Manufacturing x AI Startups Meetup : Bengaluru edition
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Manufacturing x AI Startups Meetup : Bengaluru edition

Jatin ChaudharyVithal GoelMadhu Nag ShettyAditi Gupta 28 RSVPs Happened
Update

This meetup now runs together with the AI Founders Meetup, so founders building with AI will be there alongside the manufacturing folks. That is why the name has changed. The venue is unchanged: Urban Vault 477 HSR Layout. Note the time: 11 am to 1 pm on Saturday, 8 August, moved from the earlier 6 pm to 8 pm. If you have already registered, your spot carries over.

Saturday, 8 August, 11 am - 1 pm

Urban Vault 477 HSR LayoutDirections
HSR Layout, Bengaluru
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Founders building physical products, on what it takes to make and sell them.

A joint gathering of founders building physical products and founders building with AI. The Manufacturing Startups Meetup and the AI Founders Meetup are running together this edition, at Urban Vault 477 in HSR Layout. Building something you can hold brings its own set of problems: sourcing, tooling, unit economics, quality, working capital, and a supply chain that has to hold before you can scale. This edition puts that conversation next to the founders building with AI, so there are more people to think it through with. Expect candid stories on finding the right vendors, moving from prototype to production, managing cash tied up in inventory, selling into distributors, retail, and export, and where AI is genuinely useful across all of it. If you are building a manufacturing or hardware startup, an AI startup, or something that sits across both, this is a gathering worth being part of.

Hosts & speakers
Jatin Chaudhary
Host
Jatin Chaudhary
CEO · eChai Ventures
Nikunj Thakkar
Speaker
Nikunj Thakkar
Co-founder · Snezzi
Saurya Mishra
Speaker
Saurya Mishra
Founder and CEO · Articulus Surgical
Who was there
Aditi Gupta
Aditi Gupta
Software developer · TripTwist india private limited
Devdutt Shah
Devdutt Shah
Analyst · Lateralus Capital
Gousmodin Somanakoppa
Gousmodin Somanakoppa
Founder · FessiT Solutions Private Limited
Madhu Nag Shetty
Madhu Nag Shetty
Business Growth Advisor · Bengaluru
Noel Masa
Noel Masa
Founder · Brands of Earth
Papasani Mohansrinivas
Papasani Mohansrinivas
Researcher · 6sense
Sreeraj Promod
Sreeraj Promod
Sales · Ploecues Software
Syed Ismail Zabiulla
Syed Ismail Zabiulla
CEO · Zawr Industries
Vinamra Agrawal
Vinamra Agrawal
Founder · Brandhero Design
Vithal Goel
Vithal Goel
Manager · Urban Company
Aadhish Elangovan
Junior Directing Manager · Shree Pon Vishakan Creations
Aditya Raja
Co-Founder (Product and Growth) · OBSESN
Ca Aravind G
Chaitanya Krishna
Employee · Global Logic
Csrakshita T S
Jagruti Rakshitha & Co, Company Secretaries
Deep Soni
Founder · Ug29
Jk
Cofounder · FORKOFF
Land Explore
M
Supply Chain Professional
Madhur Biyani
Aspiring Founder · NA
Meiezil
Prashant Raul
Praveen Kumar
founder
Priya Samudhrala
co founder · Silver Crafts

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