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“Generative AI is having a positive impact on the digital marketing industry”: Blufig’s Amit Thakkar
Mumbai: Blufig is a B2B digital marketing agency that is exploding with opportunities. Their team consists of passionate marketers, designers, storytellers, and developers, who want to go beyond the ordinary. They bring immense passion and zeal to helping the brands go from aspiration to growth.
Since its inception in 2017, Blufig has successfully served over 130 tech companies. The agency’s CEO Amit Thakkar’s mission is rooted in disrupting the B2B digital marketing agency through a domain-focused approach, emphasizing the importance of specialization and excelling in a specific niche.
With a global footprint, Blufig has a clientele spanning India, North America, Singapore, Australia, and Europe, positioning itself to make a significant impact on the B2B tech ecosystem.
Indiantelevision.com caught up with Thakkar who has been instrumental in scaling several successful businesses for the agency.
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On Blufig differentiating itself from other similar agencies
Blufig caters to a very specific niche in a B2B digital marketing agency. It exclusively serves B2B tech companies. As a result, it gained invaluable experience and expertise in marketing software IT brands.
Blufig’s credentials are what differentiate it from other agencies – Provided marketing services to 130+ brands in a span of 5 years. Fortune 500 companies as its customers. Track record of being a marketing partner that focuses on providing practical solutions and not just increasing billing.
On retain passionate professionals to join the agency and contributing to its mission of going beyond the ordinary
Given we are in a creative field, passionate professionals need new challenges and goals. They need a sense of fulfilment that helps them grow in their career. We try as much to get new challenging projects to keep them engaged.
We also make sure their financial and emotional needs are fulfilled as much as possible.
On specific strategies do you employ to help brands transition from aspiration to growth
We understand the brand in detail – their category, target audience, competition and marketing goals. We implement strategies aligned to meet these goals.
On the future of generative AI as it is still in its infancy stage
Generative AI is having a positive impact on the digital marketing industry. Rather than being a threat it is proving to be an enabler that can expedite and improve the quality of marketing campaigns. From research to content to design and marketing analytics – Generative AI is playing a pivotal role as we embrace the next wave of transformation in the marketing industry.
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OpenAI’s Stargate lead Peter Hoeschele exits with two senior leaders
Trio behind compute push set to join new startup amid leadership reshuffle
SAN FRANCISCO: Peter Hoeschele, a key figure behind OpenAI’s early Stargate data centre initiative, has exited the company, according to a report by The Information.
The departure is part of a broader leadership shift, with two other senior executives, Shamez Hemani and Anuj Saharan, also set to leave in the coming days. All three are expected to join the same new startup, although details about the venture remain under wraps.
The trio played a central role in OpenAI’s Stargate effort, an initiative aimed at building large-scale data centre capacity in-house to reduce reliance on external infrastructure providers. Their exits mark a notable moment for the company’s compute strategy as it continues to scale rapidly.
OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement to The Information, “We’re grateful for the contributions Peter, Shamez, and Anuj have made to OpenAI and wish them the very best in what comes next.” The company also pointed to the recent appointment of Sachin Katti to lead its industrial compute organisation, signalling continuity in its infrastructure roadmap.
OpenAI has indicated that it does not plan to directly replace Hoeschele’s role, suggesting a possible restructuring of responsibilities within the team.
As competition intensifies in the race to build next-generation AI systems, leadership changes in core infrastructure teams are likely to draw close attention. For now, the spotlight shifts to what this departing trio builds next, and how OpenAI adapts as it scales its ambitions.
