Dennis Beatty
Founder of Surge
Dennis Beatty is the CEO of Surge, the easiest SMS API for developers. As the CEO of an early stage startup, he doesn’t spend much time doing anything outside of work except for hanging out with his wife and daughter. And cooking. There’s always time for cooking.
Talk:
You can build an AI agent
AI agents are all the rage these days, but they can be a bit intimidating if you haven’t tried building one yet. I’ll explain what agents really are at a high level, discuss why Elixir is the perfect language for building them, and demonstrate how to build a basic AI receptionist and other agentic AI features for an application.
Key Takeaways:
- AI agents aren’t as formidable as they seem. You’ll leave this talk feeling both confident that you could build an agent, but also excited to do so.
Target Audience:
- This should appeal to developers who haven’t built an AI agent before, whether that’s because they’re intimidated, or because they don’t know where to start.