What Happens When Builders Find Their Tribe: Reflections from the First AIBoomi Bootcamp ‘26 | Bay Area
When we first started discussing the idea of taking an AIBoomi Bootcamp to the Bay Area.
// AIBoomi
Vertical Velocity ’26
A cross-border immersion for India’s AI founders — this year, inside the US healthcare market.
Jul 28
DEADLINESep 17–22
PROGRAMBay Area
VENUE$1,600
FOUNDER PASS
INVITE-ONLY • 2 WEEKS IN-PERSON
// THE PROGRAM
Two weeks inside the US healthcare market. In the rooms that take months of cold outreach to get into.
Operators, investors, and buyers — all specific to healthcare AI. Sessions, workshops, and a tight founder cohort. 12 founders did it last year. The group is still active. The connections are still paying off.
Vertical Velocity focuses on one market vertical per year. This year (and Cohort 1): US healthcare AI.
Vertical Depth
Every session, speaker, conversation — healthcare AI only. Not generic SaaS growth advice.
US-first Mindset
You're not learning about the US market from India. You're inside it, for a week.
Real Access
Operators, investors, and buyers who've built and scaled in US healthcare. No fluff.
A Founder Tribe
A cohort of founders with the same market, same challenges, skin in the game. Still active.
Three things you come back with
Access to investors, partners, and customers
You'll be in the same room as US healthcare operators and buyers — conversations that take months of cold outreach from 9,000 miles away.
A vertical playbook for the US market
Sessions and workshops on US healthcare sales, clinical workflows, compliance, and fundraising — specific to your vertical, not generic SaaS advice.
A founder tribe for the long run
A tight cohort of founders building in the same space — introductions and collaborations that start at a session and turn into actual business.
// IMPACT – COHORT 1
12 startups. 1 room. Still building together.
500 k
CALLS/MONTH
From 3,000 in October
7M
USERS
Doubled since October
3x
REVENUE GROWTH
Customers served, tripled
$1.1M
ARR
Hit in a few months
$900K
$900K
+ $100K contracted ARR
Direction clarity unlocked
POSITIONING
Gartner feature, investor interest
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COHORT 1 COMPANIES
// Speakers & Mentors — Cohort 1
The people in the room. Cohort 2 speakers will be announced soon.
Abhishek Jha
Co-founder & CEO
Elucidata
Ajay Gupta
Member of Board of Directors
Vizient Inc
Ashish Gupta
Partner
MFV Partners
Brent Lang
Chair of the Board of Directors
Eko Health
Brijraj Bhuptani
Co-founder & CEO
SPRY
Chetan Kulkarni
Advisor
FortyTwo.VC
Dushyant Mishra
Founder & CEO
RapidClaims
Ganesh Shanker
Co-founder & CEO
Responsive
Kanav Hasija
Co-founder & CEO
MeltPlan
Maya Capur
GTM Expert
Melindah Sharma
Managing Director
Manatt Health
Mohit Daswani
Chief Financial Officer
Simple Practice
Rashmi Gopinath
Co-founder & Managing Partner
BAM Corner Point
Robin Singhvi
Head of AI Programs
OneDigital
Samir Palnitkar
Founder
Growth Oxygen
Shashank ND
Founder & CEO
Practo
Vaibhav Agarwal
Founder
ODDBIRD VC
Vijay Anand
Advisor to CEO
NourishedRx
// Speakers & Mentors — Cohort 1
Built for founders who are serious about the US market.
Full-time, committed founders
Every session, speaker, conversation — healthcare AI only. Not generic SaaS growth advice.
Building AI-first for US healthcare
Specific to this year's vertical. Every session, connection, and playbook is tailored to healthcare AI.
US visa ready
B1/B2, H1B, or equivalent. You'll need to be in Bay Area Sep 17–22.
Open to 1–2 weeks in Bay Area
Travel and accommodation at your own cost. Core program experiences are covered by the program fee.
// COHORT 1 in their own words
100
NPS Score
All promoters. Zero detractors.
100%
Expectations Met
60% said it went way beyond.
100%
Networking Success
Every founder made meaningful connections.
// Event Report
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// FAQs
Is this a funding program?
−No. Fundraising may happen organically through the connections and access the program creates, but the focus is on US traction and product-market fit.
Is the US trip funded?
+When will I need to travel to the US?
+Do I need to relocate to the US?
+We’re supported by some of the most respected investors and ecosystem leaders backing India’s next generation of AI companies.
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