Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Raj Koneru, CEO of Kore.ai (Part 1)

Raj is building his fifth company, a conversational AI platform and solutions venture. I really like the PaaS strategy. Sramana Mitra: Let's start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as the company. Raj Koneru: I'm the Founder and CEO of Kore.ai. I've been an entrepreneur for about 25 years. Prior to this, I built about five companies, starting with an IT services company. The first two companies went public. The latest company that I built is called Kony, which is an enterprise mobile application platform. Sramana Mitra: We know Kony well. We've covered Kony. Raj Koneru: About six years ago, I decided to build this company called Kore.ai. This is a fast-growing company in the conversational AI space, which helps large enterprises automate their interactions with their customers, employees, and partners. Sramana Mitra: If you could start us off with a bit of an ecosystem map of the conversational AI space, that would be great. It is not a crowded