Shubu.ai, co-founded by Amar Kumar Dani ('08), raises $1M to build a voice-based assistant for doctors
Cision (April 9, 2021)
AI Startup Shubu.ai led by IITian raises USD 1 mn to build a voice-based assistant for doctors
Shubu.ai is an accurate voice-based assistant developed focused on doctors and medical practitioners. The cloud based, AI-driven application simplifies the documentation workload for doctors as well as assists in other administrative tasks.
The app was developed by a group of IIT Kharagpur alumni including Founder & CEO Mr. Amar Kumar Dani ('08), Vinay Phadnis (co-founder & CTO), Anuj Mokashi (COO and Co- Founder), respectively.
CEO & Co-Founder Mr. Amar Kumar Dani on his journey and the funding round - here is what he has to say:
Journey as an entrepreneur
"It all started when I was in the USA pursuing my masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University and for paying off my education loan, I used to do some freelancing work. Luckily, I got an interesting Machine Learning and Big Data project from an Australian startup, that's when the idea of becoming an entrepreneur popped up in my mind. The idea behind this application was to optimize marketing in bigger organizations through data analysis. After that I worked on various ideas, none of which actually took off but in hindsight, the failures laid the foundation for building Shubu.ai."
''I have always worked in start-ups and I felt that start-ups were always a great avenue to explore the creativity within oneself and challenge oneself to go beyond their capability,'' Amar quoted when asked about the challenges he faced while bootstrapping Shubu.ai. (Read More)