Chakri Toleti
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Chakri Toleti | |
|---|---|
| Born | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | University of Central Florida |
| Occupation | Founder & CEO of care.ai |
| Years active | 1983–present |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Vishwaroopam | Tamil Hindi |
| 2018 | Vishwaroopam 2 |
As actor[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.