The Think Tank · The senior bench

Operators who have run companies. Behind every officer, every week.

The Think Tank reviews every Atlas and every project weekly, comments inside the company's account, and steps in when a project or a payment is in dispute. Each member brings deep, earned expertise, from applied economics and four decades of enterprise technology to the entrepreneurial networks that shape Indian business.

You get an officer on your team, and this bench behind them.

We reply within one working day.

How oversight works

What the bench does,
every week.

The Think Tank is not an advisory board that meets twice a year. It sits above every officer on the Platform, and it works in your account.

1

Weekly review

Every Atlas and every project on the Platform is read by the Think Tank each week. Not a sample. All of them.

2

Comments in your account

Their comments land inside your company's Platform account, next to the work, where your officer and your leadership read them.

3

Escalation on disputes

If a project or a payment is in dispute, the bench steps in. The decision, and the reasons for it, are written into your account.

4

The record stays with you

"The record belongs to your company; the bench makes sure the next officer reads it the same way."

Researchers, operators, and builders

No ceremonial roles.
Each member contributes actively.

To the platform's strategy, to client engagements, and to the emerging discipline of AI leadership in mid-market Indian business. Equal weight. No marquee endorsers.

Mumbai, India
Riz Thakur
Founder · AI Strategist

Tech architect since 1998 and founder of TheAIOfficers.com, India's first fractional AI Officer platform. Creator of the four-dimension method behind the Atlas. Author of The AI Tsunami, India's first AI warning book. Has designed and deployed AI products across education and financial services, and speaks regularly on AI leadership to business communities including EO Mumbai.

Area of Contribution
Platform Strategy The four dimensions Curriculum Design
LinkedIn
United States
Dr. Michael Housman
AI Economist · Author

Number one best-selling author of Future Proof: Transform Your Business with AI (or Get Left Behind) and founder and CEO of AI-ccelerator. Over a fifteen-year career he has built and deployed AI platforms reshaping industries, working across Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and profiled by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The Atlantic. PhD in Applied Economics from The Wharton School. Guest lecturer at UT Austin's McCombs School of Business.

Area of Contribution
AI Research Economics of Adoption Academic Advisory
India
Farhan Thakur
Technology Pioneer · AI Consultant

One of India's longest-serving technology practitioners, with over four decades spanning media, communications, and enterprise technology. Set up The Asian Age in 1994, India's first desktop-published national newspaper, across five cities and London. Introduced streaming media to the Indian market in 1999 through Beanbag Webcasting. Has led international technology engagements for Cisco, Aditya Birla Group, Webex, and Microsoft. Founder of Wordstream Technologies. Independent AI consultant since 2023.

Area of Contribution
Enterprise Technology Media Innovation AI Consulting
LinkedIn
Mumbai, India
Saurabh Goswamy
Network Builder · Entrepreneur

Network builder, operator, and entrepreneur focused on creating intelligent collaboration ecosystems. Past Regional Chair of YPO South Asia and current board member of EO Bombay, with over fifteen years of leadership experience across influential entrepreneurial networks. Believes real-world tinkering, experimentation, and iteration create outsized advantages beyond traditional intelligence. His natural strength lies in connecting people, ideas, and opportunities across industries.

Area of Contribution
Entrepreneurial Networks Strategic Connections Ecosystem Building
Talk to us

An officer on your team.
This bench behind them.

Tell us about your company. We reply within one working day, and the conversation starts with your business, not a deck.

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