New York: DigiAsia Corp. (NASDAQ: FAAS) (“DigiAsia” or the “Company”), a leading Fintech as a Service (“FaaS”) ecosystem provider, today announced that Gulzar Azad, an accomplished technology leader and entrepreneur, is DigiAsia’s first appointee as a strategic advisor to its recently established AI strategic advisory board. DigiAsia’s formation of an advisory board serves a critical purpose in navigating the trajectory of the Company as it rapidly introduces AI technology and capabilities to provide efficiency to enterprise clients in Indonesia at scale. Mr. Azad’s motivation to democratize technology through innovation will significantly benefit DigiAsia’s initiatives to build its AI infrastructure and the AI as a Service business.
Mr. Azad currently serves in an advisory role of Health AI and population-scale projects at Google UK and is a Google veteran, having led several early initiatives for product partnerships in India and APAC since 2007. Additionally, Mr. Azad’s experience includes contributions to launch mobile search in India of Android and pioneered strategic projects for high-speed connectivity and software defined networks for Telecom operators.
Prashant Gokarn, CEO of DigiAsia, commented, “We are thrilled to welcome Gulzar to our newly formed AI driven advisory team. His vision and experience in the technology sector perfectly aligns with our goals to expand DigiAsia’s AI capabilities across our SME ecosystem while concurrently making AI more accessible to drive further economic growth in Indonesia. His insights will be invaluable as we continue to innovate and grow DigiAsia’s presence in AI.”
Gulzar Azad added, “I am excited to support DigiAsia in this new capacity as my history and close experience with advancing technology equity and creating distributed architectures to benefit the broader ecosystem is complementary to management’s mission to drive commerce growth across Indonesia and its trading partners in Southeast Asia. Together, we will work towards democratizing AI infrastructure, ensuring it benefits a broader range of stakeholders and fosters innovation across various sectors.”
