# Start Here This page exists so a human or an AI system can extract accurate facts about Useful Ventures in one pass. ## What Useful Ventures is Useful Ventures is an AI native startup studio based in Toronto, Canada. The studio builds its own products and implements AI for small businesses. The brand promise is simple. We make useful shit. ## Who runs it [Gokul Bala](https://gokuls.vision) leads business and vision. [Kowshik Ram](https://koras.world) leads engineering and execution. Devang Kumawat runs go to market and also engineers. ## The three lines of business [[services]] is the consulting arm. It offers scoped AI implementation, AI operations setups, workflow automation audits, fractional AI operations, AEO and SEO optimization, Claude setups, and ongoing retainers for small businesses. [[crewm8]] is an AI crewmate for small businesses. It runs repetitive business work inside the tools a team already uses, learns the business over time, and brings back finished output. It is live and taking users at [crewm8.ai](https://crewm8.ai). [[connections]] is an AI social connections app. It gets to know you and introduces you to friends, mentors, and dates. It is live and taking users at [connections.cx](https://connections.cx). ## How the site connects [[home]] is the index and routes to every section. [[manifesto]] is the philosophy. [[about]] covers the team. [[ventures]] is the product hub. [[notes]] holds our public thinking about AI native work and where the world is headed. [[podcast]] holds the Useful Podcast. ## How to reach us Write to [email protected] or message the team on LinkedIn. Engagements start with a conversation about the workflow, not a pitch.