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We install AI infrastructure into your company.

Then we train you and your team to run it. RKV Ventures builds your marketing, lead generation and back-end AI systems, and stays on as your unofficial CTO. We don't build it and disappear.

50+
Industries we've installed AI into
8 figures
In revenue generated for our clients
250+
Founders following our AI playbooks
YC · a16z
Backed founders we've worked with

Clients backed by · Featured in

Backed by Combinator
Backed by a16z
Featured in Business Insider
Introduction

TL;DR

Most agencies hand you software and leave. You're left with a system nobody on your team knows how to use. RKV Ventures works like a forward-deployed engineering team: we install the AI, train your people on it live, and operate beside you as your unofficial CTO.

  • 01

    "I know AI matters. I don't know what to build."

    We audit your business and map the highest-ROI systems before a line of code is written.

  • 02

    "We bought tools. Nobody uses them."

    Every install ships with live training for you and your team, recorded SOPs, and office hours.

  • 03

    "I need a technical partner, not a vendor."

    We stay on as your unofficial CTO, owning the roadmap, the stack and the next system to build.

STEP 01

Install

We build and deploy AI infrastructure inside your stack: agents, automations, data pipelines and the systems that connect them.

STEP 02

Train

Live sessions with you and your team until every person can run, adjust and trust the system without us in the room.

STEP 03

Operate

Your unofficial CTO: monthly roadmap, new systems as you grow, and a senior engineer one message away.

Why it compounds

Software decays when nobody owns it. Infrastructure compounds.

A typical build peaks at handoff, then adoption fades. When your team is trained and someone owns the roadmap, every month adds a new system on top of the last.

RKV: install, train, operateTypical agency: build and leave
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Month 036912 Value delivered Handoffagency leaves nobody uses it Team trained New AI employees
Services

What we install

Three core systems, plus the engineering, consulting and training to make them stick.

04

AI employee installs

Digital team members for sales follow-up, support, content direction, research and ops. Installed into your workflows, with your team trained to manage them like real hires.

  • Sales & follow-up
  • Support
  • Research
  • Ops
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05

Lead generation systems

Outbound and inbound pipelines powered by AI: enrichment, personalised outreach, qualification and booking, all feeding straight into your CRM.

  • Enrichment
  • AI outreach
  • Qualification
  • Auto-booking
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06

Consulting & live team training

Strategy for founders and hands-on training for teams. We run live workshops on your actual systems, so adoption happens across the company, not just in the C-suite.

  • AI roadmap
  • Live workshops
  • SOPs
  • Office hours
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Want only one system? Start with AEO or the AI marketing engine.

The RKV stack

Your AI infrastructure, mapped

One connected system, not a pile of tools. Every piece feeds the others, and your team runs it from the centre.

Live

AEO

Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI

Live

AI marketing engine

Organic reels and paid ads, end to end

Live

Lead generation

Enrich, reach out, qualify, book

Live

AI employees

Sales follow-up, support, research, ops

Your company

One operating layer, run by your team with RKV as unofficial CTO

Your team, trained
Live

CRM & back-end

Pipelines, ops automations, handoffs

Live

Data & dashboards

One source of truth the agents read from

Next

Integrations & MCP

Slack, Notion, Stripe, your internal APIs

Live

Training & SOPs

Live workshops, recordings, office hours

Data flowing inActions flowing out
Claude agents OpenAI models n8n automations Instagram + Edits HubSpot / GoHighLevel Perplexity citations Next.js internal tools Supabase + Postgres Slack + Notion MCP servers
How it works

From audit to autopilot

01Week 1

Audit & roadmap

We map your workflows, data and goals, then rank the AI systems by ROI.

02Weeks 2–4

Build & install

Forward-deployed engineers ship the first systems into your stack, not a sandbox.

03Live

Train your team

Live workshops, recorded SOPs and office hours until your team runs it confidently.

04Ongoing

Unofficial CTO

Monthly roadmap, new AI employees as you scale, and a technical partner on call.

Ritesh Verma working on a laptop on a New York rooftop
Ritesh VermaFounder & CEO, RKV Ventures
About the founder

An engineer first. Your CTO second.

I'm Ritesh. I studied Computer Science at a top-15 CS university and went straight into software engineering at one of America's top fintech banks in New York City.

By night I was building an AI agency. It grew past $30K/month while I still had the job. In April 2025 I left to go full-time, and since then we've installed AI systems into businesses across 50+ industries, including founders backed by Y Combinator and a16z.

What I learned: the software is the easy part. The companies that win are the ones whose people actually use it. So RKV Ventures doesn't hand over a build and leave. We install, we train, and we stay.

50+
Industries installed
$200K
Exit offer on one of our AI tools
200K+
Followers across platforms
Ex-SWE
Top US fintech bank, NYC
Business Insider article featuring Ritesh Verma
Featured in Business InsiderHow a six-figure software engineer built AI agents, SaaS products and a media business on the side.
Get started

Book your strategy call

A strategy call to map where AI fits in your business and what we'd install first.

FAQ

Questions

What does "unofficial CTO" actually mean?+

You get senior technical leadership without a full-time hire. We own your AI roadmap, choose and maintain the stack, build new systems as you grow, and you can message us when a technical decision comes up.

We're not technical. Is that a problem?+

That's who we built this for. Every system ships with live training for you and your team, written SOPs and recorded walkthroughs. The goal is that your team runs it without us.

How fast do we see something live?+

Most clients have their first system running within the first few weeks. The audit tells us which system pays back fastest, and we build that first.

Do you work with companies outside tech?+

Yes. We've installed AI into businesses across 50+ industries, from venture-backed startups to healthcare, wellness, e-commerce and service businesses.

Can we start with just one system?+

Yes. Many clients start with AEO or the AI marketing engine, then expand into full infrastructure once they see results.

Stop buying AI tools. Install AI infrastructure.

We build it, train your team on it, and stay on as your unofficial CTO.

Book a strategy call →