Member: Devi Kolli - AI Solve

A professional bond, friendship and invaluable business relationship

Devi Kolli, CEO and co-founder of AI Solve, founded the tech company along with two other University of Bedfordshire graduates. It has since grown tremendously into the global enterprise it is today, continuing to disrupt the tech industry and to this day, Devi attributes a significant proportion of that growth to an invaluable partnership with Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce.

Devi’s primary goal was to blend technology into the corporate workforce, with a focus on artificial intelligence. However, it soon became apparent that such opportunities were limited due to a general lack of knowledge among businesses of the possibilities of AI.

After much R&D, Devi and her team moved towards augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.

AI Solve was created and soon became a global success in its product offering and solutions.

According to Devi, the Chamber has been instrumental in supporting the scaling of the business, especially in those critical, early stages.

After taking on the project in the Middle East which required the team double in size (from 5 to ten team members), Justin introduced the team to their current office space in the Hart House which would accommodate the growth and additional team members.  

“Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce gave us the stepping stone we needed to grow and also supported us through the financial plan,” explains Devi.

“Since then, Justin has always been a key contact if we had any local contacts we wanted to be connected to.”

This relationship flourished from business associate to wellwisher and friend and the two entities have grown together in that process.

Soon, AI Solve would become heavily reliant on export and import procedures as their product offering scaled to become international. At this point, AI Solve needed to draw more on the Chamber’s global trade expertise as they were new to shipping products abroad and equally importing.

“We have grown so much and the majority of our business income is now from export.” Devi explains.

“We have unquestionable confidence in Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce and count on them as a supportive extension of our team.”

In addition, Devi advocates their connections to local SME support and knowledge of grants and funding to the Chamber. “Justin has gone above and beyond to get us connected to the right local members, be that for grant access, or potential business opportunities. One or two instances where Justin has intervened have turned into grant funding for us such as the Velocity grant.”

One of the most recent introductions facilitated by the Chamber has resulted in an AI Solve product fitting into the market offering of Captial and Regional group at the Luton Mall, which turned into an incredibly valuable business partnership.

“Without expectation, I have seen them go above and beyond to help us as a business, and this is why I feel so thankful to the Chamber and we continue to leverage that guidance locally.”

According to Devi, the Chamber is “not only there to give support of local connections and guidance on export and trade, but go above and beyond to help us nurture business collaborations that result in business growth.”