Saiakshay R — Co-Founder

I’m a Founding GTM & Partnerships Head – Asia and an AI-driven product builder, working at the intersection of product, market entry, and enterprise intelligence. I focus on building and scaling AI-powered products from zero to market — translating real customer pain, public signals, and enterprise needs into actionable product and GTM strategies. My work spans India-first expansion, enterprise partnerships, and shaping product decisions that make AI systems usable, scalable, and decision-ready. 🔹 What I work on: Go-To-Market & Partnerships (Asia): Owning market entry, early customers, enterprise conversations, and strategic partnerships across India and Asia. AI & Product Strategy:Building AI-driven systems using LLMs for sentiment analysis, issue detection, and customer intelligence — with a strong focus on signal quality, severity, and scalability. Product-Market Fit & Enterprise Readiness: Feeding real-world market insights into product architecture, pricing models, alerting logic, and enterprise workflows. Cross-functional Leadership: Working closely with founders, engineers, and stakeholders to turn ambiguity into execution. 🔹 Core strengths: AI-powered product thinking (LLMs, prompt engineering, applied AI) Enterprise GTM & partnerships Customer experience & reputation intelligence Zero-to-one product execution Strategic problem-solving in high-ambiguity environments I enjoy building in fast-moving environments where ownership matters more than titles and where products are shaped by real signals, not assumptions. 💬 Always open to conversations around AI products, enterprise GTM, partnerships, and early-stage building. #FoundingTeam #GTM #AIProducts #EnterpriseAI #ProductStrategy #Startups #Asia

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product strategist with expertise in AI and enterprise partnerships.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 2 yrs

Skills

Go-to-market Strategy
Product Management
Artificial Intelligence (ai)
Machine Learning

Career Highlights

Expert in AI-powered product strategy and execution.
Proven track record in go-to-market strategies for Asia.
Strong leadership in building enterprise partnerships.

Work Experience

ERMS | Real-Time Reputation Defense & Competitor Intelligence

Founding GTM & Partnerships Head -Asia (3 mos)

Freelance

Project Manager- Mystery Shopping and Audits (1 yr 2 mos)

Vibe coder/ Product consultant (1 yr 5 mos)

Outlier

Ai trainer (1 yr 7 mos)

FirstHive | Customer Data Platform

Support Engineer (1 yr 6 mos)

DreamPort

Independent travel manager (2 mos)

Internshala

ISP (3 mos)

Varcons Inc.

Python machine learning intern (1 mo)

Varcons technologies

Web Developer (1 mo)

Education

Professional Certificate Programme in Business Management (PCPBM) at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Visvesvaraya Technological University

Saiakshay R

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India2 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in AI-powered product strategy and execution.
Proven track record in go-to-market strategies for Asia.
Strong leadership in building enterprise partnerships.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product strategist with expertise in AI and enterprise partnerships.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Go-to-market StrategyProduct ManagementArtificial Intelligence (ai)Machine Learning

Other Skills

Product MarketingPartnership-buildingAi training and Prompt EngineeringConsultingPrompt EngineeringAnalytical SkillsMySQLZoho DeskAmazon Web Services (AWS)GitlabJiraProduct DevelopmentE-CommerceCommunicationAdvertising

About

Experience

Erms | real-time reputation defense & competitor intelligence

Founding GTM & Partnerships Head -Asia

Dec 2025 – Present · 3 mos · Australia · Remote

Founding GTM & Partnerships Head – Asia
Building and scaling the Asia (India-first) go-to-market motion for an early-stage AI SaaS platform focused on brand reputation, customer complaints, and competitor intelligence.
Responsibilities & Ownership:
Own end-to-end GTM strategy for India and Asia, from market entry to early scale
Lead enterprise and strategic partnership conversations, including pilots and design partners
Shape enterprise positioning, pricing frameworks, and packaging based on real market feedback
Act as a bridge between market, customers, and product, feeding insights into roadmap decisions
Drive early PMF validation across SMB, mid-market, and enterprise segments
Help design enterprise-grade workflows
(alerting, deduplication, severity, latency, SLAs)
Build partnerships with agencies, platforms, and ecosystem players to accelerate distribution
Support founder in enterprise readiness, including risk, scale, and regional nuances (AU/IN/Asia)
Impact:
Launched India market and laid groundwork for Asia expansion
Influenced product architecture and intelligence models for enterprise use cases
Positioned the platform for large-scale brands and high-signal monitoring environments
Focus Areas:
GTM Strategy • Enterprise Partnerships • Market Entry (India/Asia) • Product-Market Fit • AI SaaS • Early-Stage Scaling

Go-to-Market StrategyProduct MarketingPartnership-buildingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Product Management

Freelance

2 roles

Project Manager- Mystery Shopping and Audits

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Team Leadership: Managing and coordinating a diverse team of field auditors and mystery shoppers, providing training, guidance, and performance feedback.
Strategic Planning: Designing and implementing audit and mystery shopping frameworks tailored to client requirements.
Client Collaboration: Acting as the primary point of contact for clients, understanding their objectives, and delivering actionable insights.
Project Execution: Scheduling, supervising, and ensuring timely completion of mystery shopping and audit assignments.
Data Analysis and Reporting: Reviewing collected data, generating comprehensive reports, and providing recommendations to enhance client operations.
Quality Assurance: Ensuring audits meet high standards of accuracy and integrity, maintaining strict adherence to guidelines and protocols.
With a focus on operational excellence, I strive to optimize processes, foster team synergy, and deliver measurable value to stakeholders

Vibe coder/ Product consultant

Aug 2024 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos · Remote · Remote

Partnered with early-stage businesses and startups to design product flows, build MVPs, and improve user experiences.
Key Highlights:
SuvarnaPay (Fintech): Designed and prototyped a gold-loan tracking app, created PRDs, and mapped customer onboarding flows.
DietSnap (Fitness AI): Built product concept & wireframes for an AI-powered diet tracking app integrated with fitness coaches.
Mystery.ai (Ops Automation): Experimented with AI-driven audit automation for retail mystery shopping.
(Retail Client): Advised on customer feedback collection helped with ai based customer interaction and product listing optimization, improving engagement & sales visibility.
Conducted market research, user journey mapping, and MVP design across fintech, AI, and fitness domains.
Collaborated cross-functionally with founders, engineers, and auditors to deliver practical product solutions.

Ai training and Prompt EngineeringProduct ManagementConsulting

Outlier

Ai trainer

Jun 2024 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos · United States · Remote

Data Preparation:
Collect, clean, and preprocess data for training AI models.
Annotate and label data to ensure high-quality training sets.
Model Training:
Train machine learning models, including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning models.
Optimize models for performance and accuracy.
Model Evaluation:
Evaluate model performance using metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score.
Perform error analysis to identify model weaknesses and areas for improvement.
Continuous Improvement:
Implement techniques to improve model performance and generalization.
Stay updated with the latest research and advancements in AI and machine learning.