Rohan Kulkarni
Founder/CEOBuilding custom models at Ashr Labs. Co-founder and CTO of Ask Geri (Acquired). Berkeley EECs.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
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Ashr
Overview
Ashr Manifold is a self-contained model training, hosting, observability, and continual learning platform for purpose-built open-weight models.
Startups can use Manifold to post-train and manage fleets of continuously improving open-weight models without having a dedicated research team or infrastructure. Ultimately, this reduces operating costs and allows a greater degree of control over proprietary company knowledge.
Enterprises can use Manifold to encode institutional judgements and priorities into open-weight models, reduce token costs, and manage every level of the AI life cycle, from data curation, to model serving on weights and infrastructure they own.
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
Founders & team
Shreyas Kaps
FounderBuilding Ashr Manifold to help teams build and host purpose-built and trained models
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15
Founded 2025 · Source
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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Launched · 3 of 6 areas documented
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- Dated milestonesDated source activity: 2026 Q1 (quarter only)
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