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Intentional Ambition: How an Engineer Built a Healthcare AI Startup with Kawell Batia
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What does it take to leave the safety of a career, back yourself, and build something from scratch?
In this episode of the Race and STEM Podcast, Steve Fuller sits down with Kawell Batia - engineer, technologist, and founder of Aival, a healthcare AI startup helping NHS hospitals adopt trustworthy AI in radiology.
Kawell shares her journey from a childhood shaped by travel and multicultural influences, through engineering and computing, to becoming a CEO disrupting one of the most high-stakes industries in the world.
They explore what holds people back from claiming their ambitions, why networks and confidence are the real barriers for minority professionals, and why being intentional - in your career, your community, and your connections - is the most powerful tool you have.
If you've ever had a bold idea but weren't sure you were allowed to want it, this one's for you.
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