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NESST Keynote 2019

NESST Keynote 2019

This presentation is based on my previous NESST keynote from 2018, plus slides from the Ara pitch, updated for 2018–2019.

Anand Chowdhary

February 06, 2019
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  2. @AnandChowdhary
    CEO, Oswald Labs
    IBM Global Entrepreneur
    EyeFocus Accelerator
    TEDx Speaker
    Oefenen.nl Advisor
    Consultant to 10+ startups
    University of Twente
    © Rikkert Harink

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  3. 500

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  4. 2013
    2012
    Accelerator
    ARA
    2018
    2017
    Government of
    National Capital Territory
    of Delhi
    2016
    2015
    2014

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  5. 2014

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  6. CLASS

    REBELS

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  9. Collaborative learning
    Education technology
    Free and open platform

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  10. 2015

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  13. 7 months

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  15. Discover great music
    Download and share for free
    Open source and community-driven

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  19. 2016

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  24. Make the web accessible
    Everyone gets the best content
    Free and open source

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  31. Accessible information
    Global connectivity
    Individual empowerment

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  32. 2017

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  39. Content accessibility
    Business-driven
    Access for all

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  40. 2018

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  43. $5,000

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  47. Ara

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  48. AI-powered
    business
    communication
    assistant.

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  49. Email
    124B 110B
    Business emails

    sent per day
    Consumer emails

    sent per day

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  50. Hey John, let’s set up a
    Skype call for this week!
    Hi Jenny, I’m on a leave
    next week, so let’s follow
    up after I’m back?
    Hello Steven! Do you
    need any help in getting
    started with the product?
    These are my bank
    account details for the
    payment, thanks!
    1
    2
    3
    4

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  51. Hey John, let’s set up a
    Skype call for this week!
    1
    Hello Steve! Happy to
    talk to you. Does
    sometime Friday work?
    Hello again John, I’m
    picking my daughter up
    on Friday, so I can only
    do between 8 and 9 am.

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  52. Oh, that’s alright. How’s
    next Monday in the
    afternoon?
    Yes, I think I can do
    around 2 pm. Does that
    work for you as well?
    Perhaps we can push it
    to 2:30 pm instead?
    Great, I’ll send you a
    calendar invitation.

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  53. Ara AI
    Email
    Assistant

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  54. Email

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  55. Hi John! Happy to talk to
    you. :)
    Coffee with John
    Say Hi
    [email protected]

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  56. Hi John! Looking forward to
    talking to you. :)
    Hi Ara, can you set up coffee
    with John?
    Coffee with John
    CC Ara
    [email protected] [email protected]

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  57. Hi John,

    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.

    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:

    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM

    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM

    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.

    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.

    Best,

    Ara Isaacson (AI)

    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary

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  58. Hi John,

    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.

    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:

    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM

    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM

    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.

    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.

    Best,

    Ara Isaacson (AI)

    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Recommended time

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  59. Hi John,

    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.

    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:

    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM

    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM

    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.

    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.

    Best,

    Ara Isaacson (AI)

    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Alternate options

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  60. Hi John,

    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.

    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:

    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM

    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM

    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.

    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.

    Best,

    Ara Isaacson (AI)

    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Location preference

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  61. Hi John,

    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.

    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:

    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM

    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM

    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.

    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.

    Best,

    Ara Isaacson (AI)

    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Hi Ara,

    Thanks for your email! I’m super looking forward to
    coffee with him.

    Sure, Friday at 4:30 works perfectly for me, I’ll see
    him at Starbucks. :)

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  62. Hi John,

    Happy to find a time for you and Anand.

    Does Thursday, October 3, 11:00 AM CEST work?
    Alternately, Anand is also available for a 30-minute
    coffee meeting on:

    – Friday, October 4, 3:00 PM

    – Friday, October 4, 4:30 PM

    You can also let me know if you have any other
    times in mind.

    Anand usually like to meet at Starbucks Enschede
    for coffee; it’s at Universiteit Twente, Drienerlolaan
    5, 7522 NB Enschede.

    Best,

    Ara Isaacson (AI)

    Assistant to Anand Chowdhary
    Hi Ara,

    Thanks for your email! I’m super looking forward to
    coffee with him.

    Sure, Friday at 4:30 works perfectly for me, I’ll see
    him at Starbucks. :)
    Hi Anand,

    Your coffee with John is scheduled, and I’ve added
    it to your calendar. It’s this Friday at 4:30 PM CEST
    and he’ll see you at your usual place.

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  63. Artificial neural network
    Natural language processing
    Email interface
    Translation and internationalization
    Calendar context awareness
    Location and geography
    Contextual timezone and locales

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  64. Hi Ara,

    Can you send John my bank account details to
    make the payment?
    Hey Ara,

    Please make you follow up with John tomorrow
    about the payment. :)
    Hey Ara,

    Set up a meeting with the team, I’ve CC’d everyone
    in this email. Negotiate times and get back to me.
    Hi Ara,

    Make sure there’s no appointments when I’m on
    vacation, and turn on the autoresponder.
    Hey Ara,

    Make sure I’m available for dinner with my wife on
    date night (this Friday).
    Hey Ara,

    Remind John to send the paperwork next week,
    we’re going to be in trouble otherwise!

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  65. Platform for people with cancer to come together
    and help each other
    App for people with dyslexia to translate, view, and
    understand text around them in real-time
    Restore heritage sites for investment and cultural uses
    between Chile and the Netherlands
    Discovery engine and review platform for online stores

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  66. Universal resources for startups
    Community-driven acceleration
    Free and open platform

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  67. 201X

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  68. Education
    Inclusion
    Empowerment

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  69. 500

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  70. Problem + Tools

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  71. Problem + Tools
    Why? How?

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  72. Problem + Tools
    The relationship between form and purpose—How and Why—is
    symbiotic. But despite this link, Why is usually neglected,
    because How is more easily framed. It is easier to recognize
    failures of technique than those of strategy or purpose, and
    simpler to ask “How do I paint this tree?” than to answer “Why
    does this painting need a tree in it?”
    Frank Chimero, The Shape of Design

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  73. Problem + Tools
    Why? How?

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  74. Problem + Tools
    Open education
    Music is hard to find
    Technology isn’t inclusive
    Technology
    Technology
    Technology

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  75. Problem + Tools
    Open education
    Music is hard to find
    Technology isn’t inclusive
    CLASS REBELS

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  76. Problem + Tools
    Open education
    Music is hard to find
    Technology isn’t inclusive

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  77. Problem + Tools
    Open education
    Music is hard to find
    Technology isn’t inclusive

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  78. Problem + Tools
    Open education
    Music is hard to find
    Technology isn’t inclusive
    ?

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  79. Problem + Tools

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  80. Opportunities

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  81. Opportunities
    Live subtitles AutoALT AI Helper
    Eventa11y Oswald Labs Platform

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  82. Problem + Tools
    Opportunities

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  83. Register

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  84. Register
    Ideation Pitching Prototyping
    Investment-readiness Business Plan

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  85. @AnandChowdhary
    Questions?
    Slides on SpeakerDeck
    [email protected]
    anandchowdhary.com
    © Rikkert Harink

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