How Small, Smart, Applied AI Advances Enterprise Transformation
Insights from Venkata Dakshina Murthy Kolluru [Managing Director, TekFrameworks] and Jagan Mohan Jami [Chief Operating Officer, Acuvate]
About This Episode
In this milestone 10th episode of Coffee Conversations, Jagan Mohan Jami sits down with Dr. Dakshinamurthy V. Kolluru—a rare blend of academic rigor and enterprise pragmatism to unpack how small, smart, and applied AI is reshaping the future of enterprise transformation.
Drawing on his journey from rocket science to data science, Dr. Murthy shares how decades of AI evolution from symbolic systems to deep learning to mini language models are now converging into a new era.
Together, Jagan and Dr. Murthy explore the quiet revolution of Small Language models, milli models and applied AI, revealing how enterprises can make smarter, faster, and more cost-efficient transformations.
Key Topics Discussed
- The Real Evolution of AI: Why AI isn’t a sudden phenomenon but a 70-year journey of theory, hardware, and applied innovation from symbolic reasoning to generative agents.
- Reimagining the Enterprise with AI: How leaders should think about AI in two dimensions: engineering what already works and re-engineering what was previously impossible.
- When AI Fails and Why: Real stories from the trenches: where brilliant models faltered not because of math or code, but because of flawed definitions, unrealistic timelines, and missing data fundamentals.
- The Rise of Small, Smart, and Specialized AI: Explore how small language models (SLMs) and milli models can be customized, cost-effective, and privacy-safe for enterprises.
- Building an Enterprise AI Culture: How leaders can create a culture that encourages failing fast, prototyping right, and reskilling deeply bridging research with real business value.
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