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Tukan Das: Start ups, Scaling Up, and Exciting new ventures in A.I.
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Tapajyoti (Tukan) Das takes us on a fascinating journey from his early days as a computer science student at Dalhousie to becoming a successful tech entrepreneur. He moved from Calcutta to Halifax over two decades ago, and was a co-founder of LeadSift—a company that could extract hundreds of attributes about individuals from their public social media profiles, providing valuable market intelligence to major brands like RBC, Ford, and MasterCard.
Once a change of philosophy for Leadsift triggeread a complete business transformation, the business scaled to new heights and was sold to Foundry (IDG) in 2021.
Now Tukan is working on a new AI platform (getgia.ai) helping consultants and professional service firms grow their businesses, Tukan offers a refreshingly optimistic perspective on artificial intelligence, shares insights on leadership, Halifax's tech ecosystem (needing more VC's and risk-taking investors), and more
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Chapters
1. Meet Toukan Das: Tech Entrepreneur (00:00:00)
2. LeadSift's Journey and Market Pivot (00:09:05)
3. Acquisition by Foundry: A Surprising Path (00:16:20)
4. Halifax's Tech Ecosystem and Potential (00:21:27)
5. AI's Impact on Work and Society (00:35:35)
6. 10 Questions: Personal Insights and Advice (00:52:31)
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