Vikhyat Korrapati - Moondream: how does a tiny vision model slap so hard?

Psst! Wanna learn how to build an AI model that punches way above its weight? Beats models 4 times its size and competes with the models from Meta, Google and OpenAI? In this talk I’ll spill the beans on how I pulled it off, and how you can too. I’ll share my unexpected journey that led to the creation of Moondream, a tiny open-source vision language model that kicks ass. I’ll share my journey and the technical hurdles that I faced along the way. I’ll also explain why small models are the future of AI. Join me for a story of accidental innovation, the democratization of AI, and how sometimes, thinking small can lead to big results.