About Hyderabad edition of OSAI meet-up - practical, open, and collaborative AI

This meet-up is focused on the practical applications, emerging opportunities, and inherent challenges of integrating open-source AI tools and techniques throughout the SDLC.

The goal is to showcase how open-source AI democratizes access to powerful capabilities, augmenting human skills across all roles in a software team -- not just developers. This meet-up aims to foster discussions on best practices, share real-world use cases, highlight impactful open-source AI projects relevant to the SDLC, and inspire you to adopt and contribute to this rapidly evolving space.

Highlights from OSAI meet-up in Bangalore on 4 April 2025

250 registrations. 150 attendees turned up at the meet-up, resulting in 60% turnout

Speakers from IBM Research, Nutanix, Sarvam AI, Sahaj Software and TestZeus, offered practical insights about cutting-edge innovations in AI efficiency, fine-tuning techniques, data preparation, and real-world applications.

Highlight talks from the Blr OSAI meet-up

📌 Optimizing LLM tuning & fine-tuning – Preethi Srinivasan of Sahaj Software explained efficient training strategies, LoRA, intrinsic dimensions, and their impact on AI performance.
📌 Building Bharat’s AI ecosystem – Tushar Goswamy of Sarvam AI presented a demo on Sarvam’s speech and text models designed for a billion users in India.

Read the meet-up report

Watch the after movie of the meet-up at https://youtu.be/9IUmFyRW1FU

Who should attend the Hyderabad meet-up?

• Software architects/tech leads: Grasp the architectural implications of AI integration and how AI can assist in design and refactoring
• Engineering managers/ Project managers: Learn how AI impacts project planning, resource allocation, risk management, and team productivity.
• Software developers (frontend, backend, full stack): Discover AI tools to accelerate coding, enhance debugging, and boost overall productivity.
• Quality assurance engineers/testers: Explore AI-powered testing techniques, intelligent test case generation, and how your role evolves towards more strategic quality assurance.
• Business analysts/Product owners/Product Managers: Understand how AI can aid in requirements gathering, market analysis, and feature prioritization for smarter product development.
• DevOps Engineers/SREs: Learn about AIOps, intelligent monitoring, automated incident response, and AI-enhanced infrastructure management.
  Data Scientists / ML Engineers: See how your expertise integrates more deeply with the software development process and collaborate effectively with development teams.

Organizations which should participate

• Software product companies: Learn to embed AI into your development processes and build next-generation AI-powered features.
• IT Services and consulting firms: Understand how to offer AI-driven SDLC transformation and train your teams.
• Companies with internal development teams (all industries): Improve the efficiency and quality of your in-house software development.
• Startups: leverage open-source AI to accelerate development and build innovative products cost-effectively.
• Open source projects & communities: Connect with users, showcase your tools, and collaborate on the future of AI in SDLC.
• Academia & research institutions: Understand industry trends, share research, and connect with practitioners.

About the meet-up curator - Ramakrishna Reddy Yekulla (“Ramky”)

Ramky is a Senior Principal Product Manager at Red Hat’s data + AI group, leading the technical strategy and operationalization of AI models. He ensures seamless integration of AI into Red Hat’s products while managing compliance, governance, and scalability.
A seasoned open-source contributor, Ramky has worked on projects like Fedora, Django, GNOME, and GlusterFS. His expertise spans system design, functional programming, and AI infrastructure.

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• Demo your work - submit a lightning talk
• Teach a workshop
• Attend - free meet-up. Register to save yourself a seat.
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