Fireside Chat with Thejo Kote | Founder of Journal, Airbase & Automatic | at SPC India

​South Park Commons India is excited to host Thejo Kote, Founder & CEO of Journal, for a fireside chat.

​Thejo has built and exited two companies — Automatic (acquired by SiriusXM) and Airbase (acquired by Paylocity) — over the past 14 years. He's now back in the trenches with Journal, a platform for agentic product development.

​Expect a candid conversation on building for the AI-native world, second-time-founder wisdom, and how he thinks about picking the next 10-year bet.

​Event Details:

​5:00 PM: Doors Open

​5:30–6:30 PM: Fireside Chat, moderated by SPC India

​6:30–7:00 PM: Networking

​About Thejo:

​Thejo Kote is the Founder and CEO of Journal, a platform for agentic product development. He previously founded Airbase, a spend management platform acquired by Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY) for ~$400M. Before Airbase, he co-founded Automatic, a connected-car platform acquired by SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) for $115M.

​Thejo holds a Master's degree from UC Berkeley's School of Information and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from RV College of Engineering. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is an active angel investor in more than 60 startups and an LP in multiple venture capital funds.

​About South Park Commons (SPC):

​SPC is a technical community and venture fund dedicated to helping founders, researchers, and technologists figure out what to work on next—what we call the -1 to 0 stage of your career. We believe this is best accomplished in the most talent-dense community possible.

​SPC events are open to members, alumni, and special guests of the community. The best way to join events at SPC is to apply for SPC membership.

​A quick note on logistics:

​⁠Registration is by approval and space is limited. RSVP early to secure a spot.

​Doors close at 5:30 PM sharp, when the fireside begins. We're unable to accommodate late arrivals or unapproved guests on the day.

​If you're on the waitlist, we'll be in touch if a spot opens up.