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Empowering Communities Through AI and Social Entrepreneurship
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Wed, Sep 13, 2023
6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Geffen Hall, Geffen 440 - SyCip Classroom
655 W 130th St, Columbia Business School , New York, NY 10027, United States
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How can AI be used as a tool to drive financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets? Join Azizjon Azimi, the visionary founder of zypl.ai and TajRupt, as he shares his groundbreaking journey of creating and managing two social enterprises focused on delivering economic empowerment and tech education. Azizjon will dive into the power of synthetically generated AI models and machine learning-based credit scoring software that have revolutionized micro-lending in Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East. In addition, he will talk about his work at TajRupt where he is transforming Tajikistan into a regional hub for machine learning. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from Azizjon about what it's like to launch and manage two social enterprise startups, and his current work in financial inclusion and the role of AI in transforming economies.
Dress Casual (jeans ok)
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Azizjon Azimi
Founder
zypl.ai
https://www.linkedin.com/in/azizjon-azimi/
Azizjon Azimi is the founder of zypl.ai, an AI software startup that recently raised $1.7 million oversubscribed pre-seed at $10 million valuation from global investors. zypl.ai applies synthetically generated AI models at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Its credit scoring software based on machine learning has been implemented in 6 markets across Central Asia, Caucasus and the Middle East, having underwritten over $15 million in microloans with >0.7% default rate. Prior to launching zypl.ai, Azizjon was a founder of tajrupt, an educational nonprofit transforming youth potential into human capital in his home country of Tajikistan. Azizjon recently graduated with an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and an MPP from Harvard Kennedy School as an Aga Khan International Scholar. Azizjon has been appointed as the chair of Tajikistan’s AI Council in charge of leading the country’s national AI strategy. He had previously graduated cum laude with a BA and double honors in economics and international relations from New York University. He has been featured in Forbes “30 Under 30” and was one of the winners of 2018 Islamic Development Bank Transform Fund competition.