Co-founder and CEO at Presia
Nevin Pillai
I studied Computer Engineering at Cambridge University with scholarships, graduating as the top student in my college. Then I worked at McKinsey as a consultant. I saw first-hand how much time was spent on grunt work. Much of this work can now be done with Presia Agents.
Questions & Answers
How is your team uniquely positioned to solve the problem you're tackling?
We are ex-MBB consultants, Jane Street alumni and Cambridge Al researchers, backed by Senior Partners from top consultancies. Our founder market fit means we have a better understanding of our customers' needs which has enabled us to build a product that has surpassed $270k ARR since starting the company 3 months ago. We also have an unfair distribution advantage from our ex mck and bain alumni networks. We have lived the problems and we are acutely aware of the shortcomings of other solutions. Our backgrounds give us credibility with senior leaders and allows us to speak their language.
What's the story behind your company?
Right now, consultancies hire the smartest graduates and then use them for grunt work. We’ve seen revolutions in law and software engineering but consulting workflows are still stuck in the ‘90s. While at Bain and McKinsey, we routinely wrote ad-hoc scripts and used Al to automate our manual workflows, completing tasks which would have taken days in just minutes. One time, Raghav had to align around 50 logos and generated code using AI to automate this. It worked and we built an MVP over a weekend for our first product - an Al PowerPoint agent. For validation and quick feedback, we distributed this for free to student consultants and then iterated. We then joined speedrun where they’ve been iterating since.
Why are you excited about your company/product?
Today, consultancies hire smart people for grunt work. We are automating $1Tn of consulting grunt work, allowing consultancies to operate with leaner teams delivering more impact by orchestrating Presia agents. Presia unifies consulting workflows into a single intelligent layer, becoming the AI thought partner for every consultant globally.
