Custom software · automation · AI

Software your business runs on — so the business stops running on you.

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Big 4

Consulting background — PwC · EY

1,200+

Customers on systems I've built

Multi-entity

Live ERP-integrated systems

Real money

Payments, audit trails, sign-off

Sound familiar?

Right now, the business runs because you hold it together.

Established, stock-heavy, people-heavy. It works — but it works because the operation lives in your head and your team's hours. That doesn't scale.

Your best-seller runs out, and the sale walks out the door.

Your team burns hours every week tracking stock, chasing suppliers over WhatsApp, and re-keying the same numbers into spreadsheets.

You find out you're low only when it's already too late to reorder.

The business works because you hold it together in your head — so it can't grow past you.

01What I do

I fix the operation first. Then I build the system it runs on.

Most people will sell you AI. I fix your operation first. I spent years in Big Four consulting working out how businesses actually make money — then I learned to build. So I map how your operation really runs, build a system around it, and layer automation and AI on top, on a foundation that holds.

Built for established businesses that are stock-heavy and people-heavy — where growth is capped by how much the owner can personally hold together.

01 · Primary

Build

Custom software and automation built around how your business actually runs. The core of what I do.

Train

HRDC-certified workshops that teach your team to build and ship real software with AI.

Venture

AI-native products I build and run myself — so the methods I bring to your systems are already proven on mine.

02The difference

A developer builds what you ask for. I work out what you need.

Software fails when it drifts from how the business actually makes money. I close that gap — because the person who understands your operation and your costs is the same one writing the code.

Consulting brain, build hands

I spent years in Big Four consulting working out how businesses actually make money — before I ever wrote a line of code.

I find what you actually need

A developer builds what you ask for. I work out what you actually need first — then build it.

Costs before code

I understand your operation and your costs before I build anything, so the system earns its keep instead of adding to the pile.

Live systems, not demos

What I build runs real stock, real suppliers and real money — with the audit trails, access controls and ERP integration a serious business needs.

03The method

Map, systemise, document, automate — then AI.

Map

I map how your operation actually runs — the stock, the people, the workarounds, the costs. Not how the org chart says it runs.

Systemise

I build a system around how the business really works, so the software fits the operation instead of forcing the operation to fit the software.

Document

The know-how living in one person's head gets captured into the system as I build — so the business stops depending on memory.

Automate

Then I automate the grind: the stock-tracking, the supplier chasing, the re-keying of the same numbers into spreadsheets.

AI on top

Only then does AI go on — on a foundation that holds, where it makes the business faster instead of breaking it faster.

04What I build

Custom software, automation — and AI, in that order.

Built around how your business actually runs, not a template you bend your operation to fit. AI goes on last, on a foundation that holds.

Custom software

Core systems built around how your business actually operates — not a template you bend your operation to fit.

Automation

I take the grind out of the operation: stock-tracking, supplier chasing, and re-keying the same numbers by hand.

AI, on a foundation that holds

Retrieval and agents grounded in your own data and process — layered on last, where it makes the business faster instead of breaking it faster.

ERP & systems integration

Read-only integration with the ERP you already run, so information moves without manual re-entry and without risk to live data.

Real-time operations

Systems that track state as it changes — stock, pricing, workflow — and act on it the moment it matters.

Discovery & process mapping

Before any code, I map how your operation really runs and work out exactly what to build, why, and what it's worth.

05Proof

Not a showreel. Systems businesses run on.

These aren't prototypes. They're live systems handling real stock, real suppliers and real money — with the audit trails, access controls and ERP integration a serious business needs. Client names kept discreet; the specifics are real.

Case 01Retail · Procurement2026

Multi-entity jewellery retail group

A procurement engine running across multiple business entities

Stock ran low without warning, restock requests were chased over WhatsApp, and supplier quotes were compared by hand on spreadsheets — slow, error-prone, and impossible to audit.

Next.jsTypeScriptSupabasePDF generationERP API

What we built

01Detects low stock and batches restock requests automatically
02Collects standardised supplier quotes through secure links, then compares them and generates purchase orders
03Multi-entity with role-based access, a full audit log, and read-only ERP integration — zero risk to live data

Multi-entity

One system, several businesses

Read-only

ERP integration, zero risk

Full

Audit log on every action

Case 02Consumer fintech · Mobile2026

Multi-brand gold retailer

A gold-savings and vault platform with two-person sign-off on every gram

A growing customer base and real money were being managed on spreadsheets — savings schemes, vault balances and gold released to customers, all tracked by hand.

React NativeExpoSupabasePaymentsKYC

What we built

01Customer mobile apps (iOS, Android, web) plus an admin back office
02Real payments and KYC verification, with immutable audit logging on every movement
03A two-person, two-code sign-off on every gram of gold released

1,200+

Customers migrated off spreadsheets

Two-person

Sign-off on every gram released

Immutable

Audit log on real money

Case 03B2B SaaS · Operations2025

Event-equipment supplier

A platform that catches double-bookings before they happen

Equipment was being promised to two jobs at once, and every quote meant redoing the costing by hand across an owned inventory and a partner network.

ReactTypeScriptViteSupabasejsPDF

What we built

01Real-time detection of inventory overlap across every active job
02A costing engine spanning owned stock and a B2B partner network
03A job wizard with automated PDF quotations and internal costing sheets

Real-time

Overlap caught before it books

Instant

Quotes and costing

Zero

Double-bookings

06Beyond client work

Proven on my own products.

I build and launch AI-native ventures of my own — and teach teams to ship with AI. The methods I bring to your systems are already proven on mine.

TradeMind

Venture

Real-time biometric AI for traders

An AI trading psychologist that reads 478 facial landmarks in real time to flag the emotional decisions that cost traders money.

Computer visionMediaPipeReal-time

Visit TradeMind

Tiger AI

Venture

AI investment research & paper trading

An AI research platform with paper trading that surfaces behaviour patterns like FOMO and revenge trading across US, crypto and Malaysian markets.

LLMAgentsFintech

Visit Tiger AI

monimoni

Venture

Gamified budgeting, offline-first

A budgeting app where a virtual pet's wellbeing reflects your financial discipline — zero-based budgeting with emotion-tagged transactions.

PWAOffline-firstProduct

Visit monimoni

The Train pillar

AI-Driven Development workshops, HRDC-claimable

A two-day, sixteen-hour workshop that takes non-technical professionals from idea to a deployed, working product using AI. Run for teams as a customisable corporate package.

4.9/5

Overall rating

100%

Would recommend

16 hrs

Hands-on, over two days

07The studio

You work with me. Start to finish.

Akal is deliberately small. No account layer, no hand-off. The person who maps your operation is the same one who builds and ships the system.

Vimallnath Kathirasan

Founder — consulting brain, build hands

I spent years in Big Four strategy consulting — PwC Strategy&, EY — working out how businesses actually make money. Then I learned to build. Now I do both: I understand the operation and its costs the way a consultant does, then I build the system myself. You work with me directly, start to finish.

No account layer. I map it, I build it, I ship it — and I'm the one you call when it matters.

Track record

Ex-PwC Strategy& · Strategy & Operations
Ex-EY · Transformation Architecture
Ex-Securities Commission Malaysia (scholar)
HRDC Certified Trainer (ID 64690)
CFA Level 1 · ACCA · CGMA · ICAgile

What this is

An operator who builds.
Consulting brain, build hands.
Foundation first, AI after.
Live systems, real stock and real money.
Founder-led — you work with me.

What this isn't

Not an offshore dev shop billing by the hour.
Not a consultant who hands over a deck and leaves.
Not AI hype bolted onto a broken process.
Not a showreel of demos.
Not a template stretched to fit your business.

08In their words

Trusted by the people I work alongside.

From professionals and operators I've trained and built with — a rating of 4.9 out of 5, and every one would recommend it.

You took a risk, put in the work, and it is paying off swimmingly. Super inspirational, well executed and highly informative. Worth every penny — and more.

Dinesh Siddharthan

Actuary

The level of depth and expertise Vimall brought is invaluable. As a non-technical professional, I really appreciated the breakdown using easily digestible terms. Very structured and professional.

Yassamin Zainal

Senior Talent Partner

Understanding the full stack — PRD design, AI-assisted coding, database integrations, agents, and shipping an MVP — all in two days. Highly recommend.

Bryan Soh

Strategy Manager

Vimall helped me bring my vision to life — and that is most valuable to me. Didn't expect to learn so much over two days.

Kashmeera Shalesh

Event Operations Executive

Really appreciated the way you handled the course. Already recommended it to others. Would love a catch-up day to share how we've implemented things.

Omran Abbara

Founder & Coach

The premise

AI on a broken process just breaks things faster. So I build the foundation first.

Akal — Systems, not people

09Contact

Start with a process-mapping session

Tell me what your business does and where it hurts. If I'm the right person to build it, I'll tell you straight — and how I'd approach it.

Direct

hello@akalaisolutions.com

Elsewhere

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

SSM-registered · Malaysia