Kshiteesh Srihari - Co-Founder and CEO

Kshiteesh Srihari

Co-Founder and CEO

AI expert | GenAI proponent | Gaming/Media enthusiast | Robotics afficionado

I am a Sci-fi driven tech entrepreneur, and I decided to found an AI company after working on the alpha testing phase of WonderDynamics.

Building a company without staff was seen as something relatively improbable, but with compute power and GenAI protocols today, it is possible to run a lean team that can leverage this technology to amplify and scale company workflows. Along with my co-founder we decided to startup to have an enterprise to explore AI and Robotics as the industry ballooned overnight. Working to build some other multinational AI infrastructure only to then become redundant myself seemed like a bleak future, so I took up the alternative.

Before starting up I had worked in the services sector in India for a few years before doing my Master's degree in Management from ESCP, an European University getting a comprehensive view of Global Business Strategy. Communication and teamwork are the cornerstone of any succesful venture, but in today's world the tech is also a crucial aspect of enterprise, and I feel we are poised for a new era of industry.

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