Chakri Toleti is an Indian American business executive. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of care.ai, a Florida-based health technology company for healthcare facility automation.
Chakri Toleti | |
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Born | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Alma mater | University of Central Florida |
Occupation | Founder & CEO of care.ai |
Years active | 1983–present |
Toleti was also a screenwriter, actor, and visual effects coordinator known for his works in Tamil cinema, and Hindi cinema.[1][2] He has directed bilingual films such as Unnaipol Oruvan, Eeenadu, Billa II,[3] Khamoshi and Kolaiyuthir Kaalam.
Business career edit
Toleti was the Founder and President of HealthGrid, an enterprise patient engagement platform designed to connect patients and providers via their smart devices.[4] In 2018, HealthGrid was acquired by Allscripts to integrate HealthGrid’s functionality into their FollowMyHealth platform. Prior to HealthGrid, Toleti co-founded Galvanon, a company that first introduced patient self-service kiosk registration to automate patient check-in and intake processes NCR acquired Galvanon in 2005.[5]
care.ai edit
care.ai was founded in 2019 in Orlando, Florida, by Toleti, the Founder and current CEO. The Smart Care Facility Platform is the main product which converts care facilities into an AI-powered environment that monitors clinical and operational workflows.[6] The company's ambient monitoring system is used to predict issues before they escalate, for example, tracking patient movement to detect when a patient is about to fall in order to alert staff.[7]
In October 2019, Google partnered with care.ai to use the Coral Edge TPU for autonomous patient predictive monitoring in hospitals and healthcare facilities.[8] It raised $27 million in funding in 2022 and expanded usage in healthcare facilities through integration with Samsung and Google Cloud the next year.[9][10][11]
Film career edit
Toleti made his acting debut as a child artist in the Telugu film Sagara Sangamam directed by K. Viswanath, and has acted in over fifteen films. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Film and VFX at the University of Central Florida. He re-entered south Indian cinema with the magnum opus, Dasavathaaram. In 2019, he directed two remake films of the Mike Flanagan slasher film Hush: the Hindi Khamoshi, and the Tamil Kolaiyuthir Kaalam.
Filmography edit
As director edit
Year | Title | Language | Notes |
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2009 | Unnaipol Oruvan | Tamil | |
Eeenadu | Telugu | ||
2012 | Billa II | Tamil | |
2018 | Welcome to New York | Hindi | |
2019 | Khamoshi | Hindi | Remakes of Hush |
Kolaiyuthir Kaalam | Tamil |
- As co-writer
Year | Title | Language |
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2013 | Vishwaroopam | Tamil Hindi |
2018 | Vishwaroopam 2 |
As actor edit
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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1983 | Sagara Sangamam | Photographer Assistant | Telugu | Child actor |
1984 | Mayuri | Mayuri's stepbrother | ||
1985 | Chinna Veedu | Chakravarthi | Tamil | |
2008 | Dasavathaaram | Sairam | Tamil | |
2012 | Billa 2 | Gangster |
References edit
- ^ "Billa 2 - 25 days box office collection". Tamilcinema24. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Review : (2012)". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Soderstrom, Alex. "Health care AI firm to double its national reach & add jobs this year. Here's how". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Toleti, Chakri. "Forbes Business Profile". Forbes. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Konam, Sandeep; Elwyn, Glyn. "HEALTH TECH Industry Voices—For AI to truly transform healthcare, we have to focus on patients". Fierce Healthcare. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ Knowles, Summer (18 May 2023). "How AI is being used in health care in Central Florida". WESH.
- ^ Miliard, Mike (24 October 2019). "Google, care.ai working together to develop autonomous monitoring platform". Healthcare IT News. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Hagen, Jessica (22 November 2022). "AI-enabled patient monitoring platform care.ai scores $27M in funding". Mobihealthnews. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Hagen, Jessica (7 June 2023). "care.ai, Samsung partner for AI-powered patient monitoring via displays". Mobihealthnews. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Barrie, Robert (11 April 2023). "Care.ai partners with Google Cloud to increase hospital outreach". Medical Device Network. Retrieved 6 December 2023.