28: Rana Gujral | Helping AI and Voice Understand the Power of Human Emotion

Rana Gujral is an entrepreneur, investor, and CEO of Behavioral Signals, an enterprise software company that delivers a robust and fast-evolving emotion AI engine that introduces emotional intelligence into speech recognition technology. Rana has been awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine, the ‘US-China Pioneer Award’ by IEIE and list in “Top 10 Entrepreneurs to follow in 2017” by the Huffington Post. He was also recently listed in Inc. Magazine as an “AI Entrepreneur to Watch”. He has spoken at conferences such as the World Government Summit and AI Everything in Dubai, the Silicon Valley Smart Future Summit, and IEIE in New York. You can find his writing in publications such as Inc., Tech Crunch, and Forbes. In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast Nick chats with Rana Gujral from Behavioral Signals. Nick and Rana talk about Rana’s journey through technology coming from a family of prominent doctors and ultimately becoming the CEO of multiple tech companies and startups, as well as a globally recognized venture capitalist. Rana shares his thoughts and insights from a venture capitalist’s perspective on the technology industry and offers some tips that startups can use as they build their product and seek venture capital funding. Nick and Rana also dive into the technology behind Behavioral Signals and how the technology is helping AI and voice assistants better understand human emotion and the context behind spoken language. Rana also shares his thoughts on the voice assistant technology industry and how it has the capability to evolve into something truly incredible over the next few years. What do you want to learn about in the world of AI and Voice-First? Interested in becoming a guest? Send an email to [email protected]. You can follow The Artificial Podcast on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theartificialpodcast/ The Artificial Podcast is now on Alexa! All you have to do is ask Alexa to enable “The Artificial Podcast” to listen to all of our episodes on any Alexa-enabled device. How to connect with Rana: Website: https://www.ranagujral.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranagujral/ Twitter: @ranagujral How to learn more about Behavioral Signals: Website: https://www.behavioralsignals.com Follow Nick On: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-0794/ Twitter: @therednickm Instagram: @therednickm Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.