​The AI revolution is being shaped at two levels: the infrastructure that powers it and the applications that bring it to life. This panel brings together serial founders, technical pioneers, and researchers who’ve scaled unicorns, built transformative AI products, and advanced the science behind them.

​🌟 Featured Speakers:

​🔹 Muddu Sudhakar - Founder & Investor; Founding CEO of Aisera (Series D+ Unicorn), ex-​SVP & GM ServiceNow, Splunk, VMware; ex-​CSO, VP & GM Dell/EMC; Founder & CEO of Caspida (acquired by Splunk), Cetas (acquired by VMware), Kazeon (acquired by Dell/EMC), Sanera (acquired by Dell/EMC)

​🔹 Yandong Liu - Co-founder and ex-CTO at Connectly.ai (Series B+), CTO at Strava, ex-VP Engineering at NetEase, PhD CS at Carnegie Mellon University

​🔹 Mahi de Silva - Co-Founder and CSO at Higgsfield AI ($50M Series A+); Chairman of the Board, Co-founder and CEO at Amplify.ai; ex-CEO at Triller Group (NASDAQ: ILLR)

​🔹 Shawn Shen - Co-founder of Memories.ai, Assistant Professor at University of Bristol. ex-Research Scientist at Reality Lab Research at Meta ​

​🔍 Topics We’ll Explore:

​🔹 Building & Scaling – Lessons from seed to unicorn, exits, and trade-offs between speed, tech depth, and GTM.

​🔹 Infra vs. Apps – Enterprise vs. consumer AI, where infra ends and apps begin, future convergence.

​🔹 Generative AI in Practice – Real-world deployment, moats in a fast-moving landscape, open vs. closed models.

​🔹 Human-Centered AI – Augmenting memory, creativity, and productivity while balancing ethics and privacy.

​🔹 Research to Market – Turning breakthroughs into products, hiring the right mix of researchers and engineers.

​🔹 Ecosystem & Exits – Investor view on AI startups, who’s buying/building, and where the next big opportunity lies.

​🍽️ Food and Drinks Included ​​​

​💥 Our Partners

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