Community Beat: The Yearly Desi Tech Tradition – TiEcon 2025
“Owning & Winning” Panel at TiEcon 2025 brought together Vivek Ranadivé, Tom Werner, Paul Wachter, and Satyan Gajwani and moderated by Jagdeep Singh Bachher on media and culture in the AI age. (All images Vansh A. Gupta/Siliconeer)
TiEcon 2025, held April 30 to May 2 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, brought together over 3,000 entrepreneurs, technologists, and investors under the theme “AiVerse.” The summit explored how AI is transforming industries from healthcare and cybersecurity to media and finance.

Keynotes featured leaders like Vivek Ranadivé (Sacramento Kings), Satyan Gajwani (Times Internet), Jagdeep Singh Bachher (UC), Nidhi Gupta (Etsy), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), and more.


