Join us at the May Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup, where Josh Phillips and Anirudh Kuppili from RocketRide will present “Building Production-Ready AI Pipelines: From Data to Deployment” and share practical lessons for teams moving AI projects from demos into reliable production systems.

Event Details

• Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026
• Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
• Location: Microsoft Chicago Office (Aon Center), 200 E Randolph St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601

Presentation

Building Production-Ready AI Pipelines: From Data to Deployment

Teams often lose weeks stitching together data sources, models, prompts, evaluation workflows, and deployment infrastructure. In this session, Josh and Anirudh will break down practical patterns for building AI pipelines that are reliable, scalable, and easier to operate in the real world.

The talk will cover orchestration, model-agnostic design, cost control, and deployment lessons drawn from developer-first platforms such as VS Code and Cursor, along with examples from RocketRide’s open-source, IDE-native AI pipeline tooling. RocketRide focuses on helping developers build, run, and deploy production-ready AI pipelines directly from their development environment, with patterns that can scale beyond early prototypes.

If you’re building AI features that need to move from local experimentation into repeatable, production-ready workflows, this session should give you a clearer picture of how to design the full path from data to deployment.

Speakers: Josh Phillips and Anirudh Kuppili
Josh Phillips is DevRel at RocketRide, and Anirudh Kuppili is a developer at RocketRide, an open-source platform for building and deploying AI pipelines from inside the IDE.

Event Highlights

• Learn practical patterns for building production-ready AI pipelines
• Explore orchestration approaches for moving from raw data to deployed AI features
• Understand model-agnostic design choices that help teams stay flexible
• See how to think about cost control and operational reliability for AI workloads
• Hear real-world lessons informed by developer-first platforms such as VS Code and Cursor
• Network with fellow cloud and AI professionals in the Chicago area

Registration and Building Security

Registration required: Please include your full first and last name when you register. Building security at the Aon Center requires this information to grant you access to the building.

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About the Meetup

The Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup brings together developers, architects, and IT professionals interested in cloud technologies. Our meetings feature presentations on cloud platforms, best practices, and emerging trends in cloud and AI, along with time for networking and community building.