About
Riz

I’m an author, entrepreneur, and AI strategist based in Mumbai. My work sits at the intersection of technology, business, and the problems most people assume are already solved.

My first book, The AI Tsunami, is India’s first serious warning about what accessible AI will do to half a billion jobs. I wrote it because the conversation in India was either breathlessly optimistic or completely missing. It’s published under Farsight Academy Press and available on Amazon India. I wrote it with Claude — and I say that openly, because that transparency is part of the point.

Through The AI Officers, I provide fractional AI leadership to Indian businesses — strategy, implementation, and clarity without the full-time hire. Most companies don’t need a full-time Chief AI Officer. They need someone who’s thought deeply about this and can show up when it matters.

ELOVA AI, our training platform, offers free AI literacy to anyone who wants it. Levels 1 and 2 are open to all. Because the gap between who understands AI and who doesn’t is about to become the most important gap in Indian business.

Before AI became my primary focus, I spent over a decade building Chevon® — India’s first integrated farm-to-fork goat meat brand. Started with a 50-acre farm in Solapur, built our own processing facility in Navi Mumbai, and scaled to 5,000 retail stores before Covid forced a pivot to B2B and HORECA. That pivot turned out to be the best thing that happened to us.

The connecting thread across everything: I’m drawn to problems everyone thinks are solved but actually aren’t. Married to Sana for 34 years. Always looking for the conversation nobody else is having.