Anh Tran

Brings a blend of technical expertise as a System Design and Integration Specialist at Boeing and 6 years of SMB experience as a U.S. nail salon manager. Deep understanding of the challenges and needs of SMBs and immigrants.

I combine enterprise‑grade systems design and integration experience at Boeing with six years of managing a U.S. nail salon, pairing engineering rigor with firsthand SMB operational insight across staffing, cash flow, and customer service. This dual vantage—operator and engineer—offers a rare, practical perspective on the needs of small businesses and immigrant owners, ensuring product decisions are grounded in real‑world constraints and clear ROI.

That background directly informs building Ashtra to help SMBs gain visibility across AI search engines and fully automate cold email outreach, bringing a proven yet underused acquisition channel within reach of resource‑constrained teams.

As a Microsoft Partner and a participant in Google for Startups Cloud, Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, NVIDIA Inception, and AWS Activate, I leverage top‑tier ecosystems to ship reliable, scalable workflows SMBs will actually use. My mission is to turn sophisticated engineering into simple, culturally aware tools that drive customers and efficiency for SMBs.

Ashtra is an AI‑powered customer acquisition platform that helps SMBs—both native‑born owned and immigrant‑owned businesses—gain visibility across AI search engines and fully automate cold email marketing to convert that visibility into customers. It is the only platform purpose‑built to increase SMB visibility across AI search engines—an emerging customer discovery channel that most SMBs, especially immigrant‑owned businesses, aren’t yet aware of or equipped to leverage. We’re also the only solution that fully automates cold email marketing end‑to‑end, bringing a proven but underutilized B2B channel within reach of resource‑constrained SMBs.

Ashtra is a Microsoft Partner and participates in the Google for Startups Cloud Program, Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, NVIDIA Inception, and AWS Activate.