- BUILD THE RIGHT SOFTWARE. FIX WHAT IS NOT WORKING.
AI consultant and senior Laravel architect for businesses that need real results
I am Palash Akhenia, an AI consultant and Laravel architect based in Rajkot, India. I help business owners turn websites that get visitors into websites that get leads, plan custom Laravel apps, and ship AI features that work in real use.
- 250+ projects delivered with Octakris · 12+ industries · Clients in India and the US
Palash Akhenia
Rajkot, Gujarat · Principal Consultant
- Available for Q2 advisory & audits
UTC+5:30
- Rajkot, India / US Overlap
- Laravel · AI · CRO
- [ DIAGNOSTIC PHASE ]
Which of these is costing you money?
- 01 / Conversion Gap
Your website looks good and gets traffic, but nobody enquires.
Leaking pipeline
- 02 / Scoping Fog
You have an app idea but no clear plan, budget or tech choice, and every quote is different.
Vendor confusion
- 03 / Tech Debt
Your Laravel app is slow, buggy or hard to extend, and the original developer is gone.
Orphaned codebase
- 04 / AI Cost Spiral
Your AI feature demos well but fails in real use, or the bills keep climbing.
Unbounded token bills
Most of these are not hard to fix once someone senior looks at the real cause. That is what I do.
- [ CORE PRACTICE AREAS ]
AI consultant services, Laravel consulting and website audits
Three ways I help. Each one starts with a free call and ends with a written plan you can act on.
- [ 01 ]
Website Lead-Generation Consulting
Your site gets visitors but no enquiries. My website audit service checks your message, speed, forms, tracking, traffic and follow-up, then gives you a ranked fix list with quick wins first.
- Audit & form bottleneck scan
- Analytics & attribution verification
- High-impact ranked action matrix
- [ 02 ]
Laravel App Consulting
Planning, architecture, code review and rescue for custom web apps, portals, SaaS and multi-tenant systems. Looking for a Laravel developer for hire? Start with a senior plan so you build the right thing once.
- Database query & latency rescue
- Tenancy & auth architectural blueprints
- Comprehensive code review & CI audits
- [ 03 ]
AI Project Consulting and Fixing
Turn an AI idea into a scoped, affordable plan, or repair AI features that are unreliable, slow or too expensive. Practical help from an AI consultant for small business and growing teams.
- LLM cost capping & token throttling
- Document parsing with human review loops
- Reliable structured output orchestration
- [ STRATEGIC REALITY CHECK ]
An AI consultant for business, not for hype
Cut through Silicon Valley buzzwords and inflated vendor
projections. Get engineering grounded in real business
spreadsheets.
- Problem First, Model Second
Most owners do not need more AI. They need the right AI in the right place, with a cost they understand. As your AI consultant, I start with the business problem: slow manual work, unanswered enquiries, documents that take hours to process, or a feature your customers keep asking for.
- Pragmatic Tech Selection
Then I check if AI is the right answer at all. Sometimes a simple form, a better workflow or a cleaner Laravel app solves it faster and cheaper. When AI does fit, you get a scoped plan, a realistic budget range and a small prototype you can test with real users before a full build.
- Global Execution, Zero Fluff
My AI consultant services cover idea validation, AI integration into existing apps, document and data workflows with human review, and fixing AI features that give wrong answers or cost too much. I work with business owners in India, the US and other English-speaking markets.
- [ ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK ]
How it works
Predictable milestones with zero ambiguity. From diagnostic conversation to engineered
outcome.
1
Talk.
A free 30-minute call so I understand your goal and constraints.
2
Review.
I look at your idea, codebase or website with real evidence.
3
Plan.
You get a written, prioritized plan with effort and cost ranges.
4
Fix or guide.
I implement it with my team at Octakris, or guide your own developers.
- [ VALUE DIFFERENTIATION ]
Why business owners choose me as their AI consultant
You get direct access to the principal who architects and
writes the code, not an account executive making promises
developers can’t keep.
- TRACK RECORD
250+
Production projects successfully delivered with Octakris across
web architectures, machine intelligence pipelines, and lead
funnels.
Senior advice from the person who builds it, not a salesperson.
Honest answers, including “you do not need this yet”.
Technical depth plus business sense. I look at revenue, not only code.
Marketing experience, including Meta ads in India and the US, so lead advice matches how buyers arrive.
Fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati.
- [ MEASURABLE OUTCOMES ]
Recent results
- WEBSITE CRO & LEADS
+185%
- Conversion Lift
Enquiries rose from X to Y per month after fixing forms and tracking
Validated via GA4 event logs
- LARAVEL ARCHITECTURE
<0.8s
- Page Render
Rebuilt a slow multi-tenant app so pages load in under X seconds
42M monthly database queries handled
- AI WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY
-92%
- Processing Time
Cut document processing time from X hours to Y minutes
Cost: reduced API spend by 60%
- [ CLARIFICATIONS ]
Questions about working with an AI consultant
What does an AI consultant do for a small business?
I find where AI can save time or win customers, check if it is worth the cost, and give you a scoped plan. If you already have an AI feature, I fix what makes it unreliable, slow or expensive.
How much does a consultation cost?
The first 30-minute call is free. After that, you get a written quote based on the size of the review or project.
Do I have to hire Octakris to build it afterwards?
No. The plan is yours. You can build it with my team, your own developers or anyone else.
Do you work with clients outside India?
Yes. I work with clients in India, the US and other English-speaking markets, with overlap hours for US time zones. I speak English, Hindi and Gujarati.
- ZERO COMMITMENT · PRACTICAL ADVISORY
Not sure where to start?
Book a free 30-minute call. Tell me your idea or your problem, and I will tell you the next best step, even if that step is not hiring me.