The Signal Loop: What to BUILD when you can build anything
Part of Global AI Builder Series: by The Gen Academy
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Hosted by Aishwarya Srinivasan & Arvind Narayan and Lena Hall
Tue, Sep 8, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (1 hour)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course
Tue, Sep 8, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (1 hour)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course
What you'll learn
Engineer Product Signal That Stands Out
Measure and Minimize Signal Loss
Build Feedback Loops That Drive Adoption
Why this topic matters
You'll learn from
Aishwarya Srinivasan & Arvind Narayan
AI Engineers | Building & Teaching @ The Gen Academy
Aishwarya Srinivasan is the co-founder of The Gen Academy and one of the world's most recognized AI educators, with a community of over 1.2 million AI professionals across social platforms. Previously, she led AI Developer Relations at Fireworks AI and spent over a decade building AI products and ecosystems at Google, Microsoft, and IBM. She holds a Master's in Data Science from Columbia University. Known for breaking down complex AI concepts with clarity and honesty, Aishwarya teaches builders how to move beyond demos and develop production-ready AI systems that solve real business problems.
Arvind Narayanamurthy is the Co-founder of The Gen Academy, Previously AI Solutions Architect at Ema, and Founder of Eikos Health. He has built and deployed enterprise AI systems across Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, and high-growth startups, leading initiatives that translated machine learning into measurable business impact. Arvind holds a Master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. His teaching focuses on first-principles thinking, practical engineering, and helping builders design, evaluate, and deploy reliable AI systems for production.
Lena Hall
Senior Director, Developers & AI - Akamai
Lena Hall is Senior Director of Developer & AI Strategy at Akamai, where she helps organizations adopt and scale AI in production. Previously, she led Developer Experience at AWS and held engineering and developer advocacy leadership roles at Microsoft, following her work as a software engineer at Microsoft Research. With over 15 years of experience in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI, Lena is a recognized international speaker known for her practical insights on coding agents, AI engineering, and building reliable production AI systems.
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