On this episode of the Ask Brien Show, our hosts Brien Johnson and special co-host Alex Grossman, speak with Rajesh Lyengar about co-founding Lincode.ai, an AI based company that partners with manufacturing companies. For the last four years, Lincode has been solving manufacturing companies’ largest problem: quality management. Brien and Alex, speak with Rajesh about the success of Lincode, how its inception differs from other companies, and how exactly the AI technology works.  IN THIS EPISODE:

[04:00] Rajesh Lyengar explains the background of Lincode [11:57] The current market for Lincode [15:14] Who are Lincode's competitors? [16:00] Why use AI over already existing technology? [20:11] How did this business opportunity come about? [22:30] What is the business model and sales approach moving forward? [27:11] Who was Lincode’s first customer? [29:44] What did the capital investment look like initially? [30:58] The timeline for creating and launching Lincode

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Unlike other companies who create a product first then seek to understand how to sell it, Lincode sought to understand its customers biggest challenge and then created a product to solve it. One of the biggest challenges for manufacturers is quality control and automation. Lincode addresses this issue with AI-based business systems that help manufacturers achieve greater accuracy and efficiency.

LINKS MENTIONED: https://www.lincode.ai/ Rajesh LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshkiyengar/ BIO: Rajesh Lyengar has three successful ventures and 19+ years of experience in IT, manufacturing Industry. Rajesh has also developed a patent-pending Secure OS for IIoT. Rajesh is the founder of Lincode, which enables manufacturers to improve the speed, accuracy, and data tracking capabilities of their quality inspection systems at scale.