An AI consultant in Hyderabad who will also tell you what not to build.
256 Technologies is a founder-led AI consulting and advisory firm based in Hyderabad. Dr. Hitesh Sarda, an AI expert with 25 years in software, works with leadership teams in person across the city: deciding which AI to build, buy or skip, training leaders to use it, and acting as a fractional Chief AI Officer when nobody senior owns AI yet.
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| Where | At your office in Hyderabad, or on a call |
|---|---|
| Who | Dr. Hitesh Sarda, in every engagement |
| Starts with | A free one-hour advisory session |
| For | CEOs, CTOs and leadership teams at mid-sized companies |
| Also | Clients across India and abroad, remotely |
AI consulting, training and leadership, from one senior team.
Most companies in Hyderabad do not need a large AI consultancy. They need someone senior and independent to help them make the next AI decision well, and the capacity to build when the answer is build.
AI advisory and consulting
An independent AI advisor for one decision at a time: is this use case worth it, is the data ready, build or buy, and what is the smallest pilot that proves it.
AI training for leadership teams
A six-week, hands-on program where leaders use generative AI and AI agents on their own work, run in person in Hyderabad.
Fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO)
Senior AI leadership a few days a month: priorities, vendors, governance and the AI bill, until a full-time hire makes sense.
Agentic AI consulting
Which workflows to hand to AI agents, what they may do without approval, and a pilot that proves value before you scale.
AI development: agents, vision, ML
MVPs in about two weeks and production systems inside your CRM, ERP, cameras or data stack.
AI keynotes and workshops
Talks for leadership offsites, industry events and business schools in Hyderabad and across India.
Advice from someone who can sit in the room.
In person when it matters
Workshops with your leadership team, reviews with the people doing the work, and a board conversation in plain language, without flying anyone in.
Senior, every time
The founder does the work. No partner who sells the project and a junior team who delivers it.
Builders who advise
25 years in software, from enterprise banking systems in Frankfurt to startup CTO, so advice comes with a sense of what it costs to run in production.
Independent of vendors
The advice does not depend on which vendor you pick, and we will say when the right answer is to buy, wait or skip.
Hyderabad companies with a real AI decision to make.
Mostly mid-sized companies in retail and loyalty, manufacturing, infrastructure and engineering services, SaaS, and banking and payments, from HITEC City and Gachibowli to the Financial District and the industrial belts around the city. See the case studies for what a program looks like.
AI consulting in Hyderabad, answered.
How do I choose an AI consultant in Hyderabad?
Ask three things. Who will actually do the work: a senior person, or a junior team behind a partner? Are they independent of the vendors they recommend? And can they show you something they built or ran that reached production, not just a demo? A good AI consultant will also tell you when AI is not the answer yet.
What does an AI expert or AI advisor cost?
The first advisory session with 256 is free. After that, work is scoped and priced for the problem, whether that is a validation sprint, a leadership AI training program or an agreed number of days a month as a fractional Chief AI Officer. You know the figure before anything starts.
Do you offer AI training in Hyderabad?
Yes. The AI-Native Leadership Program is a six-week, hands-on AI training program for leadership teams, run in person for teams in Hyderabad. Hitesh also gives keynotes and workshops at events and business schools.
Can you be our Chief AI Officer (CAIO)?
Yes, part time. A fractional CAIO or Head of AI owns your AI priorities, vendors, governance and the AI bill for a few days a month, on site in Hyderabad for part of it, until you are ready to hire full-time.
Do you build AI systems, or only advise?
Both, kept separate. Our AI lab builds AI agents, computer vision and machine learning systems, from an MVP in about two weeks to production. If another team is the better fit to build, we help you choose and review them.
Do you only work with companies in Hyderabad?
No. Hyderabad is home, so teams here get us in person. We also work with companies across India and abroad, remotely and with visits when they are useful.
Meet an AI advisor in Hyderabad, free for the first hour.
Bring one AI decision you are stuck on. We meet at your office in Hyderabad or on a call, and you leave with an independent view and the simplest next step, even if that step does not involve us.