Namaskara Bengaluru!
India’s startup capital is officially ready for TechSparks 2026. The rules of technology are changing, and so is who gets to write them.
As YourStory hosts the 17th edition of TechSparks, over the next three days at Taj Yeshwantpur, more than 10,000 attendees, 500 speakers, 1,000 startups and 300 investors will come together under this year’s theme, ‘The New Tech Order’. It is about the people, technologies and businesses shaping what comes next as AI, deep tech and new digital infrastructure change how technology is built, who can build it, and how quickly ideas can reach billions.
On the inaugural day, October 13, the stage opens with Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist and Co-founder, Zoho, who will make the case that prosperity cannot be imported, and why genuine economic resilience requires India to build more of its underlying technology at home.
Following this, YourStory will launch Tech30 2026, unveiling India’s top 30 early-stage tech innovators shaping the next decade of technology.
Next, in a panel discussion, Nitin Jain (CTO, ShareChat & Moj), Ajit Narayanan (CTO, Angel One), Srividhya Srinivasan (CTO, Amagi) and Ankit Maheshwari (Founder and CTO, Innovaccer) will decode where India’s next technology advantage will come from now that talent, cost and scale are no longer enough.
As the day progresses, hear Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder and CEO, AgniKul, and Suyash Singh, Co-founder and CEO, GalaxEye, discuss what it takes to build India’s full-stack space economy after the first launch.
In a fireside chat, Ambarish Kenghe, Group CEO, Angel One, will explore where the next wave of wealth will come from in India’s AI decade, and how more Indians can participate in it.
In the evening, Priyank Kharge, Minister for Home, IT, BT & E-Governance, Government of Karnataka, will be in conversation with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO, YourStory. They will discuss Karnataka’s new tech-state playbook and how India’s startup capital can learn to govern and secure new technology, not just build it.
Ravi Garg, Managing Director, Enterprise Sales – APAC, Meta, will share how Meta has rebuilt its stack around AI, from Meta AI models to agents on WhatsApp and Instagram, and what that means for businesses building in India.
Don’t miss Sameer Nigam, Founder and CEO, PhonePe, as he shares lessons from India’s payments decade and the blueprint for a trillion-transaction economy.
The main stage wraps up with Varun Mayya, Founder and CEO, AEOS, on whether every founder needs to build an audience.
Other speakers for the day include Nicolas Sauvage, Founder and President, TDK Ventures; Auksė Žirgulė, VP of Product, Hostinger; Manu Saale, MD and CEO, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India; Anjali Bansal, Partner, Avaana Capital; Anand Jain, Co-founder and CMO, CleverTap; and Rajeev Rastogi, VP – Machine Learning, Amazon, among others.
Beyond the main stage, attendees can join masterclasses, hands-on Action Labs and a roundtable on the agent economy.
So are you ready to dive in? Because The New Tech Order starts now!