Chakri Toleti | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chakravarthy Toleti [1] Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | University of Central Florida |
| Occupation | Founder & CEO of care.ai |
| Years active | 1983–present |
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. [2] [3] He has directed bilingual films such as Unnaipol Oruvan , Eeenadu , Billa II , [4] Khamoshi and Kolaiyuthir Kaalam .
Toleti was the Founder and President of HealthGrid, an enterprise patient engagement platform designed to connect patients and providers via their smart devices. [5] 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. [6]
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. [7] 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. [8]
In October 2019, Google partnered with care.ai to use the Coral Edge TPU for autonomous patient predictive monitoring in hospitals and healthcare facilities. [9] It raised $27 million in funding in 2022 and expanded usage in healthcare facilities through integration with Samsung and Google Cloud the next year. [10] [11] [12]
Toleti's father Dr. Tambu also worked in the film industry. [13] 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 .
| Year | Title | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Unnaipol Oruvan | Tamil | Remake of A Wednesday! |
| Eeenadu | Telugu | ||
| 2012 | Billa II | Tamil | |
| 2018 | Welcome to New York | Hindi | |
| 2019 | Khamoshi | Remake of Hush | |
| Kolaiyuthir Kaalam | Tamil |
| Year | Title | Language |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Vishwaroopam | Tamil/Hindi |
| 2018 | Vishwaroopam 2 |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sagara Sangamam | Photographer Assistant | Telugu | Child actor |
| Moodu Mullu | Student | |||
| 1984 | Mayuri | Mayuri's stepbrother | ||
| 1985 | Chinna Veedu | Chakravarthi | Tamil | |
| 2008 | Dasavathaaram | Sriram | ||
| 2012 | Billa 2 | Gangster |
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sri Anjaneyam | [1] |