Australia's premier AI strategy consultancy. We work with executive teams to build the clarity, confidence, and capability to lead in an AI-transformed world.
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Who We Are
SynaptiveAI is a Sydney-based AI strategy consultancy. We help boards and executive teams move from AI experimentation to AI performance.
Boards and executive teams are under pressure to move on AI. Most investment goes into disconnected pilots and vendor experiments while the fundamental questions of readiness, governance, and capability go unanswered.
We bring together deep analytics expertise, strategic consulting rigour, and applied research into how organisations actually absorb new technology. We help leadership teams build AI strategy that is evidence-based, commercially grounded, and built to outlast the current hype cycle.
We do not sell AI tools. We do not run generic workshops. We work directly with the people who carry the decision.
Who We Serve
Our clients are not experimenting with AI. They are making decisions that will shape their competitive position for the next decade. We bring the rigour those decisions deserve.
The Team
Ash is a senior analytics, AI, and strategy leader with more than 14 years of experience across advanced analytics, strategic insights, pricing, modelling, and AI-enabled decision support.
He has held senior leadership roles including Lead of Advanced Analytics and AI at CT Group, Associate Director of Advanced Analytics and Pricing at Kantar, and Head of Analytics at House of Brand Group. Across these roles, he led complex analytics programs, developed data-driven decision frameworks, and advised organisations on converting data and technology into practical business advantage.
Ash holds a PhD in Business specialising in entrepreneurship and technology innovation, giving him a rare combination of deep analytical capability, strategic judgement, and applied understanding of how emerging technologies reshape organisations and competitive advantage.
Abhi is a senior commercial strategy and brand advisory leader with more than two decades of international experience helping organisations make better strategic decisions and build lasting competitive advantage.
He has held senior leadership roles at Kantar, including Senior Director in Sydney and Vice President in Mumbai. Across Australia, the UK, and India, he has led enterprise-scale advisory programmes for multinational corporations and category-leading brands, bringing together customer insights, commercial intelligence, behavioural science, and market evidence into clear strategic direction.
As co-founder of SynaptiveAI, Abhi brings the same commercial rigour to AI transformation, focused on helping organisations build the leadership capability and workforce confidence needed to embrace artificial intelligence responsibly and successfully.
Flagship Programme
A structured executive programme that turns AI ambiguity into competitive advantage.
Most organisations know AI matters. Few know where they actually stand, what to do first, or how to measure whether it is working.
AIR² changes that. It is a rigorous, evidence-based programme built on proprietary frameworks developed through years of applied research and senior consulting practice. It gives executive teams a clear picture of where they are, a credible path to where they need to be, and the organisational resilience to stay ahead as AI continues to evolve.
The details of the AIR² framework are shared directly with clients. If you would like to understand how it works, we invite you to start a conversation.
What AIR² Addresses
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