# IceCream Labs > AI-first venture studio building and launching AI companies. ## About IceCream Labs is a venture studio leveraging 10+ years of expertise in building AI solutions to identify, validate, build, launch, and grow AI-first startups. Founded by Madhu Konety, the studio is vertical-agnostic and focuses on opportunities where there is access to expertise, distribution, and knowledge. ## What We Do IceCream Labs operates as a venture studio — we build companies from scratch, partnering with founders and entrepreneurs. Our process: identify opportunity, validate with customers, build a quick MVP, and launch. We bring AI/ML expertise, engineering infrastructure, go-to-market support, and network access. ## Portfolio - CommerceFlow (commerceflow.ai) — AI agents driving B2B agentic commerce - Nina (heynina.in) — AI real estate agent making buying properties a breeze, starting with Bangalore - OpenTide (opentide.dev) — Building a mechanism for agents to discover, connect, and transact - Modo (modo.ai) — AI vibe data analyst - NuWorks (nuworks.co) — AI solution builder working with enterprises and startups on deploying AI to solve real business problems - HelloClaw — Stealth. Enabling AI agents for SMB use cases. - Additional ventures in stealth ## Team - Madhu Konety, Founder & CEO — Entrepreneur, angel investor, Stanford GSB alum. 10+ years building AI products. Former advisor to family offices on VC/PE alternate investments. BMS College of Engineering (Bangalore University), Virginia Tech (MS), Stanford Graduate School of Business. ## Key Pages - /about — Our story and team - /portfolio — All ventures with detailed profiles - /how-we-build — Our venture building methodology - /insights — Blog and thought leadership on AI and startups - /tools — Free AI assessment and planning tools - /contact — Work with us (founders, partners, talent) ## FAQ Q: What is IceCream Labs? A: IceCream Labs is an AI-first venture studio that builds, launches, and grows AI companies across verticals. Q: How does IceCream Labs work with founders? A: We partner with founders and entrepreneurs, providing AI/ML expertise, engineering infrastructure, capital, and network access to build AI-first startups from idea to launch. Q: What is a venture studio? A: A venture studio is a company that builds startups using its own resources and team, rather than just investing in external startups. IceCream Labs identifies opportunities, validates them, builds MVPs, and launches companies in partnership with founders. ## Contact - Website: https://icecreamlabs.com - Email: connect@icecreamlabs.com