Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga Joins Stacked StrictlyVC SF Lineup for April 30 Event

TechCrunch's StrictlyVC San Francisco event is getting a new addition to its roster of speakers: Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga, who will discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.

TechCrunch's StrictlyVC San Francisco event, which kicks off this year's events lineup on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, has added Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga to its increasingly stacked roster of speakers. Naga will join TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos for a conversation that will cover the wide purview of operating at scale in the age of AI.

Naga has been with Uber since 2015, long preceding the AI boom that is refining what CTOs have to focus on. His work with Uber runs deep, having been involved in developing earnings systems for drivers and couriers within Uber's network. He has also previously played a key role in building LinkedIn's early products and infrastructure that set it up to be the mainstay of professional life it is today.

Other notable speakers include Eclipse founder and CEO Lior Susan, whose recently raised $1.3 billion fund is focusing on physical AI startups. Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad will provide a look into the future of AI-driven software development. TechCrunch event

TDK Ventures, our sponsor for the evening, will have its president, Nicolas Sauvage, host an essential conversation about the ins and outs of raising capital from strategic backers and other early-stage investing topics that founders and VCs won't want to miss. Campbell Brown, former CNN host and Meta media partnerships lead, will share her stories from entering the startup community with Forum AI, as she looks to contribute to the efforts to stem disinformation and inaccurate claims that arise from the misuse of AI.

Don't wait, don't procrastinate, act now and snag a ticket before word on our latest speakers gets around. Block your calendar and make time to join the StrictlyVC community, and set yourself up for future success with the lessons learned from this SF event!

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