Sake & Inference: an evening with ai& @SGLang Summit
Hosted by ai&
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What to look forward to
Sake Hour will close out SGLang Summit week with an invite-only gathering for engineers, founders, investors, and partners working across models, inference, agents, and AI infrastructure. Attendees will share sake and conversation about Japan’s AI ecosystem and where it’s headed.
Inside the event
Let's raise a glass. 乾杯 to SGLang Summit 2026!
ai& is closing out SGLang Summit week with Sake Hour, a small, invite-only evening for engineers, founders, investors, and partners from across the AI ecosystem. Expect good sake, good company, and a little Japan in SF.
Come if you work on models, inference, agents, infra, or anything close to it. And if you're curious what AI in Japan actually looks like, who's building what and where it's heading, we're happy to talk about it over a glass of sake.
Rough plan
- 7:00pm Doors open, sake and food
- 7:45pm A short, honest talk from the ai& team on what we're seeing in AI in Japan
- 8:05pm Open mic: 10 minutes for anyone who wants to share what they're working on
- 8:15pm Back to drinks and conversation until 10
Time: Fri, Nov 13, 7:00–10:00 PM
Capacity: ~30 guests
Location: Share after registration
Spots are limited, so RSVP now!
About ai&
(aiand.com ai& builds the full AI stack in one place, from data centers and compute to model services, so enterprises and developers get better performance, lower costs and more control over where their AI runs. We were founded in Japan and are growing globally.
San Francisco, CA
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