DevFest Montreal

GDG Montreal

Shannon Lal

Shannon Lal

CTO at Designstripe

About Shannon

Shannon Lal is a hands-on CTO at Designstripe, leading their GenAI product development. With experience spanning startups to enterprises (IBM, RBC), his 20-year journey combines deep technical expertise with leadership roles at both early-stage startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Session

Scaling AI on a Budget: A Startup's GPU Optimization Journey

Room 2 (14:00 ~ 14:45)

Designstripe, led by serial entrepreneur François Arbour, revolutionizes AI-powered design. Designstripe’s CTO Shannon Lal reveals how they slashed cloud costs by 30% and boosted scaling speed by 25% for GPU-intensive features. Learn GCP optimizations applicable to startups and developers alike.