I started Lydia AI (formerly Knowtions Research) in my last year at University of Toronto (UoT), where I studied Computer Science and Linguistics. As a Co- Founder of my first venture-backed start-up, I raised a total of 13 MM USD from 2016 to present (2023). My investors included well-known SV luminaries and institutional investors (IVP, Canadian Government, Alibaba). As a Sales CEO, I was quota- carrying and closed six-figure deals with multi-national carriers.
My core strength combines product development, pre-sales, customer centricity, and deep knowledge of technology trends in the insurance vertical. I build businesses with strong cultures, where people stick together in both the best and the worst times, and where people work together not as pure colleagues but a batch of close, purpose-driven friends.
“I feel like there’s a convergence going on. And that’s, that’s with InsurTech and FinTech. And what’s being left behind in the world of InsurTech is increasingly, in my view, core systems, a new generation of core systems. But everything else, like when you talk about embedded insurance, it’s becoming part of embedded finance. And […]