Anusha traces her journey from growing up with limited access to technology to teaching herself programming to working at global firms including Barclays and Citibank and leading enterprise-scale AI initiatives. Anusha and Rashmi discuss the challenges of applying AI to a field where money and personal data are at stake, and workflows that prioritize trust, security, and compliance. They touch on the importance of clear data lineage, model interpretability, and auditability. The discussion also covers observability, tooling, and the use of LLMs in finance. Along the way, Anusha shares her personal philosophy when it comes to building systems where speed and reliability can be competing priorities.