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SMAJI: USING AI TO ENSURE WATER AVAILABILITY

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OUR SPONSOR FOR THIS EPISODE: Founders Live

 

HAVE YOU GOT AI?
JUST ADD WATER

 

Dr. Kala Fleming has a passion to bring technology to the places and people where it can have a dramatic impact. All the way back to her time with IBM, she’s pursued projects that help solve healthcare, food security…and water. These fundamental needs lead Dr. Fleming to found Diaspora.ai as a vehicle to tackle these challenges head-on It’s this last essential, water, that preoccupies her current startup,  SMAJI, which is using AI to address water scarcity. The company employs a combination of technology and human feedback to accurately assess and validate water levels for property managers, in near real-time.

 

What else did they cover? Listen in and find out!

 

“water scarcity and shortages…invade lives every day ”
~ Dr. Kala Fleming

Kala and Dan talked about her startup journey, as well as:

  • Growing up in Antigua, a water-challenged island
  • Going from the Virgin Islands to Wisconsin – brrrrrr!
  • A Ph.D. dissertation on…you guessed it…water.
  • AfroTech and Founders Gym
  • Resisting pre-conceived notions

 

“…how do you make AI visible to everyone?”
~ Dr. Kala Fleming

MORE on KALA AND SMAJI

KALA:
https://twitter.com/thekalafleming
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalafleming/
TED talk

SMAJI and DIASPORA:
https://twitter.com/SMAJIcloud
https://www.smaji.ai/
https://twitter.com/diasporatech
https://diasporaai.com/

“…get to having 1 million properties, in the next five years…it’s just
scratching the surface”
~Dr. Kala Fleming