DigiAsia Corp. Forms AI Focused Strategic Advisory Board and Appoints Gulzar Azad as a Strategic Advisor
30 July 2024 - 10:30PM
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.”
About DigiAsia
DigiAsia is a leading Fintech as a Service
(FaaS) provider operating a B2B2X model offering its complete
Fintech solution in emerging markets. DigiAsia’s fintech
architecture offers small and medium business enterprises (SMEs)
comprehensive embedded finance APIs to streamline processes across
the commerce value chain of distributors and customers. DigiAsia’s
embedded fintech solutions equally address democratizing digital
finance access that supports financial inclusion of underbanked
merchants and consumers in emerging markets resulting in growth for
enterprise business. The suite of B2B2X solutions provided by
DigiAsia include, but are not limited to, cashless payments,
digital wallets, digital banking, remittances and banking licenses.
DigiAsia has recently established a strategic initiative to develop
its embedded FaaS enterprise solution with AI capabilities in
Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East, with plans for global
expansion. For more information visit: Corporate website here or
Investor website here.
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Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy
Officer
646-480-0142
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