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Sramana Mitra: What year did you get funding? Anand Mahurkar: Late 2017. Sramana Mitra: This was after how long from founding? Anand Mahurkar: About six years. Sramana Mitra: You had substantial revenue already?

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I always love doing stories of my readers. Anand has been following the blog since 2010. He has built a terrific, fundamentals-focused AI company. And I am thrilled. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born, and raised, and in what kind of background?

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