Moative is a quant-grade AI diffusion company
We are a thesis-driven company. It is the mid-market company's time to deploy AI strategically and challenge the incumbents with a better cost, gross margin, and growth profile.
We arm asset-heavy, regulated mid-market companies with an AI CTO, a pod of forward-deployed engineers, AI IP relevant for their industry, and skin-in-the-game commercial models.
Guiding principles
AI Outcomes that move valuation
Anyone can improve a workflow. But if it does not result in durable valuation change, it's meaningless. We talk like founders of real businesses because we have been one.
FDEs take charge
Our engineers are founders in the making. They deeply care about outcomes before assuming software is the answer.
Build IP Ahead
20% of Moative builds vertical IP ahead. If we speak, it is because you are already fitting into our thesis. Our IP generates value on Day 1 for you.
Automate Before Hiring
Consulting firms bill by FTEs and hours. We think automation-first. Our model is aligned to our clients' outcomes, not headcount.
Structurally Aligned. Not a Vendor
Our CTO is deputed. Our pod works on outcomes. Our upside goes beyond the project. We join at the hips and take it to the industry.
Question Everything
It is dogmatic to accept the past ways of building and monetising software and work. We ask to understand and challenge the assumptions.
Hands-on AI leaders. 25+ years of delivering outcomes with data.
Serial tech entrepreneurs. 90th percentile AI and ML engineers. Ph.Ds. Patent holders.
Ashwin Ramasamy
Co-founder & CEO
Tech & AI exits to Private Equity in the US. Euro-centric data. Enterprise tech background.
Kumar Srivatsan
Co-founder - Vertical Markets & Strategy
2x Fintech Founder. OptaCredit. Fego.ai. Exited to Perfios. Expert in Midmarket AI unlock models.
Shrikanth Jagannathan
Co-founder & Chief Data Scientist
Underwriting & Risk Models specialist. GE, Capgemini, Infosys. Built & Sold D2C Commerce Graph co. (PipeCandy) to private equity.
Bharath Moro
Co-founder. CTO-in-Residence - Healthcare
Data Engineering. Systems. Large-scale deployments. Google alum. Built & sold a travel tech company to a Nasdaq-listed firm.
Nikhil Sathasivam
VP - AI Outcomes & FDE Pods
Commercialized 50+ data-centric outcomes for mid-to-large enterprises. Owns AI outcomes.
Arjun Prasanna
Head - Products & Data Science
Fleet & Energy markets specialist. Owns products & data science IP.
AI Outcomes Advisory Board
An advisory network of industry-leading CXOs. The translators between us and our clients.
Frank Sorce
Advisor - Tech Transfer, Commercialization
40+ years in pharma across Merck, Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Syneos Health, and a decade-plus at UPM Pharmaceuticals. Translates strategy into measurable execution.
Dan Nalawade
Advisor - PE & Midmarket
CEO, CFO and CRO at various GE businesses. Co-founder of Matrix Finance Solutions, a tech-first supply chain finance company. Cross-continental operator.
Les Kraus
Advisor - Turnarounds. Financial Outcomes
CFO with deep experience across retail, financial services, pharma, and nutraceuticals.
Mark Nitz
Advisor - AI Adoption for Senior Leadership
Army officer. Philosopher. Data nerd. Org strategy, change management, and geospatial information.
Sowm Bharadwaj
Advisor - Enterprise AI for Power
Chicago Booth alumnus and energy markets expert with 20 years in wholesale energy.
Paul Buehrens
Advisor - Primary Care
Physician executive and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. CMO at SyncMD. Works on digital health, primary care, and payment reform.
Jae Choi
Advisor - Energy Storage & Power Systems
Executive at TAE Power Solutions. Renewable energy modelling, grid-connected and off-grid power systems, and energy storage. Working group chair across IEEE, CESA, EPRI ESIC and NEMA.
Kris Ramanadhan
Advisor - Refining & Petrochemicals
40 years at ExxonMobil in technical, managerial and executive roles, from engineer to VP of Business Development. Fifteen of those across Asia Pacific. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Purdue.
Vijay Ramachandran
Advisor - eCommerce Logistics & Marketing
Marketing leader at OnTrac. Builds AI-led marketing for ecommerce logistics and parcel delivery. Writes on parcel industry structure and carrier competition.
Ken Fenyo
Market Advisor - CPG & Distribution
CEO at YOU Technology, CMO at Grabango, VP of Loyalty & Digital at Kroger.
Eric Pong
Market Advisor - Global Logistics
LinkedIn Top Voice for Logistics. Manages 1100+ partnerships for a global logistics SaaS major.
Corey Wright
Market Advisor - Various Industries
Channel strategy, innovation, and partnership roles across eCommerce, logistics, and supply chain intelligence.
More about Moative
What does Moative do?
MBB, quant studio, systems integrator and vertical AI in one team, with zero handoffs. We write the AI roadmap for regulated, asset-heavy mid-market companies and then ship it. Most applied-AI firms automate workflows. We model the economics underneath them and get paid on outcomes.
Our AI thesis
Mid-market companies have been sold SAP and Oracle for too long. With AI there is true cost, margin, and revenue unlock, especially when cross-disciplinary teams work together.
The 90th percentile difference
Beyond our business model, our differentiation is hiring. We bring bright quants, researchers, and founders to work alongside our clients.
Moative history
Shrikanth and Ashwin started Moative in July 2024. Kumar and Bharath joined us. We now have team members across Houston, Chennai, and Bangalore.
Careers at Moative
We hire the 90th percentile from Ivy League universities and resourceful underdogs. We work from Houston and Chennai, with a lean remote team in Bangalore. Write to hub@moative.com.
Sunday newsletter
Every Sunday we send an essay about what we see in the market. Written by our leadership. Vulnerable, irreverent, opinionated. No shilling, just straight from the heart.