Chakri Toleti

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Chakri Toleti
Born
Chakravarthy Toleti [1]

Alma mater University of Central Florida
OccupationFounder & CEO of care.ai
Years active1983–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.

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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 .

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. [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

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]

Film career

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 .

Filmography

As director

List of films directed
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2009 Unnaipol Oruvan Tamil Remake of A Wednesday!
Eeenadu Telugu
2012 Billa II Tamil
2018 Welcome to New York Hindi
2019 Khamoshi HindiRemake of Hush
Kolaiyuthir Kaalam Tamil

As co-writer

List of films co-written
YearTitleLanguage
2013 Vishwaroopam Tamil/Hindi
2018 Vishwaroopam 2

As actor

List of films and roles
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1983 Sagara Sangamam Photographer Assistant Telugu Child actor
Moodu Mullu Student
1984 Mayuri Mayuri's stepbrother
1985 Chinna Veedu Chakravarthi Tamil
2008 Dasavathaaram SairamTamil
2012 Billa 2 Gangster
Visual effects artist
YearTitleRef.
2004 Sri Anjaneyam [1]

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