Going Digital: AI and APIs Make It Easier to Have an Impact Than Ever
By Sanjiv Goyal with Jishnu Bhattacharjee
In this article, you will learn about:
- The power and implications of APIs.
- Platforms that make entrepreneurialism a breeze.
- Why making a difference is easier than ever.
- The benefits of a digital world.
- How tech is changing the way we give back.
Digitalization is the Name of the Game
The central theme in our worldly evolution is the digitalization of every sphere of the economy. Education, healthcare, financial services, logistics, transportation, content, and media,- it’s all going online and the COVID pandemic is expediting the process.
With the expansion of every industry and facet of our lives into the digital realm come loads of business opportunities. The world has changed. A high school student can develop something phenomenal with a few lines of code.
We are increasingly using software to solve everyday problems. And creating those solutions has been vastly simplified by the cloud infrastructure. Now you don’t even need your own servers. This creative digital explosion has been further accelerated by two trends: advancements in AI and building software through APIs.
I sat down with IIT alumnus and venture capitalist Jishnu Bhattacharjee to learn about the tech trends entrepreneurs can be excited about.
AI and API: The Gamechangers
API stands for Application Programming Interface. It enables less sophisticated programmers or nonprogrammers to easily build software.
API can be understood as a series of building blocks. If you know what you are trying to make all you have to do is acquire the blocks to build it. You don’t need to know what those blocks are made of or how they function. In essence, API gives creative license to nonexperts.
In the same way that you don’t need to know all of the intricacies of a social media platform to use it, you can make use of API without knowing everything there is to know. API makes software creation accessible to everyone. Now the average person can use the software without spending years learning what the software is or how to make it.
