Why AI Agents Aren’t Enough for Real-World Applications

With over a decade of experience designing high-impact and transformative enterprise AI systems, Kiriti Badam is a seasoned expert in AI-centric infrastructure, specializing in large-scale compute, data engineering, and storage systems. At Kumo.ai, a Forbes AI 50 startup, he leads the development of infrastructure capable of training hundreds of models daily, driving significant ARR growth for enterprises.

Kiriti brings a unique blend of startup agility and large-scale enterprise expertise, having worked across companies of varying sizes, including Kumo.ai, Google, Samsung, and Databricks. At Google Ads, he developed globally distributed key-value stores that powered advertising systems generating XX billion dollars in annual revenue.

Kiriti holds a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon Unive

Aishwarya Naresh Reganti is an Applied Science Tech Lead at the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC), where she leads initiatives to develop and deploy production-ready generative AI solutions for AWS clients. With over 9 years of experience in machine learning, she has published more than 35 research papers at top-tier AI conferences, including NeurIPS, AAAI, and CVPR.

Aishwarya has taught professional courses on generative AI at renowned institutions like MIT and Oxford. She has also designed free courses that have reached over 8,000 students globally and have formed the foundation for several academic programs and industry training curricula.

Recognized as one of the most prominent voices in enterprise AI, with over 80,000 professionals following her on LinkedIn, she is a sought-

Aishwarya actively collaborates with leading research professors and p