I Went to the Biggest AI Conference in the World. Only 5 Startups Impressed Me.

The AI Engineer World Fair had 236 AI companies last week in San Francisco. Many were hype. 5 were especially worth knowing. 👉🏻 PLEASE READ: This is a completely independent, unsponsored video about the AI companies that genuinely impressed me (which is rare, because I’m pretty slow to endorse anything in the AI hype cycle). No company paid for placement. The ‪@aiDotEngineer‬ World Fair is considered the largest AI conference in the world, covering everything from Agentic AI, Unitree robotics AI development tools to AGI. But you didn’t need to be there to understand what’s happening deep in Silicon Valley. I’ll break it down for you in 10 minutes. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Hi all, I'm Veronica. 🥰 I've been in software for 10 years, AI for 6 starting on AI combat ships for the military. I sit in the middle of the AI hype cycle and report both sides (the good and the bad). I also gave my own talk at the AIEWF. Watch here 👉🏻   • Your AI Product Will Fail Unless You Can E...   LinkedIn:   / veronica-hylak-8b629a86   My unfiltered thoughts on X: https://x.com/veronicahylak #FutureOfAI #AIEngineerWorldFair #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #TechStartups #unitree #raindropAI #turbopuffer #modal #browserbase #reductores _____________________________________________________________________________________ Fluffing a Duck by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Companies mentioned: Unitree Robotics: https://linkly.link/2m3lm Raindrop AI: https://linkly.link/2m3lw Reducto AI: https://linkly.link/2m3lz BrowserBase: https://linkly.link/2m3m3 Turbopuffer: https://linkly.link/2m3n1

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