Founder & CEO, Soul Yatri
Dhruv Paleja
Dhruv Paleja is the founder and CEO of Soul Yatri. He leads product and engineering across the public wellness platform, Yatri AI, intentional relationship tools, journaling, reflective astrology, and the Jyotish desktop product. His stated product direction is human-first technology that supports real decisions and real relationships instead of replacing them.
The short version
- Founder and CEO of Soul Yatri, the human-first wellness and relationship platform from Mumbai, India.
- A practising Vedic astrologer since the age of fourteen, with thousands of readings behind the product decisions.
- Personally built the Soul Yatri product end to end across web, mobile, and the Jyotish desktop software.
- Leads product and engineering, including Yatri AI, the bounded reflection companion designed to route high-risk language toward human support.
- Co-founded Soul Yatri in 2024 with Kanishk Thakar, who leads finance and operations.
What Dhruv is building
Soul YatriThe human-first wellness and relationship platform, and the team behind it.Yatri AIA bounded AI companion for reflection, with explicit limits and a visible human route.AI astrologer, groundedHow Soul Yatri pairs an AI companion with a verifiable Vedic chart engine.Jyotish desktop softwareFree professional Vedic astrology software for Windows and macOS.
Focus areas
- AI operating system for humans
- human-first AI
- humane technology
- AI-powered relationship operating system
- AI emotional support safety
- Yatri AI
- Soul Circle
- integrated healing therapy
- intent-based social network
- culturally rooted mental wellness
- category creation
- product design
- AI safety
Press and contact
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