Building an AI Platform Company for Real-Time Applications: Vantiq CEO Marty Sprinzen (Part 1)

The world is severely short of AI talent to build complex solutions. It is essential that platforms offer layers of abstraction on top of which systems can be built without getting deep into the weeds. Vantiq is innovating with such a platform and offering excellent business model options including revenue sharing, outcome-based pricing, etc. Very

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1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What were the ARR numbers between 2022 and 2023? Can you walk me through that growth?

1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: So now, let’s get specific. In 2022, these pilots started coming in and starting to convert. You have six months, let’s say, to make sure that the pilot is working. Tell me when you started getting the real deals after the pilots.

1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: One of the important points of bootstrapping is you can’t do a lot of stuff for free. You have to charge.

1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What was in your MVP? What did you put in the MVP that could take on conversations like this and deliver something meaningful?

1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I remember some of the work we did on the positioning. Summarize the process of how you’ve got to product-market fit.

1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Did you try it inside of Omnicom?

1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (Part 1)

It is always thrilling for me to listen to 1Mby1M entrepreneurs achieving great things. This interview capture’s Bharath’s 6-year journey of bootstrapping to over $5M ARR. At this point, I am fairly confident that Data Poem can blitzscale to become a legitimate Unicorn. Not fluff, not fumes, clear, concrete ROI-driven revenue growth that is set

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