Agentic by Eigen: Hyderabad, India Edition | Full Recap

Last week, we brought Agentic by Eigen to Hyderabad: a curated evening with AI founders, builders, and researchers who are serious about what comes next. The event was focused on two things: showcasing what's actually possible with AI today, and introducing the idea of open innovation and coordination as the operating model for the builder community forming around Eigen.

What We Showed

Zeeshan opened the evening with a session on vibe coding done right: not the surface-level "prompt and pray" version, but the real mechanics of going from idea to working product. He walked through the intricacies of the process and introduced Dark Bloom, a private inference network running on idle Macs. Decentralized, lightweight, and already live.

We also demoed EigenCompute: cryptographic trust for any agent or application. The idea is simple: when an agent executes, you should be able to verify exactly what it ran, what data it touched, and that nothing was tampered with in between. Watching these ideas land with the builders in the room was one of the better moments of the evening.

The Fireside Chat

We sat down with two founders who are building in the thick of it: Abhav Kedia, Founder of Frame, and Anand Reddy K S, CTO and Co-Founder at Tericsoft. The conversation covered a lot of ground.

A few threads that stood out: how token maxing is pulling against the work of actually building something worthwhile, and why being conscious of what you're building matters more now than ever. How AI is creating a genuine level playing field, where speed is no longer a function of team size. How Indian companies are starting to treat AI as a full-time engineer, not a tool. And what this moment means for college students, particularly those at institutions like IIT Madras that are taking AI research seriously, who have a real window to start building as solo builders and eventually become solo entrepreneurs.

The founders also got into where we are with respect to AGI, and what India, one of the world's largest IT economies, might look like in the next six months as that shift accelerates. They shared personal stories of moving faster than they thought possible, and the mindset shifts that came with it.

What We Heard in the Room

The networking session brought some of the most honest conversations of the evening. A few things came through clearly:

There's real excitement around AI, alongside a measured concern. Builders see the opportunity, but they also feel the cost of not moving fast enough, or not moving in the right direction.

Compute and verification needs are real for serious builders. This isn't theoretical: people are hitting infrastructure ceilings and looking for answers.

Seasoned tech founders who've built businesses before have a distinct advantage: they already know how to move, and AI is just making them faster.

Universities like IIT Madras are creating genuine on-ramps for students into AI research, and that pipeline is going to matter.

What's Next

Hyderabad was a strong first signal. The builder density here is real, the conversations were sharp, and the ideas are moving. We'll be back.

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