Picking Winners In The Age Of AI

​Join a curated group of family offices, sovereign wealth funds, CVCs, VCs, and founders in Dubai for an intimate gathering focused on dialogue, insight, and connection.

​The evening will begin with a concise panel discussion featuring leaders from the investment and founder ecosystem, followed by a relaxed networking session designed for meaningful, high-quality conversations.

​Why Attend

​AI is rewriting how early-stage companies should be evaluated. Assumptions that once guided convictions are being challenged, and familiar signals are proving less reliable.

​This panel discussion focuses on building a practical, repeatable framework for assessing AI-native startups with clarity and conviction. We’ll discuss:

• ​Defensibility in AI-first businesses

• ​Real vs. perceived moats

• ​What truly matters at the earliest stages of AI investing

​All insights will be grounded in real-world portfolio and operator experience.

​Agenda

• ​4:00 PM - Registration opens

• ​4:30 PM - 4:45 PM - Welcome Note

• ​4:45 PM - 5:15 PM - Panel Discussion

  • ​Picking Winners in the Age of AI

    • ​Panelists

      • ​Shwetank Verma - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Leo Capital

      • ​Asad Khan - CEO & Founder, TestMu (Formerly LambdaTest)

      • ​Avinav Nigam - Founder, Tern

• ​5:15 PM - 6:00 PM – Networking 

​​​About Leo Capital

​​Leo Capital is a global VC fund headquartered in Finland and Singapore, built by serial entrepreneurs with deep global experience. Backed by prominent institutions such as TESI, Virala, EDBI, Dubai Future District Fund, Cendana Capital, Saison Capital - Leo Capital backs tomorrow's global titans in AI and deep tech.

​About A&O Shearman Sterling LLP

​A&O Shearman is the transformational law firm created to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients’ most complex, multijurisdictional matters across an ever-changing world and regulatory landscape. A firm of nearly 4,000 lawyers, including 750 partners, working across almost 50 offices in 28 countries, A&O Shearman has the experience, diversity of skills and backgrounds, and global understanding to stay at the forefront of the changes across every sector, market, and jurisdiction around the world.

​A&O Shearman is an international legal practice comprising Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP and its affiliated undertakings. aoshearman.com

​About TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest)

​TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest) is a Full Stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform that empowers teams to test intelligently and ship faster. Engineered for scale, it offers end-to-end AI agents to plan, author, execute, and analyze software quality. AI-native by design, the platform enables testing of web, mobile, and enterprise applications at any scale across real devices, real browsers, and custom real-world environments.

​About Tern

​TERN is a AI-Recruitment platform on a mission to address critical workforce shortages in the UK, EU, US and GCC, that's now over 40 million short, translating into a $1Tn category. Their approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drastically cutting complexity and shaving cost for healthcare systems.