Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins StrictlyVC SF

Surprise! StrictlyVC San Franciscokicking off this year’s TechCrunch event series on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its ever-stacking speaker roster. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join us to discuss, you guessed it, operating at scale in the age of artificial intelligence.

However, you’ll need to act fast to get a ticketfor what will become the popular event in the SF startup scene next week. It’s an ideal one-stop shop for any founder or investor looking to expand their networks, deepen community ties, and learn from what is now an exceptionally deep roster of speakers.

Naga’s conversation with TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos will cover that broad perspective, exploring what it takes to build the many complex, intertwined systems amid the AI ​​revolution in one of the most widely used services on the planet. And his work with Uber runs deep, having been with the company since 2015, long before the explosion of artificial intelligence that improves what CTOs need to focus on.

And it isn’t all ALL INCLUDED. Naga has particularly focused on developing earnings systems for drivers and couriers within the Uber network and previously played a key role in building LinkedIn’s early products and infrastructure that made it the mainstay of professional life it is today.

For those who haven’t kept score, we now have five (!!) speakers, including Naga:

Founder and CEO of Eclipse Lior Susanwhose recently raised $1.3 billion fund focuses on natural AI startups, will take a deep dive into the kinds of ventures and projects that excite him and that other investors should take note of.

Co-founder and CEO of Replit Amjad Massad will provide a glimpse into the future of AI-driven software development, which couldn’t come at a better time amid big claims about AI coding capabilities and serious concerns from engineers.

TDK Ventures, our sponsor for the evening, will have its president, Nicolas Sauvagehosts a substantive discussion on the ins and outs of raising capital from strategic backers and other early-stage investment topics that founders and VCs won’t want to miss.

And Campbell Brownformer CNN host and Meta’s head of media partnerships, will share her stories of entering the startup community with Forum AI as she looks to contribute to efforts to curb misinformation and inaccurate claims arising from the misuse of AI.

Don’t wait, don’t delay, act now and buy a ticket before news of our latest speakers comes out. Block out your calendar and take the time to join the StrictlyVC community and set yourself up for future success with the lessons learned from this SF event!