Startups x AI: Opportunities, Challenges & Breakthroughs

Happened on February 15, Saturday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
IIMA Ventures
146 slots booked.
Harshal Trivedi - Founder, Tusker AI Aalap Sanghvi - Co-Founder, Immersfy Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Rizwana Desai - Sr. Software Developer Ankit Chauhan - Idea Innovator Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - Exploring new opportunities in UI/UX & visual design. Bhumita Panara - Software Engineer Yogesh Trivedi - General Partner Devang Chudasama - AI/ML Engineer Biren Poriya - Co-Founder, Expertiqo Bhavik Parikh - Digital Marketing Specialist Vivek Shah - Software Engineer, TechStack (currently AddPipeline) Lucky Agarwal - Consultant at TR Chadha & CO. Sorathiya Bhautik - Founder, 4Born Solutions Komal Jagdev - Complaince Executive, IMS Group Jalaj Shah - Co-Founder and COO At The Intellify Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Amit Savaliya - Building, Bozarro Aashish Kharwade - Co-Founder FastHire Rakesh Hansrajani - Co-Founder, FastHire HARSHIL PATEL - Founder @theimagineindia Travel Community palash thakkar - Co-Founder @ TAG plus & Dott Social YUG S. RAVAL - Software developer, Aubergine solutions Anas Memon - Student at ICAI Janardan Gadhvi - Co founder at kutch keshar Digvijay Singh - TR chadha , article Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Uttam Gohil - Software engineer @Silver touch technologies Lomash Relia - Researcher, SAC ISRO Nirav Patel - Founder @ BSP Technologies Dev Suthar - Trainee Developer Rahil D Jain - Founder and CEO Ayush Sharma - Sr. Data Scientist Siddh Pandya - Flyteors DataSystems - Software Developer Divyesh Gohil - Co-Founder, The One Technologies Chirag Suthar - Senior Software Engineer at Triam Security Smit Patadiya - Developer, WPRiders Himanshu Mantri - Co-Founder, 9000 BC Het Patel - TCS Shrey Chhabria - Digital Marketing consultant, Business Development Manager  Sanoja Shah - Seeking opportunities at health tech startups Ritish Khandelwal - Programmer Analyst Harsh Shah - Product and Growth Manager, BeUtopian Technosoft Pvt Ltd Kalgi Desai - Content Writer and Co-Founder of 5B Colab coworking space. Vaibhav Darji - Senior Front End Developer Utkarsh Shah - Fractional CTO Mohit Keshwani - Data Analyst, Adani Kavish Jash - Co-Founder, CodeCaste Darsh Patel - Executive at bytecitadel Bhavesh Sathwara - Founder at Sathwara InfoTech Paras Shah - Talent Acquisition, Accenture Divy Shah - XR Consultant Amit Nagar - Connexions -Fintech, BFSI, and AI Hiring Experts Niraj Pahwa - BDE @ 56N Software Pvt Ltd Jay Sadhu - DevOps engineer at yudiz solution Krupal Upadhyay - MBA  , NBS Rushikesh Kava - Founder, Learning Trek Viraj Bhatia - SDE Manish Arya - CEO, 56N Software Pvt Ltd Mantra Solanki - FPGA Developer, Vicharak Chaitanya Dhanraj - Founder, KTS Harshvardhan Bajpai - Boniqo International Kamlesh Khatri - Mobile Product Engineer Narendra Shah - Sr Manager Parshwa Shah - Owner of KraftCone Palak Makwana - Freelance social media manager and strategist Ashwani Kumar - Systems Engineer Aneri Raval - Software Engineer Aditya Mukherjee - Management Trainee @ Cygnet.One Darshan Sonani - Founder at Forthtech Khyati Dave - Founder, Famezel - For Freedom Jayni Patel - Business Analyst & Freelance BDE Ashish Patel - "Director, ProofEasy Tech Solutions" Rajnish Padhariya - Founder Polybyte Technologies Mit  Shah - Service now developer, Aavenir Amay Agrawal - Director, Ekatva Tradings Adityaraj Narsingh Rana - Architect/Light Designer Rahul Chiluka - Frontend developer Aastha Shah - executor,Kraftcone Sugriv Lodhi - FullStack Developer .Cilans System Romil Monpara - Student, Co-owner of Yamuna Industries Jigar Thacker - Staff Engineer, Colortokens Inc Rakshit Agarwal - Software Developer Tunir Sahoo - DF labs Arjun Rathod - Growth marketer sagar gopani - Senior Consultant T.R CHADHA & CO LLP Ashutosh raval - Cyber Security Professional & Founder RedHacks1 IT Security Dhwani Prajapati - Junior year Physiotherapy Student Himanshu  dadhich - Backend developer Divya Pandey - HR Manager Jash Rathod - Co-Founder, Omara Technologies Netra Goswami - Web developer,  Thinkwik technology private limited Bhavik  Sarkhedi 🪜 - Founder of Ohh My Brand Ashish Sharma - Founder Uttam Bhadiyadara - Director leading the charge at Creative design and multimedia institute - Ahmedabad Kandarp Bhatt - Click it pictures Vishal Patel - Software Engineer Ashok Ladumor - CEO - Creative Design & Multimedia Institute Mehul Fozdar - Staffchief Consultants Solutions Guru Prasad Mohapatra - CEO, Smartters Jainam Shah - Chief Product Officer, Dive with Buddy Vimal Kargathara - CMO, Coddit64 Omkar More - Student at SPUMBA
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AI is reshaping how startups innovate, scale, and compete.

Startups x AI: Opportunities, Challenges & Breakthroughs brings together founders, investors, and AI practitioners to explore how startups can leverage AI for growth, the hurdles they face, and the next wave of AI-driven breakthroughs.


Join us for eChai at IIMA Ventures for a candid discussion on real-world AI applications, challenges in building AI-first businesses, and insights from founders who are at the forefront of AI innovation. Whether you're building an AI startup or integrating AI into your business, this is where the conversation happens.

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