AGI House Newsletter

One thing’s for sure: summer is officially over, which means SF summer (aka tech events) is back in full swing. Writing from AGI House, we’re excited to bring you an inside look at what’s happening in and out of the House. Think of this week as your calendar plug: from hackathons and Google DeepMind gatherings to robot parties, paper reading clubs, and more — we’ve got your earliest access to what’s coming up.

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Melissa Daniel
September 25, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

🗓️ Upcoming Build Days

Web Agent Build Day - Sep 27th @ AGI House

Systems that can truly operate in a web-based ecosystem are still waiting to be built…. come build it at our build day on September 27th we’re hosting with Felicis, Browser Use, MongoDB, and more.

⭐️A unique prize: The Felicis Fellows Hackathon prize gives students the opportunity to join an all expense paid week in SF alongside other ambitious AI and ML students from top universities and the opportunity to compete for 200k in funding. Find out more here: Felicis Fellow Program.

Small Language Model Build Day - Oct 4th @ AGI House

The future of AI is not just about scale. It is about efficiency. At this one-day build sprint, you will get hands-on with AWS Trainium, AWS’s purpose-built AI chip designed for high-performance training that enables breakthroughs in efficient model development. Participants will work with Trainium instances, Hugging Face integrations, and streamlined fine-tuning workflows to build working SLM prototypes in under 12 hours.

AI x Science Build Day - Oct 11th @ AGI House

Co-hosted with MatNex and supported by Viridien, Khosla Ventures, and NVIDIA, this hackathon challenges participants to apply AI to real-world problems across the sciences, with a focus on accelerating the discovery of next-generation sustainable technologies.

🗓️ Reading Clubs and AI Gatherings

a16z AI Infra x AGI House Paper Reading Event - October 12th, 2025

We’re hosting a reading club event with a16z on October 12th, 2025. Attendance is extremely limited, so please apply early at link below.

Spotlight Paper: Deep Research Agents with Test-Time Diffusion (Google Research, 2025). This will be a paper-style reading club session: short framing intro followed by collective discussion and critical analysis. Bring questions, skepticism, and ideas on where this approach could take us next.

AI Gatherings @ SF TechWeek w/ Google DeepMind & AGI House - Oct 8th in SF

Join our SF TechWeek AI Gatherings event with Google DeepMind and AGI House!

We'll connect with top AI startups and Developers and discuss the latest in AI w/ 2 events in 1.

  • For event 1 (pre-event) Coffee + Vibe Coding: we'll get hands on building w/ Paige Bailey, Google DeepMind. 3:00pm - 5:00pm

  • For event 2 (main event) AI Gatherings event: We'll have leading speakers from Google AI, AGI House as well as networking, panels, and startup lightning pitches. 5:00pm - 8:00pm

📚What we’ve been listening to, reading, and using…

Summer may be over, but big bets on AI infrastructure are just getting started. 

💻 More upcoming events in SF we’re going to

GigaParty 3: Robot Fight - Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan vs UFC Fighter Hyder Amil - Sept 26th

Who doesn’t love a good Friday night robot fight? Tech summit + Robot Fight + DJ afterparty.. count me in. Get tickets here

This could be you on Friday

💼We’re hiring, and our portfolio companies are too

  • Photo Labs is building personalized generative AI models that preserve both identity and context in photos. Backed by a16z, and founded by two of Adobe’s leading AI researchers, they’re reimagining how we capture and edit real moments. Hiring for roles listed here. Email [email protected] if interested.

  • Develop Health is building AI automation to enable prescribers. Backed by Wing VC and other leading investors, they are reimagining how care is delivered Hiring: AI Engineer, Product Engineer, and Platform & Security Engineer. Email [email protected] if interested.

  • AGI House is building the infrastructure for AGI and looking for exceptional candidates to join our core team. Hiring: AI Researcher / PhD in Residence, Product & Frontend Engineer, and Operations Manager. Email [email protected] if interested.

Till next time,

AGI House Team

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