Starting and Scaling AI Ventures: A 90-minute primer on building an AI-powered organisation

by Shantanu Kumar

"Shantanu's primer is insightful and practical, compounded by his hands-on experience", Viral Shah, co-creator of Julia, co-author of Rebooting India Today, anyone can move towards building AI into their business – with the advent of open- source technologies in this space; execution isn't the all-elusive dream that it used to be. As Shantanu left his role as the sole Data Analyst for Udacity India to transition into building the AI function at inFeedo, breaking into YCombinator's Summer '20 cohort, and eventually joining LinkedIn, he found the term 'Data Science' widely quoted and overused. Structured as an anecdotal summary of experiences and tactical advice, this book is an attempt to bridge the large gap of what it means to be AI-powered, and how you can help your organisation get there. The final part of the book features conversations with industry leaders who have walked the talk with their work to help you better understand the space and make your move towards being AI-powered. Dr. Kirk Borne, Principal Data Scientist and Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton Manish Singhal, Founding Partner, pi Ventures Nir Eyal, bestselling author of "Hooked" and "Indistractable" Prukalpa Sankar, Co-founder, Atlan, SocialCops. Forbes30U30, Fortune40U40 Dr. Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India Dr. Shailesh Kumar, Chief Data Scientist, Reliance Jio Swapan Rajdev, Co-founder and CTO, Haptik Tanmaya Jain, Founder and CEO, Amber by inFeedo (Y Combinator Summer '20)

151 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 15, 2020

About the author

Shantanu Kumar is a data scientist at LinkedIn, and was the Head of AI Products at inFeedo, scaling it to multi-million dollar revenues to be one of the leading employee engagement organizations globally, and a part of YCombinator's Summer '20 cohort. He's previously had a stint in Udacity's data team and is the author of LexScore, a sentiment-lexicon contextualising algorithm. As a graduate of MIT's New Ventures Leadership Bootcamp, he co-created MiMent, a finalist of the program structured around personalized learning plans for Indian university students looking out for jobs and places to apply their skills. He is now a part of the MIT Bootcamps Alumni Advisory Board. As an active contributor to Stanford Scholar, Shantanu's research on fake-news detection is voted highest on the platform. A global speaker and guest lecturer, Shantanu has taught at many B-schools in India and spoken at various AI and Entrepreneurship forums.

Reviews

[Dr. Tathagat Varma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing new, but an ok start for someone looking to understand how to get started on AI journey.