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Speaking & Media

Stages, panels, and podcasts.

Selected appearances on identity, AI security, Generative Engine Optimization, and B2B SaaS go-to-market. From SaaStr keynotes to Microsoft summit panels, plus features in Forbes, Financial Post, and Inc42. Specific arguments for practitioners who build software at scale.

Appearances
17
Press features
15
Outlets
13
Span
2019 to 2026
Topics
CIAM · AI Security · GEO · B2B SaaS

Conference talks & panels

8 stages

In-person sessions, selected by a program committee and delivered to a live room. Newest first.

Deepak Gupta speaking at AI TechWorld 2026 (API World)
September 3, 2026Talk

AI TechWorld 2026 (API World)

How LLMs Drift: Citation Observability for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot

Santa Clara, California

Eighteen months of production-scale citation tracking across four AI answer engines, and what breaks when you assume LLM output is deterministic. Why the first observability architecture failed, and what enterprise customers actually ask for once they can see the drift.

Deepak Gupta speaking at API World 2026, CloudX Expo
September 3, 2026Panel

API World 2026, CloudX Expo

The Handoff From Sales to Support

Santa Clara, California

A panel on where the sales to support handoff breaks: the optimistic promise made in a sales call, what conversational AI genuinely changes about knowledge transfer between the account executive and the success team, and the moment a handoff is actually complete.

Deepak Gupta speaking at SaaStr AI Annual 2026
May 2026Talk

SaaStr AI Annual 2026

LLM Visibility: The New GTM for B2B SaaS

San Mateo, California · 12,500 attendees

How enterprise buyers research vendors through ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews before any sales conversation, and the practical shifts B2B SaaS teams need to make to be cited in those answers.

Deepak Gupta speaking at Chargebee Beelieve '26
April 2026Talk

Chargebee Beelieve '26

GEO for Monetization Teams

Fort Mason Center, San Francisco

How AI search visibility intersects with subscription and usage-based pricing strategy. Why monetization teams are often ahead of marketing on the GEO conversation, and what that means for content strategy.

Deepak Gupta speaking at GenAI Week Silicon Valley 2025
July 2025Talk

GenAI Week Silicon Valley 2025

Generative Engine Optimization: The New AI-Era GTM Engine

Silicon Valley, California

Presented GrackerAI's take on Generative Engine Optimization as the go-to-market engine for the AI era: how B2B teams earn visibility in answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews as buyers shift from blue links to AI-generated recommendations.

Deepak Gupta speaking at Identity North 2020
2020Talk

Identity North 2020

Customer Identity at Internet Scale

Toronto, Canada

On building and operating a CIAM platform serving over a billion identities, with hard-won lessons from a decade running login infrastructure at LoginRadius scale.

Deepak Gupta speaking at Microsoft M12 Summit 2020
2020Talk

Microsoft M12 Summit 2020

Growth Mindset: Scaling with M12 & Microsoft

Bengaluru, India

Panel at Microsoft's venture capital summit (M12) on scaling identity infrastructure and partnering with Microsoft as a startup, alongside founders from Innoveccer, Incorta, and Paxata.

Deepak Gupta speaking at Rajasthan Digitech Summit
June 21, 2019Talk

Rajasthan Digitech Summit

Securing Customer Accounts Against Cyber Attacks

Jaipur, India

Keynote at the IIT Delhi Alumni Association and Government of Rajasthan summit on transforming enterprises into smart and intelligent businesses. Recognized with a speaker award.

Podcasts & interviews

9 recordings

Long-form conversations with hosts, analysts, and industry communities, where the argument gets pushed back on rather than presented.

SEO Is Officially Dead, with Deepak Gupta
August 2026Podcast

SEO Is Officially Dead

Hosted by Born In Silicon Valley (Jake Aaron Villarreal)

Whether conventional SEO still works for tech founders, and what replaces it. The conversation covers Generative Engine Optimization as the discovery channel for B2B cybersecurity startups, Answer Engine Optimization as the next marketing frontier, how to earn visibility inside ChatGPT and Gemini answers, and why building an AI-first company culture matters more than any single tactic.

GEO is the new SEO - Deepak Gupta with RevTalks, with Deepak Gupta
August 2026Interview

GEO is the new SEO - Deepak Gupta with RevTalks

Hosted by RevTalks (InboxRev)

A RevTalks conversation on GrackerAI: building a Generative Engine Optimization platform for B2B cybersecurity, what changes when buyers research vendors through AI answers instead of search results, and how revenue teams should think about being cited rather than ranked.

His Customers Come From ChatGPT, with Deepak Gupta
June 2026Podcast

His Customers Come From ChatGPT

Hosted by Honest Wealth Builders (Abi Asija)

On building GrackerAI to help cybersecurity companies get discovered inside AI-powered search like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The discussion covers optimizing for how AI engines interpret and cite information, moving from traditional SEO to AI-driven discovery, and scaling past one million in ARR with a lean team.

AI Is Your New Salesperson: Going From SEO to GEO, with Deepak Gupta
June 2026Podcast

AI Is Your New Salesperson: Going From SEO to GEO

Hosted by Cult Products (Phill Keaney-Bolland)

On how Answer Engine Optimization and Generative Engine Optimization are reshaping search beyond keywords. The conversation covers AI agents acting as salespeople that recommend solutions from the context of a buyer's problem rather than a list of links, and why niche focus and authentic community engagement drive visibility across ChatGPT, Copilot, and Perplexity.

The Growth Hacking Engine for Cybersecurity Companies, with Deepak Gupta
August 2025Podcast

The Growth Hacking Engine for Cybersecurity Companies

Hosted by Founder Journeys (EP06)

On building GrackerAI as a Generative Engine Optimization platform for B2B cybersecurity companies. The conversation covers the entrepreneurial path from early days to scaling CIAM, lessons from team dynamics, and why distribution matters more than product in 2025.

September 2024Podcast

Getting 500K Users at Launch, Selling to B2B, Nailing ICP

Hosted by Hitchhikersway

A deep-dive interview on B2B founder craft: how the Logic Balls launch hit 500,000 users, the discipline of nailing an ideal customer profile, the most common mistakes B2B founders make, and the practical playbook for selling into enterprise.

November 2021Interview

CSA STAR Testimonial: Implementation and Beyond

Hosted by Cloud Security Alliance

Founder perspective on cloud-native CIAM, the CSA STAR Level 2 attestation process, and the security trade-offs of running identity infrastructure for over a billion users. The companion podcast episode is on Apple Podcasts.

OngoingWebinar

KuppingerCole Speaker Profile

Hosted by KuppingerCole Analysts

Featured speaker on KuppingerCole's analyst network covering customer identity architecture, scaling CIAM, and the move from legacy IAM to API-first identity. See the speaker profile for the full session list.

2019Podcast

CSA STAR Case Study (Podcast Episode)

Hosted by Cloud Security Alliance

Podcast conversation on the CSA STAR Level 2 case study with LoginRadius, covering implementation lessons and the value of third-party attestation for CIAM vendors.

Press & media coverage

15 features

Coverage across 13 outlets, newest first. Written by other people about the work, not bylines.

Read my bylines in Forbes, Entrepreneur, VentureBeat, and more

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