Vasu Kalidindi and Surya Kalidindi are the childhood friends behind Multiscale Technologies, a platform that uses cutting-edge AI to sharply reduce the number of physical experiments needed for business research and development and manufacturing. Multiscale was founded in 2020 after the two discussed the idea on a long walk; now Surya is the chief science officer and Vasu is the chief executive officer of their 50-employee company. Multiscale speeds development and cuts costs for their clients, who include manufacturers of everything from aluminum cans to french fries.