# Hariprasad Sudharshan

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Product Manager, AI & API at 1Finity (a Fujitsu company)

16 years at Fujitsu, multiple U.S. patents and research papers, Global MIT Hackathon winner, and LlamaIndex contributor.

## Talk: Opportunities in AI: Personal Observations on Culture of Goldrush in California

Frequently driving across the Bay Area, Hari discovers the talk of the town just from the billboards full of AI startups. It is undoubtedly the Mecca of tech: every room you enter is trying to build the next 100-million-dollar company, and they go after hard problems. Hari lives in the US and works in AI, and his upbringing in Chennai gives him a vantage point. This talk shares what that culture looks like, and where and how he thinks Chennai should compete in AI.

Track: d7-auditorium

## Links

- linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/haripm4ai