How Is AI Changing the Way We Design, Engineer, and Decide? - A Panel Discussion + Networking Event in collaboration with Headway Circuit
How is AI reshaping the way we design, engineer, and make decisions at scale?
As artificial intelligence rapidly weaves itself into the fabric of our industries, it’s not just workflows that are changing - it’s the very foundation of how we think, create, and lead. From investing to infrastructure, from designing user journeys to building distributed systems, AI is prompting a fundamental shift. How do we stay human in the loop while we increasingly build with machines?
In collaboration with Headway Circuit - India’s first national community for women in investing and tech in their first decade of work - we’re bringing together voices from across design, engineering, venture capital, and product strategy to explore this question.
This event is more than a panel. It’s an inter-disciplinary conversation and networking evening designed to help us reflect on the future we're building, together.
Meet our panel
Poorvi Vijay, Principal at Elevation Capital, is a seasoned investor, with deep insights on how founders are leveraging AI to reshape their industries. An HBS alum, she brings a strategic view of how investment decisions are evolving in the age of AI.
Charmie Kapoor, Associate Director of Design at Razorpay, has designed for scale at companies like Unacademy, Dunzo, and Microsoft. She’ll offer perspective on how design leadership is evolving in response to intelligent systems and how to champion user needs amidst automation.
Akanksha Deswal, Head of Engineering (India) at DevRev, has helped build everything from control planes at Nutanix to data systems at Microsoft Azure. At DevRev, she leads engineering on identity and platform infrastructure, and will speak to how engineers are rethinking architecture in an AI-first world.
This conversation will be moderated by Arushi Jindal, Co-founder of Headway Circuit and Strategy and Operations Lead for India/APAC at DevRev. She was previously an investor across India/US in AI and consumer-tech investing. Also an HBS alum, her lens bridges operations and investment - she’ll reflect on how decision-making itself is being reshaped by intelligent tools.
This is an in-person event and registeration is mandatory.
Spots are limited. We’d love for you to join us for an evening of insight, connection, and conversation.