Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba

We cover all topics related to the entrepreneurial journey from ideation to execution to optimization and to reaping the rewards of a well-run business

Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba is a business podcast hosted by greatentrepreneurs, with 152 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

greatentrepreneurs hosts Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba, a business show with 152 episodes published.

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  Episode #152

  Powering Physical AI: Gather AI’s Sankalp Arora

  Sep 17, 202620 min

  In this episode, we speak with Sankalp Arora, Co-Founder and CEO of Gather AI, a physical AI platform for logistics and warehouse operations. Gather AI uses autonomous drones, computer vision, and machine learning to give companies a real-time view of what is happening across their warehouse floors. The company grew out of robotics research at Carnegie Mellon University, where Sankalp and his co-founders studied how robots could become more effective data-gathering systems. Today, Gather AI is used across dozens of warehouses and scans air cargo for Emirates Airlines across airports in Dubai. The company has raised $74 million to date and is growing bookings at more than 2x year over year. Sankalp holds a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon and has spent more than 15 years working across autonomy, computer vision, and robotic data collection. Before becoming CEO, he served as Gather AI’s Chief Robotics Officer and Chief Robotics Engineer. I am your host RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode click to follow.

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  Episode #151

  Owning Enterprise AI: Oumi’s Manos Koukoumidis

  Aug 27, 202624 min

  In this episode, we speak with Manos Koukoumidis, Co-Founder and CEO of Oumi, an open AI platform helping enterprises build specialized models they can own and control. Oumi is designed for organizations that want to move beyond renting generic foundation models, giving teams a way to evaluate model performance, create training data, train specialized models, and continue improving them around their own business needs. Before founding Oumi, Manos led major generative AI efforts at Google Cloud, including the work that became PaLM and later Gemini. His background also includes roles at Meta and Microsoft, along with research experience at Princeton and MIT. I am your host, RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to follow.

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  Episode #150

  Automating Patient Record Retrieval: Predoc’s Nishant Hari

  Jul 29, 202619 min

  In this episode, we speak with Nishant Hari, Founder and CEO of Predoc, an AI-native health information management company built to make patient records easier to retrieve, organize, and use. Predoc helps healthcare organizations move beyond manual record collection by combining AI with human-in-the-loop support, turning fragmented medical records into structured data that care teams can use before a patient visit. The company has processed more than 10 million pages of data and served over 1 million patients. Prior to founding Predoc in 2022, Nishant spent nearly a decade in finance and derivatives trading at institutions including Citi and HSBC. He transitioned to healthcare after witnessing the day-to-day workflow bottlenecks faced by his wife, a practicing physician, and subsequently built Predoc alongside clinical and technical co-founders to reduce administrative burden and accelerate access to complete patient information. I am your host, RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to follow.

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  Episode #148

  Protecting the Cost of College: GradGuard’s John Fees

  Jul 15, 202619 min

  In this episode, we speak with John Fees, Co-Founder and CEO of GradGuard, an embedded insurance platform built for the collegiate market. GradGuard works with more than 700 colleges and universities to embed tuition and renters insurance directly into the enrollment and billing process. By clearly explaining refund policies at the moment families are making financial decisions, the platform protects students from financial losses due to unexpected illness, injury, or mental health challenges. Prior to GradGuard, John built multiple companies at the intersection of higher education, financial services, and technology, including Y2M, a college media and student lending platform later acquired by Viacom’s MTV Networks.John supports The Jed Foundation. To learn more about this organization click here . I am your host, RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to follow.

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  Episode #149

  Insurtech Leader: Input 1’s Todd Greenbaum

  Jul 8, 202621 min

  In this episode, we speak with Todd Greenbaum, President and CEO of Input 1. Input 1 is a digital billing, payments, and premium finance technology provider that helps carriers, MGAs, brokers, and banks manage the full inbound premium process across the insurance lifecycle. Today, the platform supports roughly $16 billion in annual premium activity, reaching millions of policyholders and insurance customers. Todd joined Input 1 shortly after its founding in 1984, stepping into the role of President in 1990 before later becoming CEO. Over his tenure, he has focused on operational discipline and customer experience, bootstrapping the business from its earliest software system into a long-running industry leader. I am your host, RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to follow.

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