Event Concluded

That's a wrap!

Thank you to every founder, speaker, volunteer and partner who made it.

The most hands-on edition yet
Small cohort, built for real connection
4
Editions completed
500+
Startups taken to the US market
80
Founders for the 2026 edition
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// IMPACT REPORT

Caravan '26, in numbers and stories.

Five days in the Bay Area with 80 AI founders. Here's what happened, and what it led to.

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// SPEAKERS

The founders and operators who shared the stage.

Aditya Chauhan
Aditya Chauhan
// Anthropic
GTM
Aishwarya Goel
Aishwarya Goel
// Inferless (acquired by Baseten)
Co-founder
Ajeet Singh
Ajeet Singh
// ThoughtSpot
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
Akash Agarwal
Akash Agarwal
// Pibit AI
Founder
Arjun Pillai
Arjun Pillai
// Docket
Co-founder & CEO
Arko C
Arko C
// Pipeshift
CEO
Arun Kumar
Arun Kumar
// ShellKode
Co-founder & CEO
Arvind Parthiban
Arvind Parthiban
// SuperOps
Co-founder & CEO
Ayan Barua
Ayan Barua
// Ampersand
Co-founder and CEO
Brent Dance
Brent Dance
// Stripe
Head of Startups
Cindy Duong
Cindy Duong
// Metronome (Stripe)
Solutions Engineer
Dev Khare
Dev Khare
// Lightspeed India
Partner
Dharmesh Thakker
Dharmesh Thakker
// Battery Ventures
General Partner
Eric Vallone
Eric Vallone
// Vallone Coaching & Consulting
Executive Coach to Founders and Leadership Teams
Gayathri Padmanabhan
Gayathri Padmanabhan
// ElevenLabs
GTM Partnerships
Girish Redekar
Girish Redekar
// Sprinto
Co-founder & CEO
Guru Hariharan
Guru Hariharan
// CommerceIQ
Founder
Jessica Gilmartin
Jessica Gilmartin
// Calendly
Ex-CRO & CMO
Madhav Jha
Madhav Jha
// Emergent
Co-founder & CTO
Nirman Dave
Nirman Dave
// Product Lead
Microsoft Discovery
Poojan Kumar
Poojan Kumar
// Clumio
Co-founder
Prakhar Jain
Prakhar Jain
// Ex Whatfix
Ex VP of Sales
Sanjay Subramaniam
Sanjay Subramaniam
// Pramaana Labs
Co-founder
Scott Woody
Scott Woody
// Stripe (CEO and Founder, Metronome)
Head of Rev Suite
Smita Hashim
Smita Hashim
// Disruptive Ventures
Partner
Srikrishnan Ganesan
Srikrishnan Ganesan
// Rocketlane
Co-founder & CEO
Sriram Santhanam
Sriram Santhanam
// AWS India
Head of Startup Business
Sudarshan Kamath
Sudarshan Kamath
// Smallest AI
Co-founder & CEO
T.R. Vishwanath
T.R. Vishwanath
// Glean
Co-founder & CTO
Tanmai Gopal
Tanmai Gopal
// PromptQL
Co-founder & CEO
Vinod Muthukrishnan
Vinod Muthukrishnan
// Cisco
VP/GM Webex Customer Experience
Yash Sheth
Yash Sheth
// Galileo (acquired by Cisco)
Co-founder & CTO
// AGENDA

Five days in the Bay Area. Built to compound.

10:00 – 11:00 AM
Arrival and Registrations
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Welcome and Context Setting
Arjun Pillai
Arjun Pillai
Co-founder & CEO, Docket
Arvind Parthiban
Arvind Parthiban
Co-founder & CEO, SuperOps
Niraj Ranjan Rout
Niraj Ranjan Rout
Founder & CEO, Hiver
Keerthi Madhu
Keerthi Madhu
COO, AIBoomi
Kalyan Varma
Kalyan Varma
Co-Founder & CEO, Almabase
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Fireside
Building Now vs. Then: Perspectives from a 2X Unicorn Founder
Ajeet Singh
Ajeet Singh
Co-founder & Executive Chairman, ThoughtSpot
Moderator and Session Manager: Niraj Ranjan Rout — Founder and CEO, Hiver
12:00 – 12:45 PM
Fireside
How the Product Organization,Roles, and Collaboration are Evolving in the AI Era
Smita Hashim
Smita Hashim
Partner, Disruptive Ventures
Moderator and Session Manager: Arvind Parthiban — Founder and CEO, SuperOps AI
12:45 – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Founder Intros and Pod Activity
Pod Session
Session Managers: Siddhant Mohan — Co-Founder and CEO, Qodex.ai,
Kalyan Varma — Co-Founder and CEO, Almabase
4:00 – 4:15 PM
Break
4:15 – 5:00 PM
Talk
Building Venture Backable Business in this Era Where Labs are Commoditizing Softwares
Sudarshan Kamath
Sudarshan Kamath
Co-founder & CEO, Smallest AI
Session Manager: Ankit Kumar — AI Strategist and PM, BuildForward
5:05 – 5:50 PM
Talk
Building Below the App Layer: Lessons from DeepMind to a Neo Lab
Sanjay Subramaniam
Sanjay Subramaniam
Co-founder, Pramaana Labs
Session Manager: Kalyan Varma Co-Founder and CEO, Almabase
5:45 – 6:15 PM
Break
6:15 – 7:00 PM
Fireside
From SaaS to AI: The Playbook Has Flipped
Dharmesh Thakker
Dharmesh Thakker
General Partner, Battery Ventures
Moderator: Vinod Muthukrishnan — VP/GM Webex Customer Experience, Cisco
Session Manager: Avinash Raghava — Founding Volunteer and CEO, AIBoomi
7:00 – 7:30 PM
Talk
Cultural Aspects of Doing Business in the US
Vinod Muthukrishnan
Vinod Muthukrishnan
VP/GM Webex Customer Experience, Cisco
Session Manager: Avinash Raghava — Founding Volunteer and CEO, AIBoomi
7:30 – 9:30 PM
Founder Cohort Dinner · Draper University, Great Hall
For more detailed agenda please download the BoomiXP app.
// PREVIOUS EDITIONS
Four years. 500+ founders.
Caravan 2023
Edition 012023 →

Caravan 2023

Building a strong India-US SaaS corridor

Caravan 2024
Edition 022024 →

Caravan 2024

Learning to build and scale in the US

Caravan 2025
Edition 032025 →

Caravan 2025

From India-first to U.S.-ready

// VOLUNTEERS

The people who made Caravan '26 happen.

Abhilasha Juneja
Abhilasha Juneja
// Founder & CEO
FlairX
Ankit Kumar
Ankit Kumar
// AI Product Manager | Strategist
Distyl AI
Arjun Pillai
Arjun Pillai
// Co-Founder & CEO
Docket.ai
Arvind Parthiban
Arvind Parthiban
// Co-Founder & CEO
Superops.ai
Avinash Raghava
Avinash Raghava
// CEO & Founding Volunteer
AIBoomi
Jitesh Luthra
Jitesh Luthra
// Chief of Staff
HydrDB
Kalyan Varma
Kalyan Varma
// Co-Founder & CEO
Almabase
Keerthi Madhu
Keerthi Madhu
// COO
AIBoomi
Kiran Sattiraju
Kiran Sattiraju
// Founder
Juvorix
Manjot Pahwa
Manjot Pahwa
// Head of Early Stage Technology Investments
Premji Invest
Maruthi Medisetty
Maruthi Medisetty
// Co-Founder
Nevara
Niraj Ranjan Rout
Niraj Ranjan Rout
// Founder & CEO
Hiver
Radhika Chugh
Radhika Chugh
// Fractional Marketer (Project)
Tagalys
Sandeep Todi
Sandeep Todi
// Lead Volunteer – US Chapter
AIBoomi
Sathya V
Sathya V
// Founder
Productize Inc
Siddhant Mohan
Siddhant Mohan
// Founder
Qodex.ai
Tejas Pandit
Tejas Pandit
// Co-Founder & CEO
MeshDefend
Vinod Muthukrishnan
Vinod Muthukrishnan
// VP / GM Webex Customer Experience
Cisco

Sponsors

Supporting Partners
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Our Ecosystem Partners

Platinum
AccelPeak XV Partners
Gold
Avataar VenturesDC AdvisoryEight RoadsLightspeedStripe
Silver
BatteryB Capital GroupEfficient Capital LabsIdeaspring Capital

See you at Caravan '27

Come with a product. Leave with more certainty.