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Deep Tech MusingsDTM E57. The Future of VC & Deep Tech in India, Transitioning into a VC Career and Understanding the VC Structure - Arjun Rao, Speciale InvestArjun is the Founding Partner at Speciale Invest, a seed venture capital fund focused on deep science & tech startups in India, the USA, and Israel. He is passionate about working with exceptional entrepreneurs building emerging tech start-ups in the super early stage. His core expertise has been in product development/management, marketing strategy, org building, fundraising, and finance for over a decade.
Prior to Speciale Invest, he spent over 15 years in the technology and Internet start-up ecosystem in India. He started his career with Yahoo! and later joined Ibibo as Product Manager. The entrepreneurial bug led him t...
2023-09-2053 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E56. Building a Healthcare AI Startup From 0 to 1 and Taking it to the World - Dr. Geetha Manjunath, NIRAMAI Health AnalytixDr. Geetha Manjunath is the Founder, CEO, and CTO of NIRAMAI Health Analytix, and has led the company to develop a breakthrough AI solution for detecting early-stage breast cancer in a non-invasive radiation-free manner. Geetha holds a Ph.D. from IISc and management education from Kellogg’s Chicago. She comes with over 25 years of experience in IT innovation. She has proposed and led multiple AI projects at Xerox Research and Hewlett Packard India. Geetha has received many international and national recognition for her innovations and entrepreneurial work, including CSI Gold Medal, BIRAC WinER Award 2018, and is also on the Fo...
2023-09-1751 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E55. Building a Deep Tech Focused Rs 702cr Fund and Exploring Deep Tech Shifts - Manish Singhal, pi VenturesManish Singhal is a technologist-turned-entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist who aspires to help place India on the global DeepTech innovation map through his work at pi Ventures. With over 31 years of experience spanning diverse fields, including the development of cutting-edge technology products on a global scale, mentoring startups, investing in them, and establishing a deep tech venture fund, he brings a wealth of expertise to the table.
Manish has played a pivotal role in advancing technology in India. He contributed significantly to the development of GPS systems for the Indian Army. Furthermore, he made substantial contributions to the MPEG 4 standard, au...
2023-09-0835 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E54. The Future of User Feedbacks, Customer Acquisitions, and Moats in an AI First World- Rob May, BrandGuard.aiRob stands at the intersection of AI innovation and business strategy. He is the insightful author of the 'Investing in AI' newsletter, providing invaluable perspectives to investors and tech enthusiasts alike. He previously co-founded Backupify, then Talla, then was a General Partner at PJC. Rob has an intricate understanding of the startup ecosystem and the role of AI in shaping the future of industries. Currently steering the ship as the CEO of BrandGuard.ai, an AI tool to protect & boost your brand, and also a Partner at the AI Operator's Fund, which makes pre-seed investments in AI startups. He...
2023-09-0144 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E53. Jumping career S-curves, role of large corporations in startup ecosystem, accelerating growth of Deep Tech startups and capitalizing on Generative AI - Avnish, Accenture VenturesAvnish is an innovator, strategist, and technology evangelist with 30 years of extensive experience and track record around market making, growth hacking, corporate innovation, digital transformation, and leadership development for Top 500 Fortune clients in both mature and emerging markets. In his current role as MD of Accenture Ventures, he is responsible for leading open innovation programs, building a deal pipeline for investments and acquisitions, academia partnerships, and originating deals in selected segments and accounts.
On the show we discuss,
(0:56) Jumping Career S-Curves: From Armed Forces to Corporate World
(4:16) Accenture Ventures: Motivation and Role in the...
2023-08-2638 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E52. Investor's Five Key Questions for Startups, Ideal Startup Pitch, Value Unlocking in Generative AI and more - Sonal, 3one4 CapitalSonal is currently VP at 3one4 Capital, an early-stage VC which counts in its portfolio the likes of Licious, Jupiter, Darwinbox, and more! 3one4’s exponential growth has been driven by partnering with generational companies to transform market segments across the country. Sonal has built systems and processes at 3one4 Capital to achieve strong coverage without compromising founder or referrer experience, all while maintaining a lean investments team. In addition to managing routine investment workflows, Sonal looks at fintech, enterprise software, and deep-tech focus areas for the firm. He has been an integral part of the firm’s investments in s...
2023-08-1931 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E51. Following your passion, building an energy management startup and effectively utilizing your incubator - Ankit, ZedBeeAnkit is the founder of ZedBee Technologies, an IIT-Madras incubated startup that has developed next-generation solutions for energy management in buildings & industries. Their state-of-the-art systems are built around the Internet of Things technology and advanced machine learning algorithms hosted in the cloud.
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In the episode we discuss,
(0:28) Ankit’s personal journey into entrepreneurship
(6:53) "The Impact of Professor Ashok (Founder IITM, Research Park) on Indian Entrepreneurs: How Has He Inspired and Motivated Them?"
(15:15) Understanding the End User an...
2023-08-0543 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E50. Decoding The Indian Deep Tech Startup Ecosystem – Arpit, Blume VenturesWe've reached our 50th episode of the podcast! Thanks to all the listeners, the guests & the thriving Indian deep-tech community for their continuous love & support.
Today's episode is a very special one, not only because its our 50th but more so because of our guest. Arpit is a passionate advocate for deep tech transforming our world. With a strong background in startups and technology commercialization, he leads Deep Tech investments at Blume Ventures for a decade now with particular focus on ClimateTech, Electric Mobility, HealthTech, and Logistics. Companies he manages include Spinny, Cashify, Euler Motors, Battery Smart...
2023-07-2240 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E49. Building a BioTech Startup in the Cultivated/Lab Meat Industry - Nihal, MyoWorksIn this episode, we have an exciting guest, Nihal, the co-founder of Myoworks, a biotech startup that is shaping the future of the cultivated meat industry using 3D bioprinting technology. Nihal shares the founding story of Myoworks and how they started with the idea of using 3D printing to create something more innovative and cutting-edge. He also talks about their focus on cultivated meat as a space for 3D bioprinting and the team's journey in creating a novel scaffolding technology for the industry. We also touch upon the benefits of cultivated meat as a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to...
2023-07-0934 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E48. Leveraging GTM to Scale your Deep Tech Startup – Neeraj, XscaleNeeraj is an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in leading Strategy, GTM, and Operations globally for Fortune 500 companies. In this episode, the founder of Xscale, Neeraj, shares his journey from working in leading corporates to becoming an angel investor in startups and eventually founding Xscale. He talks about his motivation for creating the company, which is aimed at helping startups scale their businesses and overcome the common struggles of scaling, selling, and monetization. Neeraj shares his insights on deep tech and highlights some of Xscale's contributions to helping startups go from zero to one. Neeraj...
2023-05-1837 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E47. Using iSAFE Notes & Five Stages of Deep Tech Startups - Shashank, 100X.VCShashank is the Co-Founder of 100X.VC - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes. He brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Shashank’s professional ability in developing, launching, and making the first move when it comes to products and solutions is reflected in the novel model of 100X.VC. As a Co-Founder of 100X.VC, he is part of the Investment Committee and works closely with portfolio companies on how to improve the chances of new products succeeding. He also helps them raise follow-up capital from growth-stage VCs, CVCs, an...
2023-04-2738 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E46. Deep Science Technology Startups - Dr. Ritu Verma, Ankur CapitalDr. Ritu Verma is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Ankur Capital – an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in digital & deep science technology startups. Prior to starting Ankur Capital, Ritu ran Truven, an advisory firm for venture funds looking at investments in India and SE Asia. She is passionate about bringing innovation from the lab to the market and did that for over a decade across different roles at Philips and Unilever across the globe.
In this episode, Ritu shares her insights into the world of deep science technologies, including synthetic biology, battery chemistry, bioinformatics, and mat...
2023-03-0432 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E45. Ravi Ranjan, Entrepreneurship Evangelist + Ex-Shark Tank India + Strategy Director to the Private Office of the Royal Family of Dubai + Chief of Events & Partnerships Venture CatalystAre you ready to be inspired and gain valuable insights from one of the most successful and accomplished evangelists in the Indian startup ecosystem? On this episode of our show, we have the privilege of sitting down with Ravi, a true trailblazer who has overcome incredible obstacles to achieve success in his career. From growing up in a Naxalite-affected area in India to holding key roles at Venture Catalyst, Shark Tank, and the private office of the Royal Family of Dubai, Ravi has a wealth of experience to share around those roles.
You'll also hear about his 2...
2023-01-2837 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E44. Building India's foremost Deep Tech startup hub - IIT Madras Incubation CellPadma Shree Ashok Jhunjhunwala is the founder and president of IIT Madras (IITM) Research Park & Incubation Cell (IC), one of India’s foremost Deep Tech startup hubs. As of recording, IITM IC has incubated 280+ startups generating Rs 1620+cr revenue at a valuation of Rs 33000cr (US 4.1B), and it’s ever-growing. Some of its marquee startups are Ather, Uniphore, Stellapps, MediBuddy, and many more. Prof Ashok is a strong proponent of entrepreneurship and has motivated & guided 1000s of students & young entrepreneurs over the years towards the same. He was also the former principal advisor to the Ministry of Power, Govt...
2022-12-2432 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E43. Future of Recycling using AI and Robotics - Ishitva RoboticsJitesh, is the founder and CTO of Ishitva Robotic Systems, which is building futuristic automated Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) that can sort different types of waste at high volume for Indian Cities. Automated MRF solutions incorporate AI Vision Systems, Mechanical Robots, High-Speed Sorting, and Live Analytics of Waste Streams which Jitesh has developed at Ishitva over the last 6 years. Their clients include Municipal Solid Waste Companies, Plastic Aggregators, and different types of companies who recycle and create pellets, paper, cardboard, etc. Ishitva's vision is to provide automation sorting solutions for all types of waste like Plastic, Paper, Cardboard, Glass, M...
2022-12-1036 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E42. AI Powered Virtual Assistant - ORAI RoboticsSwapnil Jain has a vast experience of 17+ years and is a proficient all-rounder when it comes to Product Evangelism, Project Management, Seed Investments, Mentorship, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Speaker, and Tech-Evangelism. He is currently a founder and CEO at ORAI Robotics, an AI-Powered Robotic Virtual Assistant for Education, Automobile, Healthcare and other industries. It serves as a "Performance Amplifier" for generating and qualifying quality leads and delivering higher strike rates to customers automatically 24x7.
With his rich niche experience in transforming business ideas into technology-driven business models, his entire focus is on evangelizing Digital Transformation with the power of A...
2022-11-2639 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E41. Industrial automation using ultrasonic IoT sensors - XYMA AnalyticsNishanth Raja, is a researcher turned entrepreneur with expertise in Ultrasonic Guided wave, Hi-Temp Sensor, NDE, Data analysis and interpretation. He is the co-founder of XYMA Analytics, a Deep tech startup on a mission to enhance industrial automation using IoT-enabled Ultrasonic Waveguide sensors to address the critical pain point in industries with High-Temperature applications.
In this episode, we cover
(00:00:39) Backdrop on Xyma’s Aegis Graham Bell innovation award
(00:02:08) What motivated Nishanth to start Xyma Analytics?
(00:05:30) What is the core problem that Xyma is looking to solve? And what ar...
2022-11-0529 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E40. Creating social impact through robotics & AI - SolinasDivanshu is the co-founder of Solinas, which is a deep-tech IITM incubated start-up that develops robotic & AI solutions for the pipeline and sanitation industry, solving problems of water leakages and eliminating manual scavenging. Their products organize the management of pipelines and tanks by providing efficient solutions and data-driven decision-making for their customers. Solinas has won multiple awards in its journey till now.
Divanshu is a recent mechanical engineering graduate from IITM and a young entrepreneur who is passionate about solving complex problems using first-principle thinking. He firmly believes in the power of technology and is constantly looking...
2022-10-2629 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E39. Location intelligence for supply chain visibility - IntugineHarshit is the founder & CEO of Intugine Technologies, an end-to-end multimodal supply chain visibility platform. Intugine's real-time logistics visibility platform brings together disjoint systems and helps businesses optimize their logistics operation. Some of India’s renowned brands like flipkart, myntra, LG, Diageo, Mahindra, Ford, etc use Intugine's platform to negotiate volatility and uncertainties in their supply chain.
In this episode, Harshit shares his motivation to start Intugine and the discoveries that led his team to successfully pivot from B2C to B2B segment. He shares the various resolutions of location data being enabled by Intugine and re...
2022-10-1531 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E38. Using IOT to save water - WEGOTVijay Krishna (VK) is the co-Founder of WEGOT Utility Solutions which aims to reduce the water consumption by bringing about a much need behavioral change in the way people use water. WEGOT’s IoT based Smart Water Meters help manage water consumption and help save up to 50% of water in buildings.
In this episode, VK shares details about WEGOT’s product and features, and the benefit their users can enjoy and consequently how the product has shifted human behavior. He gives his view on how he overcome hurdles and how he build a product in cutthroat IOT tech...
2022-10-0930 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E37. AI for Digital Health - VIAllon Hammer, is the head of Data at VI which is the World Leading Enterprise-AI for Digital Health. VI leverages powerful tech to help people around the world stay healthy and active. Their powerful AI software helps digital health enterprises increase member engagement, retention, and LTV. VI's market-leading solution reaches over 30 million members daily.
Previously, Allon has been a Data Scientist and researcher with hands on experience in Deep learning, Machine Learning, NLP, Reinforcement Learning, Big Data technologies in cloud-based environments, Python and SQL
In this episode, Allon shares how they are providing AI-as-a-Service for h...
2022-09-3031 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E36. Deep Tech Investments - 8X VenturesChirag is the Managing Partner of 8X Ventures and has 15+ years of experience in venture capital, startup mentoring, strategy design, strategy execution, organisation design, investment banking and business analytics. Through 8X Ventures he is investing and supporting DeepTech startups that will fundamentally change how industries and economies operate while striving to build a profitable, sustainable business in the long-term.
In this episode, Chirag shares his views on Deep tech domain, why 8X Ventures chose to go ahead with this domain, his advice to startups in Deep tech on things to avoid, what value 8X Ventures provides to i...
2022-09-0924 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E35. Building Asia's first & only continuous fiber 3D printer - FabheadsDhinesh is the founder of Fabheads, which manufacturers Asia's first & only continuous fiber 3D printers, and in their journey have won multiple awards from the Government of India, DRDO, CII & others. In this episode, Dhinesh gives us an overview of Fabheads, the problem its solving, its features, and other details. He then highlights what he thinks are the top 3 things that technology hardware startups should focus on to enable their journey from zero to one. We end the discussion with what Dhinesh think is in the future for the 3D printing industry.
This episode was recorded live o...
2022-08-2124 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E34. AI powered human translation - DevnagriHimanshu is the co-founder of Devnagri, an AI-powered human translation platform. Devnagri exists to use technology and humans to translate the data available over the internet. It helps businesses and the government to reach real people who are not part of the internet because of the language barrier.
In this episode, Himanshu gives us an overview of Devnagri, the problem its solving, its features, and other details. He then highlights what he thinks are the top 3 things that founders should focus on to enable their journey from zero to one.
This episode was recorded live o...
2022-08-1418 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E33. AI powered employee experience platfrom - CourseplayArjun is the co-founder of Courseplay, an AI-powered employee experience platform for 360-degree employee growth. Courseplay focuses on offering on-the-job, social, and formal learning to the workplace. Large enterprises and fast-growing startups are managing their entire skill and talent development lifecycle on Cousrseplay's unified talent experience platform and mobile apps.
On the show Arjun gives us an overview of Courseplay, the problem its solving, its features and other details. He then highlights what he thinks are the top 3 things that founders should focus on to enable their journey from zero to one and finally he ends with w...
2022-07-2925 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E32. Democratizing Startup Investing in India, Inflection Point VenturesAnkur Mittal has 20+ years of experience with Fortune 50 companies & is a prominent figure in the Indian startup ecosystem. He co-founded Inflection Point Ventures in 2019 with the bold mission to democratize startup investing in India. On the show, he discusses the genesis & motivation behind IPV, shares his viewpoint on the future of democratized startup investing, future industries to look out for, how India will be a leading startup destination in the world, and many more.
Ankut Mittal, IPV - ankur-mittal-3ba773 (LinkedIn), ipventures.in (Website)
Pronojit, DTM Podcast - pronojitsaha (LinkedIn), pronojits (Twitter), pronojit (Clubhouse)
2022-06-2453 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E31. Building a Robo Chef - NymbleRaghav Gupta is a co-founder at Nymble where he is on a mission to put a Private Chef in every kitchen by building countertop cooking robots. Nymble is backed by 021 Capital, Waterbridge Ventures, and was most recently part of the Accel Atoms program. In the show, Raghav touches upon his journey of building Nymble starting from the early days of problem discovery, finding the right market, developing a prototype, assessing the technical feasibility, and many other such aspects of building a deep tech product.
Nymble is currently running private alphas in the San Francisco Bay Area where...
2022-06-0844 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E30. Learning from failures to take a SaaS Startup to $1mil ARR - ScrapingBeePierre is the co-founder of ScrapingBee, a web scraping API startup. He bootstrapped it to $1mil ARR in around 3 years and by incorporating quite a few learnings from his earlier failed startups. On the show, he discusses those learnings, how to decide when to move on, how to build differentiation in a crowded market, how to go about building a SaaS product MVP, and much more.
Pierre, ScrapingBee - PierreDeWulf (Twitter)
Pronojit, DTM Podcast - pronojitsaha (LinkedIn), pronojit (Clubhouse), pronojits (Twitter)
2022-05-1827 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E29. Automating XR (AR/VR) - Modtech LabsTimothy Porter is the CTO of Modtech Labs, which is on a mission to simplify visual content creation into one automated pipeline. It provides mobile+cloud-based software that makes 3D in minutes and is a revolutionary way of creating 3D content. On the show, Tim highlights his personal journey of more than a decade-spanning major brands like Gameloft, Sony, Disney, Two Bit Circus, and more. Bringing his expertise to a forward-thinking market on the edge of technology has expanded his ability to pioneer uncharted territory in AR, VR, MR, XR, IoT, AI, Networking, Volumetric Video, and more. Modtech Labs...
2022-04-091h 14
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E28. Hari Balasubramanian, Angel Investor & MentorHari is an angel investor focused on innovative startup teams. He practices lean startup principles and encourages founders to think global, act local and build an organizational culture suitable for innovation in startups. He is associated with Indian Angel Network (IAN), LetsVenture and IvyCap Ventures, among many others. On the show Hari talks about his entrepreneurial and angel investment journey till now. He shares insightful stories behind his major investments like Mukunda Foods (DosaMatic), Spinny, Wow Momo, Styledotme, Codeninja.ai, Zostel, Mpokket, Box8, Biggies Burger, Auntie Fung's, etc. He highlights what he looks for in startup founders and how...
2022-03-011h 06
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E27. Building AI Products - Qure.aiAnkit is a Senior Product Manager & Fouding Member of Qure.ai, an healthcare AI startup. He lends insights into how they started on their path to finding the right problem to solve, to how they assessed the AI-problem fit and the technical feasibility of it in the early days. Ankit also shares his inputs about the technology behind the product and how they build their MVP. Finally he emphasizes on the important point on how to go about building AI teams and also gives some advise for aspiring AI product managers.
Ankit, Qure.ai - LinkedIn
2021-10-111h 00
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E26. Generative AI for Fashion Apparel Cataloging - NeuroPixel.aiDr. Amritendu is an AI researcher and the co-founder of NeuroPixel.ai, an Indian startup that currently aims to build the future of fashion cataloging. In this episode, Dr. Amritendu walks us through his research experiences, his fight with cancer, going through the Entrepreneur First program, his startup story, the AI enabling the solution and future ambitions. More importantly, he calls upon the need to bridge the gap between research & industry and solve hard problems.
Dr. Armitendu Mukherjee, NeuroPixel.ai - amritendu-mukherjee (LinkedIn)
Pronojit, DTM Podcast - pronojitsaha (LinkedIn), pronojit (Clubhouse), pronojits (Twitter)
2021-08-1454 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E25: AI/ML in FMCG Industry & at UnileverParikshit is leading data science & advanced analytics at HUL & Unilever South Asia. We discuss the FMCG sector in general, its opportunities & challenges, and how AI/ML is currently being used in this sector. Parikshit also sheds light on some keystone AI/ML products currently being used at Unilever and given its scale of operations it's quite interesting to learn about them. This episode was hosted at the clubhouse app on the Data & AI club. Be sure to check out the club and follow them along with the show guests to get to know about their latest work.
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2021-07-231h 16
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E24: INDIAai, The National AI Portal of IndiaJibu Elias is one of the chief architects of INDAIai.gov.in, the national AI portal of India. Full of information, this episode is a treasure trove for anyone looking to gain insights into India's AI scene, especially from the industry & government's perspective. The portal itself is a "one-stop information shop" for everything AI in India and highly encourage interested participants to look and provide feedback. This episode was hosted at the clubhouse app on the Indian Startup Club. We were also joined by Praveen Mokkapati, Deputy Director NASSCOM and a principal driver of the Telangana AI mission along...
2021-07-191h 35
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E23: Drone Logistics IndustryRishabh is a Forbes 30 under 30 award winner and founder of Redwing Labs, a drone logistics startup which has garnered many awards from industry stalwarts like NASA, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Airbus. Rishabh gives us an overview of the drone logistics industry, its challenges & promises and the role that Redwings Labs is playing in this space. This episode was hosted on the clubhouse app on the small steps & giant leaps (SSGL) club. Also joining the session was Michael Mealling who is a VC at Starbridge, a prominent outfit in the SpaceTech investment arena. Be sure to check out the SSGL...
2021-07-091h 16
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E22: Earth Observation Industry - Perspectives from a Startup, VC & Professionals of the IndustryThis episode is a recording of the first ever session of DTM podcast on clubhouse. We had a discussion around the earth observation industry with all the three founders of Skyserve.ai, an Indian deep tech startup which is on a mission to democratize earth observation by providing easily accessible real-time insights at a cost that's more affordable for customers. Also joining us was Michael Mealling who is a VC at Starbridge, a prominent outfit in the SpaceTech arena. Be sure to follow them at below-mentioned clubhouse handles and get to know about their latest work.
Vishesh...
2021-06-301h 14
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E21: EdgeAI in Earth Observation - The SkyServe.ai StoryVishesh is the co-founder of SkyServe.ai which is on a mission to democratize earth observation by providing easily accessible real-time insights at a cost that's more affordable for customers. In this episode Vishesh walks us through his startup story, the major use cases & insights that it delivers on, its technology behind those insights, the business model and future ambitions.
If you want to learn more about earth observation industry in general then be sure to also check out episode 20.
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2021-06-2037 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E20: SpaceTech - Earth Observation Industry & AIVishesh is the co-founder of SkyServe.ai which is on a mission to democratize earth observation by providing easily accessible real-time insights at a cost that's more affordable for customers. In this episode he will give us an overview of the earth observation industry, its current state at world level and in India specifically. He highlights what challenges exist in the industry and also what opportunities lie ahead, especially in terms of AI/ML application.
LinkedIn
2021-06-1324 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E19. The Minus Zero Story - Towards world's first level 5 autonomous vehicleGagandeep is an AI researcher and the co-founder of Minus Zero, an Indian startup that aims to build the world's first level 5 autonomous passenger vehicle. In this episode, Gagandeep walks us through his startup story, its patent-pending technology, business model, and future ambitions.
LinkedIn: gagandeepreehal
2021-05-2944 min
Deep Tech MusingsDTM E18. Autonomous Vehicle Industry - Gagandeep, Founder, Minus ZeroGagandeep is an AI researcher and the co-founder of Minus Zero, a startup that aims to build worlds first level 5 autonomous passenger vehicle. In this episode Gagandeep will gives us an overview of the autonomous vehicle industry, its current state at world level and in India specifically. He highlights what challenges exist in the industry and also what opportunities lie ahead.
LinkedIn: gagandeepreehal
2021-05-2133 min
Deep Tech MusingsE17. Training Course Recommender - Mark, Data Scientist, ServiceNowMark is an industry veteran of more than 2 decades and is currently working at ServiceNow, one of the largest digital workflow management organizations. Mark has developed a training course recommender which establishes a direct association with the topline of the business. On the show he will help us to deconstruct the problem and his methodology and in doing so provide a primer to data science practitioners in approaching and solving analytical problems.
Mark's LinkedIn Profile
2021-05-0737 min
Deep Tech MusingsE16. Analytical Musings with Vikram, Head of Analytics Gaana & Ex-Delhivery (Part 2)Vikram has had an illustrious analytics career till now, will roles ranging from being the Analytics Lead at Fractal to being the Head of Analytics of two of the most well-known Indian startups - Delhivery (which is one of India’s largest e-commerce supply chain player) and Gaana (which is India's largest commercial music streaming service with over 200 million monthly users). Not surprisingly then he was awarded the 40 under 40 Data Scientist in India by Analytics India magazine recently. In this second part of the discussion, Vikram discusses about culture at Gaana, unique aspects of Gaana, his most fulfilling project ti...
2021-04-2322 min
Deep Tech MusingsE15. Analytical Musings with Vikram, Head of Analytics Gaana & Ex-Delhivery (Part 1)Vikram has had an illustrious analytics career till now, will roles ranging from being the Analytics Lead at Fractal to being the Head of Analytics of two of the most well-known Indian startups - Delhivery (which is one of India’s largest e-commerce supply chain player) and Gaana (which is India's largest commercial music streaming service with over 200 million monthly users). Not surprisingly then he was awarded the 40 under 40 Data Scientist in India by Analytics India magazine recently. On the show, Vikram will be letting us know about his journey in analytics till now, how he faced & overcame certain ch...
2021-04-1631 min
Deep Tech MusingsE14. Blockchain Analytics (Part 2) - Alex, Founder, Nansen.aiAlex is a machine learning engineer and a serial entrepreneur. His latest startup Nansen.ai aims to combine two of the most hottest deep tech - Blockchain & Analytics. In this second part of a 2 part series, Alex outlays how Nansen.ai helps in the end-to-end crypto investor lifecycle and his future roadmap. He also shares his views on the current & future state of crypto markets and some personal musings. Links to few mentions in the episode is given below.
Part 1 of the discussion : Link
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Thought leaders to follow in Blockchain
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2021-04-0224 min
Deep Tech MusingsE13. Blockchain Analytics (Part 1) - Alex, Founder, Nansen.aiAlex is a machine learning engineer and a serial entrepreneur. His latest startup Nansen.ai aims to combine two of the most hottest deep tech - Blockchain & Analytics. In this first part of a 2 part series, Alex discussed what motivated him to start Nansen, how does Nansen help crypto-investors make better decisions and protects them and many other aspects of the blockchain ecosystem. Links to few mentions in the episode is given below.
LinkedIn Profile
Thought leaders to follow in Blockchain
Andrew Kang (@rewkang)
Arthur Chung (@arthur_0x)
2021-03-2627 min
Deep Tech MusingsE12. AI Patents - Santhosh, PhilipsPatents protect the inverter by granting them exclusive rights of an invention for a designated period in exchange for disclosure of the invention. However their applicability to AI lends some consideration. I am excited to have Santhosh with us today to shed more light on this. Santosh is an industry professional with experiences across caterpillar, Lennox Industries and now Philips. Recently he was awarded a patent for using an AI method to operate a HVAC system so as to save energy costs based on predicted temperatures. Santhosh will be drawing from his experiences to demystify the AI patent landscape...
2021-03-1333 min
Deep Tech MusingsE11. Location Intelligence - Aditya HK, SwiggyOn todays show we have with us Aditya who is the Operations & Logistics Analytics Manager at Swiggy, Indias largest and highest-valued online food ordering and delivery platform. Aditya will talk about how Swiggy utilizes location intelligence to pin-point accurate addresses of customers thereby ensuring a smooth delivery process and increasing customer satisfaction. He dives deep into the AI/ML approach implemented to address this use case and also reflects on his personal learnings and experiences at Swiggy.
Learn more about Aditya & his work here: https://in.linkedin.com/in/aditya-hk-b0596814
2021-01-0833 min
Deep Tech MusingsE10. AI at the Edge - Peter Ma, Founder, MixposePeter is a rapid prototyping specialist and the co-founder of Mixpose, a multi-award winning startup (Google, NVIDIA among others) that is solving a very pertinent problem in today’s COVID world that of creating an engaging online interaction between instructors and their students, specifically for Yoga. Mixpose utilizes two of the hottest deep tech i.e. AI at edge and live streaming to help yoga instructors across the world to deliver high quality & highly engaging yoga classes. In the episode, Peter touches upon the AI/ML approach to detect yoga poses & highlights his startup experience till now with more fo...
2020-12-2624 min
Deep Tech MusingsE9. Analytical Musings with David Zakkam, VP Analytics, SwiggyExcited to introduce today's guest David, who is the VP of analytics at India's largest and highest-valued online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy! An industry veteran of 20 years, David has held multiple leadership roles in analytics at Mu Sigma & currently Swiggy. On the show David will be letting us know about his journey in analytics, how he faced & overcame certain challenges, what he looks for in data scientists along with certain other fun facts and what's in store in future for Swiggy and AI in general. This is a show not to be missed!
LinkedIn: https...
2020-12-0437 min
Deep Tech MusingsE8. Blockchain in Healthcare - Anton Hasselgren from NIT, NorwayAnton is currently pursuing his PhD from Norwegian Institute of Technology and conducting innovative research on the opportunities of blockchain solutions in health care and health science. His latest investigative research article on the state of Blockchain in healthcare is being well received and Anton will be sharing highlights from the same while helping us understand the basic components of a blockchain. Learn more about Anton and his work at the below links.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anton-hasselgren
Link to his paper on Blockchain in Healthcare: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138650561930526X#!
2020-11-2733 min
Deep Tech MusingsE7. B2B Hyper Personalization - Ashwin, Founder, CustomFit.aiAshwin is a serial entrepreneur with 17+ years of experience in working in multiple early stage startups building high scalable software systems. His latest venture - CustomFit.ai focuses on the B2B marketing segment and intends to capitalize on the $1B opportunity in this space. Ashwin will be discussing on what are some important use cases in the B2B marketing space and how CustomFit.ai caters to the same.
You can learn more about Ashwin's work on his LinkedIn profile and his company website below.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwin-kumar-custom-fit/
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2020-11-1226 min
Deep Tech MusingsE6. Rise of MLOps in AI - Samik Raychaudhuri, Director, OracleSamik is an industry veteran of more than 20 years having worked at organizations like Oracle, 247.ai, Quickride & others. In the episode he sheds light on one of the most trending topics in AI today - MLOps. Listen in to find out what MLOps is, how it is implemented in a business use case and how it makes data scientists' lives a lot easier enabling them to close the loop of the AI lifecycle. You can learn more about Samik's work on his LinkedIn profile below and also do try out the open source Spark library (link below) for automated...
2020-09-2549 min
Deep Tech MusingsE5. AI/ML in Oil & Gas Industry - Roar Nybo from SINTEF, NorwayRoar is a ML scholar having rich experience in the O&G industry and currently the senior business developer at SINTEF, which is headquartered in Norway. It is one of Europe's largest research organisations, with multidisciplinary expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences and the social sciences. Roar helps us to deconstruct the O&G value chain, with special focus on oil well drilling and understand some of the AI/ML applications for the same. Learn more about his work at : https://twitter.com/roarny
2020-09-1821 min
Deep Tech MusingsE4. Drug Discovery using AI/ML - Dr. Sebastian RaschkaDr. Sebastian (@rasbt) is the Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also a best selling author of the "Python Machine Learning" book and the creator of the popular "mlxtend" python library. On the show he talks about his latest research article highlighting how ML & AI approaches are being used for drug discovery, something quite prevalent in the COVID world today.
Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1046202319302762
Learn more about Sebastian's work here.
https://sebastianraschka.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X4RCC0IAAAAJ
2020-08-0739 min
Deep Tech MusingsE3. Intent Classification using Transformers - Abhishek Ghose, 247.aiGuest: Abhishek Ghose, Senior Principal Data Scientist, 247.ai
Abhishek Ghose is the senior principal data scientist at 247.ai, a leader in conversational AI. Understanding customer "intent" is the most critical piece in a chatbot conversation and Abhishek highlights how AI, particularly new age transformer based NLP models like BERT, are enabling intent identification using very less data. Learn more about Abhishek's work at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-ghose-36197624
Keywords: chatbots, conversational AI, natural language processing (NLP), intent classification, BERT, transformers
2020-07-3126 min
Deep Tech MusingsE2. Ashokraj - AI & Blockchain for post-covid Supply ChainsGuest: Ashokraj, Founder, Intelizest
In this weeks episode we speak to Ashokraj who is the CEO of Intelizest, an AI-Blockchain-IoT products and services company based out of Chennai, India. Among their top products is Rekochain which utilizes AI & Blockchain to facilitate supply chain operations and makes procurement streamlined and agile. In post Covid world, a new distinction in supply chain processes has emerged, those for essential and non-essential goods. Ashok highlights how Rekochain powered by its AI & Blockchain capabilities intends to capture value in this space.
2020-07-2428 min
Deep Tech MusingsE1. Manuraj Jain - Utilizing ML for Chit FundsGuest: Manuraj Jain, Founder, Money Club
In this weeks episode we speak to Manuraj who is the CEO of Money Club, a startup which is looking to innovate in the age-old industry of chit funds in India. Manuraj explains how his startup is using ML to improve the entire journey of a customer while participating in a chit fund and also how the government is providing an impetus to this industry by utilizing blockchain technology.
Chit funds are rotating saving cum borrowing schemes, where a group of people agree to deposit a certain sum of m...
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2020-06-0501 min