{"id":3165,"date":"2026-05-15T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/tech-companies-to-discuss-irans-future-during-private-conference-at-uber-hq\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T21:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:17:09","slug":"tech-companies-to-discuss-irans-future-during-private-conference-at-uber-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/tech-companies-to-discuss-irans-future-during-private-conference-at-uber-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Companies to Discuss Iran&#8217;s Future During &#8216;Private Conference&#8217; at Uber HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A who\u2019s who of the Iranian diaspora will meet at Uber HQ on Saturday to discuss tech and the future of Iran, according to an email about the event viewed by 404 Media. The guest list includes venture capitalists, angel investors, tech CEOs, and the son of Iran\u2019s former leader who was deposed almost 50 years ago.On Friday afternoon, people representing the group of Iranian business leaders cold-emailed invitations for the event to journalists. \u201cThis Saturday, a private conference on the future of Iran will take place at Uber Headquarters in San Francisco, bringing together leaders in technology, finance, and geopolitics for an off-the-record discussion on Iran\u2019s future and regional developments,\u201d the email said. \u201cFeatured speakers include Reza Pahlavi, Dara Khosrowshahni, Shervin Pishevar, and Hamid Moghadam. The event waitlist has already surpassed 2,000 applicants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khosrowshahi is the CEO of Uber; Moghadam is the CEO of San Francisco based investment trust Prologis; Pishevar is the former CEO of HyperLoop and an angel investor who put money into Uber, Airbnb, Slack, and Robinhood; and Pahlvani is the former Crown Prince of Iran, the son of the Shah deposed during Islamic Revolution in 1979. Also in attendance will be a SpaceX engineer, a Tesla engineer, and the senior global commodity manager at Nvidia, according to the invite.It\u2019s unclear what, exactly, these elite members of the Iranian diaspora will discuss on Saturday morning. The schedule calls for a 9:30 reception followed by 30 minutes for \u201cstrategic rebuild,\u201d 30 minutes for \u201cfuture tech,\u201d and 30 minutes for \u201cinternet\u201d followed by \u201copen dialogue.\u201dThe meeting is called the \u201cTech X Future of Iran\u201d and the flyer with the guests and schedule included a pre-Islamic Republic version of the Iranian flag. Pahlavi is a complicated and controversial figure who has lived most of his life outside of Iran. He has said, repeatedly, that if he returned to lead he would only do so as a bridge to democratic rule.\u00a0\u201cMillions of Iranians inside Iran and outside of Iran are calling my name,\u201d he told 60 Minutes earlier this year. \u201cThey recognize in me the person uniquely placed to play a role of transitional leadership. Not running for office, because that&#8217;s not what I&#8217;m doing, but to be a bridge to that destiny.\u201dBut for Pahlavi to enter Iran or any of these tech moguls to see their ambitions fulfilled, a lot has to happen. Iran would have to lose the war and the Islamic Republic and its military would need to fall. Neither seem like a possibility at the moment.The war isn\u2019t over and it\u2019s unclear when it will be. Iran is in control of the Strait of Hormuz and has been hitting US allies and military bases in the region. Reports from U.S. intelligence agencies indicate that Tehran still has 70 percent of its missile launchers and pre-war missile inventory meaning it can fight the US for months. It also still has all its nuclear material and recovering it without a peace deal would be a deadly and costly operation.A representative for \u201cTech X Future of Iran\u201d did not return 404 Media\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>The former Crown Prince of Iran is meeting with Iranian diaspora tech and business leaders on Saturday to discuss the future of the country. 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