{"id":5265,"date":"2024-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5265"},"modified":"2024-08-19T22:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:48:40","slug":"daily-markup-1055-kamarul-is-not-afraid-to-pivot-from-drones-to-data-to-ai-his-courage-and-vision-is-leading-aerodynes-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5265","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #1055: Kamarul is not afraid to pivot; from drones to data to AI, his courage and vision is leading Aerodyne\u2019s success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXf6cTg672b_WkowWpGfTLcyT72qdFivpTMV6ldVZ-D1w7WmnlL0K-SuiDXYrDWOvrzsfuGkKVMtKnVeoApO949JHBleRymJQnXiSjxFPQv1Gg4H8r7UX68myZEbd74KC0qMeBclcFmChmRz36TuNlMGrpic?key=mr-iRTzprrIsNsNPklyx0A\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: VulcanPost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AIn\u2019t just about drones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aerodyne.group\/\">Aerodyne<\/a> isn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/my.linkedin.com\/in\/kamarula\">Kamarul A Muhamed<\/a>\u2019s first foray into drone services. His previous media startup had a drone division offering visual solutions, and he quickly realized there was greater potential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The motivating factor for the pivot? US$128B \u2014 the projected value of the drone industry back in 2014. By 2020, the actual number was far from that. In fact, it wasn\u2019t even 25% of the projected figure, Kamarul shared.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fortunately, as a visionary leader, Kamarul already figured out something game changing in 2017 : it isn\u2019t about flying drones, it is really about data. That\u2019s why he considers 500-backed Aerodyne to be a data company first. \u201cIn fact, I have more than 150 data engineers and AI scientists,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowing the potential is greater than just Malaysia, he has been scaling overseas too. Aerodyne secured several strategic M&amp;As by looking for top companies in the region, then investing and taking a controlling stake in the company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The company started with 3 people offering project monitoring solutions for 1 site. In just 2 years, the team grew to 200, and is monitoring 50 sites today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aerodyne\u2019s latest pivot is to focus on AI tech. Kamarul envisions the development of an enterprise LLM (large language model) that would allow for a sort of \u2018Uber-ization\u2019 of dronetech.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now, the team aims to solve national problems in agriculture, logistics, and even education. Aerodyne Flight Institute is just the beginning. 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