Berveleen Mashonga, is an R&D Product & Strategy Manager, driving innovation in automotive technologies including in‑cabin systems, V2X communication, and ADAS/AD solutions. Recognized for her industry leadership and advocacy for diversity in STEM, she serves on the AutoSens Advisory Board and is a frequent speaker at global automotive conferences.

She is the founder of Women in Automotive & Beyond, a LinkedIn group, aiming to mentor and empower girls and women pursuing STEM careers while contributions to mobility innovation and community impact have earned her industry recognition and awards, positioning her as an influential voice shaping the future of transportation and inclusion in tech.

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Road trip, anyone? As AI takes the wheel, our vehicles are learning and adapting to their surroundings. Cars are evolving into data-gathering machines but at what cost? Are we heading towards secure connectivity and personalized mobility, or socially segregated and congested cities under data surveillance? This panel of influential experts will explore advancements in AI, cybersecurity within the automotive space to help shape a future where vehicles will be your best friend and not Big Brother.

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Meet Shivani Mouleeswaran and Ritika Shrivastava, the powerhouse duo behind Ember Robotics, the Y Combinator-backed startup making robot diagnostics smarter, faster, and way less painful.

Before teaming up, Shivani was building computer vision systems at Simbe Robotics, engineering Autopilot at Tesla, and even interning at NASA. Ritika also spent time at Tesla’s Autopilot team, taught robotics at UC Berkeley, and cracked security challenges during internships at Microsoft and GoDaddy.
Now, as Co-Founder/CEO (Shivani) and Co-Founder/CTO (Ritika) of Ember Robotics, they’re bringing real-time, edge-first monitoring to robotics teams everywhere — think “Datadog for robots.”

In this episode, they share their wild ride from top engineering gigs to launching a startup, their biggest lessons learned, and why scaling robot reliability is the next big frontier.

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