Anirudh Sharma

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Navya Veeturi
Navya is an AI researcher and engineer focused on deploying small, resilient AI systems in the real world. She works closely with NVIDIA on edge AI and applied machine learning, and leads technical efforts around early wildfire detection through the WYWA.ai initiative. Her work brings together computer vision, multimodal sensing, and low power hardware to operate in environments where cloud connectivity cannot be assumed. Navya collaborates with firefighters, field responders, and academic researchers from institutions such as MIT and CMU, translating cutting edge AI research into systems designed for real deployment and public impact.
 
Anirudh Sharma
Anirudh is a founder and builder working at the intersection of physical AI, sensing, and human computer interaction. He currently leads Embodied AI @Amazon Lab 126, and previously led the Edge AI Hub at Amazon Ring. Before Amazon, led Human AI interfaces with Useful Sensors(Founding team of Tensorflow). Anirudh has conducted research at the MIT Media Lab and has founded multiple impact focused startups, including Graviky Labs, known for AIR -NK. His work spans wildfire sensing, embodied interfaces, and real world AI systems, and has been recognised through platforms such as MIT TR35, TIME 100 Top Inventors, Forbes 30 under 30, and TED Fellowship.