The AI Executive Coach
Spark at the AI Frontier Where Possibility Takes Shape
Naril.ai advises CEOs, boards, and investors on AI strategy, risk, and transformation — turning uncertainty into informed action. Depth × Clarity. Evidence over hype. Progress with purpose.
Advisory Focus
Turn complex AI choices into defensible board decisions.
Reveal where AI truly drives productivity, and where it doesn’t.
Expose the real moat, data advantage, and risk behind every AI claim.
Who whispers in the ear of CEOs when it comes to AI?
Naril.ai stands beside leaders facing sleepless decisions — where every bet on AI carries risk, reputation, and return in equal measure.
A trusted advisor to leaders across government, academia, and industry — translating AI complexity into boardroom confidence.
Why Naril
Three decades at the AI frontier, translated into plain language and concrete action.
We interrogate claims, test the edges, and map risk so you can move with confidence.
Lightweight, executive-ready outputs you can use in the next meeting, not next quarter.
Confidential Briefings
CEO Brief
Private, decision-ready counsel on an AI question at hand — distilled to a two-page note you can defend in the boardroom.
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Independent view of exposure and upside: risk map, oversight questions, and what to ask vendors — clarity without the noise.
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Evidence-based read on AI claims, moat, data leverage, and governance — insight that goes beyond the pitch.
Redacted examples available by request.About Amarda Shehu
Trusted by boards to turn AI risk into strategy.
Amarda Shehu, Ph.D. is an AI strategist, technologist, and institutional leader trusted by boards and CEOs navigating the turbulence of digital transformation. As the inaugural Vice President and Chief AI Officer at George Mason University—Virginia’s largest public university—she built one of the nation’s most integrative AI enterprises, aligning technology, governance, and workforce futures. Her leadership spans academia, government, and industry, shaped by service at the National Science Foundation and by major partnerships that translate innovation into public value. She brings two decades at the AI frontier and a record of shaping national investment and policy into board-ready insight: how to see risk early, act with evidence, and govern AI with confidence.
Through Naril.ai, Shehu, and her team of experts, serves as The AI Executive Coach—a private advisors to CEOs, boards, and investors facing sleepless decisions about where to bet, what to build, and whom to trust in the age of AI. Her team's perspective combines technical depth with policy judgment, bridging science and strategy to help leaders turn uncertainty into advantage. Recognized for national leadership, federal service, and entrepreneurial work in AI x genomics x biotech, Shehu's team counsels organizations that cannot afford missteps. Their ethos is simple: clarity over hype, purpose over momentum, and progress with integrity. When the noise around AI is loudest, team Naril is the voice leaders call to think clearly.
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