What can AI actually do
for your business?

We help you find out, then build it.Pathkey is an AI advisory and software studio. We look at how your team works and where AI would save real time, then build the tools your people use every day.

Our approach

Clarity first.
Then a step forward.

We take on only a few clients at a time and work directly with their teams, so what we build fits the way they already work.

AI advisory

Think clearly.

Where AI fits, what to build or buy, and what to leave alone. We help you compare established and newer models, quality and running costs, cloud or self-hosted deployment, and privacy and DPDP considerations.

For owners & leadership teams
Automation & implementation

Make it work.

Custom systems built around your work. We use rule-based automation where defined rules are sufficient, and AI where interpretation or changing context calls for it. We choose the approach for each step, balancing reliability, control and ongoing cost, with human review where needed. We hand you the keys when it’s done.

For the people doing the work

Working alongside accounting, compliance and professional-services teams

Work in practice

Proof in the everyday.

Every workflow here is live. We built and deployed it, and a client team uses it every day.

Business systems

Software that fits how you work.

Client portals and custom CRMs that bring records, responsibilities and progress into one view. Connected tools for inventory management, payroll and performance management.

Client portalsInventory & ERPPeople operations
Built around your process. Handed over to your team.

A workflow in practice

Stock records for a distributor.

  1. Input

    Scanned purchase invoices & the factory's WhatsApp messages

  2. Automation

    Read quantities & work out closing stock

  3. Human review

    Check any product whose numbers don't add up

Outcome

Closing stock for every product, without adding it up by hand.

Process automation

Let repeatable work run.

Business process automation across the software you already use. Send client reminders and follow-ups on a schedule, move data between systems so no one re-types it, and handle everyday PDF work in-house instead of on free online sites.

Reminders & follow-upsData between systemsDocuments & PDFs
Routine steps automated. Approval stays with you.

A workflow in practice

Client reminders that follow up on their own.

  1. Input

    What's due this cycle & which clients it applies to

  2. Automation

    Once a partner approves, send each reminder & follow-up on schedule

  3. Human review

    The team marks a client done when they respond

Outcome

Every client is reminded and followed up, without anyone sending each email by hand.

Finance & compliance

Less preparation. More judgement.

Audits, reporting and invoice booking in Tally or Zoho Books. Compliance trackers bring due dates, task owners and filing status together, with Directors’ Reports.

Schedule III & MISInvoice bookingDPT-3 · FLA · KYC
Audit workings that took days by hand now take seconds.

A workflow in practice

Vendor invoices into Zoho Books.

  1. Input

    Vendor invoices, as they arrive

  2. AI-assisted

    Read each invoice & work out TDS and GST

  3. Human review

    Check the bills before they're final

Outcome

Bills posted to Zoho Books without anyone re-typing them.

Private AI

Your own AI assistant, paid for by use.

An AI assistant set up for your business, in place of a ChatGPT or Claude licence for every person. You pay for what the team actually uses, it works with your own systems and templates, and staff sign in with their work accounts.

Pay for useYour systems & templatesWork sign-in
Management can see and govern how AI is used.

A workflow in practice

Reconciliations, done by the team.

  1. Input

    Two sets of records, like the books & a supplier statement or Form 26AS

  2. AI-assisted

    Match the entries & list every difference with its likely cause

  3. Human review

    The accountant checks the differences before anything is corrected

Outcome

Routine accounting work now takes minutes, without building or buying another tool.

The people

Experience you can talk to.

Independent professionals with a shared history of building companies, shaping teams, and bringing software into the real world.

Suyog Patki

Suyog Patki

Strategy & mentorship

Co-founded Rapid Circle India and helped build a 200+ person cloud consultancy over two decades. Angel investor and mentor to founders.

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Avani Patki

Avani Patki

People & culture

Rapid Circle India co-founder. Spent over a decade shaping its people and culture. Brings that experience to how teams adopt change.

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Rohan Nevrikar

Rohan Nevrikar

Technology & delivery

Cloud and AI specialist, with experience at Rapid Circle and as Head of Technology at a German startup. Turns ideas into useful software and automation.

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