Speaking

50+ stages in 8 countries.

Keynotes, fireside chats, panels and guest lectures for technology conferences, universities and leadership teams, from Web Summit Center Stage to Harvard University.

talks, panels and pitches
50+
countries on stage
8
cities
11
years on stage
2016–26

On stage at

Conferences, universities and accelerators

  • Web Summit PITCH Champion · 2022
  • Y Combinator Demo Day · 2022
  • Harvard University Seminar speaker · 2024
  • TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200 · 2022
  • apidays Paris 2023, 2024 · London 2025
  • The Pitch by Deel Dubai winner · Paris 2026
  • /function1 Panelist · Dubai 2025
  • Connect Opening keynote · Brussels 2024
  • Global Tech Weekend Keynote · Tbilisi 2026
  • GitHub AI Dev Tools demos · four editions, 2024
  • Microsoft Reactor Women in Tech panel · San Francisco 2023
  • Startup Grind Speaker · Tbilisi 2023

Keynote topics

What Ana speaks about

  1. AI agents and the future of APIs

    How AI agents are changing the way software is built, connected and consumed, and what it takes to make an API agent-ready.

    Delivered at apidays Paris 2024 · /function1 Dubai 2025 · Global Tech Weekend 2026

  2. Generative AI in API management

    Lessons from building a proprietary language model for API documentation before ChatGPT, and where generative AI takes API management next.

    Delivered at Connect 2024, opening keynote · Web Summit 2023 · apidays Paris 2023

  3. Production AI that enterprises trust

    Versioning, guardrails and real-world metrics for shipping RAG and AI features that hold up in production.

    Delivered at apidays London 2025 · APIs, AI and the Future of Building, London · Engineering Thursday, Dubai

  4. Building a global technology company

    From first line of code to a platform used by 20,000+ companies: Y Combinator, enterprise customers and leading through rapid change.

    Delivered at Harvard University 2024 · Startup Moldova Summit 2025

Around the world

Cities on the map

  • Tbilisi19
  • San Francisco10
  • Dubai4
  • London4
  • Paris3
  • Lisbon2
  • Chișinău1
  • Cambridge, MA1
  • Brussels1
  • Batumi1
  • New York1
  • Online5

Every engagement

All talks & appearances

Keynotes, talks, panels and pitch stages, most recent first.

2026

  • Bank of Georgia × AI

    AI panel with leaders from Bank of Georgia, UN Women and Commschool

    Tbilisi · Moderator

  • 2080 Ventures accelerator

    About the Georgian Market, a panel for the accelerator's international founders, moderated by Nato Chakvetadze

    Tbilisi · Panelist

  • Global Tech Weekend

    From Zero to 18,000: How AI Agents Became Our Global Sales Team

    Tbilisi · Keynote

  • The Pitch by Deel

    Won the Dubai edition from the top 3% of applicants and pitched at the Paris Grand Finale, presented with J.P. Morgan

    Dubai & Paris · Dubai winner, Grand Finale pitch

2025

  • AI x API panel, AI Hub London

    Theneo-hosted panel with leaders from LSEG, Google DeepMind, Microsoft and Anthropic

    London · Host and moderator

  • APIs, AI and the Future of Building

    Theneo’s engineers’ evening at TrueLayer, with talks from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Atlassian and LSEG

    London · Host and moderator

  • World AI Expo Dubai

    Speaker at the November edition of the World Tech Summit's AI Expo

    Dubai · Speaker

  • Engineering Thursday: APIs x AI in Production

    Engineering evening with leaders from SAP, Revolut, Visa and NVIDIA

    Dubai · Host and moderator

  • /function1 AI Conference

    From SaaS to Agents: The Next Wave of Intelligent Value Creation, with leaders from Papa John's, Kendal and ALIO

    Dubai · Panelist

  • apidays London, GenerationAI Conference

    RAG Without Regrets: Versioning, Guardrails & Real-World Metrics

    London · Speaker

  • Maven live lesson

    Create AI-Powered API Documentation Fast, with API product leader Emmanuel Paraskakis

    Online · Guest instructor

  • Startup Moldova Summit

    AI in Startups: Pioneering the Future, plus two panels on AI and going global

    Chișinău · Speaker and panelist

2024

  • apidays Paris

    AI Agents in APIs: The Journey from Disruptive Vision to Global Impact

    Paris · Speaker

  • From Web Summit to YC

    My Secrets to Pitching and Getting Accepted, a live session for founders

    Online · Speaker

  • Harvard University, Davis Center

    Opportunities and Challenges in Georgia's Start-Up Ecosystem

    Cambridge, MA · Seminar speaker

  • Awesome AI Dev Tools at GitHub

    Live demos of Theneo at the monthly meetup from July to October, including a featured slot in September alongside ApertureData, Tavus and Cookbook.dev

    San Francisco · Demo speaker, four editions

  • Connect, API & Integration Conference

    The Future of API Management with Generative AI

    Brussels · Opening keynote

2023

  • apidays Paris

    Beyond Text: Training Generative AI for New Dimensions in API Docs

    Paris · Speaker, AI, LLM & APIs track

  • Parliament of Georgia

    Spoke on Georgia’s startup ecosystem, December 2023

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Women in AI, Business and Technology University

    BTU’s programme training 200 women in AI and web development, backed by UN Women and the Norwegian Government

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Web Summit

    AI and the Future of API Management: A Paradigm Shift, plus the PITCH semi-final as 2022 champion

    Lisbon · Growth Summit speaker and Centre Stage guest

  • UN Women

    Ask-me-anything session

    Online · Guest speaker

  • AI Summit: Women in AI

    Georgian Artificial Intelligence Association summit of women building Georgia’s AI community

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Business Insights: Navigating the Future

    Navigating the AI Revolution: Transforming Startups, Corporations, and Society, with ProCredit Bank, Visa and Axel for Global Entrepreneurship Week

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Women in Tech Meetup, Microsoft Reactor

    Amplifying Women's Voices in Technology, an official TechCrunch Disrupt after-hours event

    San Francisco · Panelist

  • Atlassian Ventures

    Two fireside chats on building Theneo as an Atlassian Ventures portfolio founder

    Online · Fireside chat guest

  • AI Insight Summit, AI Product Creators

    Navigating the Future of API Management with Generative Intelligence, alongside futurist Jonathan Brill and leaders from LinkedIn and Google

    San Francisco · Speaker

  • GenAI Collective Demo Night

    Demoed Theneo among the night's selected AI startups and took home an audience-voted award

    San Francisco · Demo, audience award

  • AIify Expert Evening

    AI Tools Empowering Companies and Users Today

    San Francisco · Panelist

  • Spotlight Tech

    Technology conference, alongside speakers from Microsoft and Glovo

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Axel Investment Ecosystem Conference

    Angel Investing Unlocked: Insights and Advice from the Pros, with Anthology Ventures, Singular, Globalize and Grant Thornton

    Tbilisi · Panel moderator

  • Startup Grind, Ilia State University

    Georgian-American startup ecosystems from the 90s to today, with tech entrepreneur David Chechelashvili

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Grace Hopper Award opening

    Opening panel, as the 2021 Future Leader award winner

    Tbilisi · Panelist

  • Women in Business Leadership Conference

    Women in Leadership panel with IFC and Gazelle Finance

    Tbilisi · Panelist

2022

  • Touch Summit

    How to Pitch, at the South Caucasus's largest tech conference, Rustaveli Theatre

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Fuckup Nights Tbilisi

    Founder story at volume 27 of the global series on professional setbacks, alongside the founders of Omofox and Kvalifika

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Globalize UK

    Pitched Theneo and received the Presidential Medal of Honor at the conference

    London · Startup pitch

  • Web Summit PITCH

    Won the final on Center Stage

    Lisbon · Champion

  • TechCrunch Disrupt

    Showcase Stage pitch and exhibit

    San Francisco · Battlefield 200

  • EBRD Star Venture

    Selected for the EBRD's Eastern Partnership accelerator, pitching at its investor days and 2023 Demo Day

    Online · Investor pitch

  • Startup World Cup Georgia

    First place at the Bridge to Silicon Valley conference

    Batumi · Winning pitch

  • Web 3.0 Conference, Alte University

    Part of the Road to the Future digital transformation forum

    Tbilisi · Speaker

  • Techworking Georgia, BTU

    Fundraising 101 panel

    Tbilisi · Panelist

  • IHT Pre-Accelerator

    Founder story and lessons from building Theneo

    Tbilisi · Guest speaker

  • Y Combinator Demo Day

    Presented Theneo to investors at the Winter 2022 Demo Day

    San Francisco · Demo Day pitch

  • GDG Tbilisi

    Georgian startups in Y Combinator

    Tbilisi · Speaker

2019

  • DevFest Tbilisi

    The Dawn of VaaS: Video as a Service

    Tbilisi · Speaker

2016

  • New York Institute of Technology

    Commencement speech to an audience of ten thousand

    New York · Valedictorian

Contact

Bring Ana to your stage.

Keynotes, panels, fireside chats, media and partnership inquiries.

Share the event name, date, audience and format, and Ana’s team will be in touch.

Send an inquiry