About Applicative AI

Manasi leads AI capability building and client work at Applicative AI, helping non-technical teams put AI to use in their daily work. She has led hands-on AI sessions for students, professionals and organisations. Before this, she founded Bodhik and was Business Lead at ZeroPlast Labs, a deep-tech startup, where she helped raise ₹2.2 Cr.

• Brand partnerships with H&M, ITC, Nestlé, Nivea and Decathlon
• Jagriti Yatra alumna: 15 days across India meeting grassroots entrepreneurs
• SolveIt alumna
• Co-runs the AI Study Group, Pune

Aditya leads product and engineering. He built the AI roleplay assessment engine behind Roleplay Studio, and has built 100+ AI projects across assessment, life sciences and community tools.

• IISER Pune; co-founded the institute's E-Cell
• Part of the team behind a ₹10 Cr NITI Aayog incubator grant
• Former founder & CEO of ZeroPlast Labs, backed by UNIDO, DST and DBT, Govt. of India
• Works on AI agents, rapid prototyping and AI reliability through evals
• Recent builds: a biobank AI agent and Venture Center's video-to-blog pipeline
• Writes about building with AI and the founder journey