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The AI use case that won over Sam Altman & Vinod Khosla

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The AI Opportunity Playbook - How to find AI Use Cases that deliver greatest ROI
Anuj Gupta
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What you'll learn

Identify High-Impact AI Use Cases That Win Business and Inve

Master the skill of finding AI opportunities that excite leaders, investors, and drive real business value.

Avoid Common Mistakes That Derail AI Projects and Waste Reso

Learn to sidestep the traps that cause most AI efforts to fail — and focus only on what delivers ROI.

Avoid Building Me-Too AI Products and Strategies

Founders are chasing the same markets, building lookalike products, and copying features—missing high-impact opportunies

Why this topic matters

Most AI projects fail by chasing low-impact problems. Copycat products crowd the market and dilute real innovation. Identifying the right use cases is a superpower. Great execution can't save a bad AI idea. Investors fund differentiated ideas, not just good engineering. Strategic AI use cases drive real business outcomes and ROI. Winning AI products start with smart problem selection.

You'll learn from

Anuj Gupta

Your On-Demand Fractional Head of Gen AI


- He brings 20+ years of deep, hands-on AI experience—starting as a researcher and later as Chief AI Officer.


- He led AI efforts at an AI-first startup (2013), which was acquired for its AI capabilities by Freshworks in 2016.


- Now a sought-after On-Demand Head of AI, Anuj recently helped a YC-backed client build their flagship AI system—demoed to Sam Altman & Vinod Khosla—helping his client secure Series B from Khosla Ventures.


- He’s authored 25+ research papers and US patents, and a landmark AI book (endorsed by CMU, UCSD, DeepMind, Google AI), translated into 5 languages, 290+ citations, and adopted by 50+ universities globally. He was recently invited to present it to Turing Award winner Prof. Raj Reddy (Doyen of AI @ CMU).


- He is currently authoring his second AI book - AI Playbook for Executives. How to Accelerate AI Maturity & Lead High-Performance AI Initiatives & Organizations


- He has incubated multiple large (50 people +) AI teams in his journey. He now uses this experience to help MNCs set up AI CoE (Center of Excellence)


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