Intelligence That Understands
AI companions built for real-world decisions
At PranaAlpha Labs, we build domain-specific AI companions that understand context, intent, and risk. Our products are designed to support high-stakes decisions with clarity, control, and trust. PortoAI, our first companion, focuses on investing and trading in Indian markets.
PranaAlpha Labs Private Limited · Bengaluru, India
Human-Centric AI, built for real decisions.
Our AI companions are designed to understand context, reduce complexity, and guide people through high-stakes decisions with clarity and trust.
Context-Aware
Safety-First
Human-Controlled
Our Mission: Turn Complexity into Clarity
We build AI companions that help people make better decisions by transforming overwhelming information into clear, actionable next steps — without removing human judgment or control.
Our Vision: A Portfolio of AI Companions
We aim to build a family of domain-specific AI companions, each designed for high-stakes workflows. PortoAI is our first product, with more companions planned across new domains.
Our Approach: Build, Measure, Refine
We iterate rapidly with real users, structured evaluations, and safety guardrails — continuously refining our companions to be reliable, explainable, and useful in real-world scenarios.
Built for Trust and Control
Our companions don't act autonomously. They guide, explain, and recommend — while keeping humans in the loop at every critical decision point.
Company Overview
Founder & Builder
Venkateshwar J
Founder, PranaAlpha Labs · Builder of PortoAI
Venkateshwar Reddy Jambula
Venkat is the founder of PranaAlpha Labs and the builder of PortoAI, a broker-connected AI investing companion for Indian markets. He has shipped AI systems at global enterprises and later built and traded quantitative systems firsthand - combining deep engineering with real market risk.
Experience Highlights
- •13+ years building enterprise AI systems
- •6 GenAI products shipped in production
- •0→1 builder, AI teams and platforms
- •AI patent in voice and feedback systems
I've seen both sides - enterprise AI in production and real trading risk. PortoAI is built to guide decisions with context and control, not blind automation.
Career Path
Product Portfolio
We build domain-specific AI companions for high-stakes decisions. Each product is designed with context, safety, and human control at its core.
PortoAI
A broker-connected AI investing companion for Indian markets.
PortoAI helps retail investors and traders move from research to decision to order placement — with portfolio context, risk nudges, and clear explanations. It integrates directly with brokers while keeping humans fully in control.
Broker-aware context: holdings, orders, margins
Risk-first guidance: leverage, expiry, delivery, concentration
Explainable workflows: research → plan → confirm → execute
Next AI Companion
A future AI companion designed for another high-stakes domain, built on the same principles of deep context, structured workflows, and safety-first design.
(Details to be announced.)
Future Companion
Part of our growing portfolio of AI companions, focused on helping people navigate complex decisions with clarity and confidence.
PortoAI is currently our only live product. Additional AI companions are under development and will be announced as they mature.