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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Tara Andringa is the Executive Director of PAVE and has over 25 years of experience in communications, outreach, public policy, and automotive policy. At PAVE, she leads all operations of the organization, including curriculum development, strategic planning, messaging and mission alignment, personnel management, stakeholder relationships, budgeting, external outreach, and collaboration with the Board of Directors.

Prior to joining PAVE, Ms. Andringa spent more than 20 years as a communications director in the United States Senate, including leading communications for two Senate committees and the Senate Auto Task Force. Ms. Andringa served as the on-the-record spokesperson to a global press corps; led all communications planning and execution relating to automotive technology and the automotive industry, including translating technical legislation into publicly understandable and relatable terms; planned and managed the budget; and created a united communications strategy for a diverse group of Senators with a range of interests and priorities.

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