Priyanka Kulkarni, CEO, Casium: AI-driven business immigration startup

🎙 On episode 145 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is Priyanka Kulkarni, an EB-1 and founder of Casium, an AI-driven, business immigration company for startups, founders, and employers.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈)Priyanka grew up in Mumbai, initially set on becoming a lawyer before realizing the realities of the legal profession in India pushed her in a different direction. Naturally drawn to math, science, and building, she pivoted to computer science and, after graduating Bachelors of Engineer, joined Microsoft in India, working on machine learning problems like fraud detection and search relevance.She later moved to the U.S. on an L-1 visa, continued advancing her work in AI, and earned two master’s degrees (from the University of Washington and another from Johns Hopkins) while working full-time and navigating the complexities of the U.S. immigration system herself.But when she wanted to start a company through an AI incubator, she realized her visa limited her ability to do so. After pursuing her EB-1, she saw how complex and opaque immigration was, which led to the idea for Casium—an AI-powered immigration platform for individuals and companies.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Priyanka’s immigration early life, studies, and immigrating to the US🔹 Priyanka’s work at Microsoft while getting two Master’s degrees in CS and applied math🔹 How Priyanka’s visa initially stopped her from launching a startup and led to creating Casium🔹 How Casium works today, what clients it helps, thoughts on the future of immigration, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!