From Vision to Velocity
- Anand Kulkarni
- Jan 1, 2026
- 19 min read
Updated: Jan 2
2025 has been an extraordinary year for AccleroTech, a year when our founding vision truly came to life.
When we started AccleroTech, we set out with a simple but ambitious goal: to accelerate productivity for businesses by harnessing the power of AI and the Microsoft Power Platform.
We believed that an AI-first approach, combined with a remote-first talent model and a focus on reusable solutions, could deliver transformative results for our customers. This year proved that belief right.
We delivered dozens of innovative solutions across industries, grew a global team of “PowerStackers” (our full-stack Power Platform engineers), and even earned recognition from Microsoft by joining their exclusive Startup Founders Hub.
As Co-founder and CEO, I’m proud to reflect on how far we’ve come in 2025 and excited to share how these experiences are shaping our path into 2026.
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Why We Started AccleroTech – Our Founding Vision
My co-founders and I launched AccleroTech with the conviction that enterprise software development needed a new playbook. We saw an opportunity to use AI and low-code platforms to build smarter solutions faster.
Traditional development could be slow and siloed, so we envisioned a different kind of company: one born in the era of cloud and AI, not burdened by legacy methods. Our idea was to combine AI-first solution engineering with a remote-first team of experts, and to continually reuse and refine solution components for efficiency.
In practical terms, this meant two things:
first, always infuse our solutions with artificial intelligence capabilities (from automation bots to predictive analytics) to maximize impact;
second, enable a distributed team of talented engineers (unconstrained by geography) to collaborate and deliver for clients via the cloud.
From day one, we also invested in building a library of pre-built solution modules so we wouldn’t have to start from scratch for every project. This reuse-first philosophy would let us deliver results quicker and more consistently.
Our guiding mission became “Accelerating Productivity with AI-First technologies,” and every decision flowed from that.
At the start of 2025, that mission was still more of aspiration than reality – we were a young company with big ideas. But as the year unfolded, we began to see our vision materialize in a big way.
In other words, over 2025, we moved from Vision to Velocity!
Scaling Solutions – What We Built in 2025
In 2025, we hit our stride in delivering impactful solutions to customers. It’s incredible to look at the numbers: we created and deployed well over 125+ new custom solutions this year. These solutions spanned 9 different industries and 7 functional domains.
In other words, we weren’t solving the same problem twice – we tackled everything from manufacturing workflows to healthcare analytics, from HR self-service apps to finance automation.
For example, our team has built AI-driven process automation for a global manufacturing firm, streamlined patient data management for a healthcare provider, and delivered a suite of Power Apps to digitize operations for a public sector organization.
We also created solutions for manufacturing, public sector, real estate, utilities, financial services and more. On the functional side, our projects addressed needs in Customer Service, HR, Finance, IT, Operations, Sales, and Marketing.
What makes me especially proud is the variety and quality of these solutions.
Many involved advanced use-cases like integrating AI Copilots for conversational support, implementing automation bots to eliminate tedious manual work, and designing rich business intelligence dashboards for data-driven decision making.
For instance, we developed a GPT-powered leave management Copilot that handles employees’ time-off requests conversationally, and an AI Builder solution that processes thousands of invoices automatically for a client – saving countless hours of manual effort.
Each project has added to our growing repository of reusable components. By year’s end, that repository has become a treasure trove of proven templates – from pre-built Power BI dashboards to ready-made workflow automations – which we can leverage for future customers.
This reuse-first engineering not only accelerates delivery for our clients, it also assures them that they’re getting battle-tested, reliable solutions.
Seeing our library exceeding 125 solution accelerators in 2025 is a concrete measure of how much we learned and built this year.
Key Achievements and Milestones from 2025
Alongside delivering solutions for clients, 2025 brought some major milestones and recognition for AccleroTech.
A highlight was our selection into Microsoft’s Startup Founders Hub – essentially Microsoft’s exclusive program for promising up-and-coming tech companies.
In mid-2025, we got the news that Microsoft had “picked us up” for this program, and it was a thrilling validation of our direction. Being part of the Founders Hub has given us access to Microsoft’s resources, advisors, and early product previews. More than that, it signaled that our focus on the Power Platform and AI was being noticed at the highest levels.
We believe we were invited into this exclusive group because of our unique approach – building AI-first solutions aligned with Microsoft’s Copilot strategy, and our commitment to including remote-first talent in high-end development.
It’s not every day that a young startup from India gets a nod from Microsoft itself, and this achievement really energized our team and reassured our clients that we’re on the right track.
Microsoft’s support didn’t stop there.
Throughout 2025, we actively collaborated with Microsoft’s product teams and even participated in Early Access (preview) Programs for cutting-edge AI-First Power Platform and Copilot Studio Technology.
For example, we were among the first to test out Microsoft’s Copilot Studio capabilities and the new Azure AI services (Foundry) in real-world scenarios. This early exposure meant we could adopt cutting-edge features in our client solutions ahead of others. It also allowed us to provide feedback and shape those tools – essentially co-innovating with Microsoft.
Another milestone was being recognized as an “AI Cloud Partner” in some of Microsoft’s internal early-adopter circles, which reinforced that AccleroTech is seen as a thought leader in the AI + Power Platform space.
As the year progressed, our team published a series of insightful blog posts and articles sharing what we were learning. This was followed by many experts engaging with us.
In late 2025, Packt Publishing reached out to AccleroTech with a special request: to review the second edition of the Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architecture Handbook, which had been significantly updated to reflect the platform’s evolving AI-first capabilities.
Recognizing AccleroTech’s deep expertise in AI-first architecture and its growing reputation as a thought leader in Power Platform engineering, Packt invited our senior solution architects to provide a peer review of the manuscript.
The review process was rigorous and collaborative—our team examined the handbook’s new chapters on AI integration, governance, and solution design, offering detailed feedback grounded in real-world implementation experience.
We focused on identifying how th handbook’s guidance aligns with the latest best practices and practical realities of building AI-first solutions on the Power Platform.
The experience was both an honor and a validation of our architectural leadership, as highlighted in our blog post on the book review (Link: https://www.acclerotech.com/post/solution-architecture-handbook-review-by-solution-architects )
Thus, we became active voices on LinkedIn and our own AccleroTech blog, discussing topics like Power Platform adoption patterns, the synergy of Microsoft’s Copilot Studio with Azure’s AI Foundry, and best practices for AI governance with the Power Platform.
One article we wrote, Generative Orchestration in Copilot Studio (Link: https://www.acclerotech.com/post/generative-orchestration-in-copilot-studio) explored how to use AI agents to dynamically coordinate business processes – reflecting our hands-on experience building those solutions.
Another piece, Better Together: The Synergy of Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry, (Link: https://www.acclerotech.com/post/better-together-the-synergy-of-copilot-studio-azure-ai-foundry ) detailed how combining Microsoft’s newest AI offerings can dramatically accelerate solution development.
We also shared success stories and patterns from our projects, such as common adoption challenges and how to overcome them in a post called Power Platform Adoption Patterns (Link: https://www.acclerotech.com/post/power-platform-adoption-patterns)
By regularly documenting and sharing our insights, we not only gave back to the community but also sharpened our own understanding.
These publications indirectly led to more recognition – we saw increased engagement from clients and peers, and even Microsoft’s teams acknowledged our content.
In short, 2025 wasn’t just a year of doing, but also a year of learning out loud and establishing AccleroTech as a thought leader in our domain.
Our Engineering DNA – AI-First, Remote-First, Reuse-First
If I had to sum up how we operate in one phrase, I’d say AccleroTech lives by an “AI-First, Remote-First, Reuse-First” engineering philosophy.
In 2025, this approach proved to be a real differentiator for us, enabling both our solution success and the Microsoft recognition we received.
Let me break down what these principles mean in practice and how our PowerStackers team embodies them:
AI-First: We strive to embed artificial intelligence into every solution we design, and also to use AI to improve how we build those solutions.
This year, that meant two things.
First, for our clients we delivered AI capabilities as an integral part of their applications – whether it was an intelligent chatbot for customer support, an AI model to predict equipment failures, or a Copilot that assists users within an app. We treated AI not as a buzzword but as a baseline feature set for modern software.
Second, we leveraged AI tools, ourselves, to speed up development. A great example is Microsoft’s new Copilot Plan Designer – an AI tool that can generate app frameworks and data models from natural language requirements. Our engineers embraced this tool eagerly.
In one internal demo, we showed how an entire end-to-end solution (including multiple Power Apps, flows, and chatbots) could be initially scaffolded in less than a day using AI-assisted design.
Those kinds of accelerations were eye-opening.
By being “AI-first,” we essentially pair every human developer with AI helpers, from design to testing, which supercharges our productivity. This approach was aligned with Microsoft’s own direction (Copilot everything!), which is likely why they took notice of us.
I genuinely believe our heavy focus on AI made our work in 2025 not just faster, but also smarter – yielding solutions that keep getting better over time through machine learning.
Remote-First: From the beginning, we embraced a remote workforce model – long before it became a global norm.
All through 2025, our team operated in a “work from anywhere” mode, and this year proved just how powerful that can be. We tapped into talent not just in our headquarters city of Pune, but across various regions. We have brilliant Power Platform engineers contributing from cities all over India, and even collaborators in other countries.
This distributed team brought diverse perspectives and allowed us to offer almost 24/7 development cycles.
For instance, a complicated Power BI dashboard build might be picked up by one developer during Indian daytime and then refined by another team member in a different time zone while it’s night in India – by the next morning, the client sees double progress. Remote-first also means we maximized tools like Microsoft Teams and Azure DevOps for seamless collaboration.
I’m proud to say that in 2025, we proved a small specialized team working remotely can outperform large in-office teams.
We stayed lean, avoided the delays of hand-offs, and attracted top-notch experts who prefer remote flexibility.
On a personal note, I’ve seen our remote model also create opportunities for people who might not have been able to join a traditional office (like talented parents returning to work, or experts living in smaller towns).
All of this has strengthened AccleroTech.
By the end of 2025, our team grew in size and capability, yet we maintained a close-knit culture thanks to daily virtual stand-ups and an attitude of trust.
The PowerStackers – as we call our engineering team – exemplify this remote excellence. They’ve shown that being remote-first isn’t a limitation; it’s a competitive advantage enabling us to be agile, scalable, and cost-effective for our clients.
Reuse-First: Perhaps our biggest secret sauce has been our commitment to building once and reusing often.
We invested heavily in creating a repository of solution components and accelerators, and every project we did in 2025 fed into that library.
The payoff has been tremendous!
When a new client comes to us with, say, a need for an employee onboarding app, we don’t start with a blank canvas – we already have a foundation (maybe a workflow from a previous HR project, or a Power App template from a similar use case). We can quickly customize and calibrate that baseline to the client’s needs, cutting development time dramatically.
This year alone, the library grew to 125+ pre-built solutions covering everything from AI-powered document processing to pre-configured Power BI reports. We made a point to catalog these and keep them updated as Microsoft’s platform evolved throughout the year.
Our reuse-first mindset means better quality too, because these components have been tested and improved across multiple scenarios. Clients benefit by getting proven, robust pieces in their solutions rather than v1.0 code every time.
A great example in 2025 was our “Leave Management Copilot” – after building it for one customer, we generalized the core (an AI-driven leave request bot and approval flow) and added it to our repository. Later in the year, another client needed a similar capability; we were able to deliver it in a fraction of the time, with the confidence that it had already been used and refined. This approach not only saves time and money, but it also ensures consistency and reliability across our projects. It’s how we maintain high quality even as we move fast.
By year’s end, “reuse-first” had become second nature to the team – an accomplishment in culture that is as significant to me as any single project delivered.
The synergy of these three “Firsts” – AI, Remote, and Reuse – defines how AccleroTech operates day-to-day.
In 2025, every project we undertook was a proof point that this formula works.
A small example that illustrates it: one of our customers in the energy sector needed a custom app to track field asset maintenance. A PowerStackers team of three (spread across three different cities) got to work.
They used a pre-built Power App template from our repository as a starting point (reuse-first), integrated an AI component to intelligently schedule maintenance based on past data (AI-first), and collaborated entirely remotely via the cloud (remote-first).
Within weeks, they delivered a production-ready solution that astonished the client in its speed and sophistication. Stories like this repeated across our engagements.
As a founder, it’s deeply satisfying to see the principles we laid out at inception translating into tangible outcomes for customers now.
The PowerStackers Team and Community
While reflecting on 2025, I must highlight the people behind all this progress – our PowerStackers. This nickname started as an internal way to describe our full-stack Power Platform engineers, but it has become a badge of honor within the company (and even outside now). Our team is not large in number, yet the depth of skill and enthusiasm they bring is immense.
In 2025, our PowerStackers consistently showed what a versatile, motivated engineering team can achieve. They seamlessly switch hats between being solution architects, developers, automation experts, and data analysts. Everyone on the team has upskilled in multiple areas of the Power Platform (Apps, Automate, BI, Pages, AI components, and more), which means we can tackle projects holistically rather than in silos.
This was by design – we encourage a “deep generalist” attitude, where each engineer might specialize in one area but is conversant in all.
The result in 2025 was that any three or four PowerStackers could come together and build an end-to-end solution, front to back. That agility made a huge difference in how we delivered outcomes to clients quickly.
Beyond delivering client work, our team also contributed to growing the PowerStackers community initiative that we kicked off this year.
This is something very close to my heart.
We realized that there is a vast pool of remote-first talent out there – budding developers, consultants, and students – who want to build careers in the Power Platform and AI, but lack guidance or opportunities. Given our own remote-first culture and expertise, we felt we could help bridge that gap.
So, in 2025 we formally launched several PowerStackers initiatives aimed at supporting and mentoring remote-first professionals globally.
We set up a community on GitHub and on the Microsoft Power Platform user groups (Link: https://community.powerplatform.com/usergroups/details/?groupid=743a7ee0-43a6-ef11-8a69-6045bdd667da ), where anyone interested could join, learn, and contribute to open-source Power Platform projects. We started hosting regular virtual meet-ups and knowledge-sharing sessions as part of the community.
The response has been amazing: within months we had talented engineers across different countries engaging – asking questions, contributing code, and completing guided learning paths we provided.
The PowerStackers community initiative offers structured programs for different levels (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) to master Power Platform skills in a practical, collaborative way.
All our training content is based on official Microsoft Learn modules, but we augment it with real project scenarios and one-on-one mentorship from our AccleroTech team. For example, one program we ran was an “8 Weeks to AI-Powered App” challenge, where participants built a working Power Platform solution under guidance, learning about everything from Power Apps UI design to integrating an AI model via the Power Platform’s AI Builder.
Many of our own engineers volunteered their time to mentor participants through these programs. It was incredibly rewarding to see a novice go from zero knowledge to building a functional app by the end of the program.
This community isn’t just about training; it’s about creating a supportive network for remote-first professionals.
We moderate forums where members help each other with technical problems, and we encourage experienced PowerStackers to share job leads and freelance opportunities with newcomers.
In essence, we want to empower hundreds of remote-first folks to become skilled Power Platform practitioners (to become “PowerStackers” themselves!) regardless of their location.
By the end of 2025, this initiative grew far beyond what we initially expected. We have active community members from all over India, parts of the Middle East, and even Africa and North America – truly a global, remote-first gathering of talent.
People are learning, building portfolio projects, and some have even landed jobs thanks to connections made in the community.
As a CEO, nothing makes me happier than seeing AccleroTech’s influence extend in this way. It’s win-win: the community members get career growth, and we as a company get to foster a pipeline of passionate, trained individuals who might collaborate with us in the future.
We plan to double down on the PowerStackers community in 2026, reaching even more aspiring Power Platform developers and expanding the programs (including advanced workshops on things like Copilot Studio and AI agent development).
It’s becoming a movement in its own right – one that aligns perfectly with our remote-first, inclusive values.
O3 Commitments – Entering 2026 with Outcome, Output, and Ownership
As we wrap up 2025 and look ahead to 2026, one big development is our new engagement model for customers, which we’ve termed the “3Os” or O3 commitments.
3Os stands for Outcome-Driven, Output-Based, and Ownership – three commitments we make to every client to ensure we remain laser-focused on delivering value.
We introduced the 3Os model towards the end of 2025 after observing how traditional service contracts sometimes fall short in the age of AI and rapid development.
Outcome-Driven: We commit to structuring projects around clear, measurable business outcomes. Instead of clients paying strictly for time or effort, we tie success to the actual results achieved.
For instance, if the goal of a project is to reduce a process’s turnaround time by 50%, that outcome is our north star – and our commercial model can even be aligned to achieving it. In practice, this might mean more risk on us as a vendor, but it pushes us to truly understand the client’s objectives and to share accountability for achieving them. In 2025, we experimented with one outcome-based engagement (for a process automation project), and it was very well-received.
Going forward, we want our clients to feel that we win only when they win – which is exactly what outcome-driven engagement fosters.
Output-Based: This is about ensuring transparency and fairness in how we charge for our work. Rather than open-ended billing, we define concrete outputs or deliverables and price them.
An output could be a module delivered, a integration completed, or a set number of apps built – something tangible. We even piloted a system of pre-agreed “effort units” for certain kinds of deliverables, essentially productizing our services into blocks.
Clients appreciate this because it’s more predictable and aligned with what they actually get. For us, it creates efficiency – if we can reuse components and work smarter (as we always do), we can deliver an output faster and still charge for the value of the output, not the hours.
In 2026, we’ll be rolling out output-based pricing for many of our services, giving customers options to pay per app, per workflow, etc., with flexibility built in. It’s a modern approach to professional services that we think is a great fit for AI-augmented engineering work.
Ownership (with 12-Month Warranty): Perhaps the most unique part of our 3Os is the emphasis on ownership. We don’t just deliver and disappear – we own the solutions we build alongside our clients.
Concretely, we now offer a 12-month post-delivery warranty on all solutions. That means if anything goes wrong in the first year – a bug, a performance issue, an integration hiccup – we take responsibility to fix it, free of charge.
We want our clients to know we stand by our work long after go-live. In the world of constantly updating cloud software, this is crucial. The Power Platform itself updates frequently; if a platform update causes something to break in our solution, we consider it our duty to adapt and fix it.
By providing this warranty, we’re assuring customers that we’re in it for the long haul and that we deliver quality robust solutions. It’s not a common offer in our industry, so we hope it gives clients peace of mind and sets us apart as truly accountable partners.
Together, these 3 Os – Outcome, Output, and Ownership – form a comprehensive promise: that AccleroTech will deliver real results, in a transparent way, and with long-term support.
We started communicating this O3 model in late 2025 (we even wrote a blog post about “Outcome‑Driven, Output‑Based Ownership” to explain it. Link: https://www.acclerotech.com/post/acclerotech-obligations-3os ), and the response has been very encouraging.
Existing clients have expressed how refreshing it is to see a service provider put skin in the game.
As we enter 2026, all new engagements we undertake will be framed around these principles.
I’m personally very excited about this because it makes us even more aligned with our customers’ success.
It also fits perfectly with our identity: an agile startup that can be flexible with business models and is not afraid to guarantee its work.
O3 is our way of saying we don’t just work for our clients – we partner with them to achieve outcomes, we’re willing to be judged by what we produce, and we’ll shoulder responsibility like an internal team would.
In 2025 we went from Vision to Velocity and we start 2026 with Context, Speed and Rigor.
Looking Ahead to 2026
Standing at the threshold of 2026, I feel a strong sense of accomplishment as well as anticipation.
2025 was the year we proved what AccleroTech is capable of – we turned our founding vision into tangible successes.
We started the year as a small firm with big ideas, and we’re ending it as a trusted Microsoft Partner with a track record of delivering value to a diverse set of customers.
The key building blocks we put in place – our amazing PowerStackers team, our rich repository of solutions, our structured approach to AI-first delivery, and our growing community presence – have set us up for even greater things to come.
In 2026, our priorities will be guided by what we achieved and learned this year.
First, we plan to deepen relationships within the Microsoft ecosystem.
Our inclusion in the Founders Hub is just a beginning; we aim to capitalize on that by potentially co-selling with Microsoft and staying at the forefront of upcoming Power Platform features (from new Copilot capabilities to whatever else the Azure AI roadmap has in store). We want to be that go-to partner for any enterprise looking to adopt the latest and greatest that Microsoft has to offer in the business apps space.
Second, we will continue expanding our solution offerings.
Those 125+ reusable solutions – we intend to take them to 150, 200 and beyond. We have identified some white-space demands from our clients that we can turn into repeatable solutions (for example, we see need for more industry-specific AI dashboards, and for compliance-related Power Automate flows). By investing in building those proactively, we can offer an even more compelling toolbox to new customers. Essentially, our R&D doesn’t happen in isolation – every client challenge is an R&D opportunity that, when solved, goes into our solution library.
That feedback loop will keep turning in 2026.
Third, a big focus will be scaling up the PowerStackers community and talent pipeline.
We consider this not just a CSR effort but a strategic one. The demand for Power Platform and AI skills is skyrocketing, and by training / upskilling a slew of professionals, we are also creating potential hiring candidates and collaborators.
We plan to launch a few new initiatives, like a PowerStackers hackathon series and an advanced “PowerStackers Fellowship” where top performers from the community can intern or work on real AccleroTech projects.
Nurturing talent in this remote-first manner will help us grow our team without compromising our culture. It also extends our brand into places we might not reach otherwise.
I envision by end of 2026, the PowerStackers community could have many more members and be running itself with mentors who came on board this year. That is a very exciting prospect – to see a community flourish and amplify our mission far and wide.
Finally, the 3Os (Outcome, Output, Ownership) will be our north star in every client conversation.
I will personally ensure that our clients – new and existing – feel the impact of this model.
Successful outcomes and delighted customers have always been important, but now we have a formal framework to guarantee them.
I expect that by delivering on O3, we’ll build even deeper trust with our customers, leading to long-term partnerships and referrals.
There’s no better marketing than a happy customer who has achieved tangible results and knows their solution is in safe hands. We believe that if we maintain that level of excellence, growth will take care of itself.
In Closing
Looking back, AccleroTech was started because we believed we could do things differently in the software world – faster, smarter, more collaboratively. 2025 has been the year that belief was proven out.
We built a slew of impactful solutions for organizations large and small, showing that our focus on the Microsoft Power Platform was well-placed. We grew our reputation, being highlighted by Microsoft and establishing ourselves as thought leaders.
We lived our values: AI at the core, remote work as a strength, and reusability as a force multiplier.
We invested in people – both our tight-knit team and the broader community – and saw the returns in innovation and energy.
And importantly, we prepared the groundwork to keep improving how we deliver, with the introduction of our 3Os commitment model.
On a personal note, as I reflect on this past year, I feel grateful.
Grateful to our clients who trusted a young company like ours to deliver critical projects – and who in turn pushed us to excel and innovate.
Grateful to the AccleroTech team – every PowerStacker, every consultant – who poured their passion and expertise into making 2025 such a success.
The culture we have is something special: one of ownership, continuous learning, and genuine camaraderie despite the physical distances between us. This year, I saw team members step up in remarkable ways, whether it was solving a urgent production issue or mentoring a community member, always driven by pride in our work and empathy for our customers.
I’m also proud of how we’ve grown not just as a business but as enablers for others.
Seeing our PowerStackers community members land jobs or our junior engineers blossom into leads has been immensely fulfilling.
It reinforces the idea that businesses do well by doing good – something I hold as a guiding principle.
As we enter 2026, we carry forward all these accomplishments and lessons.
The road ahead is bright. We have ambitious targets: to double our impact, to keep pushing technological boundaries, and to make AccleroTech synonymous with AI-first Power Platform excellence on a global stage.
I know challenges will come – technology always changes, and as we scale, we must maintain quality – but after what I’ve witnessed this year, I have unwavering confidence in our ability to adapt and thrive.
We’ll stick to what’s core (our vision and values) while staying flexible in execution.
To everyone who has been part of our 2025 journey – team members, customers, partners, and community friends – a heartfelt thank you!
You have helped make this year truly special.
We set out to accelerate productivity, and in doing so we accelerated our own growth and learning.
Now, with 2025 in the books, AccleroTech is poised to soar even higher. I’m excited for the innovations we will create, the successes we will share, and the lives we will touch in the year ahead.
Here’s to a fantastic 2026, armed with the lessons and momentum of 2025. Onward and upward!
Warm Regards,
Anand Kulkarni
Co-Founder & CEO
Acclero Technologies Pvt Ltd
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