// Co-Founder @ Etalas — Jakarta, Indonesia

Product leader building AI-powered products that scale.

17 years across payments, digital identity and enterprise technology. I turn complex business challenges into products with real business impact.

Experience across

GOJEK VIDA Kartuku Jatis Group Telkomsigma Artajasa Etalas
Black and white portrait of Ari Bhakti Subagja
Ari Bhakti Subagja standing in a museum rotunda
00 / About

Product thinking, business strategy and engineering execution.

I’ve spent 17 years in payments, digital identity and financial technology, turning ideas into products with real business impact. At GOJEK I helped launch QRIS and offline card acceptance for merchants. At VIDA I built VIDA Sign from concept to 20,000+ users and 18 enterprise clients. At Telkomsigma I delivered core banking replacement projects.

Today, as co-founder of Etalas, I lead product strategy and delivery for enterprise clients while building AI-powered products, integrating AI from discovery and design to engineering and QA, with the security, compliance and human oversight enterprises require. I also co-founded Kareem Ventures, which builds technology for productive waqf organizations.

Based in
Jakarta, Indonesia
Education
M.Comm Management, Universitas Indonesia · B.IT, Bina Nusantara
Open to
Product partnerships, fintech and digital identity advisory, enterprise AI
01 / Expertise

Built with intent.

Product Strategy

From ambiguous requirements to clear roadmaps, PRDs and actionable engineering plans. Discovery, prioritization and go-to-market, end to end.

AI-Powered Delivery

AI across discovery, design, engineering and QA, with enterprise-grade security and human oversight.

const delivery = await ari.build({ lifecycle: ['discover', 'design', 'build', 'QA'], ai: true, governance: 'enterprise' }); return delivery.ship();

Enterprise Delivery

Core banking, wealth platforms, complex integrations.

Advisory

Fintech, digital identity and enterprise AI.

Payments & Digital Identity

QRIS, card acceptance, merchant payments and legally binding digital signatures.

02 / Approach

Business and engineering, in one room.

Discover

Turning ambiguous requirements into a clear picture: business goals, user needs and regulatory constraints. No assumptions.

Define

Product roadmaps, PRDs and actionable specifications that engineering, design and compliance can all build from.

Build

AI integrated throughout engineering and QA, with the security, compliance and human oversight enterprises require.

Scale

Launch, enterprise adoption and continuous improvement, driven by client feedback and measurable outcomes.

03 / Work

Products I’ve shipped.

VIDA Sign logo Live

VIDA Sign

Digital Identity • 2022 — 2024

Led from concept to a legally binding digital signing platform: built the cross-functional team, wrote the PRDs and guided the MVP through launch and iteration, aligned with governance, risk and compliance requirements.

  • 20,000+ users
  • 600 businesses
  • 18 enterprise clients
PRDGRCEnterprise adoption
sign.vida.id
Etalas website
Etalas logo Live

Etalas

AI & Automation · Enterprise & Logistics • 2024 — Present

Co-founded an AI agency and software house. I lead product strategy and delivery across client engagements and Etalas's own products, and drive AI adoption across discovery, design, engineering and QA.

  • 50+ products shipped
AI-accelerated deliveryProduct strategyEnterprise
etalas.com
Kareem Ventures dashboard
Kareem Ventures logo Live

Kareem Ventures

Waqf & Impact · Payments & Fintech • 2025 — Present

Co-founded a productive waqf holding. The platform helps SMEs structure social giving through Islamic waqf contracts and helps waqf organizations operate professionally, in line with Shariah principles.

WaqfFintechShariah-aligned
kareemventure.com
Spectr website
Spectr logo Live

Spectr

AI & Automation • 2026

Turn a messy client brief into an execution-ready spec: one brief in, a versioned PRD, quotation, specs and a live prototype out. The AI asks clarifying questions before generating each document, and clients can open a read-only link. I drove product direction, QA, pricing tiers and payment integration.

AI document generationPRDPrototypePricing
Payments viaMidtrans
spectr.id
Screenbolt website
Screenbolt logo Live

Screenbolt

AI & Automation · Commerce & Consumer

Free screen recorder and instant video sharing, a Loom alternative: record screen, camera and voice in one click, share HD video by link with no download, and get AI summaries of recordings.

Screen recordingVideo sharingAI summaries
screenbolt.com
PMG Canvas Suite website
PMG Canvas Suite (VA Canvas v2.0) logo Proposal

PMG Canvas Suite (VA Canvas v2.0)

Ecolabor8 × PMG Asia Pacific · AI & Automation · Commerce & Consumer • Oct 2026

AI-powered POSM platform: import store and material lists from Excel, apply brand rules, AI image generation and editing, layered PSD output, client preview and print-vendor outputs, production planning and two-step approvals. I own the PRD and the proposal.

AI imagingBrand rulesApprovalsPOSM
va-canvas.etalas.studio
Career
04 / Domains

Where I go deep.

Payments
QRIS
Digital Identity
Digital Signature
Core Banking
Wealth Management
PCI-DSS
SNAP
AI Agents
Agile Delivery
GRC & Compliance
Enterprise Integrations
17Years in fintech
20K+VIDA Sign users
18Enterprise clients
50+Products shipped at Etalas
I combine product thinking, business strategy and engineering execution to bridge the gap between business and engineering, turning ambiguous requirements into clear roadmaps and solutions that deliver.
Ari Bhakti Subagja
Ari Bhakti Subagja
Co-Founder, Etalas
Universitas Indonesia · Master, Communication Management
Bina Nusantara University · Bachelor, Information and Technology

Let’s build something that scales.

Open to product partnerships, fintech and digital identity advisory, and enterprise AI initiatives.