Decision Minds presents  ·  Pondicherry 2026

Pondicherry

Where real business problems become live AI solutions — witness the future of enterprise intelligence, built in real time with Claude Code.

Date
TBA 2026
Location
Pondicherry, IN
Format
Full Day
Seats
Limited
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Who We Are

A leader in Data, Cloud & AI

Decision Minds is a premier technology consultancy specialising in Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture, and enterprise AI solutions. We help organisations move from data chaos to decision intelligence — at speed.

Claude Pondicherry 2026 is our flagship gathering that brings together the sharpest minds in technology, business, and innovation. This year, we're hosting it in the serene yet vibrant city of Pondicherry — creating the perfect canvas for big thinking.

Expect raw, unscripted problem-solving. Real business challenges. Real AI solutions. Built live, on stage, using Claude Code.

10+
Years of AI & Data expertise
200+
Enterprise clients served
500+
Expected attendees
1 Day
Intensive live event

Who Should Attend

Built for the builders
and the bold

Startups
Early-stage and growth-stage founders looking to leverage AI as a competitive moat and accelerate product development cycles.
Corporates
Enterprise leaders and transformation heads exploring real AI integration into operations, finance, supply chain and customer experience.
Business Owners
SME and mid-market owners ready to discover how AI and data strategies directly translate to revenue impact and operational efficiency.
Entrepreneurs
Visionary individuals building new ventures at the intersection of technology, AI, and industry verticals—looking for inspiration and connections.
Investors
Angel investors, VCs and family offices seeking high-signal deal flow in AI-native companies and evaluating the evolving landscape.
Tech Leaders
CTOs, CDOs and engineering heads who want to stay ahead on architecture decisions in the age of agentic AI and autonomous systems.

Programme

A day of live intelligence

08:30 AM
Registration & Networking
Doors Open — Welcome Reception
Check-in, networking breakfast, and curated exhibitor showcase. Connect with fellow attendees before the day begins.
09:30 AM
Opening Keynote
The New Shape of Intelligence: AI in 2026 and Beyond
Decision Minds Leadership sets the stage — a sweeping view of where AI is, where it's headed, and why this moment is unlike anything before it.
Keynote Talk
10:15 AM
Live Workshop — Session I
Claude Code in Action: From Problem to Product, Live on Stage
Watch our AI engineers take a real, unscripted business problem from the audience and build a working AI solution in real time using Claude Code. No slides. No demos. Pure live build.
Live Build
11:30 AM
Panel Discussion
AI Adoption Realities: What's Working, What's Failing
CXOs from manufacturing, BFSI, healthcare and retail share their candid AI transformation journeys — the wins, the failures, and the frameworks that actually work.
Panel
12:30 PM
Networking Break
Lunch & Curated 1:1 Connections
Facilitated networking lunch with curated tables by industry vertical. Investor–startup speed-matching rounds.
02:00 PM
Startup Pitches
The Pitch Arena: AI Startups Take the Stage
Selected AI-native startups pitch to a panel of investors and industry leaders. 6-minute pitches followed by rapid Q&A. Judged on product maturity, market potential and team depth.
Pitch Session
03:30 PM
Live Workshop — Session II
Agentic AI: Autonomous Workflows Built Live with Claude Code
Deep dive into multi-agent architectures. Watch a full agentic pipeline — from data ingestion to decision output — assembled live. Audience submits use cases; our team picks one and builds it on the spot.
Live Build
04:45 PM
Industry Insight
The Evolution of IT Services: From Implementation to Intelligence
A landmark talk by an eminent industry veteran on how the IT services landscape is being fundamentally restructured by AI — what it means for service providers, buyers and talent.
Keynote Talk
05:45 PM
Closing Session
AI Trends 2026: What Comes Next
A fast-paced lightning round covering the 10 AI trends that will define the next 18 months — from reasoning models and code generation to AI-native business models.
Trends Talk
06:30 PM
Closing
Evening Mixer & Awards
Celebrate the day's best pitch, network freely, and continue conversations over sundowners. Best startup pitch and best use-case submission awards announced.
claude-code — live session
# Business problem submitted from audience
# "Predict churn for our B2B SaaS in real time"

$ claude-code init churn-predictor
✓ Analysing business context...
✓ Identifying data signals...
✓ Scaffolding ML pipeline...

$ claude-code build --live --explain
→ Feature engineering: usage_frequency, nps_score, support_tickets
→ Model: Gradient Boosted Trees + LLM reasoning layer
→ API endpoint: /predict-churn

✓ Solution deployed in 18 minutes
✓ 87% accuracy on holdout set
$

The Main Event

Watch problems
become products

The centrepiece of Claude Pondicherry 2026 is a live, unscripted Claude Code workshop where our engineers take real business challenges — submitted by you, the audience — and build working AI solutions on stage in real time.

  • Customer churn prediction and early-warning systems built in minutes
  • Intelligent document processing pipelines constructed live from scratch
  • Agentic workflows that automate multi-step business operations autonomously
  • Real-time analytics dashboards with natural language querying interfaces
  • AI-powered pricing engines and demand forecasting models
  • LLM-powered internal knowledge assistants for enterprise teams

Speakers

Eminent voices.
Unfiltered perspectives.

DM
Decision Minds
Opening Keynote
Decision Minds Leadership
AI
AI Engineering Lead
Live Workshop Host
Decision Minds
CX
CXO — BFSI
Panel Speaker
To Be Announced
IV
Industry Veteran
IT Services Keynote
To Be Announced
VC
Venture Capitalist
Investor Panel
To Be Announced
AR
AI Researcher
AI Trends Talk
To Be Announced

Venue

The city where calm
meets ambition

Pondicherry
Tamil Nadu / Puducherry, India
Venue details to be announced
FormatIn-person, full-day immersive event
CapacityLimited seats — curated audience
IncludesBreakfast, lunch, evening mixer, all sessions
Travel3 hrs from Chennai · 2.5 hrs from Bengaluru
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PUDUCHERRYThe French Riviera of the East

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