Raunaq Bose

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Founder at TaxHeaven

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Raunaq is a technical product leader and founder specializing in human-centered AI, including computer vision, LLMs, and neurosymbolic systems. He co-founded and was the CTO of Humanising Autonomy, an AI company acquired by Nextbase. He holds dual MA and MSc degrees in Innovation Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.

Outside of his main ventures, Raunaq is passionate about building experimental AI applications and mini-apps from scratch. He actively embraces the build in public approach for his current company, TaxHeaven, sharing frequent updates and incorporating community feedback into his B2C SaaS product for freelancers.

His former companys Behaviour AI technology was recognized with The Queens Award for Enterprise in 2021, and he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Personality Overview

Judgemental

Hard To Convince

ROI Conscious

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.  They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Topics They Care About

Human-Centered AI
His entire professional focus, from co-founding "Humanising Autonomy" to his current work, is centered on the interaction design between people and AI systems.
AI Product Incubation
He is currently building a B2C SaaS app (TaxHeaven) from the ground up and consults with other AI companies on their 0→1 product launches.
Agentic AI Systems
He is actively using agentic AI architectures and LLM fine-tuning in his latest venture and explores neurosymbolic AI in his consulting work.

Media Appearances

Raunaq has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2025
Founder at TaxHeaven
5-2025
AI & Product Consultant at Self-employed
5-2025
AI & Product Strategy Consultant at Nextbase
9-2016 - 3-2025
Co-Founder & CTO at Humanising Autonomy
7-2017 - 9-2017
Design Engineer at Unmade

Education

2015 - 2017
Innovation Design Engineering (MA / MSc) from Royal College of Art
2015 - 2017
Innovation Design Engineering (MA / MSc) from Imperial College London

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Insights For Selling To Raunaq

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending too much time on pleasantries
  • Highlight the competitive differentiation of your product
  • Ask them questions confidently while doing discovery, don’t be apologetic

DONT's

  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time
  • Don’t try to be an alpha salesperson, give them equal space

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Raunaq is

  • Conviction in the product matters to them, followed by proof points and strong testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Raunaq

  • They may not be very forthcoming, but they will say no if needed.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Raunaq move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Raunaq take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks but after weighing up the pros and cons.

You And Raunaq

Personality Compatibility


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