Sonal Ramrakhiani, CEO, LatentView Analytics
As she takes over the top role at Chennai-based LatentView Analytics, Sonal Ramrakhiani notes that she intends to accelerate execution and deeper market penetration while building on the company’s established tech-first strategy, and is not looking at a strategic overhaul. Ramrakhiani takes over as the CEO of the AI-driven analytics, data engineering and consulting firm after decaded of expeirnece in the technology industry . An alumnus of the Tata Administrative Services (TAS), she has held several senior leadership roles across the Tata Group, including serving as Chief Operating Officer and President – Sales (Automotive) at Tata Technologies as well as the Business Head - Wipro Engineering, Americas.“I believe the foundation and the fundamental strategy at LatentView is strong while the company has constantly evolved to the technology changes in the industry. The goal is to now double down on the execution side and take that into the next orbit,” she said in an exclusive interaction with businessline.Accelerate GrowthIn the immediate term, Ramrakhiani intends to accelerate the company’s account-led growth strategy, strengthening relationships with LatentView’s existing enterprise customers. She suggests that the priority is to deepen market penetration by building on current customer relationships while simultaneously further strengthening ecosystem partnerships, including those with vendors such as Databricks.Ramrakhiani’s appointment comes at a time when LatentView has set a long-term target of reaching a topline of $200 million by FY28. It closed FY26 with a topline of ₹1060 crore ($110 million) up 24.3 per cent from the same quarter last year. The company had a bumper public market listing in 2021 when its shares traded at nearly 4X the IPO price. Since then its shares have corrected more than 56 per cent as on Tuesday. LatentView also intends to tap merger and acquisition opportunities for its next phase of growth, she adds.Stumbling BlockInterestingly, LatentView had earlier announced the intention to acquire Decision Point Analytics- a move that was expected to bolster the former’s existing expertise in data engineering, data science, and overall GenAI readiness. But, earlier this month, LatentView notified delays in the acquisition on account of a disagreement between the parties on the price payable to the selling shareholders. This has emerged as a stumbling block in the company’s ambitions.Meanwhile, Ramrakhiani added that enterprise demand for analytics and AI services remains healthy despite sector-specific fluctuations, with many customers actively investing in AI-led transformation initiatives.“While companies are actively looking at the technology they are also very sensitive to how it is going to add value. AI adoption cannot be reduced to simply adding another technology layer to existing operations. Instead, companies must demonstrate return on investment and tangible business value,” she said.Proving ValueOn the broader industry, Ramrakhiani said that specialist firms like LatentView can leverage domain expertise and specific cross-industry learnings to solve business problems. She mentioned that no company, irrespective of size will be insulated from the impact of AI and success will depend upon how quickly firms can pivot and demonstrate value.Roles within tech organisations are set to evolve, she noted. “The more data and AI tools, the need for human discretion and judgement will also go up. Companies and employees alike will need to continuously learn and adapt to work effectively alongside AI,” she added.Published on July 21, 2026
