AI Consulting + Venture Studio
Make AI real inside your business.
Strategy, execution, and shipped AI products from operators who have built, scaled, and exited AI-native companies.
We advise leaders and build ventures. That combination changes the quality of decisions.
We have owned growth, product, engineering, and M&A outcomes.
Board alignment, AI roadmap, embedded leadership, and diligence.
They want AI to ship, not another deck that dies in a steering committee.
users served at companies we've led
AI products in production
successful exits
leadership track record
Leadership
Founders who can advise because they have operated.
Kairian is run by leaders who have scaled consumer platforms, built AI products, and sat inside the pressure of growth, governance, and execution.
Managing Partner
Yesh Munnangi
- Former CEO Rome2rio (4X growth, 500M+ visits/year)
- Led M&A at Omio after its Rome2rio acquisition
- Amazon Europe operational leadership
- Global experience leading teams across 10+ countries
- IIT Madras + IIM Calcutta
Managing Partner
Sam Kharazmi
- Former VP Product Engineering & Data Science at Redbubble
- Chief Product & Growth Officer at Luxury Escapes
- Founded PODlify, Penno, and AI-powered product ventures
- PhD in ML / Information Retrieval (RMIT / NICTA)
How we work
A tight operating cadence, not a long consulting theatre production.
We move from diagnosis to delivery in clear steps so leadership sees momentum early and teams know what happens next.
Diagnose
Sit with leadership. Find the AI work that actually shifts revenue, cost, or speed.
Strategise
Shape the roadmap. Opportunities, risk, sequence, economics, and execution path.
Embed
Co-lead delivery. Fractional CTO, CDO, or transformation leadership when needed.
Sustain
Stay close as your AI advisor as the market, tooling, and governance keep moving.
Why Kairian
Work with operators, not advisors.
Most AI consultants have only ever advised. We still build. That gives us a sharper view of what is durable, what is hype, and what actually lands.
We have led through real scale.
Rome2rio, Redbubble, Luxury Escapes, Amazon, Omio. Not theory. Operating seats.
We still ship products every week.
ChannelOpt, Banksia, and Autmate keep our advice grounded in live product reality.
We know what buyers, boards, and investors care about.
Three exits between us. We understand diligence, narrative, and operating leverage.
Products
We build products with the same taste we bring to client work.
Three AI products, live in market. These ventures keep us close to the edge of what buyers, operators, and teams actually need.
Consulting
For boards and senior leaders who need AI to shift the business.
We work best where ambition is high, the stakes are real, and execution has to connect strategy to shipped capability.
Board & Executive Alignment
Leadership sessions that turn AI interest into a shared mandate, language, and decision frame.
AI-Native Strategy & Roadmap
Transformation blueprints for businesses moving from digital optimisation to AI-native operating models.
Execution Leadership
Embedded transformation leadership that owns delivery momentum, not just recommendation decks.
Technical Due Diligence
Assessment of data, readiness, architecture, and product leverage for acquirers and PE firms.
Who we work with
PE-backed and ASX-listed companies
For companies that need AI to move from board agenda to measured operating outcomes.
Founder-led scale-ups
For teams with traction who need AI to become a moat, not a side experiment.
Early-stage startups
For founders shaping their AI thesis and shipping the first version under startup constraints.
Engagement model
Strategic Sprints
4-12 week transformations
Embedded Leadership
6-18 month placements
Board Advisory
Ongoing AI governance
PE Due Diligence
Technical and strategic assessments
Ready to make AI ship?
We work with leaders who want AI to ship, not AI to discuss. If that’s you, let’s talk.