Karthik Nandyal is the co-founder and co-CEO of CredCore, a New York vertical-AI company building an end-to-end platform for the roughly $5 trillion enterprise debt capital markets. A two-time founder and long-time capital markets technologist, he previously ran product and R&D for Reliance Jio's Financial Innovation Group and held roles at BNP Paribas, Instinet (Reuters), and IBM, and earlier co-founded the fashion visual-search startup Styloot. In February 2025 CredCore raised a $16M Series A led by Avataar Ventures, and its AI platform now supports oversight of more than $650B in assets under management.
Sujay Suresh Kumar is the cofounder and co-CEO of Lilu, a New York women's health hardware company building smart wearable tech for new mothers. An electrical engineer trained at the University of Pennsylvania, he designed circuits for CERN's ATLAS experiment, helped launch 4G in India at Reliance Jio, and spent two years on factory floors in Shenzhen turning a robotics-class side project into shipping products. He was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2022.
Jhanvi Shriram is the co-founder and CEO of Krikey AI, a San Francisco-based generative AI 3D animation platform that enables anyone to create professional-grade animations in minutes without prior technical experience. A Stanford BA and MBA graduate with an MFA from USC's Peter Stark Producing Program, Jhanvi previously worked at YouTube, JauntVR, and Participant Media before launching Krikey in 2016 with her sister Dr. Ketaki Shriram (CTO). Krikey has raised $22M, counts Reliance Jio, AWS Startups, T-Mobile Accelerator, and Thirty Five Ventures among its investors, and reached over 100,000 creators through integrations with Canva and Adobe Express. A Tribeca Film Festival-premiered documentary producer turned AI entrepreneur, Jhanvi sits at the intersection of creative storytelling and cutting-edge technology.