Scaling GenAI with Microsoft for Startups | SF #TechWeek

Oct 9, 12:30 – 3:00 AM

Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area

CIBC, 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, 94105

Join trailblazing AI-first startups revolutionizing customer workflows with cutting-edge AI solutions while embracing GenAI within their own operations. Led by Heena Purohit, Director of AI at Microsoft for Startups, this panel will share real-world examples of leveraging AI to boost productivity, implement GenAI strategies, and drive AI-powered transformation across organizations.

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About this event

Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a startup founder, or an industry leader, this event is your chance to gain valuable insights into the future of AI in business. Learn how to harness the power of AI to optimize workflows, innovate customer interactions, and lead your organization through the next wave of digital transformation. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with top AI pioneers and explore the cutting edge of AI technology in action.

Heena is joined on the panel at 6:30 PM by three Microsoft for Startups companies:

  • Activeloop - Davit was first featured by TechCrunch at the age of 18. After completing his CompSci degree at UCL, he started his Ph.D. at Princeton University at 20. Davit is a recipient of the Gordon Wu Fellowship. His research involved reconstructing the connectome of the mouse brain. Trying to solve hurdles he faced analyzing large datasets in the neuroscience lab, Davit became the founding CEO of Activeloop, a Y-Combinator alum startup that is building Database for AI.


  • Ema - Surojit Chatterjee is the founder and CEO of Ema, your Universal AI employee that boosts productivity across every role in your organization. Previously, he guided Coinbase through a successful 2021 IPO as its Chief Product Officer and scaled Google Mobile Ads and Google Shopping into multi-billion dollar businesses as the VP and Head of Product. Surojit holds 40 US patents and has an MBA from MIT, MS in Computer Science from SUNY at Buffalo, and B. Tech from IIT Kharagpur.


  • Typeface - Tom Hsieh leads strategic partnerships at Typeface, a generative AI application that supercharges personalized content creation for businesses. Tom has over 15 years of experience building and leading Growth, Business & Corporate Development, and Strategic Partnerships teams at early and growth stage tech start-ups through 5 IPOs in a row at Google, Zynga, Spotify, Dropbox, and Truecaller.


Tickets are limited but with a few spots there!


Speaker

  • Tom Davis

    Microsoft for Startups

    GM of Microsoft for Startups

Panelists

  • Davit Buniatyan

    Activeloop

    CEO

  • Surojit Chatterjee

    Ema

    CEO

  • Tom Hsieh

    Typeface

    Strategic Partnerships

Moderator

  • Heena Purohit

    Microsoft for Startups

    Director of AI

When

When

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
12:30 AM – 3:00 AM UTC

Hosts

  • James Gee

    Startup Grind HQ & Silicon Valley Chapter

    Global Partnerships Manager

  • Tech Week

    Tech Week

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