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Nilesh Khedkar.

AI that survives contact with the plant floor. 21 years in oil & gas maintenance and reliability, now building agentic AI that experts run themselves.

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21+years in maintenance and reliability
<1 hrfor an expert to ship an AI agent, down from 2–3 weeks
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