“Engineer.ai empowers anyone to create, operate and scale the lifecycle of digital projects”
Building a software application has become a child’s play now. Engineer.ai is one such platform, based on artificial intelligence, which allows people to build software without knowing how to code. The company’s core product, Builder, has hundreds of building blocks of frequently used code which can be cross utilised by different customers. Since the cost of the program is split across a large number of customers, it becomes possible to offer it at a more reasonable price point. Ramesh Kumar Raja caught up with Sachin Dev Duggal, Founder and CEO, Engineer.ai, to discuss more about the company, its services and the business model. Excerpts: Engineer.ai has brought a sort of revolution with Builder, a software/app building platform. How did the idea strike you to come up with this venture? The idea of Engineer. ai took shape in early 2012 after I was burned by a rogue contractor. Frustrated and hearing my friends’ accounts of the same kinds of problems happening globally, I went to work to create a solution to this problem. There is no regulation or credibility in this sphere. People with ideas just get overwhelmed by the whole prospect of developing a product. Hence, an overwhelming majority or services never see the light of the day. To top it off, timely deliveries, flawless product, fair pricing and safeguarding the idea are significant hurdles in this unorganized market. So, by deliberating on the issues faced by startups and enterprise, the idea of Engineer.ai was launched swiftly after. Who are your competitors and how is Engineer.ai’s Builder different from others engaged in the software/ app-building business? Competitors in our space include software development firms and online platforms developing software. However, we’re the leader in the space as a human-assisted AI software development platform. More specifically, below are the pointers which help us differentiate from others.
Starting a business has its own set of challenges in getting a product noticed. What were the pain points in dealing with the people to make them understand the whole concept of app building? Generally, customers don’t understand the value or the pricing involved with creating their own software. They have a deep understanding of their business, but not the labour that’s involved with creating, launching and scaling an application. That’s where we can come in and help through the process through our three products from Builder to BuilderCare to CloudOps. Who are your target customers/ subscribers and what have been their responses? We cater to the new generation of entrepreneurs. The dreamer. The founder. The non-profit. The celebrity. The brand manager. The small business owner. And everyone in between. We solve their following core problems:
We can proudly say 90% of our products are delivered within their timeline and under budget. Additionally, we continually hear reviews from customers who’ve been, “wowed” in every aspect of their products’ creation. What is your revenue model and what are the services you offer? Engineer.ai empowers anyone to create, operate and scale the lifecycle of digital projects. We do so with three products: Builder: Build your next software project using an assembly-line platform implemented with the assistance of AI and 75,000+ technical resources globally. Here, our revenue model is focused around software development. BuilderCare: BuilderCare guarantees your bespoke software stays up-to-date, and continues after third-party libraries such as Facebook APIs are updated. CloudOps: Leverage AI and machine learning to effortlessly maintain the scale of your cloud infrastructure. Here, our revenue model is focused around cloud storage and management. Source: https://www.mymobileindia.com/interviews/sachin-dev-duggal-founder-ceo-engineer-ai
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