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AI agents that automate administrative work across college campuses.
Risely’s AI agents will form the new operating system for universities, improving retention, staff productivity, and efficiency. Our platform integrates directly into existing university systems (SIS, LMS, CRM), learns each institution’s unique workflows, and deploys specialized AI agents. This dramatically reduces the $735 billion universities spend annually on administrative labor, expands staff capacity without increasing headcount, and improves the student experience. This hasn't been done before because university workflows require nuanced, autonomous judgment, exactly what agentic AI was designed to solve. Our team uniquely combines deep expertise in higher education, enterprise-scale AI, and regulated enterprise sales. Sadia previously built Salesforce’s Education Cloud from scratch, creating the core Student Information System widely used across higher education. She deeply understands university operations and maintains trusted relationships with hundreds of higher-ed CIOs and Provosts. Danial was one of DoorDash’s earliest engineers, where he architected and scaled complex systems from zero to billions of transactions, including their search, recommendation, and Voice AI platforms. He knows how to build robust AI solutions that reliably perform at enterprise scale. Shahryar was a GM at Airwallex, where he built the entire Americas business from 0 to 1 and drove 11x revenue growth. He’s also a master closer, single-handedly securing over $17M in enterprise deals at NerdWallet. He’s a relentless startup executor with deep expertise launching and scaling go-to-market machines in highly regulated industries. We launched six weeks ago and are already at $8k MRR, growing 55% week-over-week -- one of the fastest ramps ever in higher ed. Universities urgently need solutions that expand labor capacity and efficiency, especially as they face unprecedented budget pressure and staffing shortages. With unmatched buyer access, deep technical expertise, and rapid early traction, we are perfectly positioned to own this enormous market.
Risely AI provides AI agents that automate administrative tasks across colleges and universities. It positions itself as an integrated, campus-wide platform that ingests data from SIS, LMS, and CRM to orchestrate agents across enrollment, advising, advancement, and other campus operations to improve retention and revenue.
Risely AI deploys multiple agent types (Enrollment Agent, Advisor Agent, Advancement Agent) that operate within a unified workspace. It ingests data from existing campus systems (SIS, LMS, CRM), triages inquiries by intent, and delivers next-best-action prompts to staff. The platform connects to current tools, configures agents to policy rules, and goes live in 6-12 weeks without requiring data migrations. It shows signals and actions across the campus for tasks such as enrollment conversions, retention outreach, and donor stewardship, with agents sharing context to deepen institutional intelligence and automate workflows end-to-end from inquiry to lifelong donor engagement.
Who it’s for: Higher education institutions (colleges and universities) looking to automate administrative processes across enrollment, advising, retention, and advancement.
Mention of Y Combinator backing, live deployments at leading universities, multiple live agents, stated ROI and rollout timing, and security/compliance certifications
CEO & Co-founder of Risely; serial operator with 13+ years building businesses. As GM at Airwallex, I built the Americas business from 0 to 1 and delivered 11x revenue growth. As VP Product at Trustedhealth, I transformed the growth funnel with automation and drove double-digit conversion gains. As Head of Platform Growth at NerdWallet, I drove $17M+ in P&L impact, and at Bain, I shaped market strategy for leading tech firms. I’m most at home building from zero & closing seven-figure deals.
CPO & Co-founder of Risely AI. Previously, I spent 7 years leading product development for Salesforce's Education Cloud, where I built from scratch the Student Information System that campuses everywhere rely on as their system-of-record. I also served as a voting Regent on the University of California Board of Regents, working shoulder-to-shoulder with Chancellors, Presidents, CIOs, and CFOs - giving me deep, firsthand insight into how universities operate and make decisions.
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