#077 Daisy Intelligence Founder & CEO Gary Saarenvirta: What is Explainable Decisions as a Service?

There seems to be truly no limit to what artificial intelligence is capable of doing. One of the best examples of this is Canadian startup Daisy Intelligence, which works primarily with retailers and insurers to make automated decisions that don’t require having a human in the loop. It’s what founder and CEO Gary Saarenvirta likes to call “Explainable Decisions as a Service.” Gary joined startup coach Roland Siebelink on the newest episode of the Midstage Startup Momentum Podcast to share what “Explainable Decisions as a Service” means and why he doesn’t like the term artificial intelligence. He also talked about his journey to becoming a founder and Daisy’s progress thus far. Why Daisy feels the need to explain its AI decisions to customers. How to target multiple industries in the go-to-market. What it’s like having a global go-to-market in a competitive space. Why Daisy should have tried to become profitable sooner. Why startups need the right product if they want to burn cash. Navigating a product’s users being different from those choosing to buy it.