College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics student Danish Dhamani and College of Computing and Informatics Computer Science student Paritosh Gupta have been announced as one of only four finalist teams in the 2017 Conscious Capitalism Student Business Plan Competition for their business, Orai. Conscious Capitalism, Inc., is a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating humanity through business by helping companies become more conscious with transformational experiences that inspire, educate and empower them.
Orai is an app that applies the concepts of “Deep Learning” to the realm of business communications. Through speech recognition software and natural language processing, the solution provides organizations with the ability to analyze aggregated speech data to better understand the nuances of human communications, enabling professionals to become more effective presenters and leaders.
The 2017 Spring Conscious Capitalism Conference will be held in Philadelphia, April 18-20. The finalist teams will pitch their businesses to a judging panel comprised of business leaders from the Conscious Capitalism movement. The winning team will receive an all-expense paid trip for up to four team members to attend Conscious Capitalism’s marquee event, the invite-only CEO Summit in Austin, Texas, October 10-12, 2017. There, they will join some of the Conscious Capitalism movement’s foremost leaders and learn how to put their business plan into action. The winning team will also receive a package of in-kind services covering legal, branding and marketing, leadership and operations from businesses at the forefront of the Conscious Capitalism movement.
For more information about the competition, please click here.