Cases · Three engagements · Named numbers
The work, not the testimonials.
Three cases. One is internal (Talpro = Customer Zero), two are anonymised client engagements. Each has problem, approach, outcome, and named numbers. No dashboard screenshots that prove nothing.
Build (self-applied) · 6 weeks (Forge-shaped engagement, internal)
Internal — Talpro Universe · HR-staffing platform
Recruiter time-to-first-shortlist on Talpro's core CV pipeline was 9+ hours per role. Growth was bottlenecking on people, not software. Two commercial vendors had been trialled and dropped — both had silent drift within 90 days.
Prism + Helm · 1 day Prism + 3 months Helm
Bangalore GCC captive · Charter-phase · client anonymised
A Fortune-500 parent had approved a 14-person India GCC with a 12-month AI charter. Three months in, leadership disagreed on whether the charter was to prove velocity, prove ROI, or prove a staffing model. Parent-company CTO was two quarters from pulling the plug.
Shield · 3 weeks
Indian SaaS · Series B · staffing tooling
Series B SaaS in the staffing vertical had shipped an AI resume-match feature nine months earlier. A large enterprise prospect's DPO asked for DPDPA evidence, EU AI Act assessment, and a bias probe report. Internal team had none of the three.