Sramana Mitra: You believe there is a bias from customers?
Aparna Dhinakaran: No, I think there is a bias in the tech industry itself. In general, there are not that many women that go into AI. I don’t think that we can argue that we’ve reached a neutral point. If I saw that in reality, there would be more women founders.
Sramana Mitra: I’m not asking you the question on statistics. I’m asking about your personal experience. Do you face bias from customers?
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Lumenasia
As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Ashwini Padiyar from Mumbai, India, pitch Lumenasia, a firm assembling manufacturing reps for the lighting industry.
Hyberconnect
Then we had Rajiv Kumar Singh from Asansol, India, pitch Hyperconnect, an electric vehicle charger company.
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Sramana Mitra: So what use cases did you find the maximum traction in?
Aparna Dhinakaran: AdTech click-through rate is a common use case. Fraud is a big one. Lending is a big one. Demand forecasting is another big one. There are these common use cases.
Sramana Mitra: Are you direct selling?
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