Suman Kanuganti

Suman Kanuganti

Suman Kanuganti, based in San Francisco, is an AI entrepreneur who has been pioneering practical AI applications for over a decade. As Co-Founder and CEO of Personal AI since 2020, he has worked with large telco and retail partners globally, innovating how enterprises deploy AI at scale, including new revenue generating products, internal productivity use cases, and serving the large SMB market. Prior to Personal AI, Suman founded Aira in 2015, building it into a $50M revenue AI-powered accessibility company that transformed business experiences for people who are blind or have low vision. Suman regularly shares insights at premier events, including TechCrunch Disrupt, WSJD Live, Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit, CES, and SXSW. He continues to drive the future of enterprise AI through precision, scalable unit economics, and distributed infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Big Lessons From Small Players: What Retail Executives Can Learn From SMB AI Adoption

October 7, 2025 at 7:01 pm

Artificial intelligence is evolving quickly in retail, but adoption looks very different depending on the size of the company. Large retailers have resources and scale, but smaller businesses are often the ones experimenting faster and closer to the customer. That contrast offers lessons for executives at companies of all sizes. Different Scales, Different Approaches Large…