The most interesting work of your career.
Aadi is a small firm doing unusually broad work — advising, building, financing, and co-founding companies across India and the United States. For the right operator, it is a rare place to apply judgment across all of it.
No pyramid to climb. Senior people, real ownership, and a corridor most firms cannot credibly operate on.
We hire for judgment, candor, and range — and then we trust people to use all three from the start.
If you are tired of advising from a distance, or of building inside a single lane, this is a different proposition.
A rare place to do broad, senior work.
Most firms ask you to choose a discipline and remain inside it. Aadi is built the other way. Because we advise, build, and invest under one roof, the people here move across the work — a strategist who helps shape a deal, an operator who joins a venture, an investor who sits inside a build. The breadth is the point, not an accident.
We are deliberately boutique, which means there is no pyramid to climb and nowhere to hide. Everyone sits close to real work and is trusted with real judgment early. If you are an operator weary of advising from a safe remove, or an advisor who wants to actually build, this is a place that will use all of you.
And we do it on a corridor most firms cannot credibly touch — which keeps the work varied, the stakes real, and the craft sharp.
The people who do well at Aadi.
You've made things real
You've shipped a product, closed a deal, run a function, or started a company — and you want your hands in the work, not a safe distance from it.
You hold candor as a discipline
You'd rather tell a client the true thing than the comfortable one, and you want colleagues who do the same.
You think in corridors
India and the United States are one canvas to you, not two — and cross-border complexity energises rather than deters you.
You want range, not a lane
You'd rather move between advising, building, and investing than be confined to a single discipline for a decade.
Your judgment outruns your years
However senior your title, you bring real judgment — and you want to be trusted to use it, not managed by a pyramid.
You build to endure
You care that what you make keeps working after you step back — not merely that it shipped on time.
How we work.
Senior people on the actual work; candor as a default; a bias toward building the thing rather than describing it. We stay close to clients and to each other — small teams, real ownership, continuity over churn. We use AI to work faster and sharper, never as theatre, and we judge by output and judgment rather than face-time.
Because the work spans the corridor, there is genuine variety — markets, sectors, and problems that keep the craft sharp and the days unrepetitive. It is demanding, and it is meant to be; the reward is range, ownership, and proximity to consequence that larger firms cannot offer.
Where we're looking.Updated periodically
We hire opportunistically for exceptional people across the firm. If you recognise yourself below — or even if the fit isn't exact — start a conversation.
Consulting — operators & builders
Across build, people, growth, and strategy. Senior individuals who deliver the work, not merely advise on it.
Capital — advisory & investing
Dealmakers and investors with corridor experience across raises, sales, and principal positions.
Cofoundry — venture builders
People who have started companies and want to build more, inside the studio and the ventures we own.
Engagement Partners
Senior partners to own client relationships end to end and remain their constant across the work.
The things people ask first.
How do I apply?
Reach out via the Contact page with a note about who you are and the work you've actually done. We read every one, and we reply ourselves.
Do you only hire senior people?
We hire for judgment more than years — but everyone here is trusted with real work early, so we look for people ready to carry it.
Where are roles based?
On the India–US corridor, with the flexibility the work demands. Tell us where you are and what you're looking for.
Nothing fits exactly — should I still write?
Yes. We hire opportunistically for exceptional people. If you see yourself here, start the conversation regardless of the list.
See yourself here?
Send us a note about who you are and what you've built. We read every one — and we reply ourselves.
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