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Getting you from manual to measurable.

Your workforce on frontier AI in weeks, with your data under your control. We build only the systems you can't buy, and stay until adoption shows up in your monthly numbers.

Book 30 minutes with Karan

AI enablement stalls at the pilot for 3 reasons. We take care of all three.

“Our people don't know how to use AI, and worry about sharing company data.”

AI enablement

Tailored training per department, through workshops and documents they can keep.

93%workforce AI adoption
We have playbooks for
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Copilot
  • Gemini

“Systems can't replicate our processes.”

Tailored ERP

ERP built by interviewing and shadowing each business unit, with AI where it's needed.

5 → 1Invoice processing: from 5 email exchanges to 1 workflow with notifications
We have created systems for
  • Finance
  • Order management
  • CRM

“We only find out what happened at month end.”

Live pulse

A live pulse of the business through real-time reports, with clearly defined KPIs.

3 weeks → 3 minFrom requesting and waiting for a report to watching a live dashboard

Watch how you get the pulse of your business.

Through your tailored ERPLive dashboards for every business unit, updated as work happens.
Through your preferred AI modelVia a secure connector (MCP). Ask in plain English and get the same numbers.
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Copilot
  • Gemini
Your data, your controlCompany sign-in, access by role, and no data used to train models.

Questions leaders ask us first.

Why trust a firm founded in 2023?

Because the people doing the work are senior. Our founder spent five years on business process projects across every department at Otto Group, a former Fortune Global 500 company, then scaled his family's business in Africa by USD 1M a year. Our engineers have shipped for brands such as Cuisinart and Flipkart. You work with them directly, not with a junior bench.

Is our data safe?

Data safety comes first, before anyone uses a model. We put zero data retention agreements in place, roll out enterprise versions of frontier models, and give access by role, so your data is never used to train a model.

How do you work with advisory firms?

We complement them. Advisory sets the direction; our forward deployed engineers build and embed the systems that deliver it. We are glad to work under or alongside an advisory partner on a client programme.

What is the first step, and what does it cost?

A fixed-scope diagnostic of one or two departments. In about two weeks you get a prioritised roadmap with costs and a buy versus build call for each item, before you commit to any build.

Bring one process that eats your team's week.

In 30 minutes with Karan, you leave with a first plan to fix it, and what it would take.

Advising a client on AI adoption? Let's partner on delivery.

Our process

Four stages, run by one team. Each ends with something your leadership can see working.

  1. DiagnoseWe shadow and interview your departments, map where work is manual, and size each fix.Weeks 1–2 · a prioritised roadmap
  2. EnableZero data retention agreements signed, frontier models rolled out by role, teams trained on their own tasks.Weeks 2–4 · safe AI use across the workforce
  3. BuildBuy versus build decided per need. Forward deployed engineers build what's missing alongside your teams.Weeks 4–12 · systems in production
  4. EmbedChampion programmes and collaboration workshops, with adoption reported to leadership every month.Ongoing · measured adoption

Meet the founder & team

Karan Jhala

Karan Jhala

Founder & Director, Empire Global

Karan has spent his career inside operations, fixing how work gets done: first in a global group, then in his own family's business. Empire Global brings that experience to your teams.

  1. 2018–2023 · Hong KongOtto GroupFive years in the business process management team at a former Fortune Global 500 company, whose OTTO marketplace is Germany's second-largest online shop after Amazon. Led projects across every department.
  2. 2023–2025 · AfricaScaled the family businessPut systems and processes in place, trained the workforce and restructured the operation. The result: 2 new product lines, 2 new markets and an extra USD 1M in annual revenue.
  3. 2025–2026 · Hong KongHKUST MBAWon the HKUST case competition and led HKUST to Barcelona for the Roland Berger international case competition. Founded the HKUST Crypto Club and grew it to 100+ MBA members in its first year, as president.
  4. 2026 · CaliforniaUC Berkeley Haas exchangeMBA exchange at UC Berkeley, while running Empire Global, which he founded in 2023.

Worked with

  • Otto Group
  • Manulife
  • Web3 Harbour HK
  • Private investment firms
  • International trade firms
The Indian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong Head of Young Professionals Committee The Indian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong

Certifications

  • PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
  • Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

The team

Our forward deployed engineers work inside client teams, not behind a ticket queue. They have shipped systems for global brands and enterprises across sectors.

Hong KongEngagement leadership, solution design, on-site delivery
IndiaForward deployed engineering, build and support
CuisinartFlipkartPrivate financeSupply chainInternational trading firms

About Empire Global

We put AI to work inside companies.

We train each department, build the systems they run on, and report the results live, from strategy through to the tools people use every day.

  • 2023Founded in Hong Kong
  • 2Delivery teams, Hong Kong and India
  • 4Regions: Europe, Asia, Africa, US

Delivered value

Tap a red point to see what we delivered there.

Hamburg, Germany

Otto Group

Managed internal and client-facing systems.

Hong Kong

Headquarters since 2023

  • Digital member platform for the Indian Chamber of Commerce: website, member app and digital card
  • Intranet for 1,300+ staff at an international trading group
  • Also with Manulife and Web3 Harbour HK
Bengaluru, India

Forward deployed engineering

Our engineers build and support client systems from India, and have shipped for Flipkart.

Africa

Import firms

  • Workforce trained for AI across multiple import firms
  • Logistics management systems that manage over USD 20 million in revenue
United States

Cuisinart

  • Launched Cuisinart Hong Kong: ERP system and end-to-end project management
  • 100,000+ visitors in 6 months
  • A tailored order management system