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NEHA MUNDRAAug 22, 2026

What an incredible evening it was...! Grateful to have attended an event hosted by FoundHer House at OpenAI OpenAI Developers An intimate gathering (space was limited, so could get into limited slot) but that was a room full of founders being real about how they got here. We heard founding stories, the messy middles, and the moments that shaped how these women think about building. A huge highlight was the Healthcare & Bio-Tech panel: Ania Bilski, MD from OpenEvidence Tanvi Jayaraman, MD from ŌURA Kavita Kulkarni from Biohub Havi N. from Abby Care Danielle Schlosser, PhD from mpathic Their conversation on where AI is actually moving the needle in healthcare and where it still needs a human in the loop was one of the most grounded panels I've seen on the topic. Beyond the panels, the room itself was stacked with builders across health, fintech, security, robotics, & beyond who pitched their product: Anantika Mannby from Perfit Sasha Surkin from Theo Vision Myra Kirmani from Elara health Sahiti Dasari from Olo Security Monica Alifantis from Start Strong Cheyoung Ahn from Commit.Social Rayna Arora from Flippd Arianna Tan from Doors Zarah Khondoker from Khora Caraíosa O'Farrell from Kerra Simmi Sen from Crebit Miki S-Y from Northstar Grace Brown from Andromeda We also caught the Software Infra panel, featuring: Shensi Ding from Merge Mary G. from Cognition Hahnbee Lee from Mintlify So much talent building quietly and boldly at the same time. Thank you FoundHer House for creating a space like this and to everyone who shared their story so openly. (And if I missed tagging someone since the room was full of incredible people and I'm sure I lost track of a few, for which I sincerely apologize but, please drop your name in the comments. #FoundHerHouse #WomenInTech #HealthTech #AI #Founders #Builders #SF

NEHA MUNDRASep 4, 2026

What a amazing event - #Smart Venture Media 100 Summit 2026. Grace Gong  no one can match your energy running this. It kicked off with Grace introducing herself and sharing how these events came to be. It started with AI security : Defending the new attack surface. With incredible panels like - Alex Stamos, CPO at Corridor Emilio E., CISO at Datadog Joel de la Garza, Investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz Snehal Antani, CEO at Horizon 3.ai Moderator - Grace Gong Followed by panel for Building AI companies that last. It had amazing speakers like- Sri Viswanath, CEO at Sycamore Snehal Antani, CEO at Horizon3.ai Brendan Ittelson, Chief Ecosystem Officer at Zoom Moderator - Grace Gong Then Fireside - AI at Scale There was great insight from Amit Zavery, President, CPO & COO at ServiceNow Moderator - Grace Gong Then discussion on topic What CIO's are actually Buying with Sreeveni Kancharla, CIO at Sailpoint & Moderator Yousuf Khan, Founder at Clario Followed by John Lin, Managing Partner from Linea Ventures Then there was a discussion on : Where the Money is going in AI Infrastructure. Panels - Gaurav Bhogale, Partner at Mantis Venture Capital Jordan Segall, Partner at Redpoint Brian Zhan, Partner at Striker Venture Capital David Kwon, Partner at Abstract Amit Chaturvedy, Managing Partner from SE Ventures with Moderator Grace Gong. Then panel was about Inference at Scale Debajyoti (Debo) Datta, Co-Founder from HippocraticAI Lance Matthews, Partner at DTCP Aaron Jacobson, Partner at NEA Alberto T., CEO & Cofounder from ZReactor Then Fireside chat on AI Native Services - the next frontier of VC Investing Dan Mishin, founder of Manifest OS Jake Saper, GP from Emergence Capital Then there was a Fireside chat with Grace Gong & George Hu, President at FireworksAI Then Sequoia One Fireside Chat with Kyle Holm, VP at Sequoia Jonathan Moore, PM Leader from Sequoia Folowed by Panel on What AI needs to work in the Real World Marshall Choy, CBO at Rebellions Philip Rathle, CTO from Neo4j Boris Sofman, CEO from Bedrock Robotics Russ d'Sa, CEO fromLiveKit With Moderator Grace Gong Followed by Panel discussing on Inference / Security / Data / Enterprise Kai Mak, CRO at Together AI Nancy Wang, CTO at 1Password Ross Fubini, Managing Partner, XYZ Venture Capital Eric Ho, CEO from Goodfire Jordan Tigani, CEO from MotherDuck with Moderator Grace Gong Then panel discussion on Models & Evals Andrew Dai, Co-founder at Elorian AI Anand Kannappan, CEO at Patronus AI Rong Yan, CTO at HeyGen Jason Goodison, CTO at General Compute Saurabh Sharma, CPO at You.com with Moderator Jake Flomenberg, General Partner, from Wing Venture Capital This event had so many more panels, booths, and demos that LinkedIn wouldn't let me tag due to mention limits. So, sharing the rest in comments. Thank you for amazing pictures Kevin Mei If I missed tagging you, I sincerely apologize but please feel free to dm me so that I can add in the list.

NEHA MUNDRASep 17, 2026

The marketing strategy by PromptQL is genuinely interesting. Once a month, they do Food Maxxing i.e., pick a famous food item, invite people to join, and let the product do the talking after everyone’s had a bite. After all, great conversations start with food. Yesterday’s edition was Bao Maxxing, presented by Rupt × PromptQL, featuring PINEAPPLE KING BAKERY INC. This might be one of the best combinations of food + an actually interesting product launch I’ve been to in a while. The format was genuinely fun: Started with fresh pineapple buns and baked baos. Then PromptQL co-founder Rajoshi Ghosh & her team demoed their newest launch, #Multiplayer Bots, live. Then they opened it up to the room where everyone got to suggest ideas for the next Maxxing right inside the bot. Watching a room full of people install the app and just start playing with it in real time was probably my favorite part. That’s a way better product demo than any slide deck. Then PromptQL customer Jon Chee and Sasha Farina talked through how Excedr is using Multiplayer AI in production. Rupt CEO Jason Lucash gave a quick intro to what they’re building. He & his team had some pretty cool customized products on display & fortune cookies for all attendees, and a few lucky attendees even walked away with some of the Rupt's products. Good bao, good people, and a good look at what’s coming next 😎 Come for the food, stay for the ideas. Seems to be working pretty well 😉 P.S. Jason Lucash casually making sure Rupt gets some product placement in the photo 😉 #AI #SF #Events #MultiplayerAI #Tech