HIGHLIGHTS-AI IMPACT PRE-SUMMIT CONFERENCE

Highlights from the AI Impact Pre-Summit Conference, held on December 3, 2025 in Silicon Valley, capture the opening chapter of a global dialogue that leads into the flagship AI Impact Summit scheduled for 19–20 February 2026 in New Delhi, to be inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The Pre-Summit convened industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, think tanks, and policy voices from Silicon Valley to surface the critical themes, priorities, and debates shaping the agenda for New Delhi. These conversations laid the groundwork for deeper engagement on advancing Artificial Intelligence responsibly, inclusively, and at scale in the years ahead.

FEATURING -
Dr. K. Srikar Reddy, Consulate General of India in San Francisco
  / srikar-reddy-koppula-b966aa293  
Ram Reddy, CEO & Board Member, Evolve Silicon Valley Foundation
  / ramreddyk  
MR Rangaswami, Founder at Indiaspora, CEF & Sand Hill Group
  / mr-rangaswami-b5a08762  
Abhishek Singh, DG NIC & Additional Secretary, MeitY
LinkedIn:   / abhisheksinghias  
Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Envoy for Digital & Emerging Techs
  / amandeep-gill-33052416  
Namgya C. Khampa, Deputy Chief of Mission
Jovita Neliupšienė, EU Ambassador to the United States
  / jovita-neliupsiene  
Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures
Company: https://www.khoslaventures.com/
LinkedIn:   / vinod-khosla-65387416  
Vinod K. Aggarwal, Distinguished Professor of Political Science University of California, Berkeley
  / vinod-k-aggarwal-5090aa8  
Vishal Sikka, Founder and CEO of Vianai Systems
Company: https://www.vian.ai/
LinkedIn:   / vishal-sikka-869a6b2  
Dr. A.K. Pradeep, CEO of Sensori.Ai
Company: https://www.sensori.ai/
LinkedIn:   / dr-a-k-pradeep-5074933  
Abhishek Shukla, Managing Director & Head of North America, Prosperity7 Ventures
Company: https://www.prosperity7vc.com/
LinkedIn:   / ashukla1  
Sumir Chadha, Co-founder & Managing Partner at WestBridge Capital
Company: https://westbridgecap.com/
LinkedIn:   / sumir-chadha-bb8b563  
Neeraj Arora, Managing Director, General Catalyst
Company: https://www.generalcatalyst.com/
LinkedIn:   / neerajarora  
Arun Kumar, Managing Partner, Celesta Capital
Company: https://www.celesta.vc/
LinkedIn:   / arunmkumar  
Velchamy Sankarlingam, President, Product & Engineering, Zoom Video Communications
Company: https://www.zoom.com/
LinkedIn:   / velchamy  
Justin Dustzadeh, Chief Technology Officer at Equinix
Company: https://www.equinix.com/
LinkedIn:   / justindustzadeh  
Shanker Trivedi, SVP, Enterprise Business, NVIDIA
Company: https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/
LinkedIn:   / shanker-trivedi-12540  
Varun Sivaram, Founder and CEO, Emerald AI
Company: https://www.emeraldai.co/
LinkedIn:   / varunsivaram  
Paula Goldman, Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, Salesforce
Company: https://www.salesforce.com/
LinkedIn:   / paula-goldman-b79ba12  
Natasha Crampton, VP, Chief Responsible AI Officer, Microsoft
Company: https://www.microsoft.com/
LinkedIn:   / natasha-crampton-21189717  
Meerah Rajavel, CIO, Palo Alto Networks
LinkedIn:   / meerah-rajavel  
https://energy.stanford.edu/
Julie Huguet, Director French Tech Mission, Paris
  / julie-huguet-8742685a  
Michael Sellitto, Head of Global Affairs at Anthropic
  / michael-sellitto  
Srinivas Narayanan, CTO of B2B Applications, OpenAI
LinkedIn:   / srinivasnarayanan  
Sachit Kamat, Chief Product Officer at eightfold.ai
LinkedIn:   / sachit  
Dev Khare, Partner at Lightspeed | Investor in software/digital startups originating in India/SE Asia
LinkedIn:   / dkhare  
Surya Ganguli, Professor at Stanford (AI, Neuro, Physics), Venture Partner at General Catalyst
LinkedIn:   / surya-ganguli-03867537  
Ben Gomes, Chief Technologist, Learning and Sustainability
LinkedIn:   / ben-gomes1  
Sripal Reddy, Tech Consul, Consulate General of India, San Francisco
  / sripal-reddy-408690180  

HOST & MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Jyoti Kukreja, Ecosystem Builder
  / jyoti-kukreja  

EVENT ORGANISERS/PARTNERS
Consulate General of India, San Francisco, USA
https://www.cgisf.gov.in/
Indiaspora, Inc.
https://indiaspora.org/
Evolve Silicon Valley Foundation
https://evolvesv.org/

MUSIC/VIDEO CREDITS
Envato
https://elements.envato.com/
Pictory.ai
https://app.pictory.ai/