Taste
We decide what to build, what to leave out, and how it should feel, before we write a line of code. Most AI projects fail on that decision, not on the model.
AI consulting · Product design · Engineering
We build AI-native applications.
Tradewind is an AI consulting firm for established businesses. We find where AI earns its place, then design and build software your people use and your firm owns.
Case studyRedline, our own AI product See it workSee it work
The work arrives.
AI prepares it.
Your people decide.
Requests from email, your ERP and your CRM are read and drafted before anyone opens them. What needs judgment comes to a person, with the reasoning shown and the next step ready.
- 15 years
- building finance, procurement and ERP systems
- 11+ years
- leading Fortune 500 platform programs
- 3 to 4 months
- to build, test and deploy a small firm’s AI-native app
- 6 industries
- from manufacturing to marketing
Founded and led by Dharam Sarvaiya, Founder & Managing Partner.
Why Tradewind
AI is easy to demo.
Hard to make useful.
Models are now a commodity. What separates software people rely on from a pilot that stalls is judgment: what to build, how it fits the business, and where a person stays in charge.
Enterprise discipline
Fifteen years of finance, procurement and ERP delivery. We build around the systems you already run, and we replace one only when it is the thing in the way.
AI that knows its limits
AI proposes and your people decide. Uncertain work goes to a person, with the reasoning shown, so a mistake is caught before it costs you.
The Tradewind difference
AI is easy to build now.
Taste is not.
Taste is a hundred small decisions about what to build and what to leave out. Here are four we make on every project.
Instead ofA chatbot on top of a broken process
We buildThe process, redesigned around what AI can now do
Instead ofA dashboard of everything
We buildThe handful of things a person needs today
Instead ofA confident guess
We buildUncertain work routed to a person, reasoning shown
Instead ofA demo that impresses the room
We buildA tool your people choose to use
What we build
Three kinds of software.
One standard.
Each one designed around the people who use it, connected to the business around it, and owned by you.
Your day, in focus
Today
Five things need you.
- 01Answer a client question on scope
- 02Confirm an invoice before it goes out
- 03Pick up a thread while a colleague is out
- 04Review a contract change
- 05Approve a drafted reply
Leadership
1 item flagged to you
Customer tools
Software shaped around one firm’s work, so the day starts with what needs judgment.
Case study: A small firm, run from one appFollow-ups
3 items need a nudge this week
Item 0142
Approved- Request
- Proposal
- Review
- Approval
- Invoice
- Payment
Next step
Draft invoice ready for review.
- Approval received by email, matched to this item
- Invoice drafted with the reference cited
AI-first workflows
Requests, approvals and records connected, with each next step prepared for the person responsible.
Case study: Five spreadsheets, one systemFinding 03 · Sheet M-201
Duct size does not match the schedule.
“24×12 SA” on plan · “20×12” in schedule
Confidence: HighAcceptReject
Intelligent products
Your expertise as a product. We designed, built and run our own: Redline, AI drawing review.
Case study: Redline, our own productOur approach
A clear path, priced
one stage at a time.
Work with us for one stage or all four. Each is priced in writing before it starts, and you keep what it produced.
- Price agreed
01
Find the opportunity
We map one piece of work with the people who do it and agree what good looks like.
A focused opportunity, or a clear no
- Priced
- Fixed fee
- Price agreed
02
Make it tangible
We design and prototype the experience so your team can see it, test it and shape it.
A tested experience and a build plan
- Priced
- Fixed price
- Price agreed
03
Build it properly
We engineer, integrate and launch in phases, so something works early.
A working system your people use
- Priced
- Priced per phase
- Price agreed
04
Keep improving
We support, monitor and refine what we built, and decide with you what comes next.
A system that gets better with use
- Priced
- Monthly
- If there is nothing worth building, we will say so
- Stop after any stage and keep what it produced
- Ownership agreed before work begins
In practice
Built for the work
your business runs on.
Six industries, one pattern: the request arrives, the details come together, your team makes the call, and the work moves forward.
Manufacturing & distribution
“Can we deliver by Friday?”
Quotes assembled from pricing and availability, with uncertain lines brought to a person.
See it in practiceProfessional services
“What needs my attention today?”
The right work in front of the right people when a client changes the brief.
See it in practiceFinance
“Why doesn’t this invoice match?”
Exceptions explained from the order, the receipt and the supplier record.
See it in practiceTechnology
“Who’s taking care of this customer?”
Handoffs that keep the whole story, from support to the account team.
See it in practiceReal estate
“Is this file ready to close?”
Transaction files checked against the required documents before closing.
See it in practiceMarketing
“Is this campaign ready to go?”
Every asset checked against approved claims and channel rules before launch.
See it in practiceLet’s talk
Building AI-native software
across the United States.
We work with established businesses throughout the U.S. Start with one piece of work that matters. We will tell you whether it is worth building, and what the first stage would take.