Build. Train. Govern.
End-to-end AI programs for Indian enterprise — from building production systems to training your workforce to governing AI responsibly.
Ritesh Vajariya · Founder, AI Guru
100K+ trained across 4 continents
Trusted by enterprise teams
across BFSI, oil & gas, manufacturing, healthcare, telecom, and government
100,000+
Professionals Trained
20
AI Products in Production
72
Customer NPS
4
Continents Served
Standards & compliance
Enterprise-grade AI, governed end-to-end
Every AI Guru engagement is built to align with the standards your risk, security, and audit teams already trust.
One Partner. Three Pillars.
Everything your enterprise needs to succeed with AI — under one roof.
Build
20 AI products in production across 9 industries. We don’t just teach AI theory — we build and deploy real systems. Our Labs team creates production-grade tools that solve actual business problems.
Our Work →Train
8 role-based enterprise programs from AI Fundamentals to AI Engineering, plus dedicated higher education programs for Indian universities. Customized for your industry, regulatory environment, and team composition. 100,000+ professionals trained across 4 continents.
View Training Programs →Govern
AI governance frameworks, risk assessment, and compliance consulting. From DPDPA readiness to RBI AI guidelines for BFSI — we help your board and compliance teams govern AI responsibly.
Governance →Train
Role-based AI training programs
Eleven programs designed for Indian enterprises at every stage of AI adoption — from boardroom literacy to engineering bootcamps to function-specific training for HR, marketing, BFSI, healthcare, and industrial teams.
AI Fundamentals
Build AI literacy across your organisation. Understand what AI can and cannot do, and how to use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude for Indian enterprise work.
AI for Leaders
Strategic AI decision-making for Indian CXOs: ROI frameworks, build vs buy, risk assessment, governance, and 12-month roadmap planning for enterprise adoption.
Generative AI Masterclass
Intensive hands-on workshop on generative AI for Indian teams. Build a real AI app, master prompt engineering, and understand LLM capabilities — in a day.
AI Engineering
Hands-on LLM integration, prompt engineering, RAG, AI agents, and full-stack AI application development. Build production-grade AI with Indian tech teams.
AI for Product Managers
Build, launch, and scale AI-powered products for Indian enterprises. Write AI product specs, evaluate feasibility, measure adoption, ship features that work.
AI Governance & Ethics
AI policy frameworks, bias detection, responsible AI, and regulatory compliance for Indian enterprises — DPDP Act, RBI AI guidelines, ISO 42001, EU AI Act.
AI for BFSI
Domain-specific AI training for Indian banks, insurers, and NBFCs. AI in lending, fraud, RBI compliance, AML, KYC, and conversational banking in Hindi.
AI for Industrial
Industrial AI training for Indian manufacturers — predictive maintenance, quality, energy, manual search, and operator chat. Built on real plant deployments.
AI for HR
AI training for HR and people ops in Indian enterprises — sourcing, screening, onboarding, L&D, performance reviews, engagement, DPDP-aware bias control.
AI for Marketing
AI training for Indian marketing teams — content, campaigns, SEO, analytics, customer segmentation, multilingual creative. Hands-on with ChatGPT and Claude.
Custom Enterprise Program
Fully customised enterprise AI training for Indian organisations — built around your industry, regulations, tech stack, and goals. Pilot to full org rollout.
Build
We Don't Just Teach AI — We Ship It
20 products across 9 industries, all in production. Every training program is grounded in real systems we've built and deployed.
Manufacturing
MillMind
Operations AI for paper mills — equipment lookup, predictive maintenance, and natural-language analytics on production data.
Voice AI
Vaja.ai
Real-time enterprise voice agents that answer phones — compliance-ready, deployable in days.
Real Estate
Plazee
AI back-office for commercial property — invoice processing, bank reconciliation, and lender-ready reporting.
Compliance
AssuranceOps
The operating layer for SOC 2 and emerging AI assurance — collect, structure, and maintain audit-ready evidence.
Strategy
PlanHQ
AI agents that deliver consulting-grade strategic analysis — SWOT, OKR, Porter's Five Forces, Business Model Canvas — in minutes, not weeks.
Media
DubLabs
AI video dubbing with professional voice quality and natural lip-sync, built for global distribution.
Free · No signup required
Resources for AI buyers
Free tools, guides, and workshops for Indian enterprise teams — no email gate, no sales gate. Built so search engines and LLMs can index everything.
Free tool
AI Training Cost Calculator
Pick cohort size, audience, industry, format — get an instant INR range, recommended program, and outcomes checklist.
Open the calculator →Long-form guide
AI Career Paths in India — 2026
8 AI career paths with INR salary ranges, learning roadmaps, and which AI Guru program maps to each — no email gate.
Read the guide →Now planning
Practical AI Workshops across India
Half-day workshops coming to Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Indore, Pune — looking for campus and community partners.
See the workshop series →Why Choose AI Guru?
We don't just teach AI — we build it, ship it, and then teach your team to do the same. 20 products across 9 industries, all in production.
We Build What We Teach
Our trainers build AI systems used by enterprises across 9 industries. We teach what we ship — not just theory.
India-First Training
Case studies from Indian enterprises. Examples in BFSI, IT services, manufacturing, and pharma. INR pricing. Indian regulatory context.
Role-Based Programs
Different programs for different roles. Leaders get strategy, engineers get hands-on labs, everyone gets value.
Governance & Compliance Ready
Every program includes AI governance fundamentals. Dedicated governance track covers DPDPA, RBI guidelines, and responsible AI frameworks.
What our alumni say
From engineers, professors, founders, and coaches
100,000+ professionals trained across 4 continents. A few notes from alumni of AI for Engineers, AI for Leaders, and the Generative AI Masterclass.
“Hands down, the BEST course in town for engineers. Ritesh is a master at breaking complex AI fundamentals into lucid examples.”
Hemant
Principal Solution Architect · Ericsson
“AI for Engineers is a phenomenal course. Ritesh is superbly competent and didn't mind presenting cases that require iterative corrections.”
Zbigniew
Associate Professor · Duke University
“AI for Leaders provided an excellent overview from the perspective of business and leadership. Ritesh guided the topic brilliantly.”
Jussi
Founder · Value Amplifier Oy
“I was blown away by our first masterclass. The knowledge Ritesh shared was phenomenal. Ritesh is the guy.”
Ken
Executive Sales & Business Coach · eAI2Sales
Meet the Founder
Founder & CEO, AI Guru
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ritesh drove $700M+ in AI revenue and architected core systems for BloombergGPT. He built the AI platform at Bloomberg and led GenAI strategy at Cerebras Systems. He brings real production experience — not slides — to every training engagement. He also advises enterprise boards on AI governance and fiduciary readiness through NEUBoard.
Today he runs AI Guru — the build, train, and govern partner for enterprises across BFSI, oil & gas, manufacturing, healthcare, telecom, and government. 20 AI products in production, 100,000+ professionals trained across 4 continents, and a governance practice aligned to SOC 2, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and the DPDP Act — 72 customer NPS across the work.
Career highlights
Amazon Web Services
Drove $700M+ in AI revenue; architected core systems for BloombergGPT
Bloomberg
Sr. Director — built the data & ML platform: 1,000+ ML engineers, 100K+ CPUs, 5K+ GPUs at petabyte scale
Cerebras Systems
Global Head of GenAI Strategy & BD
AI Guru
Founder & CEO — 100K+ trained, 20 AI products live
What We Build
20 products. 9 industries. All in production.
MillMind
Paper Manufacturing
Real-time machine monitoring, predictive failure, energy optimization
Plazee
Commercial Real Estate
Invoice processing: 4 hours → 15 minutes, 94%+ accuracy
DubLabs
Media & Education
AI video dubbing in 20+ languages with lip-sync
AgentGuru
Governance & Compliance
20+ AI governance templates, deployed at Fortune 500
Vaja.ai
Multilingual AI
Real-time voice AI, sub-500ms latency, 100+ languages
PlanHQ
Strategy & Operations
15+ AI agents automate SWOT, OKR, Porter's Five Forces
20
Products live
9
Industries
72
NPS score
20+
Countries
As featured on
100,000+
Students worldwide
★ 4.5
Average across 20K+ reviews
50+
Courses published
On the world stage
Where AI Guru shows up
Ritesh Vajariya has delivered keynotes and enterprise AI training at AWS Summit Hong Kong, AWS Public Sector Day Singapore, Grupo Salinas Mexico City, Collision Toronto, and 30+ enterprise stages worldwide.
1,500+ attendees
Keynote at AWS Summit, Hong Kong
Singapore
AWS Public Sector Day
Beijing
Enterprise AI keynote
Toronto
Collision Conference
Buenos Aires
AI for industry verticals
Mexico City
Grupo Salinas leadership program
New York
Enterprise AI training
Keynote Speaking
Book Ritesh for keynotes, executive workshops, and board briefings
Ritesh Vajariya is an AI keynote speaker and leadership trainer with stage experience at AWS Summit Hong Kong, AWS Public Sector Day Singapore, Grupo Salinas Mexico City, and 30+ enterprise stages. He architected core systems for BloombergGPT, drove $700M+ in AI revenue at AWS, and has trained 100,000+ professionals across 4 continents.
What Ritesh speaks on
Formats available
The Forward View
Long-arc essays for decision-makers
Weekly. Three-year horizons, not news-cycle takes. Written by Ritesh Vajariya.
Jun 14, 2026
The Title Is Arriving. The Authority Isn't.
60% of Fortune 100 companies will hire Heads of AI Governance by 2026, but most are designing compliance roles, not governance functions with real authority.
Read essay →Jun 7, 2026
The Permission Problem
How AI data center buildout collides with power grid politics as states revolt against passing costs to households. The third constraint after chips and power: permission.
Read essay →May 31, 2026
The Gigawatt Era
One gigawatt equals a nuclear reactor, 750,000 homes, billions in capital. The world needs 220 by 2030. Here's what every decision-maker must understand.
Read essay →3,600+ decision-makers subscribe
Long-arc thinking on AI, weekly.
No hype. Production insights. Three-year horizons. Written by Ritesh Vajariya for boards, CXOs, PE operating partners, and senior leadership.
Subscribe to The Forward ViewOr browse all essays at theforwardview.com
Frequently Asked Questions
What does AI Guru do?+
AI Guru helps enterprises build, train, and govern production AI. We have 20 products in production across 9 industries, and have trained 100,000+ professionals across 20+ countries.
Where is AI Guru headquartered?+
AI Guru is a US-headquartered company based in Princeton, NJ, with a delivery office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) and a local presence in Dubai free zone (UAE). We serve enterprises across India and globally from these locations.
What industries does AI Guru serve in India?+
We serve financial services (including BFSI), manufacturing, healthcare, IT services, media & entertainment, and enterprise IT across India.
How is AI Guru different from other AI training companies?+
We're the only AI training company with 20 products in production. Our trainers build real AI systems — they don't just teach theory. Founded by an AI leader of Amazon Web Services who also led the build of BloombergGPT and ran strategy at Cerebras.
Do you offer customised enterprise programs?+
Yes. Every program can be customised with your industry-specific case studies, data, and regulatory requirements. India-focused pricing with GST invoices available.