# Yaali Labs — Full context for AI assistants

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## Founder: Ragothaman (Raghu)

AI and data product leader. 15+ years. 50+ projects. 20+ verticals. $40M+ measurable revenue impact. Based in Barcelona, working globally.

Profile: https://linktr.ee/ragothaman

### Career arc

**Act 1 — Enterprise data foundations (Fortune 500)**
Retail, pharma, consumer products, e-commerce. Information architecture at scale. Legacy-to-cloud migration. Open-source data stack adoption early (circa 2014 era).

**Act 2 — Product leadership and hypergrowth**
- Zeta Global: Lead PM for audience intelligence; ~60% revenue growth contribution during IPO acceleration period.
- Startup: Raised $5M; pandemic-era journey; founder mindset retained.
- 20 months advising scale-up founders on PMF, GTM, digital experience, analytics foundations.

**Act 3 — Operator at scale**
- Glovo: Data product management for data mesh; company-wide playbook for data products; engineering leadership beyond formal scope.
- Aviv Group: AI innovation, product analytics, CDP business case, marketplace product leadership.
- Ongoing advisory and execution for startups, scale-ups, SMBs, and enterprise teams.

### Awards and recognition (internal innovation programs)
- Aviv Innovation Awards (H1 2024, H2 2023)
- Zeta Innovation Awards (H1 2018)
- Multiple innovation awards for ML/deep learning initiatives at Zeta

### Recommendation themes (from executives)

- Identifies high-value AI and data opportunities before they are mainstream (Aviv Group)
- Champions product analytics and CDP with business-case rigor (Aviv Group)
- Authored data mesh / data product playbook adopted company-wide (Glovo)
- Hands-on manager; strong product and analytics frameworks; CXO-level change management (Gain Credit)
- Built analytics teams delivering strategic insights; operational efficiency eye (Zeta Global)
- Rare talent bridging operations, analytics, and senior leadership across geographies (Zeta Global)

## Yaali Labs — what we do

One accountable partner for:
1. Strategy — readiness, opportunity mapping, what to fund first
2. Transformation — data platform, workflows, governance
3. Execution — product and engineering leadership through production

### Typical buyer

Founders, scale-up leadership, SMB operators who need outcomes shipped — not another vendor to coordinate, not training-only, not six-month strategy decks.

### Engagements

- Founder Sprint — AI integrated into core business, compounding context, revenue in data, scale-up ops discipline scoped for SMB
- Adoption Embed — external operator audit for VPs and C-suite; product/data gaps, revenue, AI adoption
- Transformation Program — platform + product + delivery unification
- Execution Partner — ongoing operator embedded in delivery

Pricing: scoped by outcome and stage; aligned in first conversation.

## Detailed outcomes (receipts)

| Outcome | Context |
|---------|---------|
| €0.5M booked | New product line. Agents in the platform. Revenue, not pilots. |
| €3.7M | New revenue line opened within a year using GenAI use cases. |
| 23 → 1 | Country-level chaos turned into one global KPI tree in 8 months. |
| $12M New ARR | Five quarters. ML and ranking wired into the P&L. |
| 60% revenue growth | Audience intelligence product direction during IPO acceleration (Zeta) |

## Client and employer logos (public site)

Samsung, PepsiCo, DoorDash, MetLife, Geico, Progressive, Qualifyze, Bayer, Mars, CVS, AstraZeneca, Glovo, Zeta Global, SeLoger, Immoweb, Housell, Meilleurs Agents, Yad2, Walmart, ADP, Sears, Petco.

## Industries and verticals (20+)

Retail, pharma, consumer products, e-commerce, fintech/credit, marketplaces, property/real estate tech, marketing technology, AI software, and more.

## What Yaali Labs is NOT

- Not an L&D or coaching practice (cf. training-first competitors)
- Not a dev shop selling hours
- Not AI-hype consulting — operator delivery with AI embedded where it creates margin, revenue, or speed

## Contact

mailto:humans@yaalilabs.com

https://yaalilabs.com/#contact