Ceo Journal

Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder and CEO of Builder.ai , shares his insight on the 'new' world of retail and offers up avenues retailers can take to get closer to the customer in the wake of COVID-19.In what felt like an overnight shift, the way that small businesses traditionally interacted with their customers stopped, changed or morphed. Among those most vulnerable are the smaller retailers without an online presence that depend on their customers to walk through their doors. While many states are beginning to reopen, a lot of uncertainty still exists around the health of the retail industry. Will capacity be capped to 20%, 50% or 75%? If stores are allowed to be open, will people feel safe walking in, trying on products and exchanging money with staff members? A recent survey found that 90% of shoppers were hesitant to shop in stores because of COVID-19 concerns. And what happens if all the stores need to close again after a matter of months if another wave of the...

Conventional thinking says that one needs to know coding or be an engineer to create an application. Engineer.ai proves it otherwise, getting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to do the job, or at least most of it. Says Sachin Dev Duggal , CEO and founder of Engineer.ai, “I am an engineer and many like me don’t want to do repetitive codes like Facebook login. We have to utilise engineers to do the important things—like the logic and flow of an application and actually thinking through a customer’s problem,” he explains. Engineer.ai treats app creation as an assembly line production process. When an app needs to be designed, the majority of it is done in the first couple of hours by the AI on his platform. And then, software engineers (from a workforce of 26,000) work on the little parts remaining to complete the app (like how technicians fix a car’s chassis, engine and wheels in a car assembly line), thereby leaving the repetitive work to AI and focusing on the creative parts that actual...

Led by serial entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal, Engineer.ai will use 65 percent of the fresh capital for engineering and rest for customer acquisition. Engineer.ai, the human-assisted AI that helps companies build and operate custom-made software, has raised Series A funding of $29.5 million, led by Lakestar and Jungle Ventures with participation from Softbank’s DeepCore. Led by serial entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal , Engineer.ai was created with the belief that everyone should be able to build their ideas without needing to code, and that any idea can be brought to life without wastage of time, money or resources. Sachin Duggal , Co-founder and Chief Wizard of Engineer.ai. said, “The capital comes at a time of rapid growth and will propel the platform into the mainstream, allowing Builder to open the door for entire categories of companies that could not consider it before." The company will use 65 percent of the fresh capital for engineering purposes and the rest for cus...

The next evolution in Computing “Cloud Computing-The next evolution in Computing” Cloud Computing is the next big leap in the computing world. For the uninitiated Wikipedia defines Cloud Computing as “Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.” The concept is a revolution that will have effects on many sectors, and industries that are computer reliant. Sachin Dev Duggal and Saurabh Pradeep Dhoot are two individuals who are at the forefront of this revolution in India. Their venture Nivio promises to save time and money for those with computers remaining consumer friendly throughout. We found out more on Cloud Computing and Nivio from Sachin who was gracious enough to answer our questions… What form of cloud computing is your company “nivio” bringing to India ? nivio is a World Economic Forum - Technology Pioneer (2009) and a global cloud-computi...