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Come with your AI product and open questions. Leave with real progress, better decisions, deeper market context, and connections that last.

The most hands-on edition yet

Small cohort, built for real connection

Editions completed

500+

Startups taken to the US market

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Event Concluded22–26 September · San Francisco Bay Area

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// WHY CARAVAN'26?

Don't just learn about the US market. Experience it.

Building is easier than ever. Understanding the market you're building for isn't. Spend a week working on your company, immersed in the market, conversations, and people you're building for.

Now in its fifth edition — four years of taking ambitious India-origin founders into the heart of the US ecosystem.

// WHAT YOU'LL DO

Build · Distribute · Connect

Foundation

Know exactly who you're building for

Narrow in on your ICP, validate your positioning, and prepare for real conversations with US buyers.

Build

Make better product decisions

Pressure-test your product, positioning, and pricing in founder workshops and hands-on working sessions.

Distribute

Win customers, not just attention

Work through distribution challenges, refine your messaging, and sharpen your path to the US market.

Summit

Build relationships that compound

Every workshop, cohort, and conversation is designed to move your company — and your network — forward.

// 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

Co-founder & CEO, Docket

Arvind Parthiban

Co-founder & CEO, SuperOps

Niraj Ranjan Rout

Founder & CEO, Hiver

Keerthi Madhu

COO, AIBoomi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

// VOLUNTEERS

The people who make Caravan happen

Abhilasha Juneja

// Founder & CEO

FlairX

Ankit Kumar

// AI Product Manager | Strategist

Distyl AI

Arjun Pillai

// Co-Founder & CEO

Docket.ai

Arvind Parthiban

// Co-Founder & CEO

Superops.ai

Avinash Raghava

// CEO & Founding Volunteer

AIBoomi

Jitesh Luthra

// Chief of Staff

HydrDB

Kalyan Varma

// Co-Founder & CEO

Almabase

Keerthi Madhu

// COO

AIBoomi

Kiran Sattiraju

// Founder

Juvorix

Manjot Pahwa

// Head of Early Stage Technology Investments

Premji Invest

Maruthi Medisetty

// Co-Founder

Nevara

Niraj Ranjan Rout

// Founder & CEO

Hiver

Radhika Chugh

// Fractional Marketer (Project)

Tagalys

Sandeep Todi

// Lead Volunteer – US Chapter

AIBoomi

Sathya V

// Founder

Productize Inc

Siddhant Mohan

// Founder

Qodex.ai

Tejas Pandit

// Co-Founder & CEO

MeshDefend

Vinod Muthukrishnan

// VP / GM Webex Customer Experience

Cisco

// COMMONLY ASKED

Some things you'd like to know

Caravan is designed for founders building AI-native or AI-powered companies with an early product and encouraging signals. If you're actively building for the U.S. market, or preparing to enter it, and are looking to sharpen your product, distribution, and company-building decisions, you'll get the most value from the week.

Yes. Every application is reviewed individually. We're intentional about building a cohort where founders can genuinely learn from one another, challenge each other's thinking, and build meaningful relationships throughout the week. It's less about the company stage alone and more about ambition, relevance, and the value each founder brings to the room.

You can, but Caravan is designed for founders who are ready to act, not just explore. If you're still validating ideas or deciding whether the U.S. is the right market, you may find the experience less relevant. The week is built around founders already making product, positioning, and distribution decisions for the U.S. market.

Caravan is designed to encourage open, honest conversations, so sessions won't be recorded. Where speakers are happy to share their presentation materials, we'll make them available to attendees after the event. Some workshops and discussions are intentionally kept off the record to preserve the quality of conversations.

Yes. If you require an invitation letter to support your U.S. visa application, we're happy to help. Just write to sradha@aiboomi.org and cc keerthi@aiboomi.org with your request, and our team will guide you through the process.

If you're staying near the event, public transport (including Caltrain and BART) covers most routes comfortably. If you're planning to explore the Bay Area, meet customers, or travel beyond the main hubs, renting a car will give you the most flexibility.

We'll create a dedicated WhatsApp community closer to the event so founders can introduce themselves, connect ahead of time, coordinate plans, and start building relationships before Caravan begins.

Build your

Don't just learn about the US market. Experience it.

Know exactly who you're building for

Make better product decisions

Win customers, not just attention

Build relationships that compound

Learn from founders who've cracked the US, year after year

Five days in the Bay Area. Built to compound.

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The people who make Caravan happen

Sponsors

Our Ecosystem Partners

Some things you'd like to know

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