First Rays Venture Partners

    First Rays AI Portfolio Day

    State of Enterprise AI: A Practitioner's View

    Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026

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    Agenda

    1. Opening · 4:00–4:30 PM

      Where are we in the AI Adoption Journey

      • Alok Nandan, First Rays Team
      • Amit Sridharan, First Rays Team
    2. Keynote 1 · 4:30–4:45 PM

      Past the Pilot: What Enterprise AI Takes to Ship

      • Rajkumar Sen, Ex-Founder, Arcion Labs (acq. by Databricks) · Ex-Databricks
    3. Keynote 2 · 4:45–5:00 PM

      Beyond Model Evaluation: Rethinking Accountability in Enterprise AI

      • Sekhar Sarukkai, Co-Founder & CEO, ChatSee.ai · Ex-Co-Founder, Skyhigh Networks
    4. Panel · 5:00–5:30 PM

      Past the Theater: Where AI Actually Works in Cybersecurity

      • Moderator: Sai Venkataraman, Co-Founder & CEO, Discern Security
      • Panelist: Victor Chang, CIO & CISO, Backstory
      • Panelist: Vasant Balasubramanian, Group VP & GM, Risk, ServiceNow
      • Panelist: Kimberly Quan, Compliance & GRC Practitioner, ISSA Board Member
      • Panelist: Shane Shook, Venture Partner, Forgepoint Capital · Founder, multiple MSSPs
    5. Panel · 5:30–6:00 PM

      Measuring and Guaranteeing AI Outcomes in Production

      • Moderator: Alok Shukla, FunnelStory
      • Panelist: Aditya Phadke, GVP, Enterprise Customer Success, Docusign
      • Panelist: Deepak Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Grey Orange
      • More panelists to be announced
    6. Networking · 6:00–8:00 PM

      Networking & cocktails

    Speakers

    Alok Nandan

    Alok Nandan

    First Rays Team

    Opening · 4:00–4:30 PM

    Where are we in the AI Adoption Journey

    Amit Sridharan

    Amit Sridharan

    First Rays Team

    Opening · 4:00–4:30 PM

    Where are we in the AI Adoption Journey

    Rajkumar Sen

    Rajkumar Sen

    Ex-Founder, Arcion Labs (acq. by Databricks) · Ex-Databricks

    Keynote 1 · 4:30–4:45 PM

    Past the Pilot: What Enterprise AI Takes to Ship

    Sekhar Sarukkai

    Sekhar Sarukkai

    Co-Founder & CEO, ChatSee.ai · Ex-Co-Founder, Skyhigh Networks

    Keynote 2 · 4:45–5:00 PM

    Beyond Model Evaluation: Rethinking Accountability in Enterprise AI

    Sai Venkataraman

    Moderator

    Sai Venkataraman

    Co-Founder & CEO, Discern Security

    Panel · 5:00–5:30 PM

    Past the Theater: Where AI Actually Works in Cybersecurity

    Victor Chang

    Panelist

    Victor Chang

    CIO & CISO, Backstory

    Panel · 5:00–5:30 PM

    Past the Theater: Where AI Actually Works in Cybersecurity

    Vasant Balasubramanian

    Panelist

    Vasant Balasubramanian

    Group VP & GM, Risk, ServiceNow

    Panel · 5:00–5:30 PM

    Past the Theater: Where AI Actually Works in Cybersecurity

    Kimberly Quan

    Panelist

    Kimberly Quan

    Compliance & GRC Practitioner, ISSA Board Member

    Panel · 5:00–5:30 PM

    Past the Theater: Where AI Actually Works in Cybersecurity

    Shane Shook

    Panelist

    Shane Shook

    Venture Partner, Forgepoint Capital · Founder, multiple MSSPs

    Panel · 5:00–5:30 PM

    Past the Theater: Where AI Actually Works in Cybersecurity

    Alok Shukla

    Moderator

    Alok Shukla

    FunnelStory

    Panel · 5:30–6:00 PM

    Measuring and Guaranteeing AI Outcomes in Production

    Aditya Phadke

    Panelist

    Aditya Phadke

    GVP, Enterprise Customer Success, Docusign

    Panel · 5:30–6:00 PM

    Measuring and Guaranteeing AI Outcomes in Production

    Deepak Sharma

    Panelist

    Deepak Sharma

    Chief Operating Officer, Grey Orange

    Panel · 5:30–6:00 PM

    Measuring and Guaranteeing AI Outcomes in Production

    TBD

    More speakers coming soon

    Panel · 5:30–6:00 PM

    Measuring and Guaranteeing AI Outcomes in Production

    Co-sponsors

    Foley & Lardner LLP
    Stifel

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