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.