The TechSparks 2026 conference has kicked off in Bangalore, India, and is ready to welcome participants. Organizer YourStory is hosting the seventeenth edition of the event, which will run for three days at the Taj Yeshwantpur hotel. This year's theme is 'The New Tech Order.'
The event is expected to gather over 10,000 attendees, 500 speakers, 1,000 startups, and 300 investors. The conference focuses on the people, technologies, and businesses shaping the future, especially in light of changes driven by artificial intelligence, deep technologies, and new digital infrastructure.
The first day, taking place on October 13th, will begin with a presentation by Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Zoho. He will present arguments that prosperity cannot be imported and emphasize the necessity for India to develop its own foundational technological base.
Following this, YourStory will host the launch of Tech30 2026, showcasing thirty leading early-stage Indian tech innovators who are defining the direction of technology for the next decade.
Next will be a panel discussion featuring Nitin Jain (CTO, ShareChat & Moj), Ajit Narayanan (CTO, Angel One), Srividya Srinivasan (CTO, Amagi), and Ankit Maheshwari (Founder and CTO, Innovaccer). They will discuss where India's next technological advantage will come from, given that talent, cost, and scale are no longer sufficient.
As the day progresses, Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder and CEO of AgniKul, and Suyash Singh, Co-founder and CEO of GalaxEye, will share insights into what is required to build India's full-scale space economy after the initial launch.
During a fireside chat, Ambarish Kenge, Group CEO of Angel One, will explore where the next wave of wealth in the AI era of India will originate and how more Indians can participate in it.
In the evening, in a conversation with Shraddha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory, Priyank Kharge, Minister of Home Affairs, IT, BT, and Electronics of the Government of Karnataka, will participate. They will discuss the new plan for Karnataka's tech state and how India's venture capital can learn to manage and enable new technology, rather than just creating it.
Ravi Garg, VP of Corporate Sales – APAC at Meta, will share experience on how Meta rebuilt its technological foundation around AI, including Meta AI models and agents in WhatsApp and Instagram, and what this means for companies operating in India.
Don't miss the presentation by Samir Nigam, Founder and CEO of PhonePe, who will discuss the lessons of India's payment decade and the plan for a trillion-transaction economy. The main stage will conclude with a talk by Varun Maiya, Founder and CEO of AEOS, addressing whether every founder needs to build an audience.
Other speakers for the day include Nicolas Sowaz, Founder and President of TDK Ventures; Auxxe Jirgule, Vice President of Product at Hostinger; Manu Sale, Director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India; Anjali Bansal, Partner at Avaana Capital; Ananda Jain, Co-founder and CMO of CleverTap; and Rajiv Rastogi, Vice President of Machine Learning at Amazon.
In addition to the main stage, participants can attend workshops, Action Labs practical sessions, and a roundtable dedicated to the agent economy.