COO & Co-Founder at Kanu AI
Harsh Patel
I've contributed to GPT-4, Gemini, and Grok. I've built AI systems that sold for $50M+ and secured 200k+ APIs at AWS. Now I'm building something bigger. Throughout my career, I've worn many hats. At Deloitte Digital, I built Canada's first ML-enabled claims assistant that sold to major insurance providers for $50M+. I then pitched and led a team of 8 building an AI highlights reel engine that sold to Toronto's top e-sports team. These were just two of eight projects I shipped there. At AWS, I owned the API Security program, ensuring 200k+ APIs were secure on the cloud and presenting directly to L10 leadership including Peter Desantis and Eric Brandwine. I then joined AWS Global Sales as an AI/ML Specialist, managing a $20M+ portfolio and advising cloud customers across the US. At Scale AI, I contributed to GPT-4's personality, Gemini's security, and Grok's knowledge base while red-teaming SOTA models. Now I'm using years of enterprise software experience to build Kanu AI, an agent that changes the way organizations build software.
Questions & Answers
Why are you excited about your company/product?
Teams used to rely on software engineers to ship real software. Now we're enabling every team member the ability to contribute their great ideas as shippable software.
What inspired you to start your business?
I've always loved Steve Jobs' quote where he says "everything around you that you call life, was built by people who are no smarter than you". We often overlook how true that is. I want to build things that other people can use and becomes their norm. Thats the mark I want to leave on the world.
