How AI is Taking Over Smart Buildings & Net Zero Cities feat. Haran, CEO of IVIVA | Ep. 30
About this episode
Anthony Prakash interviews Haran Shivanan about his journey in building IVIVA and the impact of AI on smart buildings and net zero cities.
He was the quietest guy in the room now he's building a billion-dollar company. Anthony Prakash sits down with Haran Shivanan, CEO of IVIVA, in one of the most personal episodes of Startups Dilse yet. The two go back over 20 years to their time together at Cognizant in Chennai, and this conversation is as much a reunion as it is a masterclass in building deep tech products across global markets. IVA is a smart buildings software platform operating across Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, and Australia. Their software connects to the physical systems people interact with every day — from energy management to predictive maintenance — and they're at the forefront of Asia's push toward net-zero buildings. Haran shares the unfiltered story of his career, from writing code and shipping to production the next day at a Singapore startup, to spinning out IVIVA and stepping into the CEO role with all the self-doubt that comes with it. He talks about how Paul Graham's essay on "founder mode" gave him language for his own leadership style, what it really means to manage a multicultural team across five countries, and why he believes IVIVA will be the first billion-dollar company…
People in this episode
Host: Anthony Prakash
Guest: Haran Shivanan
Topics covered
- AI in smart buildings
- net zero cities
- entrepreneurship
- leadership
- deep tech products
- multicultural teams
Keywords
- smart buildings
- net zero
- AI
- entrepreneurship
- leadership
- IVIVA
- Cognizant
- deep tech
- multicultural teams
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IVIVA, Cognizant
Places: Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Australia
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