Chakri Toleti is an

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. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of care.ai, a Florida-based

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company for healthcare facility automation. Toleti was also a screenwriter, actor, and

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coordinator known for his works in

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, and

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. He has directed bilingual films such as '' Unnaipol Oruvan'', '' Eeenadu'', '' Billa II'', '' Khamoshi'' and '' Kolaiyuthir Kaalam''.

Business career

Toleti was the Founder and President of HealthGrid, an enterprise patient engagement platform designed to connect patients and providers via their smart devices. 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.

care.ai

care.ai was founded in 2019 in

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, 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. 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. In October 2019, Google partnered with care.ai to use the Coral Edge TPU for autonomous patient predictive monitoring in hospitals and healthcare facilities. It raised $27 million in funding in 2022 and expanded usage in healthcare facilities through integration with

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and Google Cloud the next year.

Film career

Toleti's father Dr. Tambu also worked in the film industry. Toleti made his acting debut as a child artist in the

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'' Sagara Sangamam'' directed by K. Viswanath, and has acted in over fifteen films. He obtained a

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in Film and VFX at the

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. He re-entered south Indian cinema with the magnum opus, Dasavathaaram. In 2019, he directed two remake films of the Mike Flanagan

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'' Hush'': the

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'' Khamoshi'', and the

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'' Kolaiyuthir Kaalam''.

Filmography

As director

As co-writer

As actor

; Visual effects artist

References

External links

Kamalji gave me 100 per cent control over Unnaipol Oruvan

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