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Blackbird AI: A Bangladeshi-American Company's Journey in AI


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On this episode, Naushad UzZaman discussed cybersecurity, distortion of public opinion, and the use of artificial intelligence and data analysis to combat them. Naushad holds a PhD along has over two decades of experience in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, and has applied expertise in both academic research and social enterprise that comes from time spent at leading firms such as Nuance, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Bosch - and now at Blackbird.AI.

Naushad is responsible for the development of Blackbird’s Narrative & Risk Intelligence Platform, and along with his team, has built a unique series of scalable AI and network analysis modules that detect rare risk signals of threats. The real-time AI-powered narrative detection and risk intelligence platform is used by leading enterprises, Fortune 500’s, and large government organizations, globally.

In this session, we learned about:

  • Naushad's personal background and how he came to be in this space

  • His career, key companies he was part of, and experience building teams, products, and businesses

  • Deep dive into how Blackbird AI was founded and built

  • Thoughts on Bangladesh and how to connect the ecosystem with NRBs like himself

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