About
Product Lead at Indegene, building GenAI and Agentic AI products for healthcare. I help healthcare organizations adopt AI in ways that fit real workflows, regulatory constraints, and business goals.
What I actually do
I run product like a founder: I own the problem, the build, and the outcome, in a domain where "mostly right" isn't good enough. I take it from the first question to what actually ships.
That ownership comes from having been the founder. Across 6+ years in enterprise SaaS, AI, healthcare, and e-commerce, I've also built two products from scratch.
RaiTalk — a cognitive AI conversation product that helps people see how they think. Idea to production in 2 weeks, 20% returning users without paid acquisition. When what I'd learned outgrew the product, I sunset it.
Madhav Farm — a farm-to-consumer marketplace. ₹8L in GMV with zero working capital and an 8-person team.
Outside work hours
I'm building KOS, an exocortex: an AI that has to commit to a position and a probability before it answers, then gets scored against what actually happened. It's where I test how far AI reasoning and the human brain can go together.
What building has taught me
Question before you build. The problem in the brief is rarely the real one. I keep asking why until I reach the root, because the most expensive thing a team can ship is a great answer to the wrong question.
Learn from the root, not the trend. Models, tools, and frameworks turn over every quarter. What lasts is knowing why something works: the user's behaviour, the business model, the tech and resource constraints.
Ship to learn. A shipped version teaches you what a perfect plan never will. It's how RaiTalk got to production in 2 weeks, and when what I'd learned outgrew the product, I sunset it.
Commit, then get scored. Take a position, put a number on it, let reality grade you. It's the fastest way I know to get better.
Constraints beat resources. Madhav Farm did ₹8L in GMV on zero working capital. When you can't spend your way out, you're forced to find the one bottleneck and fix that.
Before this
I've walked into someone else's mess more than once. A 15-year-old PHP monolith at Nextech AR. A checkout at Pernia's Pop-Up Shop that was losing customers mid-purchase. A marketing team at Sinch that didn't trust its own data.
Questions people actually ask
What does Raj Kawale do?
Product Lead at Indegene, building GenAI and Agentic AI products for healthcare. He helps healthcare organizations adopt AI in ways that fit real workflows, regulatory constraints, and business goals. He runs product like a founder: he owns the problem, the build, and the outcome.
What is KOS?
An exocortex Raj is building outside work hours. Before it answers, it has to commit to a position and a probability, then it gets scored against what actually happened. It is where he tests how far AI reasoning and the human brain can go together.
What is RaiTalk?
A cognitive AI conversation product that helps people see how they think. RaiTalk was a GenAI platform Raj took from idea to production in 2 weeks. 20% of users returned without paid acquisition. He sunset it when what he had learned outgrew the product.
What is Madhav Farm?
A farm-to-consumer marketplace Raj built from scratch. ₹8L in GMV with zero working capital and an 8-person team.
Who should talk to Raj Kawale?
Founders, tech and product leaders, and investors thinking about where AI goes next. Compare notes via rajkawale.com/contact, topmate.io/rajkawale, LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/rajkawale), or GitHub (github.com/rajkawale).
Where is Raj Kawale based?
Bengaluru, India.
Talk to me
If you're a founder, tech or product leader, or investor thinking about where AI goes next, I'd like to compare notes. Email, book time, or find me on LinkedIn and GitHub.