Heena Purohit
AI Lead, Microsoft for Startups, Microsoft
Heena Purohit is listed as AI Lead, Microsoft for Startups, Microsoft. Heena is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 19 November 2026.
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About
Heena Purohit is the Director of AI startups for Microsoft for Startups, where she focuses on discovering and supporting the world’s most promising Data and AI startups, and helping them succeed by partnering with the Microsoft ecosystem. Prior to that, she launched and scaled multiple AI products from 0 to 1 and was incubating a portfolio of GenAI startups at IBM’s Corporate incubator program. Outside work, she is dedicated to promoting gender diversity in AI and building the AI-powered future responsibly. She continues to make waves in the AI world outside her work, too. She is a global AI speaker, founder of AI for Her, and a leading advocate for AI literacy, responsible AI, and gender diversity in technology, working to ensure we’re building the AI-powered future responsibly.
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- The New Rules of Enterprise Innovation: Build, Buy, or Partner? Speaker · 19 November 2026
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