The 3 Validation Traps That Kill 95% of AI Side Projects

Rupa Chaturvedi is a product design leader with 15+ years of experience at Amazon, Google, Uber, and AI startups. She’s the founder of Human Centered AI Institute, offering coaching and corporate training in AI product design. Rupa has contributed to key AR/AI/ML technologies at Amazon and Uber and holds an MS in Product Design from Stanford. She’s also an inventor with 18+ patents, a UX design instructor at Stanford, and a mentor in the tech and food startup spaces.

Sunny Patneedi is an AI Engineering Leader with 20 years of experience at Apple, Microsoft, and Salesforce. He led teams at Apple Maps, where he architected machine learning and distributed data systems, shaping key iOS releases. Frustrated by tech professionals' struggles to turn AI ideas into profitable businesses, Sunny left corporate leadership to focus on helping others succeed. Through his Maven course and newsletter, he offers proven frameworks to help professionals build AI products, validate ideas, and accelerate from concept to revenue. With a Computer Engineering degree from Iowa State and Executive Education from Stanford, Sunny combines technical expertise with entrepreneurial grit to help you launch your AI side hustle faster.