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Top 6 AI Predictions and Trends for Enterprises in 2024
Top 6 AI Predictions and Trends for Enterprises in 2024
By Heena Purohit
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Activity
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Exciting milestone for the S&P Global Marketplace and continued AI innovation from Kensho Technologies - start exploring today!…
Exciting milestone for the S&P Global Marketplace and continued AI innovation from Kensho Technologies - start exploring today!…
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🚨 Llama 3.1 is out: 405B, 70B, 8B versions! And here's why this is a big deal: 1. 405B performance is on par with the leading closed models. 2…
🚨 Llama 3.1 is out: 405B, 70B, 8B versions! And here's why this is a big deal: 1. 405B performance is on par with the leading closed models. 2…
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This is an excellent example of how AI-first startup teams are operating. I've heard similar stories from founders using GitHub Copilot. These teams…
This is an excellent example of how AI-first startup teams are operating. I've heard similar stories from founders using GitHub Copilot. These teams…
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Experience & Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Judge
MassChallenge
- Present 4 years 7 months
Science and Technology
Judge for MassChallenge - a global, zero-equity startup accelerator founded in Boston, MA.
As of 2019, MassChallenge has accelerated more than 1,900 startups that have raised more than $4.3 billion in funding and generated $2.5 billion in revenue. -
Volunteer Teacher
Skills to Succeed
Education
Teacher at a Youth Empowerment program aimed at providing less privileged children and women with the skills required to lead a sustainable life.
Subjects taught: Spoken English, Science, Mathematics -
Pro Bono Consultant
South Bend Center for the Homeless
- Present 9 years
Economic Empowerment
Created a business plan for the South Bend Center for the Homeless on ways to use their excess kitchen capacity for generating revenues.
Areas investigated include:
-Identifying potential market opportunities
-Assessing financial requirements
-Creating a business plan
-Modeling market entry strategies -
Co-Founder
AI for Her
- Present 4 years 6 months
Education
Co-founder of a 501c3 non-profit on a mission to reduce the gender diversity gap in the AI and ML Industry.
We've currently trained 13k+ professionals and students on a variety of topics such as AI Literacy, The Impact of Biases in AI Systems, and Building Augmented Intelligence (Human + AI) Products
Projects
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Pro Bono Consulting for South Bend Center for the Homeless
Created a business plan for the South Bend Center for the Homeless on ways to use their excess kitchen capacity for generating revenues.
Areas investigated include:
-Identifying potential market opportunities
-Assessing financial requirements
-Creating a business plan
-Modeling market entry strategiesOther creators
Honors & Awards
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Women in AI Leadership Award
Awarded at RISE Conference 2020 (A Women in AI and Data Science Conference)
Recognized for my contributions to the AI Community through my product experience and industry eminence.
From the team:
Heena has successfully launched products that bring the latest AI capabilities such as computer vision and NLP to asset-intensive industries. She is also heavily involved in overseeing the implementation of these technologies to not only facilitate AI adoption but also make sure she’s constantly reducing the barrier to entry for customers through the right mix of product…Recognized for my contributions to the AI Community through my product experience and industry eminence.
From the team:
Heena has successfully launched products that bring the latest AI capabilities such as computer vision and NLP to asset-intensive industries. She is also heavily involved in overseeing the implementation of these technologies to not only facilitate AI adoption but also make sure she’s constantly reducing the barrier to entry for customers through the right mix of product portfolio and roadmap. (We also recognized her with the award) for her work in advancing Women in Technology, especially AI, and for facilitating conversations on AI in Industries. -
Recent Alumni Service Award
University of Notre Dame
Official Award Description:
As a senior product manager at IBM, Heena has led conversations in the tech industry and the greater business community on relevant, contemporary topics such as implicit bias and supporting women’s entrepreneurship. In the words of her nominator for this award, “She has been a leader in IBM’s Watson IoT business unit, representing her team at various trade events, as a guest on podcasts, and through her constant, uplifting social media presence. Heena is a…Official Award Description:
As a senior product manager at IBM, Heena has led conversations in the tech industry and the greater business community on relevant, contemporary topics such as implicit bias and supporting women’s entrepreneurship. In the words of her nominator for this award, “She has been a leader in IBM’s Watson IoT business unit, representing her team at various trade events, as a guest on podcasts, and through her constant, uplifting social media presence. Heena is a transformative leader, and represents what somebody can accomplish with a Mendoza MBA.” -
Cum Laude
University of Notre Dame
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Second Prize: EY Diversity Case Competition 2016
EY
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Winner: E.&J. Gallo Winery Sustainability Case Competition
E.&J. Gallo Winery
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Forté Fellow
Forté Foundation
Merit-based fellowship recipient for demonstrating exemplary leadership qualities
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Star of the Month
Accenture
An award given to the most outstanding achievers in the business unit.
I was awarded this for single-handedly performing the analysis for a major time-critical project and ensuring it gets delivered within the stringent timelines by continuously monitoring and assisting the teams involved. -
Accenture Celebrates Excellence (ACE) Award for Productivity Improvement
Accenture
An enterprise level award given for implementing changes to automatically generate management reports during the software build process
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Dynamo Award
Accenture
An individual-level award at the delivery unit level based on the performance over the quarter.
I was recognized with this award for exhibiting proactiveness and confidence at the workplace. I took up additional responsibilities within the project and took ownership of these tasks and dragged them to completion. I also handled complex tasks in the workstream without any training or supervision from seniors.
Test Scores
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GMAT
Score: 710
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