The Founder's Notebook by Venture Catalysts++ x Together
The Founder's Notebook - Bengaluru Edition
Building AI Companies That Last.
Everyone is talking about building AI.
Very few are talking about building AI companies.
Behind every product launch, funding announcement and breakthrough demo are hundreds of decisions that rarely make headlines,finding the right customers, earning trust, building reliable AI systems, and creating businesses that compound over time.
Those lessons rarely make it into blogs, podcasts or conference stages.
The Founder's Notebook is an invite-only editorial series where founders, engineering leaders open up their notebooks to share the practical playbooks behind building enduring AI companies.
Curated masterclass with people who are building at the frontier.
Contents
Page 01 · Earn the Right to Scale
Tejas Pandit
Founder & CEO, MeshDefend
How to find design partners, validate products with real customers, build trust, and convert early users into long-term customers.
Page 02 · Beyond the Demo
Sunny Gupta
Head of Engineering & India Site Lead, Metaforms
The engineering playbook for taking AI applications from impressive demos to reliable, production-ready systems that scale.
Page 03 · AI in GTM
Aniket Bajpai
Founder, LimeChat
Practical strategies for applying AI across marketing, sales, onboarding and customer success to build repeatable growth.
After the Notebook Closes
The evening continues over a curated mixer with AI founders, operators, investors and engineering leaders.
Because the most valuable conversations usually begin after the microphones are switched off.
Event
31 July 2026
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Bengaluru
Followed by networking mixer
Presented by
Venture Catalysts++ × Together Fund
Attendance is by invitation only to ensure a highly curated room of AI founders, builders, investors and technical leaders.
Venture Catalysts++ is India's leading multi-stage venture capital platform, bringing together five funds under one umbrella:Venture Catalysts, 100Unicorns, Elev8 Venture Partners, BEAMS FinTech Fund, and Spyre PropTech Fund. We invest from pre-seed to Series D with cheque sizes ranging from US$200K to US$30M, and have backed over 350 startups across India, Singapore, and the US.
Why attend?
Because building an AI company isn't just about models.
It's about earning trust, shipping reliably, finding distribution, and making the decisions that compound over years,not weeks.
That's what The Founder's Notebook is about.
Community Partners
AI Learn Circle
A home for builders who'd rather spend their weekends shipping than scrolling.
From first ideas to first customers, AI Learn Circle brings together ambitious founders, engineers and makers to build, learn and launch AI products together.
The AI Collective Bengaluru
One of Bengaluru's fastest-growing AI communities connecting founders, researchers, engineers and practitioners through meetups, workshops and collaborative learning, creating meaningful conversations around the future of AI.