The Ins & Outs of IOT & AI in Insurance with Pankaj Parashar of Purple Ant

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INTRO

On episode 14 of the InsurTech Geek Podcast talking about the IoT & AI in Insurance with Pankaj Parashar of Purple Ant.

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INTERVIEW

JAMES: Alright-alright-alright-alright, happy Friday! Feels like every other day, these days, I tell you what, Rob, I mean it's a little bit like my favorite movie of all time, Groundhog day, sometimes it's like, is it another day or is it the same day I keep on living over and over again?

ROB: It is either another day in paradise or another day stuck at home. However how you look at its James. Good to see you again this week.

JAMES: Yeah, good to see you too! It is, of course, beautiful weather here in Texas. It is hard to believe there's a, you know again, we call it, I call it Voldemort, the virus that shall not be named. There is this crazy thing going on, out in the world the weather is about as pretty as it gets down in Texas, beautiful Springs weather, great fall, great Spring day and great sun shining day! But certainly, if you are out there in listerner-land, you are probably listening from home, or the home vicinity, or on a walk around your neighborhood. Distanced from everybody else on the sidewalks and doing awkwardly long pass by's from people you are trying to, I mean it is a, it is a weird world right now, but today, we are not talking about that. We are going talk about tech, because tech keeps moving and some awesome-awesome-awesome innovations are going on Insurance Tech. And Rob I am super excited to have you co-hosting again for this episode of the InsurTech Geek, and this time we have one of your good friends, longtime friends Pankaj Parashar, from Purple Ant. And Rob I would just love to hear a quick word about how you guys met and how you all know each other.

ROB: Yeah, so Pankaj and I met a few years back when I was at USAA and he was at Cognizant and we we're trying to figure out if there was a relationship that we could form between the two companies, and we ended up kind of, I don't know how to describe it, Pankaj can do it, kind of noodling around on something, we kind of developed some prototypes and stuff that I think could have been really - cool and ended up probably being ahead of its time, and unfortunately it never took off, but we kind of worked together on this, so we have a kind of shared passion, and so we stayed in touch over time. He left Cognizant and started his own company Purple Ant. We will learn all about that today, and I wrote that book about the USAA and I started my new roll. So, yeah, we've kind of kept in touch. He hosts podcasts himself, called Purple Ponderings of Pankaj and I have been a guest on his podcast.

JAMES: Nice

ROB: So, I am about to return the favor and bring him on our Podcast.

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