OPEN Lahore, together with Devsinc, will host Beyond Borders: Building Businesses the World Wants on Sunday, November 15, 2026, from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm at Devsinc headquarters on Ghazi Road in Lahore, with networking to follow. The event is built around the idea that going global is no longer a dream but a skill set that can be learned, and its theme of building, funding, scaling and training global technology businesses in the age of artificial intelligence sets out the areas it will cover. The organizers say the aim is to close the gap between founders who want to reach international customers and the knowledge needed to do it, by finding the right opportunities, building teams that compete globally and scaling beyond the home market.
The program brings together five leaders from two nations around one question: how do you build a business the world actually wants? The speakers are founders, investors and operators who have scaled from Pakistan to Silicon Valley and Chicago, and they are expected to speak plainly about going global, raising capital and building for international markets, with real stories rather than general advice. The mix covers a founder who grew a Lahore company into a global technology services player, an investor who backs companies across markets, a leader working on cross-border fintech in Pakistan, and experts in building teams and organizations that can scale. Five perspectives in one room over three hours is how the organizers describe the format.
The panel is led by Usman Asif, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Devsinc, together with Malik Danish, Country General Manager of Fasset Pakistan. Faysal Sohail, a charter member of OPEN Silicon Valley who leads Presidio Partners, brings the viewpoint of an investor, while Assad Koshul, a charter member of OPEN Chicago and founder of Game Changer Mindsets and Criterion Concept, adds the experience of building organizations between Pakistan and the United States. Zeshan Qureshi, a charter member of OPEN Lahore and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Village, will moderate the discussion. Each of these speakers addresses a different challenge that Pakistani companies face when they try to sell abroad, from finding opportunities and securing funding to building teams and running operations across markets.
The organizers also point to the audience as a reason to attend. Participants will share the room with founders, professionals and builders who think in the same way, and the networking session after the formal program gives them time to follow up with the speakers and with one another. Seats are limited, and interested participants can register through the official registration link ahead of the event. For founders in Lahore and across Pakistan who are considering international customers, investors or teams, Beyond Borders offers a chance to hear directly from people who have done it and to ask how they did.
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