A solo-founder AI studio building intelligence for Odisha — one product, one release, one problem at a time.
To build practical, verifiable AI systems that solve real problems for Odisha's people and institutions — RAG systems for government schemes, AI tools for businesses, domain-specific models for researchers, and automation for NGOs working at the last mile.
Unlike pure AI research labs, Kortiv focuses on real-world application development that directly benefits the state. Every product is grounded in a specific problem, not a technology looking for an use case.
An Odisha where AI serves everyone — where government schemes are accessible in Odia, where small businesses use AI without English-language barriers, where botany students can identify species instantly, and where the state's digital infrastructure is built with its own context at the centre.
The long-term vision is Shiva-Alpha: an Odia-first reasoning model that understands and generates Odia natively, grounded in Nyaya philosophy for verifiable, trustworthy outputs.
Six values that shape every product, partnership, and line of code.
We build for Odisha's languages, context, and institutions — not as an afterthought, but as the starting point.
Our DKS reasoning framework grounds outputs in verifiable sources, reducing hallucinations in high-stakes scenarios.
Every component, model, and pipeline is developed transparently — documented openly as the studio grows.
We start from real problems that Odisha's enterprises, government bodies, and NGOs actually face.
Botany and life-sciences expertise feeds into how we build focused AI applications for specialised domains.
Not just research papers — we ship working software that puts AI to practical use for the state.
Founder, Kortiv AI
Founder, Kortiv AI
Sumesh is a solo-founder building Kortiv AI as an open, public studio. With a background in botany and life sciences, he brings a domain-literate perspective to AI application development — building systems that serve Odisha's enterprises, government bodies, and NGOs. Every product is documented publicly as it's built.
“One person, building for the state most AI companies skip.”
From an idea to a growing product studio — built in the open, for Odisha.
Sumesh Ku. Pradhan started the studio with a vision to build AI for Odisha — a state most AI companies overlook.
A RAG-based assistant indexing 35+ Odisha government scheme PDFs to answer eligibility and process questions.
Expanded the product line with a cold email analysis tool and a plant morphology extractor for botany students.
Launched email deliverability monitoring and developed the DKS reasoning framework grounded in Nyaya logic.
Continuing to build products, refine the DKS framework, and work toward the Shiva-Alpha vision — an Odia-first reasoning model.
Whether it's a RAG system, a custom chatbot, or something entirely new — we'd love to hear from you.
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