Akshay Cherian
- Program
- AI Systems
- Venture
Connects AI workflows to venture and programme needs.
Make a Difference and learning spaces · has coached early-stage ventures across fellowship tracks.
Team · Programme · Venture · AI Systems
Programme, venture and AI experience. One delivery team.
Seven contributors across programme design, venture coaching and AI systems. BUILD and LIFT have not yet completed their own full cohorts.
The people · as named in the BUILD and LIFT decks
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Seven people. Three disciplines.
Program, AI Systems and Venture work as one team. Some people work across more than one discipline.
Nihal Ahmed
- Program
- Venture
Contact: nihal@limitless.institute
Global climate fellowship design and delivery · has coached early-stage ventures across fellowship tracks.
Varun Perumal
- AI Systems
Brings hands-on AI product development.
Abhijit Sinha
- Venture
Has coached early-stage ventures across fellowship tracks, from first commitment towards repeat demand.
Norm Trainor
- Venture
Patrick
- Program
Foundation and nonprofit programmes.
Iris
- Program
Foundation and nonprofit programmes.
How the disciplines work together
01 · Program 02 · Venture 03 · AI Systems
Programme architecture sets the container. Venture coaching moves the bottleneck. AI workflows return capacity.
Program
Programme architecture sets the container: fellowship and programme design, foundation partnerships and multi-country delivery.
- Patrick
- Iris
- Nihal Ahmed
- Akshay Cherian
Venture
Venture coaching moves the founder’s bottleneck: founder coaching, venture building and progression from first commitment to repeat demand.
- Abhijit Sinha
- Akshay Cherian
- Nihal Ahmed
- Norm Trainor
AI Systems
AI workflows return execution capacity: go-to-market, fundraising, operations and evidence. Built for human approval, not black-box autonomy.
- Varun Perumal
- Akshay Cherian
Selected prior work belongs to individual contributors and their organisations. It is not a BUILD or LIFT result.
What the founding cohorts will measure
Progress, time returned and decision usefulness.
Founding cohort · measureVenture progress against the baseline
Founding cohort · measureFounder time returned by AI workflows
Founding cohort · measureUsefulness for the sponsor’s next decision
The standard: starting point → work done → outside evidence → follow-up check. Activity alone does not prove demand.
We report team experience, venture progress and long-term outcomes separately.