Agents reach production
- Governed agents replace pilots
- AI run-cost becomes a CFO topic
- Regulation moves from guidance to enforcement
Technology & AI Advisory · Mumbai · working globally
AI that survives production, scale and audit.
I'm Vamsi Talasila. For more than two decades I've built the part of a system nobody sees in the demo: the part that decides whether a platform holds at a hundred million users, and whether AI is safe to put in front of a regulator. Today I help boards, CEOs and CTOs get that part right, and carry the systems and people they already have into AI, quantum-safe and next-generation computing.
CostPerformanceGovernance & complianceArchitectureScaleQuantum-ready
Technology behind India's first gaming-company IPO, 2021
The living architecture · many models, one governed gateway
RequestApproved outcomeStopped by policy
2 decades+building and running technology platforms
100M+users on platforms I scaled, in 65+ countries
~6Bevents a day at 99.99% uptime
1stgaming-company IPO in India, NSE & BSE, 2021
200+engineers led across 11 group companies
257governed AI agents across 23 model providers
65–75%lower AI run-cost on my own platform
6legal jurisdictions on one sovereign AI platform
Where the work has run
- Nazara Technologies
- WizardsTech Global
- aayu.health
- QX Lab AI
- AVA Connect
- IIMX
- MediConnect
What I believe
From my field notes on enterprise AI that survives production, scale and audit.
Everyone will soon have strong models. The companies that win will have the best architecture around them. Security isn't a firewall you add. Compliance isn't paperwork after launch. Cost control isn't just a cheaper model. These are design decisions. Get them right and cost, accuracy, scale and control improve together. Anyone can pick a model. Architecture decides when, where and how it's allowed to think.Vamsi Talasila
The moat
Six design decisions any organisation can build on
Whatever the industry, the same six decisions separate AI that pays from AI that stalls. The top is what a CEO buys; the middle is what I design; the base is what most advisers skip.
What the board buysThe moat: lower cost, faster growth, managed risk
Cost
Model cascades, caching and FinOps, so AI spend grows slower than usage.
65–75% lower AI run-costPerformance
Latency and quality designed in, with evaluations that gate every release.
Evals before every launchGovernance & compliance
EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001 and DPDP by design, human review where it matters, full audit.
Governance in the kernelArchitecture
One governed gateway for every model call. Swap models by configuration, not code.
257 agents · 23 providersScalability
Event-driven platforms built to hold the next tenfold jump without heroics.
100M+ users · ~6B events a dayFuture-readiness
Post-quantum cryptography now, and an architecture ready for quantum and bio-computing.
Quantum-safe by designThe human bridgeLegacy systems and the teams who run them, carried into AI, quantum and bio-computing one step at a time.
Services
One decision, three lenses
Every engagement is judged on business (cost, growth, risk), product (what people will actually adopt) and technology (architecture, scale, governance). Most advisers bring one lens. I've owned all three as a CTO, a product builder and a founder.
Board & AI Strategy
An AI roadmap your board can approve and your CFO can measure.
How it works →Agentic AI Architecture
Agents that work in production, not just in the pilot.
How it works →AI Governance & Compliance
Built in, so you can answer the regulator's questions.
How it works →AI Cost & Performance
Faster answers at a fraction of the bill.
How it works →Legacy-to-AI Modernisation
Connect the systems you have to the AI you need, ready for the next 10x.
How it works →Quantum & Future-Computing Readiness
Quantum-safe today, ready for quantum and bio-computing tomorrow.
How it works →Product & Venture Building
Zero to one, with a CTO who has done it four times.
How it works →Technology Due Diligence
What the technology is really worth, before you pay for it.
How it works →Sovereign & Regulated AI
When data can't leave the country and answers can't be wrong.
How it works →How I work
Five steps, one workflow proven before anything scales
Listen
Your goals, your constraints, and the P&L line the board will judge.
Audit
Architecture, data, cost and compliance posture, measured rather than assumed.
Architect
The target design, the trade-offs, and what not to build.
Prove it on one workflow
Ship one high-value workflow, with evals and a cost baseline.
Scale and hand over
Roll out, train the team, and leave them owning it.
Selected work
Proof, not adjectives
Three of the six case studies. Each one covers the hard part, what I did personally, the result, and what I'd do differently.
100M+users · 65+ countries · 99.99%
Taking a company public at 100M-user scale
Group CTO across 11 companies; the technology story behind India's first gaming-company IPO.
257governed agents · 23 providersAn operating system for governed AI agents
One gateway for every model call. Run-cost down 65–75%, governance in the kernel.
6jurisdictions · data never leavesSovereign legal AI: Nyayasiddhi & Jurexio
164 specialist agents per jurisdiction, live in India. Every answer checked for citation and faithfulness.
Where AI goes next
2026–2036, and the proof already in hand
I'm not predicting this future from the outside. The bottom of each column is something I've already built or am building now.
Small, sovereign, quantum-safe
- Owned small models go mainstream
- Hybrid quantum-classical pilots
- Post-quantum migration is mandatory
The autonomous enterprise
- Humans govern by exception
- Bio-computing leaves the lab
- Provenance and audit become product features
Industries
Where I've built, and where I advise
Separating the two is what makes "any industry" believable.
Recognition
- 2024Speaker, ET NOW Tech NextThe Times Group · New Delhi, 21 March 2024 · as CTO, QX Lab AI
- 2022AAYU recognised by India's Ministry of AyushAcknowledged by the Prime Minister at the Digital Yoga Exhibition, Mysuru, International Day of Yoga
- 2022Asia's 100 Power Leaders in TechnologyWhite Page International
- 2021Man of Excellence AwardIndian Achievers' Forum · for outstanding professional achievement and contribution to nation building
- AwardEntrepreneur of the Year (Healthcare)MSME India Business Awards · Industry Live, with Zee Business
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If your AI works in the demo and worries you in production, let's talk.
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