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# distil labs – small model training, made simple


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 11, 2025
- **Time:** 10:45–10:50 (5 min)
- **Room:** Stage 8
- **Event:** World Congress 2025

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1654-distil-labs-small-model-training-made-simple)

## Description

SLMs (small language models) are all the rage, but working with them in practice can be very cumbersome...
In this session Selim will explain how anyone can create their own custom small model in just a day, no previous ML experience required!


## Speaker

### [Selim Nowicki](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@selim-nowicki)

Selim Nowicki – CEO @ disti labs


## Related talks at this congress

- [ Model Compression Techniques for Efficient LLM Deployment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/811-model-compression) — Harshita Seth, Lavinia Ghita, Sergio Perez, Ziv Ilan
- [Self-Hosted LLMs: From Zero to Inference](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/625-self-hosted-llms) — Cedric Clyburn, Roberto Carratalá
- [A Jumpstart to Using LLMs for Test Design](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/464-a-jumpstart-to-using) — Pierre Baum, Rahul
- [NVIDIA Expert Session: Optimized Deployment of Large Language Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/491-nvidia-expert) — Anshul Jindal, Kevin Klues, Martin Piercy