Generative AI and I - with Ranjani Mani

In this episode we talk to the CEO of Bhashini, Mr Amitabh Nag on India's AI led platform driving digital inclusion with tech.   We discuss Bhashini's concentrated efforts on the 22 constitutional languages of India, offering services such as automatic speech recognition, machine translation, and text-to-speech. Get to know how Bhashini is instigating a major shift in digital inclusion, facilitating everyday transactions in native languages, and promoting efficient voice-based operations to bridge the digital and literacy gap.     We cover a lot of ground, including   How Bhashini is transforming the language landscape of India and the world - bridging the digital divide and empowering citizens Current use cases and potential applications of Bhashini across sectors from education to healthcare How it leverages the power of crowdsourcing and collaboration through incentivizing users Future roadmap and how the citizens of the country and the world can look at leveraging it   Personally, I liked how through the conversation Mr Amitabh remained absolutely grounded - not touting AI as a panacea to solve it all but striking that fine balance between how AI can drive tech for good with continuous learning.

In today's episode we talk to a Chief Data and Analytics officer - Steffin Harris who in his last role was the CVP and Global Head of Cloud+ AI at Microsoft. With 27+ years of professional experience and a stellar track record of achieving success across Data, Analytics and AI, setting up and leading global data teams across Microsoft, Meta and VMWare.   In this episode we cover his perspective across three key themes #1 As a leader : Focus and Impact areas - Elaborate on the 'AI Sherpa' role that leaders play in driving the adoption and responsible use of Generative AI? #2 Perspective of Gen AI : Talent and Staying Relevant - How to work towards staying relevant #3 Perspective of Gen AI : Industry views and Anticipated challenges - Challenges faced by orgs in adoption and keeping up with exponential change   Read more about Steffin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdharris/  

Understanding the '3T framework' and what is enabling the tech ecosystem in India In this exciting new episode of Generative AI and I, I am excited to interview Sanket Atal, Managing Director - Salesforce India Operations, Site Lead - Technology/Marketing/Product.   With 29+ years of experience across firms such as Informix, Oracle, CA Tech, MakeMyTrip (E-commerce), and Intuit, working in the US and India with geographically distributed teams, Sanket's deep tech experience is evident across the discussion   I love the passion he has towards startups and innovation, customer centricity driving mindful leadership and building diverse and inclusive workplaces   An engineer at heart, Sanket chats about the 3 T framework that is enabling the tech ecosystem, how to build AI first products with innovation whilst focussing on customer centricity with a focus on data governance and security.   Learn more about Sanket Atal here  - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanketatal/

In today's episode we chat with Kumar Gaurav - who is in the thick of things with Generative Voice AI. He is the co founder & CTO @ Vodex.AI - a Technology Start-upp that specialises in Generative AI-powered solutions for businesses. And through this podcast we will learn more from the builder - especially one as nascent as Voice AI.   Please note - All opinions expressed here are personal   Learn more about Kumar Saurav here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/athenasaurav/

In today's episode, we are going to chat with Aniketh who is a VC at Ideaspring Capital. With a MBA from Oxford, he comes with a rich background in tech with a global experience across US, Singapore and India. He has contributed to the growth of 3 startups, 4 venture capital firms, a family office and a global investment bank. And currently, he invests in companies building technology products/solutions for the enterprise space.   In this episode hear him talk about how he evaluates startups in the Generative AI space, his perspective of the evolving business models and his advise to the folks who are new to this space   Episode Link on Youtube : https://youtu.be/zK0_u4zZnHg Connect with Aniketh MJ on LinkedIN : https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniketh-mj-5468681a/   Check us out here on Spotify,  Amazon Music (Audible) and  Apple Podcasts   Chapter Markers 00:01:12  Guest Intro 00:03:44 What is Generative AI? 00:06:08 Sectors that are disrupting the most? 00:08:57 How will this pan out in 2-5 years 00:10:33 Use cases and Examples 00:14:07 How are VCs approaching and Evaluating ideas? 00:16:09 Startup Growth Flywheel 00:19:06 Incumbents vs New Entrants 00:20:40 Where is money being spent? 00:25:15 Ethical and Regulatory concerns 00:30:15 Skills to succeed? 00:35:41 VC perspective of India market maturity 00:43:27 Deep vs Broad. How do startups create stickiness  

"Half life of knowledge is decreasing - careers are more like a Pie vs T shaped'. I thoroughly enjoyed this discussion with Srikant, the co-founder and Chief Executive  of Fractal Analytics. He is someone I admire for being able to balance well between the strategy and the weeds of challenges in execution - something I have seen few executives do so well. He is a thought leader, independent board director, and member of NASSCOM executive council and someone whose work in this space I admire and follow We cover a lot of ground here -   What's different now? A mental model of how to think about GenAI and how it is different from the AI journey thus far? Talent/career lens here -  How should folks across early, mid management and executives look at leveraging Gen AI to stay relevant What should India's strategy be wrt Generative AI? How do we play to our strengths? What should we be wary about? Industry and Ecosystem Trends-  What does the GenAI ecosystem look like now: How are large players seeking to evolve?  What are the most important use cases and products in this space? Areas that will be most prone to disruption and then what they can do Connect with Srikanth here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanthvelamakanni/

I quite loved my conversation with the inimitable JB We cover quite a gamut of topics -  101 on Open AI's Chat GPT - Both from a tech stack perspective and what it will disrupt What are the 5 principles of Gen AI that folks need to know? Can AI achieve singularity? Will AI ever become conscious What does the future of work with Gen AI look like? Will ChatGPT take our jobs? Will Gen AI disrupt IT and ITES - what are the challenges and opportunities for India? Should GPT exist?   In this episode we talk to the inimitable, Jaspreet Bindra With 25+ years of business and P&L leadership, digital transformation, technology and entrepreneurial experience across t consumer and enterprise businesses    JB is the ex-CDO Mahindra, Microsoft, TAS , Best selling Author of The Tech Whisperer. Currently the Founder and MD of Tech Whisperer Ltd., Cambridge, he has held Advisory Board and Advisory Positions with Thoughtworks, Findability Sciences, IDC and Mahindra Group A Global Keynote Speaker, Advisor, Writer and Educator on Technology, He also writes a Fortnightly column 'Tech Whispers' for Mint, columnist for NDTV, write for Hindustan Times and others Connect with him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaspreetbindra/  

Conor Grennan is the Dean of Students at NYU Stern School of Business, NY Times and #1 International bestselling author, TEDx Speaker and Head of GenerativeAI@Stern. He is an epitome of where curiosity can lead you - from self learning GenAI to being an evangelist today in teaching not just his MBA students but also corporate leaders on how to leverage Generative AI to increase productivity.  He is also totally crushing it with his Youtube channel where he educates folks on AI. So today we are going to chat with Conor about how to leverage AI more effectively, why it is bound to change the way education works and most importantly how one can self learn Gen AI Connect with Conor here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/conorgrennan/

Today we have with us someone on the forefront - building trusted Generative AI for Healthcare   Pivoting from a long career in tech in Asia and Corporate America to eventually being a 2x founder, investor and currently the CEO of Autonomize AI.   His mission is straightforward - The explosion of healthcare data over the past decade hasn't really translated into improved patient outcomes, personalized medicine and affordable care, because of the missing link - making all of that information accessible and computable for humans and algorithms to make decisions.   And he and his team are keen to Autonomizing healthcare   In today's episode hear him talk about how one can you bring in value and competitive advantage as the tech stack evolves? And why is GenAI such a huge unlock in Healthcare?   Learn more about Ganesh Padmanabhan here  - https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmanabhan/

In today's episode, we talk to Ranjeet Shetye, Partner, YourNest VC and Managing Director (India), Everstream Analytics. As both a leader and practitioner building in this space, Ranjeet shared this thoughts on -  # Mental model on the AI tech stack and existing players # Perspectives on where India can compete in AI to leverage this inflexion moment #Challenges that are ahead of us in this journey   Please note - All opinions expressed here are personal   Learn more about Ranjeet Shetye here  : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjeetshetye/