Build the Vibe TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 6/18

A new type of founder is evolving.

The tech industry, an ecosystem that once promised careers attached to a rocketship and a path to IPO-millionaire-dom isn't reliably doing either anymore. Layoffs have made the old trajectories unreliable. The tools to build have changed too. What used to take a co-founder, a dev team, and 18 months now takes a weekend and a working laptop.

The result is a founder who doesn't wait for permission. They don't pitch a roadmap. They ship working products and iterate in public, often before they raise a dollar.

This is a live AI build sprint. Eight selected teams arrive with working AI builds. Onsite, our judges issue a live directive, and each team has 60 minutes to ship against it. The real story in AI isn't what teams pitch, it's what they ship when the directive lands cold.TechWalkLive is built around that founder. Meet the judges who will decide the winner:

• 1_RUPA BHAGWAT, SENIOR AI PRODUCT MANAGER, INDUSTRIAL AI AGENTS, IFS LOOPS

• 2_IQRA SHAIKH, PRODUCT MANAGER, MICROSOFT (SQL DEVELOPER TOOLS, VS CODE)

• 3_KASHYAP TUMKUR, ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, AI INITIATIVES, VERILY (ALPHABET)

• 4_AUGUST RADJOE, CO-FOUNDER & CTO, AMBRA

• 5_DEVANG SHARMA, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, META (AI ARCHITECTURE)

• 6_SRISHTI CHAUDHARY, SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEER, PORTAL (AI-INVESTMENT CO-PILOT)

• 7_SAHIL SACHDEVA, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, LINKEDIN

• 8_ELLIE DAW, FOUNDER, GJALLA (GOVERNANCE INFRA FOR AGENTIC ENGINEERING)

Co-hosted with our partners:

• Snowflake SV AI Hub

• Latina Geeks

• Echoes in AI

• Mountain Branch Consulting

Are you a builder? This registration page is for attendees. If you want to compete, visit https://forms.gle/H8cYkhtmqb5ymNAK7 to apply.

= = = = = = = = MEET THE JUDGES:1_RUPA BHAGWAT, SENIOR AI PRODUCT MANAGER, INDUSTRIAL AI AGENTS, IFS LOOPS

2_IQRA SHAIKH, PRODUCT MANAGER, MICROSOFT (SQL DEVELOPER TOOLS, VS CODE)

3_KASHYAP TUMKUR, ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, AI INITIATIVES, VERILY (ALPHABET)

4_AUGUST RADJOE, CO-FOUNDER & CTO, AMBRA

5_DEVANG SHARMA, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, META (AI ARCHITECTURE)

6_SRISHTI CHAUDHARY, SENIOR FULL STACK ENGINEER, PORTAL (AI-INVESTMENT CO-PILOT)

7_SAHIL SACHDEVA, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, LINKEDIN

8_ELLIE DAW, FOUNDER, GJALLA (GOVERNANCE INFRA FOR AGENTIC ENGINEERING)

Are you a builder? This registration page is for attendees. If you want to compete, visit https://forms.gle/H8cYkhtmqb5ymNAK7 to apply.

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