Chakri Toleti
{{Short description|Founder & CEO of care.ai}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Chakri Toleti
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| birth_name = Chakravarthy Toleti{{Cite web |last=Sri |date=Jan 13, 2007 |title=Movie Retrospect: Moodu Mullu (1983) |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/moodumuLLu_retro.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231130754/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/moodumuLLu_retro.php |archive-date=31 December 2010 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=Telugucinema.com}}
| birth_place = Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
| occupation = Founder & CEO of care.ai
| years_active = 1983–present
| alma mater = University of Central Florida
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilcinema24.com/news-id-billa-2-25-days-box-office-collection-billa-2-collection-report-07-08-123354.htm |title=Billa 2 - 25 days box office collection |work=Tamilcinema24 |accessdate=2015-08-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713090205/http://www.tamilcinema24.com/news-id-billa-2-25-days-box-office-collection-billa-2-collection-report-07-08-123354.htm |archivedate=13 July 2015 |df=dmy }}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Regional-Stars/A-Wednesdays-Tamil-teaser-trailer-out/articleshow/4385802.cms|title=A Wednesday's Tamil teaser trailer out|date=11 April 2009|work=Times of India|pages=1|accessdate=8 October 2010}} He has directed bilingual films such as Unnaipol Oruvan, Eeenadu, Billa II,{{cite web |title=Review : (2012) |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/billa-2-review-tamil-15002888.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003054201/http://www.sify.com/movies/billa-2-review-tamil-15002888.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2013 |website=Sify |accessdate=14 December 2018}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Soderstrom |first1=Alex |title=Health care AI firm to double its national reach & add jobs this year. Here's how. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2020/03/04/health-care-ai-firm-to-double-its-national-reach.html |website=Orlando Business Journal |access-date=4 October 2022}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Toleti |first1=Chakri |url=https://profiles.forbes.com/members/business/profile/-Chakri-Toleti-Founder-CEO-care-ai/0d034601-c110-452e-b57d-b84b38cd7355 |website=Forbes |title=Forbes Business Profile|access-date=1 October 2022}}
=care.ai=
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.{{cite web |last1=Konam |first1=Sandeep |last2=Elwyn |first2=Glyn |title=HEALTH TECH Industry Voices—For AI to truly transform healthcare, we have to focus on patients |url=https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/industry-voices-ai-truly-transform-healthcare-we-have-focus-patients |website=Fierce Healthcare |access-date=17 October 2022}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Knowles |first1=Summer |title=How AI is being used in health care in Central Florida |url=https://www.wesh.com/article/ai-technology-florida-health-care/43933734 |work=WESH |date=May 18, 2023}}
In October 2019, Google partnered with care.ai to use the Coral Edge TPU for autonomous patient predictive monitoring in hospitals and healthcare facilities.{{cite web |url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/google-careai-working-together-develop-autonomous-monitoring-platform |title=Google, care.ai working together to develop autonomous monitoring platform |last=Miliard |first=Mike |date=October 24, 2019 |website=Healthcare IT News |access-date=December 6, 2023}} It raised $27 million in funding in 2022 and expanded usage in healthcare facilities through integration with Samsung and Google Cloud the next year.{{cite web |url=https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/ai-enabled-patient-monitoring-platform-careai-scores-27m-funding |title=AI-enabled patient monitoring platform care.ai scores $27M in funding |last=Hagen |first=Jessica |date=November 22, 2022 |website=Mobihealthnews |access-date=December 6, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/careai-samsung-partner-ai-powered-patient-monitoring-displays |title=care.ai, Samsung partner for AI-powered patient monitoring via displays |last=Hagen |first=Jessica |date=June 7, 2023 |website=Mobihealthnews |access-date=December 6, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/care-ai-partners-with-google-cloud-to-increase-hospital-outreach/ |title=Care.ai partners with Google Cloud to increase hospital outreach |last=Barrie |first=Robert |date=April 11, 2023 |website=Medical Device Network |access-date=December 6, 2023}}
Film career
Toleti's father Dr. Tambu also worked in the film industry.{{Cite web |last=Sri |date=2 April 2010 |title=Retrospect : America Alludu (1985) |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_americaalludu1985.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406165010/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_americaalludu1985_3.php |archive-date=6 April 2010 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=Telugucinema.com}} 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
= As director =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+List of films directed ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Language ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"|2009
| Tamil | rowspan = "2"| Remake of A Wednesday! |
|---|
| Eeenadu
| Telugu |
| scope="row" | 2012
| Billa II | Tamil | |
| scope="row" |2018
| Hindi | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"|2019
| Khamoshi | Hindi | rowspan="2" | Remake of Hush |
| Kolaiyuthir Kaalam
| Tamil |
= As co-writer =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+List of films co-written ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Language |
| scope="row" | 2013
|rowspan="2"|Tamil/Hindi |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2018 |
= As actor =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of films and roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Language ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |
| rowspan="2"|1983
| Photographer Assistant | rowspan="3" | Telugu | rowspan="4" | Child actor | |
| Moodu Mullu | Student |
| 1984
| Mayuri | Mayuri's stepbrother | |
| 1985
| Chakravarthi | Tamil | |
| 2008
| Sriram | rowspan="2" | Tamil | | |
| 2012
| Billa 2 | Gangster | |
; Visual effects artist
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}} |
| 2004 |
References
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External links
- [http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/sep/16/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-director-chakri-toleti.htm Kamalji gave me 100 per cent control over Unnaipol Oruvan]
- [http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/chakritoleti.html Interview with Chakri Toleti]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110410235457/http://chithr.com/artist/interview/3249/chakri-toleti-interviews.html Chakri Toleti]
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Category:University of Central Florida alumni
Category:American film directors of Indian descent
Category:Telugu film directors
Category:Indian male film actors
Category:Visual effects artists
Category:Special effects people
Category:Special effects coordinators
Category:American people of Telugu descent
Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema
Category:Male actors in Telugu cinema
Category:American male actors of Indian descent
Category:Film directors from Andhra Pradesh