Priya Tharakan

// AI Product Manager & Tool Analyst

Priya Tharakan is a PMI-ACP certified product manager with deep expertise in AI product strategy. She has founded and scaled three AI-powered SaaS companies, two of which were acquired by larger technology platforms. Her product portfolio spans natural language understanding, AI workflow automation, and enterprise knowledge management.

At AiLumin News, Priya conducts rigorous, unsponsored evaluations of AI productivity tools — testing each against standardized real-world business tasks before recommending them. She brings both the builder's perspective (having shipped AI products) and the buyer's perspective (having evaluated and purchased dozens of tools for her own businesses) to her reviews.