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title: "Processing Billions of Messages: Gupshup's AI Journey"
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# Processing Billions of Messages: Gupshup's AI Journey

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S4 E15: Processing Billions of Messages: How Gupshup Built a Global Conversational AI Unicorn with Beerud Sheth Press Play to Listen While You Browse S4 E15: Processing Billions of Messages: How Gupshup Built a Global Conversational AI Unicorn with Beerud Sheth Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 32:34 1× Beerud Sheth grew up in Mumbai, India, and attended undergrad in Bombay. For graduate school, he came to the states to study at MIT, and then did a short stint in Wall Street before moving into the entrepreneurial world. He lives in the Bay Area, and enjoys hiking, working out and spending time with his family. He loves the Bay Area for these things, but also because of the community of ideation. The way he puts it, someone is always doing something interesting, and he really enjoys that. Besides business books, he leans towards reading biographies and books about the history of tech and business. Previously, he founded Elance, which is now Upwork, pioneering online freelancing. Twelve or so years ago, he noticed a key insight, in that the mobile revolution was happening all around. Within this, the lowest common denominator was text messages, in that not everyone had a smart phone. This got him asking the question - how interesting can these experiences be? This is the creation story of Gupshup. Sponsors Grindology Morgan Page Game Dev Links Website: https://www.gupshup.io/developer/home LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beerud/ https://www.upwork.com/ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Amazing tools we use: This podcast is hosted on RedCircle , a FREE platform for podcasts and brands to scale their message. Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast . Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain , sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE If you want an amazing publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pocket Casts , Google Play , Breaker , Youtube , or the podcasting app of your choice. Checkout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By