AP
call me AP

Ashwinikumar
Patil

Bengaluru, India
LinkedInXTight Margins
Career
19
years of experience
10
years in product
Product leaderP&L leader
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Domains
q/eCommerceAdTechMarketplaceAI/MLTelecomSaaS
Outcomes
0 → 1Founder
1 → 10Scale
100 → 100Mature
Companies — proof, not decoration
ZeptoWalmartMyntramjunctionIceCream Labs
Latest from Tight Margins
All writing →
EssayJun 2026 · 11 min
Trust is not a model property
What marketplace compliance teaches us about agentic AI governance
EssayJun 2026 · 11 min
Rules Accumulate. Mechanisms compound.
ODR (Order Defect Rate) is a margin problem caused by decisions compliance does not control
I am tinkering with
✎Procreate
µCESP32
◧Bullet Journal
In my free time
⚇Answer queries of my 2 toddlers
∑Solve maths problems
▶YouTube, mostly
Fun fact about me
Operated a brick-and-mortar retail shop with 1,000+ SKUs for 2 years — buying & merchandising, end to end.
Schools that shaped me
IIT GB.Tech
IIM BMBA
CoursesComing soon
The Judgment Course
A1FP — AI First Principles
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