AI NewsUber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event

Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event

10:12 PM IST · April 24, 2026

Surprise!StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked roster of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join us to discuss, you guessed it, operating at scale in the age of AI. You’ll need to act swiftly to grab a ticket, though, for what’s becoming the go-to event within the SF startup scene next week. It’s an ideal one-stop shop for any founder or investor looking to widen their networks, deepen community ties, and learn from what’s now a wildly deep roster of speakers. Naga’s conversation with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos will cover that wide purview, exploring what it’s taken to build the many complex, interwoven systems amid the AI revolution on one of the most widely used services on the planet. And his work with Uber runs deep, having been with the company since 2015, long preceding the AI boom that is refining what CTOs have to focus on. And it’s notallAI. Naga has had a particular focus on developing earnings systems for drivers and couriers within Uber’s network, and he had previously played a key role in building LinkedIn’s early products and infrastructure that set it up to be the mainstay of professional life it is today. For those who haven’t been keeping score, we now have five (!!) speakers, including Naga: Eclipse founder and CEOLior Susan, whose recently raised $1.3 billion fund is focusing on physical AI startups, will take a deep dive into the kinds of ventures and projects that excite him and that other investors should take note of. Replit co-founder and CEOAmjad Masadwill provide a look into the future of AI-driven software development, which couldn’t be coming at a better time amid big claims about AI coding capabilities and major concerns from engineers. TDK Ventures, our sponsor for the evening, will have its president,Nicolas Sauvage, host an essential conversation about the ins and outs of raising capital from strategic backers and other early-stage investing topics that founders and VCs won’t want to miss. AndCampbell Brown, former CNN host and Meta media partnerships lead, will share her stories from entering the startup community with Forum AI, as she looks to contribute to the efforts to stem disinformation and inaccurate claims that arise from the misuse of AI. Don’t wait, don’t procrastinate,act now and snag a ticketbefore word on our latest speakers gets around. Block your calendar and make time to join the StrictlyVC community, and set yourself up for future success with the lessons learned from this SF event!