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Vijay Eesam - founder of Ve
When the world shifted to artificial intelligence tools around 2022 and AI stopped being a “Big Tech” thing, there was another shift that happened alongside:
The art of prompt engineering which determined how effectively humans could work with machines.
Numerous workshops came up. Events were hosted. Everyone tried to ‘crack’ the best way to explain themselves to an AI tool and get the best possible results from it.
But for Vijay Eesam, an AI scientist and tech expert based in San Francisco and Hyderabad, something about this was unsettling.
His core insight was simple: intent exists before language. Most people know exactly what they want to say before they sit down to figure out how to say it.
“My question is: why should software make you explain yourself first? I do not think humans should have to do this forever – translating thoughts into prompts, then waiting on results, and then endlessly following up with an AI tool. I knew there had to be a more futuristic solution,” Vijay Eesam, founder of Ve.ai, tells Startup Pedia in an exclusive interview.
Launched on 16 January 2025, Ve is an AI assistant that does not wait on prompts and requests. It reads the direction of a user's mind and drafts text that is exactly in alignment with what they want and on which platform.
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WHY HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION MAY NEVER BE THE SAME
At Ve.ai, an Intent AI company based in Hyderabad and San Francisco, the mission is to close the gap between human thought and digital execution.
The company's AI tool, Ve, does not require explicit instructions the way traditional AI chatbots and tools do.
Ve is akin to an intelligent cursor that operates on the “signal” of a user’s intent, reads their thoughts, and executes tasks almost as quickly as they form.
There is no prompt, request, instruction, or follow-up needed on the user's end.
“Basically, Ve predicts what a user is about to say and drafts it in real-time,” AI scientist Vijay smiles.
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HOW VE READS MINDS
The intent-based AI tool, Ve, has a distinct approach in how it treats its users.
For starters, unlike the billion-user models that treat everyone the same, Vijay Eesam’s Ve is all about being a personal intent model. It understands the specific user and adjusts accordingly - all without being told, explained to, or instructed.
Ve synthesizes the user’s context, memory, relationships, and professional goals. Using this data, it predicts exactly what the user is about to say and drafts it in real-time.
Does that mean it inputs drafts and performs tasks even when not needed? No.
The intent-based AI tool remains dormant until the user taps the “Fn” key on their keyboard. Once that's done, the software steps in, anticipates intent, and performs tasks as quickly as they form in the user's mind.
“Ve has a lot of contextual understanding. It will type an e-mail on Gmail professionally, a message on LinkedIn with a corporate tone, a text on Slack in a crisp way, and so on. It quickly adapts to the “where” and “why” without the intervention of the user or a prompt,” Vijay Eesam explains.
Not just this, the intent-based AI tool drafts responses and text that mirrors the user's personal style and history.
“I didn't learn a new interface. I didn't learn how to deliver the perfect prompts. I just did what I usually do: click where I want to respond, and it met me there,” a presenter during the launch video of Ve stated.
VE’S TAKE ON USER PRIVACY
At Ve.ai, privacy is treated as a foundation, not just another feature.
The intent-based AI tool adopts a local-first approach by living solely on the user's device, not in a monolithic cloud used by billions of people.
The user gets 100% ownership of their context, their data, memory, and relationships.
The intelligent cursor maintains encrypted and secure operations at all times and does not require app-by-app integrations.
Additionally, as mentioned earlier, it steps in and reads human thought only when invited.
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LOOKING AHEAD: A FUTURE OF IDEAS, NOT JUST WORDS
For AI scientist and tech expert Vijay Eesam, the necessity of having to explain oneself to AI tools is a cognitive overhead, something that he calls a “prompt tax.”
By building Ve, he wants to ensure that while interacting with AI, intent should be the only requirement.
Because intent comes easy, it is natural and always the starting point of a task.
Currently, Ve is free for seven days and available to be used by everyone - individuals, freelancers, business owners, entrepreneurs, startup founders, etc.
The company is consistently reimagining the cursor as an intelligent extension of human thinking.
“Our vision is a future where you are not judged by the words you use, but by the ideas you have. Using AI tools should be butter-smooth. That's exactly what Ve offers: speed of light and zero friction,” he signs off.
To experience Ve, click here.
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