Judging Panel
Ashish Dsa
CTO & Co-founder of Arbor, a NYC-based voice AI startup ($6M raised) turning conversations into actionable intelligence. I lead a team building production-scale voice AI that processes thousands of daily conversations for Fortune 500 clients across manufacturing, logistics, and retail. Previously: engineering roles at Meta, major banks, telecoms, and social networks, plus tech leadership at unicorns and YC startups across Mumbai, Berlin, London, Toronto, and LA. I've co-founded profitable startups, scaled engineering orgs, and hired hundreds of engineers along the way. Specializing in real-time multi-agent systems, LLM orchestration, and enterprise cloud infrastructure. Driven by a lifelong passion for coding and building tech that matters.











