Time is Now book, by Raj Verma

How can leaders adapt to the rapid change of technology’s impact on business?

How can AI be leveraged for more intelligent decision-making?

Can our choices be simultaneously good for business and the world?

This book provides leaders with the first steps to answer these important questions.

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For over 30 years, technology has become more interwoven with both our professional and personal lives. In the future, the integration of tech, business and life will become even more seamless. With the current exponential growth of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, business leaders must learn how to adapt their decision making to look beyond short-term profits, creating insight for long-term impact and growth.

In “Time is Now: A Journey into Demystifying AI,” SingleStore CEO Raj Verma takes readers on an insightful journey to not only demystify emerging tech like AI, but to demystify how today’s leader must make decisions. Through engaging storytelling and relevant examples, Verma shares the lessons from his personal and professional life to glean timeless and universal lessons.

At the crux of this journey is the power of Now, which Verma defines as a convergence of Information, Context and Choice:

  • Information is data, the collection of memory which shapes our identity.

  • Context is the analysis of all information in the present.

  • Choice is focused on the future, approached with courage and conscience.

From these three pillars of Now, we write our future ― for better or worse. As the speed of real time increases, so will the consequences of our decisions. In the explosion of AI, leaders have a responsibility to learn before they act. We must wield the tools available with the insight that our decisions will impact the world for generations to come. Doing so will require both great courage and conscience.

It cannot wait. The time is Now.

* All proceeds from “Time Is Now: A Journey Into Demystifying AI will be donated to charities Raj is passionate about and involved with: Make-a-Wish,, Satyarthi, and Thorn.

Testimonials

  • “A story prompting the reader’s journey to embracing the new world of AI, told through the eyes of a fellow traveler.”

    VINOD KHOSLA

    Founder, Khosla Ventures

  • “Time is Now not only unravels the intricate workings of AI but offers compelling insights into how to develop this powerful technology. Raj beautifully writes that AI should be used as a tool to enhance human intelligence and make choices that benefit us all. A must-read that adds intrinsic value to the debate around AI and helps us understand how to use it to become better humans.”

    DEEPAK CHOPRA

    MD, Founder, The Chopra Foundation; Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego; New York Times Bestselling Author

  • “This thought-provoking book offers compelling insights about how real time data and artificial intelligence will shape the future. This is an important guide for anyone seeking to understand and navigate the new landscape of artificial intelligence and its incredible potential.”

    VIVEK RANDIVÉ

    Founder and Former CEO, Tibco Software; Owner and CEO, Sacramento Kings

Book Reviews

  • Time is Now by Raj Verma is a timely and important contribution to the dialogue about AI’s role in society. It successfully navigates the fine line between the potential benefits and challenges of AI, making a compelling case for its ethical use. Verma’s book is a call to action for responsible and thoughtful engagement with one of the most powerful technologies of our time, urging us to use AI not just to enhance business processes but to improve human lives.

    Tech Bullion

  • "Verma explores the trajectory of AI technology and emphasizes that the decisions we make today will affect humanity long into the future.”

    READERS’ FAVORITE

  • “Clear-eyed look at how AI technology can help business leaders make choices.”

    BOOK LIFE BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

  • “Advocating for the ethical, intentional, and conscientious development of AI with conviction and depth, [Time Is Now] raises keen questions about what such approaches entail and about how the gap between regulation and innovation can be bridged.“

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About The Author

Raj Verma is the Chief Executive Officer of SingleStore, the world’s only database that empowers users to transact, analyze and contextualize data in real time to elevate human lives.