Ajantha is a behavioral researcher, product strategist, and founder who spent 20+ years leading global teams across corporate giants such as Meta, DocuSign, Visa, and high-growth startups.
When burnout crept in, she did what researchers do — she paused and asked why. The answer was glaring: the invisible cognitive load of running a household, a family, and a career falls
overwhelmingly and disproportionately on women’s shoulders, and the world had built nothing adequate to address it. So she built it herself.
She is the Founder & CEO of MentalLoad AI, the company behind Melo — an AI companion that acts as a household project manager, making the invisible load visible and distributable, so women can finally stop being the default manager of everyone else’s lives.
Ajantha’s mission is audacious in its simplicity: multiply personal satisfaction for millions of women, so they can live their best lives — on their own terms. At TechCon, she brings a powerful reminder that the most transformative technology doesn’t just make work more efficient — it makes life more equitable, more humane, and more liberating.