AI for Business - How is it Really Being Used?

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AI in Action – Learn how AI technologies are being used now to benefit companies, their employees, and their customers.

No doubt you’ve seen the barrage of media articles touting the good and bad of AI. Everyone has an opinion and generative AI solutions like OpenAI and ChatGPT are all the rage and for good reason. Skip the hype and learn from our expert panelists how AI I s actually being used today in the real world.

Additionally, these experts will give you a glimpse into what the real future of AI will offer as well. Get a front-row seat to push beyond the media’s hype and see what the real experts say about the value and risks of using AI now and into the future.

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Speaker Bios:

Anand Kulkarni, CEO & Founder @ Crowdbotics

Anand is CEO and founder of Crowdbotics. Crowdbotics is building the AI modernization and product management engine that enables teams to successfully transform legacy applications through a requirements-driven approach. Anand has been named one of Forbes Magazine's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30.

A vibrant contributor to thought leadership in the engineering, mathematics, and technology spaces, he has published over a dozen papers in ACM, AAAI and IEEE  journals and conferences.  He also previously held a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship in mathematics. He has degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Mathematics, and Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, and was previously Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of LeadGenius.

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Ashish Yajnik, VP of Products, Data Platform @ ServiceNow

Ashish Yajnik is an accomplished technology executive with extensive experience in product management and leadership roles across various organizations. Currently serving as Vice President of Products for the Data Platform at ServiceNow, Ashish previously held the position of Chief Product Officer at Vendia and has been an Advisory Board Member at NeuroBlade. Prior roles include Senior Vice President (Head) of Product Management at Teradata, where Ashish also acted as Vice President of Product Management for Cloud Data Warehousing, and Senior Director of Product Management for Data Protection at Dell EMC.

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Bhavin Shah, CEO & Co-Founder @ Moveworks

Bhavin Shah is the CEO and co-founder of Moveworks, with over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience in scaling companies from inception to success. Before Moveworks, he was the CEO of Refresh.io, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2015.

In 2016, Bhavin co-founded Moveworks, an agentic AI assistant that helps employees of large enterprises find answers, automate tasks, and boost productivity. Moveworks utilizes an agentic AI reasoner to seamlessly connect all enterprise systems, allowing for deep enterprise transformation and increased employee productivity. Moveworks serves over 300 enterprise customers, including notable names like Honeywell, Unilever, Marriott, Siemens, Broadcom, CVS and more. Moveworks has a team of more than 500 employees and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. The company has raised over $300 million in funding from esteemed investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, ICONIQ, Alkeon, and Tiger Global. 

Bhavin holds a Master's degree in Education, Technology, and Business from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.

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Sy Choudhury, Director of Business Development for AI Partnerships @ Meta

Sayeed (Sy) Choudhury is Director of Business Development for AI Partnerships at Meta Platforms, a role he's held since 2018. Prior to joining Meta (formerly Facebook), Choudhury worked at Qualcomm for over a decade. At Qualcomm, he held roles including Senior Director, Product Management, Internet of Everything, Snapdragon System Platforms and Director, Product Management and Web Technologies. Earlier in his career, he was the Director of Business Development of Digital Consumer Electronics at Wind River. Choudhury also held roles at Abbott and Creative Labs.Moderated by:

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Andrew Lindsay, Corporate Vice President for AI, Data and Azure Business Development @ Microsoft

Andrew Lindsay serves as Corporate Vice President for AI, Data and Azure Business Development at Microsoft. He leads partnerships teams that focus on Microsoft's inorganic artificial intelligence, data, Azure core, and data center growth. This includes strategic partnerships, ecosystems, acquisitions, and AI Co-Innovation Labs globally. 

He currently sits on the board of Asana, a publicly traded work management platform. Andrew previously served as Senior VP of Corporate and Business Development of HubSpot, a customer relationship management platform. Prior to joining HubSpot, Andrew was the VP of Corporate Development at Jawbone, a wearable technology company. He was previously a consultant with McKinsey & Company and a mergers and acquisitions investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co.

Andrew holds a B.S. in Biology from Howard University, where he also helped found the university's Center for Digital Business. Mr. Lindsay also holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He sits on Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board and is an Alumni-in-Residence for Harvard Law School. He is a Charter Member and prior Board Member of the C100. He previously Chaired the City of San Francisco’s TechSF Workforce development body for ten years.