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About Alya

The Operating System
for Lighting

Lighting is one of the most complex disciplines in architecture.

Emotional

&

Mathematical

Creative

&

Technical

Intuitive

&

Precise

Yet the way it is delivered today is fragmented.

Design in one place
Calculations in another
BOQs in spreadsheets
IES files scattered
Vendor coordination in threads

The industry evolved.

The workflow didn't.

We were designing intelligently.

We were operating manually.

Alya was built to change that.

What Alya Is

Alya is a Lighting Intelligence Platform.

A unified system that connects design intent, photometric logic, documentation, commercial workflows, and execution into one structured ecosystem.

Not a rendering tool
Not a plugin
Not "AI for lighting"

An intelligence layer built specifically for the lighting industry.

The Philosophy Behind It

Light is not decoration.

It is architectural material.

Every Kelvin

influences mood

Every Beam Angle

shapes perception

Every Lumen

impacts experience

Alya strengthens intuition with intelligence. It protects creative intent while reinforcing technical backbone.

Because great lighting isn't accidental. It's engineered.

The Vision

To transform lighting from a product-driven industry
into an intelligence-driven discipline.

Lighting will run on intelligence.
Alya is where it begins.

Lighting Intelligence. Reimagined.

A Note From the Founder

Alya did not start as a startup idea.

It began inside real projects - in residential homes, commercial environments, landscapes, and experiential spaces - where creativity was strong but structure was missing.

After years of working at the intersection of design and precision, one realization became clear:

Lighting didn't lack talent.

It lacked infrastructure.

Alya is my response to that gap.

It reflects how I believe lighting should operate - precise, measurable, intentional, and unified.

This is not just a platform I built.

It is a system I needed.

SE

Srikrishna Ellore

Founder, Alya

Lighting Consultant. System Thinker. Founder.

Frequently asked questions

Who built Alya?

Alya is built by The Light Co, founded by Srikrishna Ellore - the founder of Ashwamedha Design Solutions, a specialist architectural lighting consultancy based in Bangalore. Alya was built to solve the real workflow problems that lighting professionals face on every project.

What is the mission of The Light Co?

The Light Co builds AI tools that keep a lighting design and its BOQ connected from brief to handover - eliminating the gap between design decisions and procurement-ready documentation.

Is Alya built by lighting professionals?

Yes. Alya is built by a team with direct experience in architectural lighting design. The product was designed from the inside out - by people who have run lighting projects, generated BOQs manually and experienced the inefficiencies that Alya is built to solve.

Where is The Light Co based?

The Light Co operates from Bangalore, India and has worked on projects across India, the UAE and internationally through its founding team's background in architectural lighting design consultancy.

Is Alya a standalone product or part of a larger platform?

Alya is a standalone SaaS platform available at thelightco.ai. It is the product arm of The Light Co, which also operates Ashwamedha Design Solutions as a specialist architectural lighting consultancy alongside the AI platform.