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Enterprise AI Strategy & Implementation
Production-grade RAG and predictive analytics tied to industrial P&L. From C-suite cockpits to operator dashboards — engineered for accountability, not demos.
AI · Industrial Ops
Available for Select Advisory Mandates
Vik Guttikonda — Strategy × Enterprise AI
Vishnu Kireet Guttikonda
Founder · Building on Innovative Ideas
Advisory for boards that have to defend the number. Founder building new ventures across heavy industry, cross-border trade, and enterprise AI.
- Portfolio Directed
- $300M+
- Industrial Uptime
- 99.5%
- Latency Reduction
- 70%
- Global Alumni
- Top 2%
Recognised · Referenced · Affiliated
Yale School of Management
MAM '26
Indian School of Business
Dean's List · PGP
AMBA
Accredited Member
Bloomberg
Mentioned · 2025
Mint
Op-ed · 2024
Knowledge VerticalsThree disciplines.
Three disciplines.
One operating thesis.
Strategy compounds when industrial reality, capital architecture, and applied intelligence run as one system — not three vendors reconciled in a deck.
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Global Supply Chain & Cross-Border Trade
Founding partner of a US import/export venture operating trade lanes between North America, India, and the Indo-Pacific.
Trade · Logistics/ 03
Elite MBA Mentorship
Profile architecture and narrative design for top-tier 1-year MBA candidates. Frameworks proven at Yale, Wharton, and INSEAD.
MBA · Mentorship
Insights · Case Studies
Strategy is only credible when it ships.
Field-tested case work in the register of an investment memo — the metrics that governed the boardroom decision, not the ones that flattered the deck.
Case Study / 01
Enterprise AI · Heavy IndustryThe CEO Cockpit
Enterprise AI command center cutting C-suite reporting latency by 70% for a $6B aluminum producer.
70%
Reporting Latency ↓
$6B
Asset Base
9 wks
Time to Production
Read Full Brief
Case Study / 02
Predictive ML · CommoditiesPredictive Procurement Engine
ML-driven price forecasting capturing 8% YoY cost reduction on a $300M+ global coal portfolio.
8%
YoY Cost ↓
$300M+
Portfolio Scope
94%
Forecast Accuracy
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Global Trade · Supply Chain AnalyticsCross-Border Trade Architecture
Founding and operating a US-based import/export enterprise — designing multi-modal logistics corridors, customs-compliance frameworks, and real-time shipment visibility across North America, India, and the Indo-Pacific.
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Active Corridors
40%
Logistics Cost ↓
99%
On-Time Clearance
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On the RecordWhat operators say,
What operators say,
when the room thins out.
Attributed by function only — full references provided on direct inquiry, post-NDA.
Vik translated a tangled enterprise-AI thesis into a board-ready operating plan in under three weeks. The cadence held when the room got difficult.
Senior Operating Partner
Industrial PE · $4B AUM
Engagement · 2025
He sits at an unusual seam — strategy register, industrial operator instinct, and a working knowledge of where the AI stack actually breaks. Rare combination.
Group CIO
Global metals & mining major
Advisory · 2024
What stood out wasn't the deck — it was the questions before the deck. Vik finds the decision underneath the decision.
Founder & CEO
Cross-border industrial trade
Boardroom collaboration · 2024
Live signals
The world I read while the slides compile.
A live scan of markets, AI headlines, and my build log — refreshed every minute, straight from the source.
Syncing feed
01 · Markets
Tape
- S&P 500
- Nasdaq 100
- Bitcoin
Source · Yahoo Finance · 30-day close
02 · AI desk
What's moving
Source · HN front-page · AI filter · 7-day window
03 · Build log
Recent commits
Source · GitHub · public events
The Index
Six doors into the same practice.
Each section stands on its own — read the one that answers your question first.
01
Provenance
Yale, ISB, and the institutional arc behind the practice.
Enter 02Advisory
How mandates are scoped, priced, and defended.
Enter 03Case Studies
CEO cockpit, predictive procurement, cross-border trade.
Enter 04Mentorship
Profile architecture for one-year MBA candidates.
Enter 05Speaking
Keynotes and board sessions on enterprise AI.
Enter 06Moments
Rooms, dialogue, and field notes off the deck.
EnterNext
Bring the decision. I will bring the arithmetic.
Advisory mandates, board sessions, speaking, and mentorship — all begin with a short note.