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Our vision
To create a world where humans and intelligent agents work in harmony, unlocking new dimensions of business performance and human potential.
The mid-market runs the economy. We give it an AI workforce.
HachiAI builds and runs Intelligent Digital Workers (IDWs): governed AI workers that own a complete role inside the systems mid-market operators already run. Our model scales operations, protects margin, and delivers ROI without the multi-year risk or the rip-and-replace.
Why does HachiAI exist?
Large enterprises field armies of consultants and engineers to turn AI into production systems. The mid-market, the manufacturers, distributors, logistics providers, and finance teams that actually run the economy, was handed a chatbot and told to figure it out.
So pilots stall at real volume. RPA breaks on every screen change. Headcount climbs just to keep pace. And the promise of AI stays a slide deck, never an operation.
HachiAI exists to close that gap. We give mid-market operators the same governed, outcome-owning AI workforce the Fortune 500 builds in-house, without the cost, the multi-year risk, or the rip-and-replace.
Vision and mission
Our mission
To empower underserved mid-market businesses with human-collaborative AI agents that don't just automate work, but take ownership of outcomes and deliver measurable ROI.
Increase growth and profitability, while minimizing risk and disruption.
More marginFaster time to valueNo added headcountNo rip-and-replace
The four questions we were built to answer.
In every mid-market boardroom we sit in, the same four seats raise the same concern from four different angles.
The CEO
If AI is going to reshape how companies our size operate, how do we lead that shift instead of reacting to it two years late?
We built HachiAI to answer all four at once.
The CEO
If AI is going to reshape how companies our size operate, how do we lead that shift instead of reacting to it two years late?
We built HachiAI to answer all four at once.
Human-led. Agent-operated. Outcome-owned.
Operators, not advisors
We don't hand you a strategy deck. We deploy and run the digital workforce, and stay accountable for the result.
Outcome-priced
You pay on results, not software seats. Fees start only once a worker is live and meeting the scope we agree together. Size the return on the ROI calculator.
Governed by design
Scoped access and human approval on high-risk writes, built in from day one. See the full control model on Trust.
System- and model-agnostic
Runs inside the systems you already own and routes each task to the best model, so you're never locked in.
Human-collaborative
Agents take the high-volume, error-prone work so your team moves up to judgment, strategy, and partnering.
Built for the mid-market
Enterprise-grade capability, sized and priced for the businesses the giants overlook.
Built and run by enterprise technology and finance operators with 15+ years of delivery.
Operators who have run the systems we automate.
HachiAI is led by people who have built technology businesses and sat in the CFO's chair, so AI here is grounded in real operations, controls, and accountability.
Jahan Ali
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
mobileLIVE · HachiAI · FranchiseAI · TX Venture FundA multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur with three decades in technology services and digital transformation. He founded mobileLIVE in 2010 (2,000+ enterprise engagements), founded HachiAI to close the gap between AI's promise and operational performance, co-founded FranchiseAI, and leads the TX Venture Fund. Honours Master's in Computer Engineering, University of Toronto; two patents at Motorola.
Recognition
9 consecutive years Canada's Best Managed Company, Deloitte Fast 50, EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Featured in Forbes, Maclean's, and The Globe & Mail.
Abdurrehman Muhammadi
Managing Partner
HachiAI · CFO & Principal (IIROC)A strategic finance and compliance executive with 30+ years across global banking, wealth management, and regulatory governance, bringing a true CFO's lens to AI adoption. He spent 13 years at Scotiabank, including CFO of Global Wealth Management and VP of Global Compliance Governance, with earlier roles at CIBC, Deutsche Bank, Citi, and Deloitte. At HachiAI he helps organizations adopt AI in operationally sound ways, knowing where it fits and where it does not.
Governance
Independent Review Committee at Russell Investments and Encasa Financial; board roles across OSFI-, MFDA-, and IIROC-regulated entities. Holds CA, CPA, ICD.D, and IIROC CFO & Principal designations.
Puttaiah Arugunta
Chief Technology Officer
HachiAIA technical architect and multi-cloud builder (AWS, Azure, GCP) with deep expertise in AI/ML, generative and agentic AI, and large-scale automation. He leads HachiAI's technology, architecting the agentic platform that orchestrates LLMs, computer vision, RPA, and deterministic controls into governed Intelligent Digital Workers, model-agnostic and built to run inside the systems enterprises already own. His focus spans LLM orchestration, retrieval and fine-tuning, MLOps, and the guardrails that make generative AI safe for production.
Technology
GenAI & agentic systems, LLM orchestration, RAG and fine-tuning, MLOps, multi-cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP), and automation at scale.
Lisa Hyde
Advisor
Operations & ScaleAn operations executive and COO who turns entrepreneurial vision into scalable systems and operational excellence. She advises HachiAI on scaling operations with discipline as it brings the Intelligent Digital Workforce to more operators.
Thomas Kwok
Advisor
HachiAIThomas advises HachiAI on growth strategy, partnerships, and go-to-market as the company brings its Intelligent Digital Workforce to mid-market operators. He brings a perspective shaped by years across technology and enterprise transformation, helping HachiAI sharpen how it reaches, earns the trust of, and scales with the businesses it serves.
His counsel keeps the team anchored to practical adoption, what actually moves the needle for operators on the ground, so the roadmap stays focused on measurable outcomes rather than hype.
Hanni Doch
Advisor
Digital, Data & Business TransformationA digital, data, and business transformation executive who has led technology across telecom, insurance, banking, and retail. As a VP of Digital Technology, Hanni has guided large organizations through complex modernization, and is a frequent voice on why incremental, outcome-focused transformation outperforms big-bang programs.
At HachiAI, Hanni advises on enterprise transformation and on bringing the Intelligent Digital Workforce into real operating environments, keeping the focus on adoption that sticks and value that's measurable.
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