In this episode of the GenAIrous Podcast, Rahul Singhal (Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Innodata) shares insightful perspectives on how Gen AI is poised to reshape humanity. Beginning with his view that this technology could herald the dawn of a new internet, he takes listeners on a journey through why humanities degrees will gain renewed importance in the Gen AI era, the need for golden data sets, and what makes the reality of a one-person startup achievable. He also delves into the evolution required for Gen AI models to handle deduction and reasoning. Tune in to explore the future landscape of Gen AI.

As Innodata’s Chief Product Officer, Rahul drives the development of innovative AI data solutions trusted by the world’s top tech companies. His teams build cutting-edge platforms and develop solutions across generative, traditional, and enterprise AI, from data collection and annotation to supervised fine-tuning and model safety and red teaming. Under his leadership, he has helped transform Innodata into an AI powerhouse, driving a 15X increase in shareholder value translating into a $400M increase in the market cap, and securing partnerships with five of the Magnificent Seven. Before joining Innodata, Rahul was Chief Product Officer at Equals 3, an AI marketing platform recognized with industry accolades such as Gartner Cool Vendor, CES Top 5, and the IBM Watson ISV Award. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at IBM, where he led the Watson Platform’s product portfolio, growing its services 100X and launching over 15 new APIs in vision, speech, data, and language.

01:11 The Transformative Power of Gen AI

02:43 Data: The Core of AI Success

05:28 Evolving Skill Sets in the AI Era

09:15 The Future of Startups in a Gen AI world

11:04 Domain Specific Transformations

13:55 Client Perspectives on Gen AI

17:29 The Future Landscape of Gen AI

In this episode, Sangeet Paul Choudary (Founder, Platformation Labs) spotlights Gen AI's true potential — its ability to remove friction in knowledge management and understand highly structured knowledge bases. But what does this mean for businesses and where does competitiveness come into play? Tune in for a fascinating look at how Gen AI unlocks business value, the rise of geopolitical hotspots and the unfiltered truth about what happens when less qualified talent is enabled to do more sophisticated work.

Sangeet Paul Choudary is the bestselling author of Platform Revolution and Platform Scale and has advised CXOs at more than 40 of the Fortune 500 firms on platform strategy. He has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and his work on platforms has been selected by Harvard Business Review as one of the top 10 ideas in strategy, alongside Michael Porter, Clayton Christensen and others. Sangeet is appointed to the advisory boards of ING, Standard Bank, GPA Brazil, and others and has formerly served as a member of the WEF's Global Future Council, the co-chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit, and a member of the ministerial advisory committee at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt of India. He is a frequent keynote speaker at leading global forums including the G20 Summit, the World50 Summit, and the World Economic Forum.

00:00 Introduction and Background

02:27 The AI and Competitiveness Link

04:29 Impact on Decision, Workflow and Relationship Advantages

09:48 Unlocking Value within different Industries

15:16 Gen AI’s impact on the Coding Space

19:32 Hotspots for Building AI Skills at Scale

In this episode, Sanjeev Gupta talks about transforming the world of support engineering using Gen AI. An industry that is ripe for disruption, he unpacks the market potential, key challenges, and Kahuna Labs' unique approach to solving a problem that has stumped may. But perhaps most fascinating of all, Sanjeev spotlights the necessary shift from Enterprise Knowledge Graphs to Customer Knowledge Graphs. He also offers a perspective on the VC "waiting game" and how vendors can maximize the technology’s potential. Spoiler: it's not about immediately replacing humans. Tune in to find out where things stand.

Sanjeev is a co-founder and CEO of Kahuna Labs, a Gen-AI startup that is transforming Support Engineering. Sanjeev has a 25+ year career in leadership roles at tech companies ranging from small startups to industry leaders, two of which had an IPO during his tenure. Sanjeev led Customer Solutions Engineering worldwide at Google. Prior to starting Kahuna Labs, he led all New Product Introduction at Palo Alto Networks.

00:00 Introduction and Overview

01:15 Bringing Gen AI into Support Engineering

05:57 The Transformational Potential of Gen AI

09:53 Improving Efficiency and Customer Support

15:27 Building a Customer Knowledge Graph

17:05 The Journey to AI-Driven Support Engineering

19:15 Gen AI’s Impact on Industries

22:44 The Human-AI Equation

In this episode, Amit Padalkar and Deepak Sharma dive deep into the debate between industry-agnostic and domain-specific Gen AI use cases, explore whether companies should invest in developing their own large language models (LLMs), and reveal how small businesses are making bolder moves compared to large enterprises. They also highlight the rise of Gen AI sprints, discuss key metrics for tracking Gen AI initiatives, and emphasize the crucial role of a solid data foundation. Tune in to uncover the secrets to running smarter tech operations, thriving businesses, and delivering exceptional customer experiences—don’t miss out!

As Chief Client Strategy Officer at Photon, Deepak owns and drives client success, strategy consulting and the pre-sales group between US and India. He has over a decade of experience in customer success across multiple companies and industries along with deep operational expertise. He also co-leads the Gen AI strategy and academy at Photon and manages the Gen AI accelerator offering that has seen 85%+ success rate in the market. He is a regular speaker on customer success and AI. Amit Padalkar is Senior VP, Customer Success at Photon. He is a Business Development professional with experience across the high tech value chain in different segments such as Wireless, Mobility, Semiconductors, Media, Healthcare, Hospitality & Gaming. Amit is experienced at both in selling high tech engineering solutions as well as building IT businesses.

02:57 The Impact of Gen AI on Business Transformation

08:07 Enterprise Productivity and the Role of Gen AI

10:37 Measuring Progress in AI Initiatives

13:37 Evolving Skill Sets for AI Implementation

20:56 Upskilling Boards & CXOs

24:18 Hiring in the Gen AI Era

26:41 The Importance of Data Foundation in AI

In this episode, Vivek Ganotra (Co-founder, Sentisum) takes listeners on journey through emerging innovations from the Bay Area to India and parts of Europe, highlighting the unique contributions each region brings to the AI landscape. He also touches on how Gen AI is reshaping industries worldwide before shifting to the critical topic of data management in the Gen AI era—from raising awareness of data's origins to implementing guardrails, organizing it for meaningful insights and setting-up essential dissemination infrastructure. Vivek also discusses emerging business transformation roles and the dual role of education—a receipient to AId-riven change and a key player in preparing tomorrow's leaders. Tune in to get all the details.

Vivek is an experienced leader with a passion for building and scaling businesses internationally in the world of consumer brands and retail. He is currently the co-founder of Sentisum, an Advanced AI Insights company, where he recently joined hands with the founder to help scale the business. His previous roles have included Chief Executive of THG Ingenuity, a platform & logistics business in the Ecommerce industry & Chief Customer Officer at Salesforce, UK&I.

01:50 The Revolution of Gen AI

04:26 Emerging Innovation in the Bay Area and India

08:03 Exploring Adoption of Gen AI in Various Industries

12:10 Data Management and Sharing in the Gen AI Era

22:58 Putting Humans at the Center of Transformation

25:08 Responsible Use of AI

27:19 Integrating AI in Education

This episode of the GenAIrous Podcast offers a contrarian perspective on all things AI and Gen AI. Amit Choudhary, consulting and tech industry expert, provides fascinating insights about how Gen AI will simplify coding, bringing engineering skills to the limelight; a yin and yang approach to build or buy decisions for AI solutions, and a cricket analogy that you don’t don’t want to miss. He also dives deep into case studies that showcase how AI is helping solve problems and the strategic advantage of domain understanding. The dialog ends with some sage but actionable advice for leaders and young professionals.

Amit was the COO of Wipro, a leading technology and consulting firm until May 2024. Over 25 years across consulting and technology roles, he has delivered profitable growth through strategic thinking, client centricity, business transformation, P&L management, and mergers and
acquisitions.As the COO of Wipro, Amit was responsible for driving superior client experience enabling sustainable and profitable
growth for Wipro, while investing in scalability of the firm's operating model. Amit has consulted at board and CXO levels across industries and countries, delivering solutions including global shoring, outsourcing and managing complex change initiatives. He has been a driver of Corporate Strategy andChange Management including Pre-Merger evaluation and Post Merger Integration of acquisitions ranging from string
of pearls to B$+ deals.

00:00 Introduction

01:28 Contrarian Perspective on AI

04:08 AI as an Accelerator for Human Ability

05:54 AI Impact on the Workplace and Industry Adoption

09:48 Evolution of Coding Jobs and the Importance of Domain Understanding

13:20 AI Use Cases and Industry Adoption

17:57 Build or Buy Decision for AI Solutions

22:04 Continuous Upskilling and Lifelong Learning for Leaders

25:17 Advice for Young Professionals

In this episode, Hexaware's President and Global Head of Gen AI Consulting, Arun "Rak" Ramchandran talks all things generative AI: from usage in one's personal life, to deep technology, enterprise use cases and the age spectrum; specifically how different people adopt technology. He provides a succinct, insightful framework called the 4A approach to AI adoption, some fascinating use cases across different industries and sharp insights on how data privacy and sustainability concerns are being addressed. Tune in to listen learn how generative AI is democratizing AI for problem solving in business and everyday life.

Rak stands at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and business transformation as the President and Global Head of GenAI Consulting and Practice at Hexaware. Since joining the organization in 2017, he has been instrumental in leading the Hi-Tech, Platforms, and Professional Services (HTPS) vertical BU as well, driving significant growth and innovation. Under Rak's leadership, Hexaware launched its GenAI Consulting and Practice Unit, marking a pivotal shift towards becoming an AI-first company. As the head of consulting, Rak orchestrates Hexaware’s comprehensive enterprise architecture and technology consulting services, encompassing a broad spectrum of service lines and digital transformation capabilities tailored for diverse industry segments. Rak’s prior experience with Capgemini & Infosys provides him with the perspective and insights into successful technology service organizations, and his base in Silicon Valley gives him the network and vantage point in interpreting and getting ahead of emerging technology trends.

01:28 Hexaware’s Transformation
3:39 Potential Impact of Gen AI
06:36 The 4A approach to AI Adoption
08:54 Personal Anecdote
11:18 Gen AI in Action
15:20 Addressing Data Privacy
19:21 Addressing Sustainability Concerns
23:27 Advice for Young Professionals and Senior Leaders

In this episode of the GenAIrous Podcast, CP Gurnani (Co-Founder, AIonOS) talks to Srikanth Iyengar (CEO, upGrad Enterprise) about how generative AI is driving demonstrable value that's reflecting in the stock prices of companies, but also on the impact across different parts of the value chain. He offers invaluable advice for boards and enterprise leaders, his perspective on the scale of disruption we can expect by 2030 and provides rich examples of how Gen AI is disrupting industries like aviation and sectors like marketing. The world is super exciting, tune in so you don't get left behind.

CP Gurnani is co-founder of AIonOS, pioneering AI advancement for business optimization in TTLH sectors. The company's digital transformation reflects CP's long-standing commitment to technological innovation, a commitment honed over a significant tenure as CEO and Managing Director at Tech Mahindra, where he led substantial organizational change. As an Entrepreneur CEO , CP has introduced impactful models and leadership programs, such as AIMER and the Global Leadership Cadre, which have shaped his approach to cultivating transformative competencies with young leaders. This experience now fuels AIonOS' mission to revolutionize industry operations through cutting-edge AI solutions.

00:00 Introduction and Background
01:41 Generative AI: Fad or Fundamental Change?
05:43 Advice for Boards & Enterprise Leaders
08:58 Role of AI in Different Industries
13:31 2030 view
16:11 Upskilling and Continuous Learning
18:59 CP’s Company: AIonOS