Akhil Suresh NairFounder & CEO, Xena
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Xena Intelligence & SearchPanel

Xena Intelligence is the AI-powered e-commerce growth platform Akhil founded. It helps CPG and e-commerce brands grow on Amazon and Walmart, and its newest product, SearchPanel, shows brands how AI engines describe and recommend their products.

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The Xena team, from the post on crossing 100 customers.

AI e-commerce growth platform · Louisville, KY

Xena Intelligence is an AI-powered e-commerce growth platform based in Louisville, KY. We blend software and managed services to help CPG and e-commerce brands grow on Amazon and Walmart — automating ad campaigns, optimizing product listings, and delivering actionable sales intelligence.

  • 01Automates ad campaigns
  • 02Optimizes product listings
  • 03Delivers sales intelligence

Backed by

  • Techstars
  • Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures
  • Render Capital
  • Keyhorse Capital
  • Bluegrass Angels
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New From Xena

SearchPanel

AI search visibility for product brands: how AI engines describe and recommend every product.

Tracks

  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini
  • Perplexity
  • Copilot
  • Amazon Rufus
  • Google AI Overviews

Scores

Then ranks the fixes most likely to improve it.

“The longer you're a founder, the more you realize speed covers up a lot of mistakes. Yesterday my engineering team built SearchPanel, our AI search visibility platform, in record time.”

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Xena, briefly

What does Xena Intelligence do?

Xena Intelligence helps CPG and e-commerce brands grow on Amazon and Walmart. It is an AI-powered e-commerce growth platform based in Louisville, KY that blends software and managed services to automate ad campaigns, optimize product listings and deliver sales intelligence. Xena has served over 100 brands, including Fortune 500 companies such as Nestle.

What is SearchPanel?

SearchPanel is Xena Intelligence's AI search visibility platform for product brands. It tracks how AI engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Amazon Rufus and Google AI Overviews describe and recommend each product, gives every SKU a 0 to 100 AI visibility score, and ranks the fixes most likely to improve it. Akhil shared on October 2, 2026 that his engineering team had just built it.

Who backs Xena Intelligence?

Xena Intelligence is backed by Techstars, Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, Render Capital, Keyhorse Capital and Bluegrass Angels, and has raised about $2 million in pre-seed funding. It went through Techstars NYC in 2022 and was named to the Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures 2026 cohort.

Why is Xena Intelligence based in Louisville, Kentucky?

In 2022, Akhil won the Render pitch competition and the Vogt Awards in Louisville, Kentucky, and decided to move his company and his life there. Xena went through Techstars NYC the same year.

What recognition have Akhil Suresh Nair and Xena Intelligence received?

Xena Intelligence was named to the Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures 2026 cohort, presented at Venture Atlanta 2026 and won the 2026 Martha Layne Collins Award for AI & Digital Trade Innovation. Akhil was named Louisville's Favorite Founder at the 2025 LOUIES and has won the SAAS NORTH PitchFest (2025), the regional leg of the Startup World Cup (2024), the Vogt Awards (2022), and the Render and 5 Across pitch competitions, with more than $1.65 million won in pitch competitions. Xena went through Techstars NYC in 2022.

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