One person can do a lot more now.
I help business owners, executives, and ambitious people use AI to move faster, think better, and build great things.
Join 4,000+ ambitious people moving at lightspeed.
Manas Takalpati
Founder of Blue Orchid. UNC alum. Based in NYC.
AI should make capable people more capable.
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Who this is for.
Business owners
Find leverage in your company and team, and make the business easier to run.
Builders & ambitious people
Learn to build with AI, get real problems to work on, and make things people actually use.
Experts
Turn what you are great at, like deal analysis, underwriting, or a niche workflow, into an agent we deploy.
Build together
I pair builders with the people who have the problems.
Two kinds of people find me. Builders who can build and want a real problem instead of another side project, and experts and owners who know exactly what should exist but cannot build it themselves. When the fit is right, I introduce them and help scope the first version.
If you build
Get a real problem worth your time, with an expert who knows the domain and an owner who wants it built.
If you have the problem
Get matched with a builder who can turn your expertise, or your idea, into something real.
Work with me and my team
What we build.
From a single working session to a full company brain. I front the work, and a team of builders plus the Company Brain product are behind it when it needs to scale.
1:1 advising
A working session on what is changing, what is usable now, and where you should focus first.
Custom AI agents
SEO, lead generation, reporting, research, and follow-up agents built around the way your team already works.
A company brain
One place your whole business runs on, with agents on top, so the work keeps moving without living in one person's head.
Turn your expertise into an agent
You know a domain cold. My team and I turn that into software and agents we deploy for you and for others.
Speaking and workshops
Keynotes and hands-on sessions for teams, events, and offsites.
Builder and expert pairing
I introduce builders who can build to experts and owners who know exactly what should exist.
Book a call
Understand what to prepare for, and what to do next.
A focused 1:1 session for business owners, executives, and operators who want a clear read on what is changing, what is actually usable now, and where to focus first.
What the call is for
- See which capabilities are ready now, and which are noise
- Understand what your team should prepare for next
- Leave with a practical plan for where to focus first
The work
Businesses can run themselves now.
Most companies still run on what people remember. A company brain holds everything the business runs on, and agents take on the operating work, so the business keeps moving without one person holding it all in their head. I build these with my company.
Outside work
A bit about me
When I'm not working, I'm probably playing volleyball, golf, or pickleball somewhere in NYC, or getting drinks with friends. I watch too many sci-fi shows, have seen all of Monk twice, and go down long rabbit holes of YC videos and Prof G podcasts.
I think a lot about sustainability, not just clean energy, but sustainable people and communities. How do we build a world where people actually take care of each other?
