Open AGI Builders Day at ICML

Open AGI Builders Day at ICML📅 Date: July 9, 2026 | 17:00–20:00📍 Venue: B1 Lounge, 29, Nambusunhwan-ro 359-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South KoreaAbout the EventAs foundation models become increasingly commoditized, the AI industry is shifting toward a new era driven by agents, applications, and infrastructure.Open AGI Builders Day is co-hosted by Sentient, bringing together AI founders, developers, researchers, investors, and ecosystem builders to explore the future of Open AI, agent infrastructure, AI applications, and collaborative intelligence.Topics include:In addition to talks and panel discussions, the event will feature live demos and networking sessions designed to foster collaboration among builders and ecosystem participants.SpeakersYura Nam, Sentient APACIngi Kim, Rocket PunchJiwoo Jun, KaitoRyan Yoon, Tiger ResearchAgenda17:00 – 17:30 Registration & Networking17:30 – 19:20 Keynote Sessions19:20 – 19:50 Panel Discussion19:50 – 20:00 Networking Session[Co-Host]About Sentient FoundationSentient Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring Artificial General Intelligence remains open-source and aligned with humanity. Operating with neutrality and transparency at its core, the Foundation promotes global adoption of open-source AGI, champions alignment and safety standards, distributes grants to developers worldwide, and coordinates governance frameworks for responsible AI development.About Sentient LabsSentient Labs is an AI research and product lab building AI systems capable of deep reasoning, continuous learning, and self-improvement. Their latest product EvoSkill, enables AI engineering teams to automatically evolve entire AI agents using nothing more than a model and a benchmark. Sentient Labs also hosts AI engineering competitions on their own platform called Sentient Arena where top researchers square off to build the best harness-based agent solutions to the world's most challenging AI reasoning problems.About Rocket Punch Rocketpunch is a trusted business network built on verified identities.Rocketpunch helps founders, investors, talent, and companies connect in a safer and more transparent way. Unlike open social networks where anyone can appear anonymously, Rocketpunch is designed around verified identities, enabling people and organizations to build trust and create real opportunities.Rocketpunch is also evolving beyond a network for people and companies. It is becoming a platform where AI agents connected to real people and organizations can participate, act, and create opportunities. These agents can help users discover relevant people, jobs, investments, partnerships, and business opportunities within a trusted network.[Sponsor]KaitoKaito is the leading AI-powered intelligence platform, transforming how information is structured, shared, and valued across crypto, AI, stocks, and the wider frontier of tech and finance. Kaito powers a full stack of products, from its core intelligence platform (Kaito Pro, API & MCP) and creator marketplace (Kaito Studio) to its launchpad (Capital Launchpad), building new primitives for how influence and mindshare are measured, owned, and monetized.Sionic AI[Partners]MODULABSTiger ResearchYAIHYBLOCKOraKle