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Turn AI investment into
measurable real employee output
and true business performance

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

AI adoption is a strategic discipline, not a technology project

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.

AI Strategy
Translating AI opportunity into board-ready strategy, aligned with your business model, risk appetite, and competitive position.
Readiness Assessment
Diagnosing your organisation's true AI readiness across people, process, data, and governance before committing further investment.
Resilience Building
Preparing your organisation to adapt continuously as AI evolves, leading through disruption rather than reacting to it.
Our Approach
We are a select practice. At any one time we work with a small number of organisations, which means the people who designed our programmes are the people who deliver them.

Who We Serve

We work with organisations where AI decisions carry real weight

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.

Financial Services
Banks, insurers, and wealth managers navigating AI adoption under APRA scrutiny and the expectation of explainable, auditable decision-making. We help you move fast without moving recklessly.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Health systems where AI decisions carry clinical, ethical, and regulatory weight. We build governance frameworks and adoption strategies that earn trust from clinicians and boards alike.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions managing AI adoption under complex academic integrity obligations. We help leadership navigate AI policy, capability building, and responsible use frameworks.
Retail & Consumer
Consumer-facing organisations under pressure to personalise and automate at scale. We help you identify where AI creates genuine commercial value and build the operating model to capture it.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies where AI deployment must meet the highest standards of accountability, equity, and public trust. We bring a framework built for complexity.
Professional Services
Consulting, legal, and advisory firms whose business models are being reshaped by AI. We help leadership think clearly about where AI enhances rather than commoditises professional expertise.

The Team

Two decades of brand strategy and advanced analytics,
now applied entirely to AI transformation

Dr Arash (Ash) Najmaei
Dr Arash (Ash) Najmaei
Co-Founder

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 Oza
Abhi Oza
Co-Founder

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

AIR2
AI Adoption Readiness & Resilience

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

Unclear Starting Point
No honest baseline of your organisation's actual AI readiness across strategy, data, people, and governance.
Fragmented Investment
Pilots running in silos with no shared strategy, no compounding effect, and no board-level accountability.
Governance Exposure
Growing regulatory and reputational risk from AI decisions made without a formal governance framework.
Workforce Uncertainty
People unclear on what AI means for their roles, creating resistance that stalls even well-funded programmes.
Programme Format
Executive engagement over 6 to 12 weeks
Facilitated with the executive team. Available on-site, hybrid, or as an accelerated intensive. Optional strategic advisory retainer available on completion.

Enquire

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conversation

We are a select practice. We work with a small number of organisations at any one time, which means every engagement receives the full attention of our founding team.

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Our Commitment
All enquiries are treated with complete confidence. We will never share your details or pass you to a junior team member.
Direct Contact
hello@synaptiveai.com.au
Sydney, Australia

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