The panellists in the San Francisco event explored how investing in AI isn’t only about great returns, but also about creating meaningful impact.
FinTech BizNews Service
Mumbai, 7 December 2025: Indiaspora supported the AI Impact Pre-Summit Conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA organized by the Consulate General of India in San Francisco, in collaboration with Indiaspora and Evolve Silicon Valley. Indiaspora Founder and Chairman MR Rangaswami, moderated a panel on “Investing in Responsible AI: Catalyzing Innovation, Inclusion, and Global Collaboration” featuring a dynamic exchange of ideas from leading voices across the industry. Panelists included Neeraj Arora, Managing Director at General Catalyst; Sumir Chadha, Co-founder and Managing Partner at WestBridge Capital; Surya Ganguli, Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI; Arun Kumar, Managing Partner at Celesta Capital; and Abhishek Shukla, Managing Director at Prosperity7 Ventures.
The panelists engaged in a thoughtful and pragmatic conversation on not just what’s possible, but what’s responsible. They explored how investing in AI isn’t only about great returns, but also about creating meaningful impact. We were grateful to hear from several Indiaspora members who spoke at the Summit, including Srinivas Narayan, CTO of B2B Applications, OpenAi, Dr. A.K. Pradeep, Founder & CEO, Sensori.Ai, Vishal Sikka, Founder and CEO of Vianai Systems, Varun Sivaram, Founder, Emerald AI, and Shankar Trivedi, SVP Enterprise Business, NVIDIA. A Special thank you to India’s Consulate General, San Francisco Srikar Reddy Koppula. Indiaspora was also represented by our Senior Director Manasi Dharne.
