16:00 · Asia / KolkataBengaluru, India, Bengaluru, India
The Agentic Era: What the next generation of AI startups will build, and how they will win globally
AI is moving from generating answers to carrying out increasingly complex, long-horizon work. For founders, this is more than another technology cycle. It changes which companies can be built, where durable advantage will come from, how teams are organised, and how quickly startups can reach global scale.
For our upcoming edition of AI Tuesdays, join us for an AMA with Marc Manara, Head of Startups at OpenAI. Drawing on Marc’s work with startups and founders around the world, the AMA will explore the strategic questions that define company-building in the agentic era.
Themes we will explore
What should founders build in the agentic era? Where is genuine global demand, and which categories remain open?
As intelligence becomes cheaper and more accessible, what becomes valuable? Which sources of competitive advantage will endure as intelligence becomes abundant?
What will the AI-native company look like? How will smaller teams build, operate, and scale differently, and the reality behind the "one-person unicorn"?
What should founders own or build versus source from frontier-model platforms? How should they balance differentiation with platform dependence?
What does it take to build a global category leader from India? How can founders turn local strengths into global advantage?
Format
A sharp, opinionated AMA. Doors open at 4:00 PM; conversation starts at 4:15 PM sharp and runs for 60 minutes, including audience Q&A. Open discussion and networking to follow.
Who it's for
AI founders, AI PMs, AI engineers, AI operators, AI researchers, and anyone building with or thinking hard about the agentic era.
Seats are intentionally limited to keep the room high-signal. Apply to attend!
The event will be moderated by Amrut Rajkarne, AI Investor at Nexus Venture Partners.