Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar
Business:Entrepreneurship
E74 - Building an AI Native Future w/Mad Street Den (MSD)'s Ashwini Asokan
In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ashwini Asokan, Co-Founder & CEO of Mad Street Den!!
Mad Street Den is a Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Company building the AI architecture of the future. Founded by a Neuroscientist - Designer duo, the company's mission is to build and deliver AI on scale through meaningful applications to billions of people across the globe.
Its first vertical platform is a visual intelligence product Vue.ai, which enables the Retail industry to reimagine the future with AI and it has also recently launched another vertical platform - getblox.ai!
Taking AI to the world, MSD is marching towards its audacious goal of an AI Native Future. I sit down with Ashwini to discuss much of what got them here! Through the episode we discuss -
1. (02:17) : Mapping Ashwini's professional decisions & how Design has helped shape her Founder Persona!
2. (07:14) : Navigating the audacious goal of building an AI native future ~ Short term execution & long term vision
3. (12:50) : Getting Lost by Choice as Founders!
4. (16:09) : The role of simplification & evangelism in building a category creating company
5. (20:01) : Organisational Design Principles ~ Curating a multi-disciplinary diverse organisation.
6. (24:32) : Organisational Design Principles ~ Cultivating leaders within a Company!
7. (27:11) : Organisational Design PrinciplesPrinciples to fire folks & let go in an optimal manner ~ Intellectual Honesty
8. (30:09) : Scaling the Non-Scalables as the company grows
9. (33:12) : Decoding the product strategy for MSD - Vue.ai - getblox.ai
10. (36:20) : Populating thoughts & developing clarity as a Founder!!
11. (40:20) : Work-Life balance is a myth ~ Focusing Quality rather than Quantity!
12. (43:08) : Giving back & Uplifting the Ecosystem as Founders Grow!
13. (45:33) : Conclusion
Hope you liked the 74th Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Building an AI Native Future!
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