Partnerships & Speaking

Work with me

I take on a small number of long-term partnerships. Current sponsors: Ambit, Persistent Systems, ONGC, and Bharat Forge.

770K+Combined followers

290K+YouTube subscribers

340K+Instagram followers

76M+Views on the viral Carlsen–Vidit game video

Ways to work together

Brand partnerships

Campaigns & ambassadorships

Long-term brand associations and campaigns — with an audience that spans elite chess, India's sports fans, and the global chess boom.

Speaking

Keynotes, corporate sessions & founder chats

Talks on decision-making under pressure, preparation, and working with AI — plus fireside chats and conversations with founders and leadership teams.

Events & appearances

Simultaneous exhibitions & chess events

Simultaneous exhibitions, corporate chess events, masterclasses, and appearances. I've done simuls with Ambit, Persistent Systems, and ChessBase India.

AI & product

Collaborations at the chess × AI frontier

I build my own tools and have lived with superhuman AI longer than most industries have known it exists. If you're building in this space, I'm interested in advisory roles, product collaborations, and honest feedback.

Something else

Doesn't fit these categories?

If you have an idea that doesn't fit the boxes above, tell me about it anyway.

Speaking topics

01
Deciding under pressure
What it's like to make irreversible decisions with a clock running and the world watching — and what transfers to boardrooms.
02
Preparation as a competitive edge
How elite players out-prepare equally talented opponents, and how to build that culture in a team.
03
Working with machines that are better than you
Chess met superhuman AI twenty-five years before everyone else. What we learned about staying valuable — and staying sane.
04
Losing in public
Resilience, honest post-mortems, and the discipline of separating the result from the process.