Candid Convos by Swarm | Engage in peer learning discussions on Agentic AI
Engage in peer learning discussions on Agentic AI
Truths
Surface real blockers and breakthroughs behind enterprise AI.
Trials
Workshop your toughest challenges with peers who’ve shipped AI solutions.
Triumphs
Reverse-engineer wins from YC unicorns and Fortune 500 teams.
PAST EVENT RECAP
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Why AI Fails Inside Companies
Philippines
April
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If you can build, why aren't you launching?
Rajiv Ayyangar
Philippines
November
If you can build, why aren't you launching? — Rajiv Ayyangar, CEO of Product Hunt - YouTube
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If you can build, why aren't you launching? — Rajiv Ayyangar, CEO of Product Hunt Swarm AI
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Getting candid with Anand Krishnan
Co-founder at Thinkbridge, Ex-CTO at IBM
Philippines
September
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Getting candid with Philipp Kandal
Chief Product Officer at Grab
Singapore
September
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GenAI Builders: Insights & Innovations
Singapore
September
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State of Innovation with Don Norman
Co-founder at NNG, Ex-VP at Apple
Philippines
August
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Why AI Fails Inside Companies
Philippines
April
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Swarm AI491 subscribers
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If you can build, why aren't you launching?
Rajiv Ayyangar
Philippines
November
If you can build, why aren't you launching? — Rajiv Ayyangar, CEO of Product Hunt - YouTube
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Swarm AI491 subscribers
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Getting candid with Anand Krishnan
Co-founder at Thinkbridge, Ex-CTO at IBM
Philippines
September
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Getting candid with Philipp Kandal
Chief Product Officer at Grab
Singapore
September
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GenAI Builders: Insights & Innovations
Singapore
September
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State of Innovation with Don Norman
Co-founder at NNG, Ex-VP at Apple
Philippines
August
Meeting Don Norman — Swarm Vlog - YouTube
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Meeting Don Norman — Swarm Vlog Swarm AI
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Why AI Fails Inside Companies
Philippines
April
Why AI Fails Inside Companies | Swarm Candid Convos - YouTube
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Swarm AI491 subscribers
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If you can build, why aren't you launching?
Rajiv Ayyangar
Philippines
November
If you can build, why aren't you launching? — Rajiv Ayyangar, CEO of Product Hunt - YouTube
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Swarm AI491 subscribers
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Getting candid with Anand Krishnan
Co-founder at Thinkbridge, Ex-CTO at IBM
Philippines
September
Candid Convos with Anand — Swarm Vlog - YouTube
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Getting candid with Philipp Kandal
Chief Product Officer at Grab
Singapore
September
Candid Convos with Philipp Kandal — Swarm Vlog - YouTube
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Swarm AI491 subscribers
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GenAI Builders: Insights & Innovations
Singapore
September
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Swarm AI491 subscribers
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State of Innovation with Don Norman
Co-founder at NNG, Ex-VP at Apple
Philippines
August
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CO-HOSTS & GUESTS
Exchange stories with a curated set of innovators.
Share insights and strategies from industry leaders traversing the same path.
Don Norman
Co-Founder at Nielsen Norman
Philipp Kandal
Chief Product Officer at Grab
Anand Krishnan
Co-Founder at Thinkbridge
Simon Obstbaum
Former CTO at Crunchyroll
Rajiv Ayyangar
CEO at Product Hunt
Adrienne Heinrich
AI Center of Excellence Head at Union Bank Philippines
Angeline Tham
Founder and CEO at Angkas
Aman Agarwal
Senior Director of Technology at Love, Bonito
Tim Santos
Director of Product, AI Cloud Solutions at Graphcore
Sagun Garg
Director Technology Innovation at Julius Baer
Manoj Shetty
Chief Executive Officer at Infinit-O
Michelle Alarcon
President at AAP
Mo Abdoolcarim
Co-Founder at DesignPro
Bernard Leong
CEO and Co-Founder at Dorje AI
Tudor Coman
Chief Product Officer at Rize; Ex-Antler
Ysabel Chua
Vice President at Forge Ventures
Sam Hall
Founder & CEO at Rainmaking APAC
Shawn Seet
Co-Founder at Frontier AI
Don Norman
Co-Founder at Nielsen Norman
Former VP at Apple
Philipp Kandal
Chief Product Officer at Grab
Anand Krishnan
Co-Founder at Thinkbridge
Former CTO at IBM
Simon Obstbaum
Former CTO at Crunchyroll
Rajiv Ayyangar
CEO at Product Hunt
Adrienne Heinrich
AI Center of Excellence Head at Union Bank Philippines
Angeline Tham
Founder and CEO at Angkas
Aman Agarwal
Senior Director of Technology at Love, Bonito
Tim Santos
Director of Product, AI Cloud Solutions at Graphcore
Sagun Garg
Director Technology Innovation at Julius Baer
Manoj Shetty
Chief Executive Officer at Infinit-O
Michelle Alarcon
President at AAP
Mo Abdoolcarim
Co-Founder at DesignPro
Former PM for Siri at Apple
Bernard Leong
CEO and Co-Founder at Dorje AI
Tudor Coman
Chief Product Officer at Rize; Ex-Antler
Ysabel Chua
Vice President at Forge Ventures
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Don Norman
Co-Founder at Nielsen Norman
Philipp Kandal
Chief Product Officer at Grab
Anand Krishnan
Co-Founder at Thinkbridge
Simon Obstbaum
Former CTO at Crunchyroll
Rajiv Ayyangar
CEO at Product Hunt
Adrienne Heinrich
AI Center of Excellence Head at Union Bank Philippines
Angeline Tham
Founder and CEO at Angkas
Aman Agarwal
Senior Director of Technology at Love, Bonito
Don Norman
Co-Founder at Nielsen Norman
Philipp Kandal
Chief Product Officer at Grab
Anand Krishnan
Co-Founder at Thinkbridge
Simon Obstbaum
Former CTO at Crunchyroll
Rajiv Ayyangar
CEO at Product Hunt
Adrienne Heinrich
AI Center of Excellence Head at Union Bank Philippines
Angeline Tham
Founder and CEO at Angkas
Aman Agarwal
Senior Director of Technology at Love, Bonito
Tim Santos
Director of Product, AI Cloud Solutions at Graphcore
Sagun Garg
Director Technology Innovation at Julius Baer
Manoj Shetty
Chief Executive Officer at Infinit-O
Michelle Alarcon
President at AAP
Mo Abdoolcarim
Co-Founder at DesignPro
Bernard Leong
CEO and Co-Founder at Dorje AI
Tudor Coman
Chief Product Officer at Rize; Ex-Antler
Ysabel Chua
Vice President at Forge Ventures
Tim Santos
Director of Product, AI Cloud Solutions at Graphcore
Sagun Garg
Director Technology Innovation at Julius Baer
Manoj Shetty
Chief Executive Officer at Infinit-O
Michelle Alarcon
President at AAP
Mo Abdoolcarim
Co-Founder at DesignPro
Bernard Leong
CEO and Co-Founder at Dorje AI
Tudor Coman
Chief Product Officer at Rize; Ex-Antler
Ysabel Chua
Vice President at Forge Ventures
"A must-go for tech builders and leaders."
Sagun Garg
Global Innovation Director (SWE)
Julius Baer
It was time well spent mingling with industry experts and especially CXOs from top startups in the region. High-signal group sharing transparently on challenges faced within the industry.
Mohammed Abdoolcarim
CEO and Founder
DesignPro
A really intimate and enjoyable gathering of great entrepreneurs in a setting where we can all share and learn from each other. I even met someone who turned into a really good friend - Swarm knows how to put on a gathering of the hearts and minds!
KS Andy
VP (Growth, APAC, & GCC)
Thinkbridge
The well-structured agenda and thought-provoking discussions made the experience even more productive and informative. For any tech leader aiming to stay informed with technological innovations and leadership trends, the event offers exceptional value.
Manoj Shetty
CEO
Infinit-O
The event brought together a good mix of participants and was very focussed on how Gen AI can be and is being applied to make productivity gains today. Thank you Swarm team for organising.
Bernard Leong
CEO and Co-Founder
Dorje AI
Thank you Dexter, Alexis, and Pia of the Swarm team for hosting us. Great to meet fellow AI builders in Singapore and enjoyed learning from them too. Also, thanks Kyven from AWS who invited me as well.
Ysabel Chua
Vice President
Forge Ventures
I loved the Swarm dinner I attended the other month! It was such a good break from the usual networking events - intimate, more personal, and more candid. I met a great set of builders and launchers from that event and I’m already looking forward to the next one!
Karen Yang
CTO
Edamama
Great exchanges and ideas about the innovations and learnings about GenAI in different industries. I was especially happy to meet different tech and non-tech professionals who were interested in the space, and pleasantly surprised to reconnect with old friends and colleagues.
Kyven Tan
Account Representative
AWS
Connections are great, the people are really engaging; Dexter’s a great host in terms of bridging different people who we don’t know and putting us together. Overall it was a great event, thanks for inviting me!
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UPCOMING AND PAST EVENTS
Hear from top tech leaders.
\ \ Candid Convos with Simon\ \ Singapore\ \ •\ \ May 30\ \ \ \
\ \ Getting candid about GenAI\ \ Singapore\ \ •\ \ September\ \ \ \
\ \ Getting candid about GenAI\ \ Philippines\ \ •\ \ September\ \ \ \
\ \ AI in Action\ \ Philippines\ \ •\ \ February\ \ \ \
\ \ Singapore\ \ •\ \ 30 MAY 2025, 6 PM (GMT+8)\ \ Candid Convos with Simon](/content/candid-convos#/index.html)
\ \ Singapore\ \ •\ \ 26 SEPTEMBER 2024, 6 PM (GMT+8)\ \ Getting candid about GenAI \ \ Philipp Kandal played a key role in launching GrabMaps and enhancing Grab’s fulfillment service and location intelligence. He’ll share his insights into the challenges and gains of GenAI, including his thoughts on productivity improvements and infrastructure considerations.](https://sw.army/cc-guestlist?utm_source=website&utm_medium=landingpage&utm_campaign=candidconvos)
\ \ Philippines\ \ •\ \ 16 SEPTEMBER 2024, 6 PM (GMT+8)\ \ Getting candid about GenAI \ \ Anand will share insights from his work at Thinkbridge, a digital technology and business consulting firm he co-founded. He’ll discuss how they help clients develop and implement cutting-edge business strategies that drive significant value with AI technologies.](https://sw.army/cc-guestlist)
.webp).webp)\ \ Philippines\ \ •\ \ 20 FEBRUARY 2024, 3 pm (GMT+8)\ \ AI in Action \ \ How Is AI Influencing Product Innovation & Operational Excellence? We are thrilled to invite you to an AI conversation brought to you by Swarm, DeepLearning.AI, and Kickstart Ventures – our goal is to bring together people from tech startups, corporates, and institutions directly responsible for the implementation of AI in their organizations.](https://sw.army/cc-guestlist)
ABOUT
Trade unfiltered lessons with AI leaders
Build a trusted circle to pressure-test early ideas.
Connect with people who get you.
Our guest lists are intentionally curated, ensuring that each event is intimate yet purposeful for all attendees.
Engage knowledge with industry leads.
Our guests are encouraged to share their experiments, sketchbooks, and breakthroughs in GenAI. Discussions are kept private and confidential.
Progress in your GenAI journey.
Our conversations cut through the hype and urge honest, transparent, and value-adding insights.
GUESTLIST
Innovation doesn’t happen in silos.
Find the support you need–whether you're looking for a collaborator or someone to exchange ideas with.
[Executives & decision-makers \ \ who are pushing digital transformation and innovation forward with the adoption of new strategies and technologies\ \ \ \ Connect with leaders from Grab, IBM, Frontier AI ->\ \
[Expert solution partners \ \ who have real consulting experience and know what it takes to build product and processes for impact, cost, performance\ \ \ \ Connect with experts from Endeavor, Megrez, Proudcloud ->\ \
AI RESOURCES
Learn about the state of AI
\ \ Podcast\ \ The 20% Truth: AI’s Real Impact on Developer Productivity\ \ Simon Obstbaum](/content/podcasts/simon-obstbaum/index.html)
\ \ Podcast\ \ From Chatbots to Real AI Agents\ \ Ragde Falcis](/content/podcasts/ragde-falcis/index.html)
\ \ Podcast\ \ Using OKRs to Challenge Bad Leadership Decisions\ \ Jeff Gothelf](/content/podcasts/jeff-gothelf/index.html)
\ \ Podcast\ \ AI Without Strategy is Just Hype—Wardley Maps Fix That\ \ Simon Wardley](/content/podcasts/simon-wardley/index.html)
\ \ Podcast\ \ How a Product Hunt user became its CEO\ \ Rajiv Ayyangar](/content/podcasts/rajiv-ayyangar/index.html)
\ \ Podcast\ \ How healthcare leaders can implement AI\ \ Evelyn Goh](/content/podcasts/evelyn-goh/index.html)
\ \ Podcast\ \ Investing in AI\ \ Tomithy Too](/content/podcasts/tomithy-too/index.html)
\ \ Podcast\ \ Designing a hybrid org model for CTOs\ \ Anand Krishnan](/content/podcasts/anand-krishnan/index.html)
\ \ Vlog\ \ Discussing breakthroughs of adopting AI\ \ Anand Krishnan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bc3nDvA2HY)
.webp)\ \ Vlog\ \ Exploring Strategic AI Decisions with Grab's CPO\ \ Philipp Kandal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnz_A36FLgE)
\ \ Podcast\ \ Playing the AI consulting game\ \ Dominic Ligot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYnUGrX9ehA)
\ \ Vlog\ \ Meet Swarm's AI Solutions Architect\ \ Reyah Iqbal](https://youtu.be/UbMcu0KrZms)
\ \ Vlog\ \ Unfiltered GenAI Discussions\ \ Singapore GenAI Builders](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-B-uKwoDS0)
\ \ Podcast\ \ Building AI products with business value\ \ Tim Santos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPyhV-M-Ypo)
\ \ Podcast\ \ Leading AI transformations\ \ Joshua Arvin Lat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IRoaqFG5bM)
\ \ Event\ \ How Siri and Grab got Started with AI\ \ Mohammed Abdoolcarim](/content/events/how-siri-and-grab-got-started-with-ai-join-us-in-singapore-or-virtually/index.html)
Kyven Tan
Account Representative
AWS
James Conde
Senior Associate
Plug and Play Tech Center
Highly recommended for anyone in the tech scene, the quality of attendees made it worthwhile. It was a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and make new ones.
Judge Calimbahin
Head of Entrepreneur Experience
Endeavor
Candid Conversations was one of the most curated and engaging talks I've attended. The intimate environment gave us the space to share our challenges, and the moderator asked people interesting questions. Instead of a one-way presentation, the event felt like a true two-way conversation between speaker and participant. Would highly recommend!
Bernadette Fah
Marketing Lead and Chief of Staff
Ex-Friends
Was lovely to be there, thank you for the invite. [...] I would love to be in Manila too for the next one! Swarm is so amazing and so are the people in and around it: enough to the point I'm happy to connect with anyone part of the ecosystem!
Joben Ilagan
Technology Educator, Consultant, and Entrepreneur
I’m deeply honored to have been invited to this event. The conversations were surprisingly refreshing and authentic, and I felt validated by the participants' ideas. Before then, I thought I was alone in my views. I look forward to future conversations.
Jie Lun Ong
Senior Director, Ventures
Plug and Play
It was a very cosy, chilled and pleasant dinner having great conversations with high quality builders and investors from the region. Definitely not your typical networking event.
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