Scaling a VERSAtile AI-Powered Platform for Research, Healthcare, Education, and Administration
Versa, developed by our AI Tiger Team, is an enterprise-scale AI platform. Meant to secure access to frontier generative-AI (gen-AI) technologies, Versa enhances operations by streamlining text-based workflows for thousands of users. Versa is a platform of products: Versa API supports advanced AI research demands with protected clinical and business data; chatbot-style interactions with LLMs via Versa Chat and Versa Mobile, and our Versa Assistant RAG-based service supports development of dedicated, AI-powered interfaces for protected datastores, knowledgebases, and enterprise content. To date, the AI Tiger Team has scaled our gen-AI education series and user community to over 6,000 users. The Versa platform carries over 2,000 monthly users of Versa Chat, 20-100 Versa API users per month, and numerous departments and teams have developed more than 50 Versa Assistants addressing a wide range of AI-enabled use cases.
Speaker/Host
Primary/Host Speaker
Joseph Owens
Enterprise AI Product Leader at UC San Francisco
Joe Owens, PhD, serves as Product Leader for Enterprise AI Platforms & Infrastructure at UCSF, where he guides teams in developing and deploying artificial intelligence tools across the institution's health, education, research, and administrative missions. Drawing from his neuroscience and biomedical engineering background, he previously led product development for digital health platforms and clinical-grade wearables at Verily Life Sciences and Alphabet, and served as an entrepreneur in residence at Google[x]. After beginning his commercial career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, he has dedicated his work to combining his clinical and engineering research expertise with servant-leader driven product mindset to improve healthcare through thoughtful use of technology.
Co-speaker(s)
Additional Speakers
Victor Galvez
Director EIA at UC San Francisco
Victor Galvez is Director of Integration, Data Platforms, and AI at UCSF. He leads enterprise integration, analytics infrastructure, and UCSF’s internal generative AI platform, UCSF Versa. With over 20 years in healthcare IT, he oversees real-time data exchange, data warehousing, and secure AI deployments that support UCSF’s clinical, research, and education missions. Victor played a key role in launching UCSF Versa, which enables UCSF users to safely leverage AI for productivity, automation, and decision support. He is focused on building scalable, compliant, and mission-aligned technologies across the UC system.
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