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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