Startups x AI : Opportunities, Challenges & Breakthroughs - Hyderabad Edition

Happened on June 27, Friday, 2025
5:00pm — 07:00pm (GMT+05:30)
CIE at IIIT Hyderabad
64 slots booked.
Yashwanth Bondapalli - Ai developer Sai Shekar Peddi - Project Lead Vamsi Rajagiri - DevOps Engineer, NPCI Varun Kommineni - Freelancer Hari Akanksh - Founder, AK Maruthi Pathapati - Founder, Taramicro Technologies Sowmya Darapaneni - Co-Founder, Avinya NeuroTech Private Limited Vishnu N C - Founder at TheAlpha.dev Charan Sai Tarra - Founder Arshad Ali - Student, Loyola Academy Sneha Reddy - Software engineer at Cisco Sai Vineeth Malyala - Co Founder - TravShack Vidhi Agarwal - Vidhi - Founder Sanya Mishra - Software Engineer Devi varaPrasad - Devops Engineer Devraj Kallappa Bakchowde - Founder, Pomplet Santosh  kumar Thota - "JatayuvAi , founder" Saikiran Jalagam - Ceo of discovercap Pramod Nalluri - Scrum master Akash Jaladurgam - Product Designer Sanjeev Kumar - Software Engineer, Ticmint Ganesh Surya Apparao Adari - Project Coordination Rajeev Saxena - Associate Director DEVULAPALLY MADHURI . - Student at KL University DEVULAPALLY JYOTHIKA - Full stack developer at Echowin Wealth Rizwan Mohamed - Dhairyam AI KARTHIK RAJ P K - Investor at Greeds | Product Management & Branding Professional kriti's techno - Engineer Raja Ramana Bayya - Operations Executive, RoaDo Hari Krishna K - Business Analyst, Deloitte USI Harish Gudelly - Head of AI Bantaram Neeraja - CA Aspirant, Freelancer Varun Surolia - Content Intern Surampudi Lakshman Kumar - Independent Data Analyst Avinash Mamidala -  Founder , CEO - Mamidala Ashish Kumar Pathak -   Co-founder Serveskill Raghavendar  lokineni - Founder - AloyFit #smart platform dietitians and nutritionists Janavi Gadapa - Solutions Engineer Sandhya Ronanki - Solutions Engineer, Orbital Gopal Gawande - Co-Founder, Mishra’s art studio Raunak Jha - Venture and Technology Manager, River Venture Studio Umesh Arendala - Vykon Space REDDY AJAY - Automation Test Engineer Vardan I Am the Creator - Writer
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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 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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