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Evolution of Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces by Engineer.ai CEO

Engineer.AI — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:29:26 +0000

The author of this article is Builder.ai (formally known as Engineer.ai) CEO, Sachin Dev Duggal discussing about the diverse and inclusive workplaces.

The average worker will spend approximately 90,000 hours of their life at their workplace. For some, it naturally promotes a sense of belonging to the company, constantly becoming a driving force to improve their performance.

However, over the last few years, establishments have begun to realize that not all employees can form deep relationships with their workplace due to many internal or external factors. However, one thing is certain, the topic of diversity and inclusion has become a central point of every discourse on workplace culture, and so companies are focusing on creating a proressive environment to enhance the intangible value offered to their employees.

We can launch a diversity revolution for issues such as gender inequality in allowing equal work and wage opportunities. Organizations are now intentionally fighting discrimination on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

Many studies conducted on diversity reveal a stark difference in firms' performances with and without gender diversity. A study by McKinsey conducted over several years showed that gender-diverse companies tend to outperform non-gender-diverse firms by 15 percent. Back in 2015, when Alibaba's Jack Ma was asked for the secret behind the success of his firm, he said: "Actually, I think one of our important secrets is that we have a lot of women." Back then, Alibaba had 52 percent of women employees, and many held senior leadership positions as well.

Today, the interesting thing is that the scope of diversity and diversity at the workplace has evolved beyond gender inequality, and many companies are trying to address the inherent biases that are sometimes difficult to detect.

Recently, Goldman Sachs announced its new policy that the bank would not support the IPO process of a firm lacking a woman or "diverse" director. Similarly, there have been many developments, and campaigns at the workplace are expanding the meaning of "diversity".

Read Full Article @ https://www.peoplematters.in/blog/diversity/the-evolution-of-diverse-and-inclusive-workplaces-25011

Engineer.ai Used 65% of Fresh Capital For Engineering and Customer Acquisition

Engineer.AI — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:25:33 +0000

Engineer.ai, is an AI assembly line that helps companies build and operate custom-made software, has raised $ 29.5 million of Series A funding led by Lakestar and Jungle Ventures with a partnership with SoftBank's Deepcore.

Earlier, the CEO of Engineer.ai said, the company used 65 percent of the fresh capital for engineering purposes and customer acquisition. The company's current headcount is 150 worldwide, and the company claimed that it will doubled in the coming years.

The platform currently employs 32,000 engineers, of which 10,000 are from India. "It will go up to 250,000 engineers from India within 24 months," Engineer.ai said.

The company's newly launched product, called 'Builder', is an AI-powered software assembly line, which breaks projects into smaller building blocks of re-usable features that are customized by engineers for bespoke software “at a fraction of the price and time of traditional development”, it claims.

Source: https://newspedia-live.blogspot.com/2020/03/engineerai-use-65-of-fresh-capital-for.html

Bridging Education Gap with Cloud Computing in India

Engineer.AI — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:50:49 +0000

Author: Chief Wizard at Engineer.AI

The rapid pace of technological spread is changing every aspect of our lives. In India too, as technology adopts exponential adoption in some areas such as health and ecommerce, its adoption has been slow in some other areas; One major area is education.

The use of PowerPoint presentations, video narration, projectors, and other gadgets has come a long way in educational institutions, but in terms of IT infrastructure, these similar institutions, particularly schools, display a limited strategic vision.

Contrariwise, Indian students are warming up edtech platforms to enhance their learning experience. According to Wikibizpedia, in 2018, the size of the edtech market reached below $ 550 Mn, growing steadily at a CAGR of 49%. This figure is estimated to reach $ 1960 million by 2021.

Addressing Other Challenges with Technology

In addition to making the learning process more interesting for students, new age technologies have many advantages. The Government of India understands the positive impact that cloud computing has on the education sector and is therefore investing more than INR 1 lakh Cr in an initiative called RISE (Revitalizing Infrastructure and Systems in Education), which will lead to a new era. There is a strong focus on merging the new-age technologies such as cloud computing, AI and VR with education systems.

Also Read : C-Suit Career Advice BY Engineer.ai CEO

Raising Quality

The biggest challenge in the Indian education system is the current quality of education. In most institutions, the curriculum is not regularly updated to conform to global development.

To understand the gravity of this issue, let us look at the scenario for future jobs– which is the primary reason for undertaking education in the first place. As per a report by FICCI-EY-NASSCOM, 9% of the young Indian workforce in 2022 will be deployed in jobs that do not even exist today; whereas 37% workforce will be deployed in jobs with radically altered skill sets.

Improving Reach

The primary factors that make education a distant dream for many in India are either the unavailability of education or, if available, the high costs that come with it. Cloud computing can address both issues.

This is as remote classrooms enabled by the cloud can help in running multiple classrooms with a small group of teachers whilst also helping to overcome the lack of skilled teachers or the physical school infrastructures in more remote areas. The cloud can also play a massive role in delivering education by using streaming on the web.

Article Source @ https://inc42.com/resources/bridging-indias-education-gaps-with-cloud-computing/

A Week in a Life Of Engineer.ai CEO

Engineer.AI — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:16:59 +0000

Sachin Dev Duggal is a serial entrepreneur who in 2012 founded Engineer.ai as a solution to the long and expensive process of app & software development. Prior to this, he founded technology companies Shoto and Nivio.

Lets have a look to the Week in Engineer.ai/Builder.ai CEO Life:

Monday

I wake up most mornings at 6:30am. This morning, I wake up even earlier due to the cries of my three-month-old daughter, Samanäya. As I pick her up from her crib and rock her back to sleep, I can hear my phone buzz a million times a second from across the house. With Sam in one hand, I begin to skim through the many emails I’ve received in the last six hours. I don’t even bother checking Slack at this point because messages, from engineering to marketing, run into three digits there in a matter of hours.

I run a global organisation, so work never stops. The Indian office is in full swing by now. Meetings are lined up from 9:30am to 6:30pm and a lunch break seems like a far-fetched dream at this point. I put Sam back to bed and get on my laptop. The rest of the morning is spent catching up on emails, going to the gym, having breakfast with family, doing the school run with my three-year-old son, Aramnäya, and more meetings, emails and messages.

The day is spent revisiting the previous week and planning the one ahead. We also have the formidable annual review coming up since the end of the year is near. But despite all the chaos, at the end of the day, I feel grateful for everything – the opportunities that I’ve been given to create something meaningful, my entire team at Builder.ai who make it happen, and my family, of course.

Tuesday

I got a fortunate four hours of sleep last night. Today, over breakfast, I’m reading “Click, Clack, Moo. Cows That Type” to my son. He loves the cows that type away, much to Farmer Brown’s dismay. I don’t like noisy typers myself, so this story book is enjoyed by both my son and myself equally. The rest of the day flies past with meetings and PR interviews.

I wrap up at 6:30pm sharp and head to my kickboxing class. This is my sacred hour and some of the best ideas have come to me during this time.

After my class, I head home. 7:30pm to 10:00pm is strictly family time. Post dinner, there’s story time again and off to bed my kids go. Many hugs and kisses and goodnights later, I’m back at it. My day hasn’t ended. I’ve got another 4 hours of calls lined up with the leadership of my organisation.

Wednesday

We are doing a front page ad campaign with the Times of India, the second-largest selling English-language daily newspaper in the world, for two of our products – Builder Studio and Builder Cloud. There’s a lot of planning that goes into nailing the segmentation and targeting, messaging, call to action, lead capture and so forth. So, I’m flying to India today. I get off the 9-hour flight and head straight to work. I won’t be getting much sleep for the next 48 hours.

At about 8pm, I leave from office to catch dinner with my mum. This is the best part of my trip! As soon as dinner is done, I head back to work for late night meetings with the product team. We wrap up by 1:30am and everyone seems satisfied with how much we got done.

Thursday

I’m up bright and early this morning despite sleeping late last night, thanks to jetlag. I go for a jog and then head to work. I walk in at 8:00am and there isn’t a soul to be seen, but that’s on me. I’ve always been the first one in, last one out and the habit just doesn’t leave me. I’ve never quite been able to segregate “work” time from “non-work” time. My mind just doesn’t work that way. I spend my day (including lunch hour) in operations, marketing, sales, PR and finance catch-ups, and believe me, in a fast-scaling global organisation like Builder.ai, there is enough to discuss.

We also finalised the nitty-gritty of our upcoming campaign and with that, my trip to India officially concluded, albeit with another late night.

Friday

I took a late flight last night back to London, walking onto the plane on a conference call, so I can attend my son’s first play. I manage to catch some sleep on the flight. In school, Aramnäya walked onto stage first (his eyes searching for his mother and I). My heart melted and suddenly all the craziness this past week made sense. The headteacher came to me to thank me for the lights, and I, at the back of my mind, thought of my wonderful assistant, Alessia, who just made magic happen.

I wrap up work early today, so we can go out for a little celebratory family dinner. No more emails, meetings, calls, or messages for the day. I put my phone away. Tonight is about love, gratitude, and family.

Source: https://www.prolificlondon.co.uk/features/2020/02/week-my-life-sachin-dev-duggal-founder-and-ceo-builderai

Builder.ai fuels Middle East Digital Transformation with New Dubai Office Opening

Engineer.AI — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:38:29 +0000

Builder.ai (formally known as Engineer.ai), the platform that lets anyone build apps and software without knowing how to code, announced that it has responded to the massive potential for digital disruption in the Middle East by opening a new office location in Dubai.

Builder.ai is now in an optimal position to help its customers in the region easily and cost-effectively develop their software ideas and go to market sooner with its human-assisted AI. This move underscores Builder.ai’s rapid international growth, now operating in five locations including London, Los Angeles, Delhi, Tokyo and Dubai, with 275 employees around the world.

Mr. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder and CEO of Engineer.ai, said, “Our research shows that there are a lot of up and coming businesses in the Middle East that want to elevate their digital footprint to better serve their existing customers and expand their base internationally.

In fact, the cross-border data flow connecting the Middle East to the other countries around the world has increased by a multiple of 150 in the past decade. This region has been an under served market and is ready for a platform that can digitally amplify its businesses. There is a massive opportunity for Builder.ai in the Middle East to support and inspire startups to build their digital ideas.”

Read Full Article @ https://technuter.com/artificial-intelligence/builder-ai-fuels-middle-east-digital-transformation-with-new-dubai-office-opening.html

AI Assembly Line for Building Software | Engineer.AI

Engineer.AI — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:04:57 +0000

BY: Natasha (Engineer.ai Team Member)

Hey there I’m Natasha, and my specialty is making all your app building dreams come true.

Say you've got a great idea for an app or a website, maybe it finds you a concert buys you tickets and calls you a car to get there but you don't know how to find somebody to turn the thing in your head into the thing in your hands or you do and they said it would cost too much.

They said it'd take too long well, don't be surprised they didn't have me and they didn't have builder. Let me tell you how Engineer.ai do our things, it's easy to promise you tell us what you want, what it does and the features you need, then me and my network of geeks build it using building books that really work.

That means you save on building features that are already out there and pay for what's really special about your idea and you own all of the code. If you're buying a car you don't start by designing the wheels or the doors so who says you're supposed to build an app that way.

Engineer.ai will take your dream and make it real on all the devices you need it to live on and we'll do it fast because we know what we're doing even better will guarantee you a cost and you'll get your estimate right away plus we'll make a timeline that works for you, pricing that works for you and of course a roadmap that works for you with room for the iteration customization and maintenance.

You'll Need, You'll Get all that information on an easy to read, build card, you don't need to be an engineer to understand it and when we (Engineer.ai) say right away, we mean right away, really builder generates it automatically, so your idea makes it to the real world with no surprises and no hidden costs. I know what you're saying how's all this even possible it's basically magic builder by engineer day. I wear awesome together what will you build.

Watch Full Video @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUXRjUscxuE

Top 4 Firms Making Changes In The Industry With Technology

Engineer.AI — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:14:58 +0000

As technology takes center stage for businesses, innovation has become necessary for survival. Today, the corporate world is not dominated anymore by “the survival of the biggest” but “the survival of the fastest” and speed can only be fuelled by technology.

Let's have a look on the top firms which are making big changes in their industries with technology at the core of their offerings.

Byju’s
With the simple innovation to expand reach among students and help them understand their school subjects better, Mr. Raveendran launched his eponymous firm Byju’s. Striking the right chord with millions of students, Byju’s became the most popular educational mobile app across the country.

Builder.ai (Formally Engineer.ai)
Sachin Dev Duggal, a global business magnate, is a co founder of an AI assembly line platform called Engineer.ai (Builder.ai) that enables anyone to build and run software. It is not necessary to be a tech-geek to be involved in software creation activities on the Builder.ai platform.

The platform follows an easy step-wise process to understand the user's software requirement and deploys AI as well as world-class developers to create the desired software. Even though software development markets around the world are touching new heights every passing year, but the market remains fragmented.

Engineer.ai CEO concept not only enables people to create great software but follows a transparent communication in terms of time, cost and other details regarding the software you create here.

Netflix
What started as a simple DVD rental business today has emerged as the world's most popular platform for streaming entertainment-related content online. Millennials not only love Netflix but they are totally addicted to it!

Over 150 million subscribers in the world are logging into Netflix and watching movies, series and more. The company has also contributed to the entertainment sector by producing original content on its platform which is setting new times in the entertainment world in terms of acting, conceptualization, direction and more.

Amazon
In July 2019, Amazon completed 25 years of existence and has grown from strength to strength. It is a fact that when a startup enters a stage of high growth and then profitability, the company starts to affect more than one industry.

Amazon is one such example. Not only has Amazon changed the way we shop for the consumer, but have time and again implied strategies to lead the trends in retail. Today, Amazon sells a large number of products at the lowest possible price.

Source: https://www.ciol.com/top-four-firms-changing-tracks-industries-technology/

Engineer.ai Platform "Builder" Lets Anyone Build Apps Without Knowing Coding

Engineer.AI — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:42:01 +0000

Welcome to builder by Engineer.AI.

Builder by Engineer.ai helps you to pick and choose all the ingredients for your app and lets you sit back and relax till your app is ready! We promise, now building an app will be as simple as ordering a pizza.

Engineer.ai is AI assembly line which makes your apps to order. You've got the idea we've got the code together we'll bring your app idea to life with builders rich interactive platform. Engineer.ai promises that building your app is as simple as ordering pizza.

Let's start building your idea with Engineer.ai Builder to get started.

Select what type of product you want to build; you have the option to choose from a variety of platforms. Suppose you want to build an app next, you'll be directed to the templates page.
Select the template or templates that most closely resemble your idea, by doing this builder understands how you want your product to function.
Once a template is selected, builder will be able to identify and recommend specific features for your product.

Let's say your idea functions as a shared economy platform, but also includes components of a more traditional e-commerce model and is geared towards Millennial.

Don't see a comparable template; just explain your idea to us (Engineer.ai) and we'll take it from there from building to maintenance based on the template selections. Engineer.ai’s Builder has added the features to meet the functionality requirements for your product.

Simply add or remove the features as you see fit Select OK to continue with the recommended features. If this is your first time building with us, we recommend scheduling a demo with one of our team members or watching one of our tutorials before getting started.

After deciding all the features you want to include, choose the time zone of your human team and how fast you want your product to be delivered. Engineer.ai team will build all the unique bits that make your idea a completely customized product based on your selection. Build and reproduce the timeline that works for you and a roadmap that suits you in real time.

Finally, phases show you all the possibilities of what Engineer.ai’s builder can deliver to you. Do you want just the designs, a prototype or a complete app to finalize your product and get started with development?

Simply provide payment for the first week of work, you will then be connected with one of our project managers for a deep dive into your project.

Before kickoff you will also be given access to a dashboard, so you can track progress in real time. So now the only question is what will you build?

Watch Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZURrLesd0do

Engineer.ai Raised $29.5 Million in a Funding

Engineer.AI — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:17:30 +0000

AI assembly line platform Engineer.ai has raised $29.5 million in a funding round led by Lakestar and Jungle Ventures with participation from Softbank’s DeepCore.

The startup with global presence including offices in Los Angeles, London, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, and Tokyo will use the capital to go deeper in engineering operations and drive customer acquisition.

Besides, the Sachin Dev Duggal led company is also planning to expand its operations in the Asia Pacific region, especially India, South East Asia including China.

Touted as the low code no code AI platform, Engineer.ai enables budding entrepreneurs to order their own app at a low price from a network of 50 software firms and 10,000 developers.

Read Full Article @ https://entrackr.com/2018/11/softbank-jungle-ventures-fund-engineer/