Founders & CTOs Building at Scale

A wide-ranging conversation for founders and CTOs about what it actually takes to lead and scale an AI company - technically and personally. Covers the human side of the CTO seat and what changes when you move from engineer to leader, the architecture decisions behind agent-first products, why LLM API costs spiral at scale and how to control them, and what breaks when AI systems move from demo to production. One session, four hard conversations founders and CTOs are usually having separately. Bengaluru Tech Week 2026 runs September 1-6, 2026 as a decentralized builder week across Bengaluru. BTW is built for founders, engineers, designers, investors, operators, researchers, students, and communities building from Bengaluru for India and the world. Explore the week at bengalurutechweek.com