AI Tech Leaders' Club March '25
The AI Tech Leaders' Club is back for another high-impact gathering, bringing together over 50 senior AI and engineering leaders—CTOs, VPs, Directors, and top ICs—who are shaping the future of AI. This event is designed for executives and senior technologists driving innovation in AI, ML, Data, and Product Management.
🚀 Theme: Agentic AI – What’s Next?
The AI industry is moving beyond LLMs into agentic AI—but where should you focus for the biggest impact? This event features interactive discussions, a thought-provoking fireside chat, and peer-driven brainstorming on the real-world application, strategic bets, and failure points of agent-based AI.
💡 Three Key Takeaways:
1️⃣ High-ROI Applications: Where can AI agents drive the biggest returns in your industry today?
2️⃣ Future Market Bets: What directional bets should you place for the next 6-12 months?
3️⃣ Boundaries & Pitfalls: Where do AI agents break down, and what risks should you actively avoid?
Guest Speakers:
Burak Gokturk, GM, VP of Engineering, Google Cloud AI
Burak Gokturk is the GM and VP of Engineering for Google Cloud AI and Industry Solutions at Google, where he spearheads transformative AI initiatives and drives innovation across key industries including healthcare, retail, and finance. With over 14 years at Google, he brings deep expertise in leadership, artificial intelligence, machine learning, engineering, and product management. Burak holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in EE & CS from Boğaziçi University.
Chetan Gupta, GM and VP, Advanced AI Center and Industrial AI Lab, Hitachi
Leading a global team of 200+ researchers, developers, and architects at Hitachi, Chetan is at the forefront of AI-powered transformation, from predictive analytics and optimization to domain-specific Generative AI models designed for industrial and enterprise applications. With a Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.S. degrees in Mathematical Computer Science and Chemical Engineering, Chetan has authored 200+ research papers and patents, shaping the future of AI-driven innovation.
Faraz Shafiq, Field CTO, AWS Gen AI
Faraz is a GTM Executive at AWS, where he spearheads AI technology initiatives, having successfully scaled the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP). Previously, he served as the Senior VP and Chief Data and AI Officer at Cambia, and before that, as the Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Verizon, focusing on Data Science and IoT. Faraz holds an MBA from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Utkarsh Contractor, Field CTO of Aisera, Stanford Sr. Research Fellow
Utkarsh is leading research, vision, strategy, and execution, delivering state of the art Multimodal Language Models and Agentic Platform for the Enterprise. Prior to Aisera, Utkarsh was Head of Enterprise AI/ML at LinkedIn. He has a PhD in Computer Science and MA in Business from Stanford University.
Moderator:
Sid Shaik, Sr VP Prod Mgmt, Message Broadcast
Sid is a seasoned product leader with extensive experience in data, cloud infrastructure, and AI, successfully scaling product lines to $1B ARR at companies like Oracle and Cloudera. He holds degrees from IIT Kharagpur and University of Washington.
🛠 Engaging Format:
✅ Small Group Discussions on common challenges & agentic AI applications
✅ Fireside Chat with industry leaders on AI’s evolution beyond traditional software
✅ Collaborative Brainstorming on how to navigate AI’s next phase
✅ High-Caliber Networking with peers from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and more
🍽 Food & drinks will be served throughout the event.
Agenda
5:30 - 6:00 PM
Check-in and Networking6:00 - 7:00 PM
Panel Discussion with Guest Speakers: AI Agents7:00 - 8:00 PM
Small Group Brainstorming: Tackling Individual Challenges8:00 - 8:30 PM
Networking
🚀 By Invitation Only:
To ensure a high-value discussion, attendees must hold senior leadership roles such as CTO, VP, Head of AI/Engineering/Product, Staff/Distinguished Engineer, or similar.
Previous Events
This is our third event of its kind. The previous events attracted over 50 VPs and Directors from major companies such as Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Google, IBM, Intel, Juniper, Meta, Microsoft, Visa, and Walmart along with CxOs and VPs from emerging tech companies. Here are some posts with insights from past gatherings:
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