Founder & Exporter • Morbi / Bengaluru, India

Sai Ashish Palai

Founder of Palai Global Exports, building Sthvara – a premium tile brand globalizing Indian craftsmanship. Previously an Associate Product Manager at Convin.ai and Product Engineer at Publicis Sapient. A curious generalist driven by learning treating skills as life investments, not just work.

"The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away."
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Experience

Feb 2026 — Present

Founder

Palai Global Exports (An export house) • Morbi, Gujarat

  • Building Sthvara — A flagship brand that exports GVT (Glazed Vitrified Tiles) to global markets. Built from the ground up with institutional systems, formal SOPs, and operational rigour from day one.
  • Building Palai Global Exports — A merchant export trading house based in Morbi, Gujarat, the world's largest ceramic tile manufacturing hub.
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Aug 2024 — Oct 2025

Associate Product Manager

Convin • Bengaluru, India

  • Owned end-to-end development of Convin.ai's flagship Auto QA from client problem discovery to solution design, driving adoption gains that positioned Convin among India's Top 6 Startups (2025) by LinkedIn.
  • Restructured Auto QA from Python to a scalable no-code node based product (Rule Engine), cutting GTM time by 48% and boosting adoption by 60%; product now powers 80+ enterprise clients.
  • Built automations using n8n to resolve recurring support issues; reduced incoming support tickets by 40%, improving product stability and boosting CSAT.
Jan 2022 — Aug 2024

Product Engineer L1

Publicis Sapient • Bengaluru, India

  • Built and maintained internal React project for 1 year; later led Accessibility team as Scrum Master, driving Agile delivery to achieve 95% WCAG Level AA compliance.
  • Junior Product Owner for Stellantis Free2Move; coordinated B2C web app design with Accenture and ensured on-time delivery for high-end European EV customers.
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Projects

Sep 2025 — Present

Haven7

Built an AI-native productivity platform for PMs from scratch. Architected AI Search (semantic search with vector embeddings across Slack/Drive/Notion), PRD Studio (structured requirement generation), and Spec Vision (multimodal wireframe-to-spec conversion). Scaled from 0→80 MAU in a month.

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Co-Founder

Zarliss

Co-founded a drop-servicing startup delivering projects for clients in India and the UK. Oversaw the end-to-end product lifecycle from design finalization to app delivery, ensuring quality and timely execution.

July 2020

7krinet0 - Content Internship

Authored 200+ articles on Web3, Tech, and Geopolitics, focusing on keyword research, improving CTR by 4%. Drove 3x organic traffic growth through data-driven content strategies and high-impact SEO campaigns.

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Skills & Tools

Technologies

JavaScript TypeScript React.js Node.js Express.js Python SQL PostgreSQL HTML/CSS pgvector OpenAI API REST APIs OAuth 2.0

Tools & Platforms

Git/GitHub Supabase Figma Jira Confluence Postman n8n Retool PostHog Tableau Vercel Cursor
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Education & Certifications

AI Product Manager Fellowship

pmcurve

Oct 2025 — Dec 2025

Product Management Fellowship

Nextleap

Sep 2024 • 16-week intensive program

B.Tech in Computer Science

Chandigarh University

June 2018 — June 2022

Full Stack Development

IIT Kanpur

July 2020 • Top 10% of cohort

Let's build something meaningful together.

I'm always open to discussing export opportunities, international trade, or potential collaborations.

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