Fireside Chat with Avinav Pashine (Product Lead @ Meta)

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,

Avinav Pashine is a Product Lead for AI Wearables at Meta, working at the intersection of computer vision, large language models, and next-generation computing experiences. He has spent more than a decade building 0→1 products, with a focus on turning emerging technologies into products people can use in the real world. His work explores how AI can move beyond screens to understand our environment, movement, and physical context.