Baseten(@baseten):A conversation about open-source models in production, plus a Mario Kart tournament. Oct 7 at @Techweek_ in SF by a16z: @oneill_c (Baseten, Co-Head of Model Training) and Mario Martone (@elise_ai , Head of Applied Research) get into what it took to fine-tune and deploy open-source models across EliseAI's largest workloads.

2026.09.09 20:55

A conversation about open-source models in production, plus a Mario Kart tournament. Oct 7 at @Techweek_ in SF by a16z: @oneill_c (Baseten, Co-Head of Model Training) and Mario Martone (@elise_ai , Head of Applied Research) get into what it took to fine-tune and deploy open-source models across EliseAI's largest workloads.

Elise Labs@elise_ai

2026.09.09 18:06

During @Techweek_ by @a16z, EliseAI and @Baseten are hosting a Mario Kart tournament 🚗 But before the competition begins, our Head of Applied Research Mario Martone will sit down with Baseten's Co-Head of Model Training @oneill_c to cover what it took both teams to fine-tune and run open-source models at scale, including what surprised them along the way. Bring your A game ↓