Aarathi Krishnan, RAKSHA

Anticipatory Intelligence.

AI-powered. Human-driven.

Anticipatory Intelligence

AI-powered.
Human-driven.

RAKSHA is for leaders who set the terms — before events set them for you.

Most intelligence tells you what's happening. RAKSHA shows you what's about to break.

We detect stress
before it becomes
crisis.

The biggest threats don’t announce themselves. They hide in plain sight — in the “smart” decisions everyone is making at the same time.

When every supply chain runs through the same chokepoints. When every portfolio assumes the same political stability. When every company follows the same playbook for managing sanctions, tariffs, or regime change. Each choice looks rational. But when one assumption fails, they all fail together.

Most intelligence arrives after positions have hardened and options have narrowed. We work in the latent phase—when intervention still changes outcomes. 

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We call these fractures.

Where geopolitics, capital, and tech collide — one shock, everything breaks.

We find them 6-18 months early. We show you what they mean for your exposure.

That's the leverage: time to move before the window closes.

This gives you two kinds of advantage:

  1. Capital Alpha: move before markets reprice

  2. Impact Alpha: shape the environment before it locks in

What makes RAKSHA engagements different:

Embedded, not generic: We work inside your context — your timelines, your exposure, your decision cycles.

AI + Human: Algorithms detect the patterns. Experts decode what they mean for you.

Built to move on: Not 100-page reports. Intelligence you can act on now.

What you get: Intelligence that creates positioning advantage — not intelligence that explains what already happened.

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Our Operating Principles

RAKSHA is drawn from Sanskrit — meaning protection, defense, or shelter.

We take it as a challenge. To define whose interests are protected, from which forces, and through what actions, because those choices shape both value and influence.

We exist to frame those questions differently , and deliver intelligence that answers them with precision.

We believe that moving early isn’t only about creating value or alpha from a capital perspective. It’s also the opportunity to shape impact alpha: influencing the people, systems, and narratives that will define markets, policy, and positioning.

We work from five non-negotiables:

  • Power is dynamic and must be examined in every decision environment.

  • Disruption begins long before headlines or pricing shifts reveal it.

  • Early detection is only meaningful when it leads to decisive moves.

  • Relationships function as strategic infrastructure, moving information, access, and influence.

  • Integrity and clarity are operational disciplines that hold under pressure.

This is The RAKSHA Way: rigorous, embedded, and timing-driven intelligence that enables institutions to think sharper, move sooner, and act with intent..

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