#74 Creating Value using Artificial Intelligence with Ru Mitra– Founder and Author

Ru is a graduate from the University of Cambridge, UK who has built six startups in four countries. His primary interest is to build products with social Value. He is also a mentor of Google Launchpad and a senior AI advisor of EFMA Banking group. Ru has been invited to speak at over 60 events from 21 countries. His talks are about sharing his experiences on growing various startups and building products in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Enjoy the show! We speak about: [01:45] How Ru started in the AI space [06:50] What surprised Ru about startups [10:15] Getting data first, then finding customers [15:00] Ru’s writing career [18:35] How to live a complete life [20:40] What success means to Ru [31:10] Bringing to life the machine learning models [35:00] Ru’s advisory roles [39:00] OpenAI [41:20] Overcoming challenges with data [44:00] Challenges with user adoption [50:00] What Ru is most proud of [51:40] Advice for the audience Resources: Ru’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitrar Ru’s Website: https://www.mitrarudradeb.com Creating Value With Artificial Intelligence: Lessons Learned from 10 yrs of Building AI Products and Overcoming Data, Adoption, and Engineering Challenges Quotes: “I overcome challenges by learning from my failures.” “Two years ago I would have never thought I would be a good public speaker.” “Success cannot be defined by external factors.” “I haven’t been stressed for three years, maybe more.” Thank you to our sponsors: Fyrebox - Make Your Own Quiz! RMIT Online Master of Data Science Strategy and Leadership Gain the advanced strategic, leadership and data science capabilities required to influence executive leadership teams and deliver organisation-wide solutions. Visit online.rmit.edu.au for more information And as always, we appreciate your Reviews, Follows, Likes, Shares and Ratings. Thank you so much for listening. Enjoy the show!