What does Prima Partners do?

Prima Partners is the advisory practice of Prasanna Walimbe. It operates in three modes: AI & IT strategy advisory for CXOs, corporate AI enablement and delivery, and angel investment plus mentoring for early-stage founders in fintech, supply chain and applied AI.

Who is Prasanna Walimbe?

Prasanna Walimbe is a deep-tech operator with 20+ years of experience across AI evaluation and safety, AI/ML architecture, and financial research. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta and a Certified Independent Director advising boards on cross-border AI investments, operations and compliance.

Which sectors does Prima Partners focus on?

Fintech and BFSI, supply chain, manufacturing, and applied AI across enterprise use cases. Assurance work is mapped to the EU AI Act, ISO 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.

How do I engage Prima Partners?

Email pw@prima-partners.com to start a conversation. Engagements run globally on a remote-first basis from Dubai.

What is AI governance consulting and what frameworks do you use?

AI governance consulting maps an organisation's AI systems, decisions and controls to a recognised risk framework — typically the EU AI Act, ISO 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework — and closes the gaps. Prima Partners runs checklist-based evaluations, model-risk reviews and board-level assurance for financial services, supply chain and applied-AI use cases.

Do you serve boards as an Independent Director?

Yes. Prasanna Walimbe is a Certified Independent Director and advises boards on AI strategy, cross-border investment and operations, and compliance obligations across jurisdictions — with a specialisation in fintech, supply chain and applied AI.

Do you offer corporate AI training and enablement?

Yes. Corporate AI enablement includes executive workshops, leadership AI literacy, hands-on programmes for delivery teams, and practical playbooks — AI realism vs hype, ML deployment, GTM for AI products, and the founder's mindset inside corporates.

Do you mentor or invest in startups?

Prima Partners writes angel cheques and provides hands-on mentoring to pre-seed and seed founders in fintech, supply chain and applied AI. Support covers technical architecture, GTM, commercial modelling and board readiness.

AI Strategy Consulting for CXOs and Product Leaders

Fractional and contract AI strategy consulting from an operator who has architected AI systems at scale — including an NYSE-adopted platform — and advised boards across fintech, supply chain and applied AI.

What you get

Solution architecture (reference architectures, model choice, buy-vs-build, delivery risk). GTM for AI products (pricing, packaging, positioning, pipeline). RFP and bid strategy (technical narrative, evaluation criteria, PoV scoping). Commercial modelling (unit economics, inference cost-to-serve, margin under model-price volatility).

How engagements work

Scoped diagnostic (2–4 weeks) followed by fractional advisory (1–2 days per week) or a defined deliverable on contract. Remote-first, global. All work led personally — no junior handover.

Where this fits

Series A–C companies scaling an AI product, enterprises formalising an AI strategy, or PE/VC portfolios pressure-testing an AI thesis. Sector emphasis: fintech / BFSI, supply chain, applied AI in regulated environments.

Frequently asked

Is this different from generic AI consulting services?: Yes. Delivered by the founder himself — a working AI architect and Certified Independent Director — not a bench of generalists. Recommendations come with delivery-side realism, not slideware.
Do you cover AI governance in a strategy engagement?: Strategy engagements flag governance obligations (EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF) and hand off to a dedicated AI governance and risk advisory scope when depth is needed.

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