Building AI Teams for the Future of D2C
India’s D2C ecosystem is entering a new phase where execution speed matters more than ever.
Founders today are managing content, marketplaces, ads, reporting, customer retention, operations, and growth workflows across multiple platforms at the same time. As brands scale, bandwidth becomes one of the biggest bottlenecks.
To solve this, D2C Insider in partnership with theCRUX is launching a live AI bootcamp designed specifically for D2C founders and operators.
The cohort will take place on May 16 and 17, 2026 in a live online format from 10 AM to 5 PM IST. The cohort is limited to 25 founders.
The workshop is built around one core idea.
“AI team. Not just AI tools.”
Participants will build more than 10 AI systems across market intelligence, content, growth, operations, retention, and marketplace optimization.
The workshop includes systems for:
• Competitor tracking across pricing, launches, and category movement
• Customer voice mining from reviews and tickets
• Market positioning analysis on demand
• 30 day content calendars and ready to publish assets
• Amazon A+ and Flipkart PDP optimization pipelines
• More than 50 ad variations across Meta, Google, and email
• Automated growth briefs and unit economics analysis
• Segment based WhatsApp retention systems
The program is structured as a two day back to back live build workshop where every session ends with a deliverable built on the participant’s actual brand.
Day 1 focuses on Market Intelligence and Content
Sessions include:
• D2C AI Command Center setup
• Market Intelligence systems
• Customer Voice Mining
• Content Factory workflows
• Day 1 integration systems
According to the workshop curriculum, founders will build systems capable of generating:
• Competitive intelligence workflows comparable to ₹3 lakh to ₹5 lakh per month agency research
• Customer research workflows inspired by processes used before large brand launches
Day 2 focuses on Growth and Operations
Sessions include:
• AI in production at scaling D2C brands
• Ad Copy and Creative Strategy Engines
• Landing Page and PDP Optimizers
• Operations Autopilot systems
• Growth Dashboard and Decision Engines
Participants will also build what theCRUX calls a “ten teammate AI team” operating on the founder’s actual brand.
The outputs built inside the workshop include competitor intelligence reports, customer voice reports, content calendars, ad copy banks, creative brief generators, marketplace PDPs, CRO recommendation reports, SOP systems, WhatsApp retention systems, growth analysis briefs, and 90 day growth roadmaps.
The instructor lineup includes Bharanidharan Viswanathan, Shameek Chakravarty, Puneet Sharma, and Abhishek Shah, Founder of D2C Insider, joining as guest speaker.
The standard enrollment fee is ₹34,999 inclusive of GST and includes:
• Full two day live workshop
• Session recordings
• Private founder only community access
• Every AI system built during the cohort
A premium plan priced at ₹49,999 includes everything in standard along with a one on one brand audit session and advanced self serve modules.
The cohort is already seeing participation from founders and operators associated with brands including VAHDAM India, Blue Tokai, Nicobar, Sanfe, Tuco Kids, Home Kouzina, Chase Haul, Organic Yellow, Spectra, Orimii, Eora, and several emerging consumer brands.
With limited founder seats and a live build focused format, the initiative reflects the growing shift toward AI native execution systems across India’s D2C ecosystem.
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