The AI industry is going hybrid: Cloud vs On-device models #BosTechWeek

Friday, May 29

5:00pm – 8:30pm

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Hosted by MacPaw

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Cloud models vs. on-device models: when does each actually make sense? Join MacPaw Research and Vellum's Noa Flaherty for a conversation on the shift from fully cloud-based AI to hybrid setups that blend powerful frontier models with smaller, task-specific models running locally on your device. We'll get into the real engineering tradeoffs: speed, control, reliability, and what it all means for developers building AI products today. Examples will draw from MacPaw's AI assistant Eney and patterns from across the AI products being built on Vellum's platform. Speakers: ⚪ — Alexander Amini, CSO and Co-founder of Liquid AI ⚪ — Noa Flaherty, CTO and Co-founder of Vellum ⚪ — Sergii Kryvoblotskyi, Director of AI & Research at MacPaw ⚪ — Vladyslav Hamolya, Staff AI Engineer at MacPaw 🎯 Moderated by Dr. Mohamad Kassab, Associate Professor of the Practice in Computer Science at Boston University. After the panel, stick around for a mixer with drinks and light snacks — a chance to keep the conversation going with the speakers and other builders in the room. Agenda: 🎤 5:00 – 6:15 PM: Panel discussion + audience Q&A 🍷 6:15 – 8:30 PM: Mixer with drinks, light snacks, and networking 💬 Real talk on when to reach for cloud and when to go local This event is a part of #BosTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.

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