Talks about AI that end with a decision, not a demo.
Hitesh speaks to leadership teams, industry events and business schools about the AI decisions they are in the middle of making. Each talk makes one argument, backs it with named companies and real numbers, and ends with what to do on Monday.
AWS ISV Ignite · IIM Udaipur · RAI Visakhapatnam Retail Summit · Fintech Valley Vizag · IIBM Institute · Icfai Business School
One argument per talk, reworked for your industry.
Cheaper tokens, bigger bill: what AI really costs
Token prices keep falling and AI bills keep rising. Why that happens, who inside a company should own the bill, and when a smaller or local model is the better choice.
ForCFOs, CTOs and anyone signing off an AI budgetYou did not deploy an agent, you hired one
How much autonomy an AI agent should get, how to limit what it can touch, and how to know afterwards what it did.
ForLeadership teams moving from an AI pilot to agents in productionWriting code got free. Reviewing it is the job now.
What changes in an engineering organization when AI writes most of the code: review becomes the bottleneck, technical debt costs more, and someone has to decide what the agent prefers.
ForCTOs and engineering leadersYour model was never your moat
How to run a pilot that tells you the truth, when to build and when to buy, and where advantage comes from once every competitor has the same models.
ForBoards, founders and strategy offsitesPricing AI: what 371 SaaS companies actually do
Subscription, usage, credits or outcomes: how software companies charge for AI features, drawn from Hitesh's DBA research and nine executive interviews, with a five-step framework for choosing.
ForSaaS founders, product and revenue leadersWhen your next customer is an AI agent
What happens to retail, payments and loyalty programs when software starts shopping on the customer's behalf.
ForRetail, e-commerce and loyalty leadersThe AI revolution: navigating your career
Why entry-level work is moving from doing to reviewing, the frameworks for spotting where AI fits, and the skills that keep a professional relevant.
ForBusiness schools and early-career professionalsIndia's second tech boom will be AI implementation
India built its first technology industry on implementation. AI gives it a second run, for companies willing to sell outcomes instead of headcount.
ForIndustry bodies, founder communities and business schoolsFrom a keynote to a working session.
Keynote
One argument, the evidence for it, and time for questions.
Leadership workshop
The team works on its own AI decisions. The longer version is the six-week leadership program.
Fireside chat or panel
A conversation with a host or fellow panelists, as at AWS ISV Ignite and Fintech Valley Vizag.
Internal session
For an engineering, product or leadership team, built around a decision you are facing.
Speaker bio, ready to use.
Dr. Hitesh Sarda is an AI advisor based in Hyderabad and the founder of 256 Technologies, an AI advisory and applied AI lab. He has spent more than 25 years in software, including production systems work at Citi, Virtusa, Yash and ValueLabs, and now helps leadership teams decide what AI to build, buy or skip. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration from IIBM Institute and SIMA Switzerland, with a dissertation on how SaaS companies price AI features. He is the author of Implementing AI Agents in Your Company and has written weekly about AI and technology since 2009.
- Based in Hyderabad. Speaks in person across India, abroad when the event justifies the travel, and online.
- Depth adjusted to the room: founders, CXOs and boards, or CTOs and engineering leaders.
- Examples reworked for your industry. Internal sessions start with a short call with the organizer.
- Replies personally, usually within a couple of working days.
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Prefer email? hitesh@256tec.com
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