Fireside Chat with Abhi Muchhal (Product @ OpenAI)

Part of Global AI Builder Series: by The Gen Academy

Hosted by Aishwarya Srinivasan & Arvind Narayan and Abhi Muchchal

Thu, Aug 27, 2026

2:00 AM UTC (1 hour)

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Building a career in AI as a non-coder
Aishwarya Srinivasan
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What you'll learn

From Coding Tool to Enterprise Workbench

Explore how Codex and ChatGPT Work can connect tools, context, and teams to support real enterprise workflows.

Building an Interoperable Agentic Workspace

Learn how open harnesses, plugins, repo setup, and context portability can make agent workflows easier to move & scale.

From Reactive Prompts to Proactive Automation

See how Codex can act more like a chief of staff, proactively coordinating work across Slack, Drive, Linear, & more.

Unleashing Creativity with Codex

Discover how voice, rapid prototyping, and persistent context can turn ambitious ideas into working products faster.

Why this topic matters

AI is shifting from reactive prompting to persistent, connected workflows. Codex shows what this looks like in practice: shared context, interoperable tools, proactive automation, and enterprise collaboration. This conversation explores how agentic workspaces can change how teams build, create, and operate.

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.

Abhi Muchchal

Product @ OpenAI

Abhi Muchhal is a Product Manager at OpenAI, where he leads international growth and works on expanding how people around the world use products like ChatGPT and Codex.Β 

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