Sravanth Aluru, co-founder and CEO of Avataar.ai, talks about how the world of commerce is changing to embrace 3D and augmented reality. Avataar, a nine-year-old company, was co-founded by Gaurav Baid, who is the chief product officer, and Aluru. They have raised some $55 million from investors, including Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management, and built a team of 180 engineers in San Francisco and Bengaluru. Avataar is helping its customers tell the story of their products the same way we see the real world with our eyes.

Notes:

(00:38) Introduction to Tech Conversations and Sravanth Aluru, co-founder and CEO of Avataar.ai

(02:40) A brief background on Avataar.ai

(03:49) How the industry has leapfrogged in 3D tech over the last 18 months or so

(06:01) Comments on Avataar and generative-AI-based “spatial storytelling.”

(08:32) Examples of what Avataar’s customers can do with its solutions today that weren’t possible 12-18 months ago.

(11:33) An inflexion point

(13:18) Thoughts on how Avataar is evolving as a tech company

(19:21) Partnerships

(22:53) In the marketplace example, where Avataar sells into

(26:21) How Avataar is doing as a business

(29:19) Millions of impressions on product display pages

(31:54) Development centres in Silicon Valley and Bengaluru

(34:19) Team and Dan Firth from Ikea

(34:37) Funding

(35:43) India as a market; Current focus is the US and plans in Europe and Asia

(37:09) Plans for the next 12-18 months

More about Sravanth Aluru

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sravanth/

More about Avataar

https://www.avataar.ai/about

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