In a recent episode of the Snowpal Podcast, host Krish Palaniappan sat down with Shree Periyakaruppan, a seasoned data and AI leader with over 25 years of experience across healthcare, analytics, entrepreneurship, and real estate. The conversation explored two powerful themes: financial independence and working with massive-scale data in the age of AI.

This article distills those insights—starting with a practical Q&A on finance, followed by a deep dive into data, unstructured information, and generative AI in healthcare.