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About AI Kaizen

Master Mariners who have run ships from the office.

AI Kaizen was founded by three Master Mariners with Bulk, Oil and Chemical experience and extensive ship and shore service in senior roles.

Our story

We know the workload, because we have carried it.

We know what it takes to run ships from an office, and where the challenges are. New companies and growing fleets often cannot afford a full HSE department, yet they face the same audits, inspections and vetting as the biggest fleets.

So we built AI Kaizen: senior HSE expertise at economical pricing, plus software that makes safety improvement a daily habit instead of an annual scramble.

改善 Kaizen = “change for better”
GK

Capt. Gaurav Khanna

Founder · Master Mariner

18 years at sea and 13 ashore in fleet management, including Sr. Deputy General Manager and Branch Head at a Japanese ship management company, with direct responsibility for fleet safety, vetting performance and SMS compliance across mixed tanker fleets.

Lead AuditorNavigation AssessorVDR Data AnalyserCrisis managementRisk assessment
The team

Three Master Mariners, one standard.

Gaurav is joined by two fellow Master Mariner founders with the same depth of senior ship and shore experience.

Bulk carriersOil tankersChemical tankersProduct tankersCrude carriersFleet managementVetting & inspections

Between us we have sailed in command, run branch offices and managed fleet safety and vetting. That is the experience behind every audit, plan and platform we deliver.

How we think

Kaizen in everything we do.

Data over opinion

Findings backed by evidence from your own records, VDR and KPIs.

Practical first

Advice a crew can use on a busy day at sea.

Right-sized

Rigour without bureaucracy, priced for the company you are today.

Always improving

Measure, learn, improve, repeat.

Our company

Part of Vraga Ventures.

AI Kaizen is a brand of Vraga Ventures. Engagements are contracted and invoiced through our parent company.

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Let’s talk about your fleet.

Tell us what you are working on. We’ll tell you honestly whether and how we can help.