AxEC Community Tech Talk '24
Come Join us for this years Tech Talk event to **learn**, **share**, and **network** with folks within the community who are passionate about all things tech, startups, entrepreneurship, investment et al. Like last year we plan to have a fun filled evening for you all to participate and enjoy !
To wind up we shall have Tamas the Indian fusion Rock Band jamming some classic hits.
We look forward to welcoming you. RSVP at the earliest due to limited space.
Thanks.
Agenda
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm: Meet & Greet, Welcome
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Speaker Sessions & Panels
7:30 pm - 9.00 pm: Live Band, Networking & Food
Thanks to our Event Sponsors:
Session One: Understanding Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
Speaker
Partha Pritam Deka, Data Science Leader, Intel Corp.
Session Two: SaaS AI product Startups CxO rapid session
Speaker
Borde.io - Saumitra Buragohain, Founder & CEO
Session Three (Women in Tech Panel): How women are changing the face of Tech Leadership
Panelists
Aneesha Buragohain, Sr. Director, Global Analytics, GE Energy
Rasika Saikia, People Consultant (Sr. HRBP), Google
Rukmini Chowdhury, Director, Product Operations, Baylor Scott & White Health
Rupalim Sarma, Engineering Manager, Cloudflare
Moderator
Panchalee Thakur, Managing Partner, Purple Iris Communications LLP
Session Four (Generative AI): Leveraging Gen AI for improving productivity
Panelists
Biplab Deka, Sr. Product Manager (Market Place), Uber
Mintoo Kakati, Product Management Leader, Amazon
Navjyoti Sharma, Director, Product Management, ZScaler
Pervez Alam, Head Strategic Channels, Alliances QA North America
Moderator
Bhaskar Deka, GVP of Product Management and General Manager at Cornerstone
Session Five: Fireside Chat
Speaker
Dhruba Barthakur, OpenAI, Co-Founder & CTO, Rockset (acquired by OpenAI), Ex-Facebook (Meta)
Moderator
Bijoy Bora, UST Abzooba, Mentor at FalconX Gateway, Co-founder & COO, Zaloni, acquired by Truist Bank (formerly SunTrust)
Session Six (Investor Panel): How investors assess startups before investing
Panelists
Chenxi Wang, Managing General Partner, Rain Capital
Jonathan Tang, Senior Venture Partner, Pioneer Fund, YC Alum
Rajiv Bhatt, General Partner AI Fund, Senior Venture Partner Pioneer Fund, Co-Founder & CEO, Martini.ai, YC Alum, Investor
Ashish Kakran, Principal Thomvest, VC investor in early-stage Gen AI & cloud infrastructure startups
Moderator
Amitav Chakrvartty, YCombinator Alum, Entrepreneur, Investor & Engineering Leader
Parking: Free parking in front of or around the building. Please park in the spaces without building numbers.
This event is organized by AxEC in the Bay Area, a 501(c) (6) organization. (www.axecon.org)