Rahul Gupta

Operator. Investor. Strategist.

I build products at Fortune 500 companies, invest in exceptional founders, and work on ventures at the intersection of AI, finance, and impact. Currently leading product strategy at Verizon while managing early-stage investments through Fervor Capital.

Currently.

Product Strategy Manager at Verizon Consumer Group, leading corporate strategy and strategic partnerships for Gen-AI and customer experience initiatives
Managing Partner at Fervor Capital, an AI-first venture fund investing at pre-seed to Series A
Building Aperiam Finance, an AI-first private banking + private markets platform (stealth)
Running two foundations focused on responsible AI (RAIESG Foundation) and climate economics (Economics & AI for Earth)

Operating experience.

Verizon — Product Strategy Manager, Corporate Strategy & Strategic Partnerships
May 2024 – present
Cigna Healthcare / Accredo — Product Manager, AI/ML & Growth. Stanford School of Medicine collaboration on healthcare AI research.
Dec 2022 – Apr 2024
T-Mobile — Product Manager, Strategic Finance & Receivables
Jan 2023 – Jun 2023
AT&T / Cricket Wireless — Product Manager, AI/ML & Analytics
Dec 2020 – Nov 2022
Twilixbell — Fractional CFO. Financial advisory for portfolio SMB clients.
Dec 2020 – Nov 2022
Twilixbell — Founder & CEO. AI/ML-driven Banking as a Service platform for SMB lending. Backed by Harvard Innovation Labs.
Dec 2019 – Dec 2020
Oracle Corporation — Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Command Center. Contributed to platform growth from $100M to $415M revenue.
Jul 2014 – Jul 2020
TIAA — Associate, Database Operations
Aug 2012 – Jul 2014
AT&T — Software Engineer
Mar 2012 – Jan 2014
Discovery Place Science — Intern
Jul 2011 – Dec 2011
UNC Charlotte — Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant
Jan 2011 – Dec 2011

Investing.

Managing Partner at Fervor Capital — AI-first venture fund investing $500K–$2M at pre-seed to Series A. Hubs in NYC, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore.
General Partner at AI First Fund — Bringing private AI investments to retail investors through an SEC-registered interval fund structure.
Active angel investor since 2021 across US, India, and UK markets, providing capital plus hands-on support in strategy, GTM, and fundraising.

Ventures & foundations.

Aperiam Finance — Founder & CEO (Dec 2024 – present). AI-first private banking + private markets platform. Currently in stealth.
RAIESG Foundation — Founder & Executive Director (Nov 2023 – present). Nonprofit advancing responsible AI development and ESG integration.
Economics & AI for Earth — Founder & Executive Director (Sep 2024 – present). Research initiative applying AI and economics to climate solutions.
Twilixbell — Founded AI/ML BaaS fintech (2019-2020). Backed by Harvard Innovation Labs.

Affiliations.

Venture Fellow, Harvard Innovation Labs (2020 – 2021)
Contributor & HBR Advisory Council Member, Harvard Business Review (2023 – present)
Member, The Economic Club of New York (2024 – present)
Researcher/Collaborator, Wharton ESG Center (Oct 2022 – Dec 2023)
AI Researcher, Stanford School of Medicine (Jan 2023 – Apr 2024)

Education.

Harvard Business School — Executive Education (Finance, Strategy & Entrepreneurship)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte — MS Computer Science
CFA — in progress