OpenTeams Applied AI Rodeo

March 14 to 15 | The LINE Hotel Second Floor

OpenTeams is sponsoring RTX House during SXSW and presenting panels focused on practical AI implementation across education, defense, sovereignty, and business.

We partner with public and private sector organizations to design, deploy, and manage AI systems that are secure, compliant, and operational. Our work centers on building open and sovereign AI infrastructure for institutions that require control, transparency, and scalable performance in real world environments.

Saturday 2pm to 5pm | Sunday 12pm to 3pm

See Nebari in action and explore how practical AI is deployed securely inside real organizations. Learn how teams are running agents, managing data access, monitoring activity, and keeping AI systems compliant and controlled without sacrificing capability. If you are thinking about how to move from experimentation to production, this is where to start.

Play Rogue Agent Mafia

A live, air gapped game that turns real world AI mishaps into a hands on proof of concept, where players trigger rogue actions, investigate outcomes, and review full telemetry across competing LLMs.

Programming Lineup:

Hacking Education

AI Integration for Educators

Saturday March 14th, 10am Garnet Room

A discussion on integrating generative AI into classrooms responsibly, addressing personalized learning, shadow usage, and the risks of waiting to act.

Kelly Rockwell

EY (Moderator)

Edgar Antu

SPI (Panelist)

Oscar Rodriguez

Austin Independent School District (Panelist)

Ron Roberts

AlphaSchool (Panelist)

Mutually Assured Deletion

AI and the Doctrine of Digital Deterrence

Saturday March 14th, 1pm Garnet Room

A debate on AI as geopolitical infrastructure, examining compute arms races, autonomous escalation, and the stability of global power in an AGI era.

Jason Scharf

Austin Next Podcast (Moderator)

Travis Bales

Booz Allen Ventures (Panelist)

Amanda Henninger

Stealth Startup (Panelist)

Arnold Castro

Texas A&M (Panelist)

Charlie Burgoyne

Valkyrie (Panelist)

My AI, My Rules

Scaling the OpenClaw Philosophy

Sunday March 15th, 10am Garnet Room

A practical look at local first AI systems, infrastructure control, governance, and liability when organizations keep AI and data on their own hardware.

Ian Newell

OpenTeams (Moderator)

Dave Ahr

Coder (Panelist)

James Beecham

ALTR (Panelist)

Ed Cavazos

Pillsbury Law (Panelist)

How To Apply AI To Solve Valuable Business Problems

Sunday March 15th, 11am Travertine Room

Practitioners share how they are deploying AI today to solve concrete business problems using accessible tools and custom built systems.

Gary Sheng

Applied AI Society (Moderator)

Rostam Mahadi

Independent AI Consultant (Panelist)

Michael Daigler

Apify / AITX (Panelist)

Jordaaan Hill

Organized AI (Panelist)

Ryland Beard

Switchbooks (Panelist)