moment the subject flips. The agent is no longer the tool you reach for — it's the operator that reaches for you. It decides what needs to happen, runs the workflow, and only calls you when it hits something that requires a pulse: judgment, authorization, or ambiguity.

The Inversion is a half-day side event during Open Source AI Week 2026. It's about what happens when agents actually run a business — and the uncomfortable conversations about what breaks, what scales, and how much autonomy you should really give a machine.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 22nd Time: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Location: San Francisco, CA (TBA)

Agenda

1:00 – 1:30 PM Doors Open 1:30 – 1:45 PM Keynote 1 — The Inversion 1:45 – 2:00 PM Keynote 2 — Human as a Service 2:00 – 2:15 PM Keynote 3 — The Courage to Delegate 2:15 – 3:05 PM Panel 1 — Agent-First Companies 3:05 – 4:05 PM Demo Block — Agents Running the Show 4:05 – 4:55 PM Panel 2 — How Much Autonomy Is Enough? 4:55 – 6:00 PM Networking

Event Highlights

Production war stories. Four companies running agent-owned workflows today — customer support, procurement, SRE, sales ops — sharing actual numbers, actual failures, and the things that almost killed the project.

The autonomy debate. A live debate on how much autonomy to hand a machine. Three positions. Audience votes. No consensus required. Just clarity on wher...

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