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Jai Nanavati

Questioner · DISC type c
Co-Founder & CTO @ Navana.ai at Navana.ai
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jai Nanavati is the Co-Founder and CTO of Navana. ai, a company building foundational voice AI infrastructure for Indian languages. An alumnus of Cornell Techs MBA program and the University of Michigans engineering school, he is focused on creating technology for the next billion users, particularly in the Indian market.

Jai is passionate about expanding digital services for a wider demographic, including those with low literacy. His initial venture, Navana Tech, focused on creating text-free, voice-assisted interfaces to make smartphones more accessible for users around the world.

He is a recipient of the Cornell Tech Startup Award, which provided pre-seed funding of up to $100, 000 for his venture.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CTO @ Navana.ai
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Jai shows up

Price-Sensitive
Not Easily Convinced
Cautious & Analytical

They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Jai cares about

Voice AI for India
As co-founder of Navana. ai, he is building proprietary speech models that understand the linguistic and contextual nuances of all Indian languages for enterprise use.
Building for Bharat
He appeared on the "Build For Bharat" podcast to discuss the challenges and strategies for creating technology and engaging user experiences for the Indian demographic.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Co-Founder & CTO @ Navana.ai
Navana.ai
11-2022 - 1-2024
Co-Founder & CTO
Sayl.ai
7-2018 - 11-2022
Co-Founder & CTO
Navana Tech, Inc.
5-2017 - 6-2018
Graduate Student
Cornell Tech
10-2016 - 5-2017
Senior Software Developer
Elemential Labs PVT LTD.
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2017 - 2018
Master of Business Administration - MBA - Cornell Tech
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
University of Michigan
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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