// the work

Four chapters.
One through line.

Strategy that shipped. Deals that closed. Products that scaled. Systems that ran.

Chapter 01 2025 — Present
Jan 2025 — Present San Francisco Accel · $50M raised

Chronicle AI

Chief of Staff, AI Strategy, Product & Growth
01
Situation

An early-stage AI startup with real enterprise traction but no compliance infrastructure, no GTM motion, and no operating system. The product was good. Everything around it needed to be built.

Task

Build the operational and commercial foundation from scratch — compliance, creator acquisition, enterprise onboarding, AI agents, and the analytics layer behind every founder decision.

Result

SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR unblocked 15+ enterprise deployments. Creator program drove 35% of new signups. Trial-to-paid conversion doubled. Team scaled 10 to 20 with 50% faster hiring.

Chief of Staff GTM Compliance AI Agents Analytics
  • Trial-to-paid conversion lifted by building the analytics and GTM backbone.
  • 15+ Enterprise deals unblocked after shipping SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR from zero.
  • 5M+ Creator reach built from zero. 50+ creators. 35% of new signups.
  • 50% Faster time-to-hire. Team scaled from 10 to 20 across all functions.
Chapter 02 2022 — 2025
May 2022 — Jan 2025 Dubai & Riyadh Top 5/5 ratings · Promoted in 1 year

Strategy& (PwC)

Senior Consultant, Digital Transformation & AI Strategy
02
Situation

GCC governments with ambitious AI and digital transformation mandates but no operating models or execution infrastructure to deliver on them. The gap between vision and delivery was where most programs stalled.

Task

Lead AI strategy, operating model design, and national-scale program delivery for government and public-sector clients across the UAE and KSA, including Abu Dhabi's Department of Government Enablement.

Result

Operating model for 10+ Abu Dhabi government entities. 50+ AI use cases mapped. $500M+ annual revenue projected for Saudi's national health platform. $100M+ ad-revenue model for FIFA 2034 venues.

AI Strategy Digital Transformation GCC Government Health Tech Sports & Media
  • 1 of 3 Firm-wide generative AI champions across 100+ consultants. Built AI playbooks for 3 major tech companies.
  • $500M+ National health platform (Sehhaty) — 25 AI-enabled services, revenue projected by 2027.
  • 20+ FIFA 2034 stadiums — commercial digital strategy projecting $100M+ in annual ad revenue.
  • 120% Emergency response efficiency improved for Saudi Red Crescent's 2,000+ ambulance fleet.
Chapter 03 2018 — 2020
Jul 2018 — Jul 2020 Mumbai & Singapore Excellent Performer Award

Barclays Bank

Corporate Banking Analyst · Top-rated of 10 analysts
03
Situation

India's OTT industry was growing fast but had no established financing framework. Banks had no playbook for production finance in the streaming sector.

Task

Manage a $2B+ deal portfolio as a sole analyst while identifying and closing a first-of-its-kind transaction that would open a new asset class for the bank.

Result

Originated India's first OTT production finance deal — $100M with Amazon Prime — creating a new asset class and an underwriting framework reused on 15+ follow-on deals. Highest sole-analyst deal volume among 10 peers.

Corporate Banking Deal Structuring Syndication Trade Finance
  • $2B+ 20+ deals executed across debt, trade, and cash-management products.
  • $100M India's first OTT production finance deal with Amazon Prime. New asset class created.
  • $3B India's largest syndicated term-loan raise — structured the $125M export-financing leg with Reliance Industries.
Chapter 04 2016 — 2018
May 2016 — Jul 2018 Mumbai Early promotion (1yr vs 2yr norm)

PwC India

Senior Consultant, Strategy Consulting
04
Situation

Disney+ Hotstar needed a flagship digital product for IPL — the world's most-watched cricket tournament. No live play-along format had been attempted at this scale before.

Task

Design the product strategy for a real-time, broadcast-synced cricket game that would pioneer a new interactive format and set a new benchmark for second-screen engagement.

Result

250M+ users in 7 weeks. 5× engagement uplift. Pioneered an eSports-adjacent second-screen format that became a flagship digital transformation case study.

Product Strategy Live Events Risk Modelling SQL
  • 250M+ Disney+ Hotstar cricket game — scaled in 7 weeks with 5× engagement uplift.
  • 5M+ Skill-based mobile game — 700K+ daily active users in 3 months.
  • 75% Manual underwriting reduced — credit model trained on 5M+ records across 8 data sources.
// building on the side

I don't just advise on AI. I build with it.

Three live projects, all built with Claude and Lovable.

01

Home Manager

A grocery and chore tracking app that removes the mental load of household coordination. Built with Lovable and Claude. Live and in daily use.

samtghome.manus.space →
02

Brew Queue

A habit and rotation app that nudges you to use mugs you haven't reached for in a while. Behavioral prompts, usage history, personalization. Built with Lovable.

Link coming soon
03

UAE Expat App

An AI-assisted social discovery app matching residents around shared activities — coffee, board games, sports. Building community infrastructure from the ground up.

Coming soon
04

This Website

Built with Claude using AI-assisted frontend development — rapid prototyping, iterative content structure, and shipped in days not weeks.

trivedi.pro →
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