Meet our second speaker for the upcoming Data Sanity London Talks!
π Qwen-Only Conversational AI Agents
Speaker: Stas Bichenko, CEO @ Recombine
AI agents capable of natural, human-level conversation have typically required closed-source, proprietary models. However, with the release of the latest Qwen models, it's now possible to build high-quality conversational systems using fully open-source, locally deployed models.
Stas will share the practical journey of migrating a real conversational agent from proprietary models to an open-source stack, including the challenges faced along the way and the final architecture.
π When: Thursday, 23 July, 6:00 β 9:00 PM
π Where: Civo Tech Junction, London
π Free β Register to secure your spot!
In partnership with Sage. Learn more at datasanity.dev
π Qwen-Only Conversational AI Agents
Speaker: Stas Bichenko, CEO @ Recombine
AI agents capable of natural, human-level conversation have typically required closed-source, proprietary models. However, with the release of the latest Qwen models, it's now possible to build high-quality conversational systems using fully open-source, locally deployed models.
Stas will share the practical journey of migrating a real conversational agent from proprietary models to an open-source stack, including the challenges faced along the way and the final architecture.
π When: Thursday, 23 July, 6:00 β 9:00 PM
π Where: Civo Tech Junction, London
π Free β Register to secure your spot!
In partnership with Sage. Learn more at datasanity.dev
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Here is the third speaker for the Data Sanity London Talks this Thursday!
π AI-Driven Participation in Kaggle Competitions
Speaker: Andrey Lukyanenko, Kaggle Grandmaster, ML Engineer @ Meta
Can you hand a Kaggle competition to AI agents? Surprisingly, yes β but there are some caveats. Andrey will walk us through real competitions where agents wrote code, ran long experiments, and achieved strong results, while also making false assumptions, chasing dead ends, and optimising the wrong signals.
We'll learn how multi-session memory, reusable skills, validation checks, and human judgement turn capable agents into a reliable research workflow.
π When: Thursday, 23 July, 6:00 β 9:00 PM
π Where: Civo Tech Junction, London
π Free β Register to secure your spot!
In partnership with Sage. Learn more at datasanity.dev
π AI-Driven Participation in Kaggle Competitions
Speaker: Andrey Lukyanenko, Kaggle Grandmaster, ML Engineer @ Meta
Can you hand a Kaggle competition to AI agents? Surprisingly, yes β but there are some caveats. Andrey will walk us through real competitions where agents wrote code, ran long experiments, and achieved strong results, while also making false assumptions, chasing dead ends, and optimising the wrong signals.
We'll learn how multi-session memory, reusable skills, validation checks, and human judgement turn capable agents into a reliable research workflow.
π When: Thursday, 23 July, 6:00 β 9:00 PM
π Where: Civo Tech Junction, London
π Free β Register to secure your spot!
In partnership with Sage. Learn more at datasanity.dev
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Data Sanity London Talks is already tomorrow β meet our last speaker!
π Keeping Financial AI Agents Honest: A Product Playbook from Sage
Speaker: Yasi Jabbari, AI Product Lead @ Sage
Financial agents are easy to demo and hard to productise. Using the question βWhy did my profit drop?β as a thread, this talk shares a practical product playbook for turning model capability into trustworthy agent behaviour. Yasi will cover how product teams can decide what evidence is needed, who owns the boundary, when an answer should be direct, cautious, or routed, and how to evaluate those decisions after launch.
The lessons come from real financial-agent work, but apply to any high-trust AI product.
π When: Thursday, 23 July, 6:00 β 9:00 PM
π Where: Civo Tech Junction, London
π Free β Register to secure your spot!
In partnership with Sage. Learn more at datasanity.dev
π Keeping Financial AI Agents Honest: A Product Playbook from Sage
Speaker: Yasi Jabbari, AI Product Lead @ Sage
Financial agents are easy to demo and hard to productise. Using the question βWhy did my profit drop?β as a thread, this talk shares a practical product playbook for turning model capability into trustworthy agent behaviour. Yasi will cover how product teams can decide what evidence is needed, who owns the boundary, when an answer should be direct, cautious, or routed, and how to evaluate those decisions after launch.
The lessons come from real financial-agent work, but apply to any high-trust AI product.
π When: Thursday, 23 July, 6:00 β 9:00 PM
π Where: Civo Tech Junction, London
π Free β Register to secure your spot!
In partnership with Sage. Learn more at datasanity.dev
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Data Sanity Coffee in Belgrade β this Saturday 11 am βοΈ
Come to chat about AI events over a cup of coffee (or any other beverage):
βοΈ How to get the most out of an AI event?
βοΈ Are big commercial AI events worth it?
βοΈ Best/worst AI events you've attended.
βοΈ Perspectives: participant vs speaker vs organizer.
βοΈ Have you organized β or do you want to organize β an event?
And, as usual, we'll exchange AI news and discuss recent developments.
π Saturday, August 1st, 11:00 - 13:00
π Belgrade, Auditoria
π Free to attend
May coffee be with you.
Come to chat about AI events over a cup of coffee (or any other beverage):
βοΈ How to get the most out of an AI event?
βοΈ Are big commercial AI events worth it?
βοΈ Best/worst AI events you've attended.
βοΈ Perspectives: participant vs speaker vs organizer.
βοΈ Have you organized β or do you want to organize β an event?
And, as usual, we'll exchange AI news and discuss recent developments.
π Saturday, August 1st, 11:00 - 13:00
π Belgrade, Auditoria
π Free to attend
May coffee be with you.
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Photos from Data Sanity London Talks are out.
It's been a pleasure seeing so many familiar faces β and plenty of new ones!
See more photos on our website.
This event was brought to you by:
π Speakers β Maria Matveeva, Yasi Jabbari, Andrey Lukyanenko, Stas Bichenko
π Data Sanity Team β Yaroslav Kopotilov, Nick Knizev, Nikita Severin, Stanislav Petrov, Tamerlan Tabolov, Katya Leonova
π Partners β Sage, Civo Tech Junction
We'll release recordings of the talks soon β stay tuned, and see you next time!
It's been a pleasure seeing so many familiar faces β and plenty of new ones!
See more photos on our website.
This event was brought to you by:
π Speakers β Maria Matveeva, Yasi Jabbari, Andrey Lukyanenko, Stas Bichenko
π Data Sanity Team β Yaroslav Kopotilov, Nick Knizev, Nikita Severin, Stanislav Petrov, Tamerlan Tabolov, Katya Leonova
π Partners β Sage, Civo Tech Junction
We'll release recordings of the talks soon β stay tuned, and see you next time!
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Data Sanity Lightning Talks
September 2 in Belgrade
π We'll gather in Haos Terazije to listen to stories about AI products, workflows and side projects β from people who've put AI to work and are ready to share their worst and best stories.
Format: 12β15 speakers, 5 minutes each, then networking over drinks and snacks.
Got a story to tell or just want to listen? Come along!
Sign up early: this event is free but the seats are limited.
π September 2, Wednesday
π 6:00β9:00 PM
πHaos Community Space, Terazije
π Sign up here
September 2 in Belgrade
Format: 12β15 speakers, 5 minutes each, then networking over drinks and snacks.
Got a story to tell or just want to listen? Come along!
Sign up early: this event is free but the seats are limited.
π September 2, Wednesday
π 6:00β9:00 PM
πHaos Community Space, Terazije
π Sign up here
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Data Sanity Lightning Talks β tomorrow!
September 2 | Belgrade
We're happy to share our speaker lineup:
π Ilya Zakharov β Code in Space: What Software Engineering Can Look Like in Extended Reality
π Alex Prismotrov β Vibe-Coding Browser Automation with Claude (Job Hunt Tool as an Example)
π Stanislav Starchenko β AI in Cold Outreach
π Konstantin Bolotov β Self-Studying Chronicles in the Age of AI
π Aleksei Shevkoplias β AI Agents for Life Science Tasks: An Overview
π Ilya Kareltsev β Creating a Game with an AI Agent
π Katherine Patchett β What AI Reads vs. What Humans See
π Nikola MitiΔ β Collective Innovation. How AI Moves Innovation to the Edge of the Organization
π Viktor Vialov β A Family Vacation Film: Codex, FFmpeg, and a Bit of Engineering
π Konstantin Burkin β Beyond the Average: Multi-Model Routing and Smarter Metrics for High-Stakes Pricing
π Dmitrii Khodorkin β From Touch to Traction: How My 3D Moon Pet Project Became My Best-Performing LinkedIn Post
Join us for an evening of short talks about building with AI, creative experiments, lessons learned and the cool things people make.
The event is free, but seats are limited β save yours while thereβs still room.
We also have 2-3 speaker slots left, so if you have a project or story to share, come and shine!
π Wednesday, September 2
π 6:00β9:00 PM
π Haos Community Space, Terazije
π Sign up here
September 2 | Belgrade
We're happy to share our speaker lineup:
π Ilya Zakharov β Code in Space: What Software Engineering Can Look Like in Extended Reality
π Alex Prismotrov β Vibe-Coding Browser Automation with Claude (Job Hunt Tool as an Example)
π Stanislav Starchenko β AI in Cold Outreach
π Konstantin Bolotov β Self-Studying Chronicles in the Age of AI
π Aleksei Shevkoplias β AI Agents for Life Science Tasks: An Overview
π Ilya Kareltsev β Creating a Game with an AI Agent
π Katherine Patchett β What AI Reads vs. What Humans See
π Nikola MitiΔ β Collective Innovation. How AI Moves Innovation to the Edge of the Organization
π Viktor Vialov β A Family Vacation Film: Codex, FFmpeg, and a Bit of Engineering
π Konstantin Burkin β Beyond the Average: Multi-Model Routing and Smarter Metrics for High-Stakes Pricing
π Dmitrii Khodorkin β From Touch to Traction: How My 3D Moon Pet Project Became My Best-Performing LinkedIn Post
Join us for an evening of short talks about building with AI, creative experiments, lessons learned and the cool things people make.
The event is free, but seats are limited β save yours while thereβs still room.
We also have 2-3 speaker slots left, so if you have a project or story to share, come and shine!
π Wednesday, September 2
π 6:00β9:00 PM
π Haos Community Space, Terazije
π Sign up here
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Here are some photos from the Data Sanity Lightning Talks in Belgrade.
It was great to see so many faces! Special thanks to our brave speakers and to Haos Space for hosting this event.
π Link to all photos
It was great to see so many faces! Special thanks to our brave speakers and to Haos Space for hosting this event.
π Link to all photos
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