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Two days down, TechSparks 2025, India’s most influential startup-tech conference by YourStory, is only getting bolder. If day one captured the pulse of India’s startup ambition, day two dived deeper into what truly powers the country’s innovation engine, and the final day is where the future starts to look real. Today, the conversations will focus on engines driving the ‘India 2030: Powered by AI’ vision. From advanced infrastructure and limitless storytelling tools to mobility breakthroughs and global-first consumer innovation, day three promises power-packed fireside chats and panel discussions. The morning kicks off with a masterclass from Ronnie Screwvala, Co-founder of upGrad and Swades Foundation, on building ‘the next big thing’. He will talk about scaling ventures that are lean, yet built for Bharat’s billions. As founders chase speed and efficiency, Groq’s Jonathan Ross will break down what it truly takes to move intelligence faster than imagination, and what infrastructure readiness means for a nation aiming to lead the AI age. Following it, Pocket Entertainment’s Rohan Nayak takes centre stage to decode how AI-first content platforms are turning India’s storytelling superpower into a global cultural export. Shifting the focus to India’s mobility revolution, Aravind Sanka, Co-founder of Rapido, will map the ride-sharing company's evolution from bikes to cabs to travel and delivery—powered by speed, execution, and endurance. Consumer brands are no longer built for India alone. With culture as capital and tech as leverage, Ananth Narayanan, Founder and CEO of BRND.ME (formerly Mensa Brands) will share how India’s digital-first brands can pack a global punch, from supply chain to storytelling. As the day progresses, Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, South Asia at NVIDIA, examines how India can go beyond being a developer hub to become a source of global AI products and platforms. As AI workloads transform global energy demand, Amrit Acharya and Srinath Ramakrishnan, Co-founders of Zetwerk, will unpack how India’s solar advantage and data centre build-out could become the country’s most underrated superpower in the AI race. Other notable speakers of the day include Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed India; Vivek Raghavan, Co-founder of Sarvam AI; Anish Thambi, Head of Marketing, India at Snowflake; Ganesh Ramakrishnan, PI-Bharat Gen, Professor at IIT Bombay; Aditya Soni, Founder and CEO at CheQ; Saurabh Tiwari, CTO at PolicyBazaar; and Sandeep Alur, CTO, Microsoft Innovation Hub, at Microsoft India; and Jatin Saini, Founder of House of Creators, among others. Buckle up, the next decade of innovation is being built in real-time, right here at TechSparks 2025! (Edited by Suman Singh)
