​How Billion-Dollar Serial Founders Are Building Again with AI

​This Is About the Second Act

​The founders on this stage have already won once.

They’ve built companies at scale, navigated enterprise complexity, survived growth chaos, and delivered real outcomes — including billion-dollar exits and multi-billion-dollar operating roles.

​Now they’re building again.

​This time, they’re not starting with org charts, headcount plans, or legacy processes.

​They’re starting with AI as the operating layer.

​This event explores how experienced founders rethink services when they know what breaks at scale — and design for it upfront using AI.

​Featured Live Demos (Founders)

• ​Saurabh Kumar CEO & Co-Founder, Rezolve AI Agentic AI for autonomous employee and IT service delivery

• ​Hari Subramanian Founder & CEO, Appify Serial entrepreneur; previously built ServiceMax (acquired by GE for $1B)

​Founder & Operator Panel

• ​Sumit Mehra Co-Founder & CTO, Tredence AI and data platforms powering global enterprises

• ​Anji R Maram Founder & CEO, CriticalRiver and Meeru AI Scaling AI-driven services with deep enterprise execution

• ​Panel Moderator - Mahesh Shah CEO, CoreTrust Ran $5B in services at DXC, served as CIO for a $25B organization, and built a $160M services startup at HP—now moderating billion-dollar AI builders.

​Why This Event Matters

​First-time founders ask: “What can AI do?”

​Serial founders ask: “What should never exist again?”

​This is a conversation about:

• ​Eliminating entire categories of manual service work

• ​Designing businesses where AI absorbs complexity before humans ever see it

• ​Rebuilding services for speed, margin, and resilience, not just growth

​Who This Event Is Really For

• ​Founders building their first, second or third company

• ​Operators responsible for large-scale service delivery and margins

• ​Investors backing founders who optimize for durability, not demos

• ​If you’ve already lived through scale, this event will feel familiar — and refreshingly honest.

​What You’ll Leave With

​Not inspiration. Not hype.

​But mental models from people who’ve already paid the price of learning the hard way — and are now building again with AI.

​Check out: https://eastbayfounders.com/jan26-meetup