Co-founder & CEO, Rhythms

Vetri Vellore

Founder of Ally.io, the enterprise OKR platform acquired by Microsoft. Former Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. Author of OKRs for All.

About Vetri
A career spent turning strategy into execution.
Rhythms is the next step in that work: applying AI not only to how companies define what matters, but to more of the work of keeping the organization operating around it.
About Vetri
A career spent turning strategy into execution.
Rhythms is the next step in that work: applying AI not only to how companies define what matters, but to more of the work of keeping the organization operating around it.
Milestones

From Ally.io to Rhythms.

Founded Ally.io
Started Ally.io to make OKRs work for every team, not just the leadership offsite. Over 1,000 customers in 80 countries went on to set more than a million OKRs.
Founded Ally.io
2018
2021
Acquired by Microsoft
Acquired by Microsoft
Microsoft acquired Ally.io in October 2021 to bring goal setting into Microsoft Viva, so OKRs could live where people already work.
Corporate VP, Microsoft
Led Viva Goals as Corporate Vice President, rebuilding Ally.io inside Microsoft 365 and taking it to general availability in August 2022.
2021–2023
2022
Authored OKRs for All
Authored OKRs for All
Published OKRs for All with Wiley: a practical guide to rolling OKRs out across a whole organization, so everyday decisions connect to shared goals.
Co-founded Rhythms
Co-founded Rhythms to build an AI operating partner for organizations: software that keeps priorities current, prepares business reviews, and follows through.
Co-founded Rhythms
Jan 2024
Dec 2023
$26M · Accel · Greenoaks · Madrona
A seed round co-led by Greenoaks and Madrona, joined by Ally.io backers Accel, Cercano, and Founders' Co-op.
Why Rhythms

Software that helps operate the company.

Clarity alone does not operate the company. People still connect strategy to work, prepare reviews, catch problems, and follow through. AI lets software take on more of that work. That is what we are building at Rhythms.

Vetri Vellore
Co-founder & CEO
Why Rhythms

Software that helps operate the company.

Clarity alone does not operate the company. People still connect strategy to work, prepare reviews, catch problems, and follow through. AI lets software take on more of that work. That is what we are building at Rhythms.

Vetri Vellore
Co-founder & CEO
“The definitive guide to OKRs.”
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. The book captures what the last generation of goal software taught us. Rhythms asks what comes next: software that does more of the work of keeping goals alive.
Learn about the book
“The definitive guide to OKRs.”
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. The book captures what the last generation of goal software taught us. Rhythms asks what comes next: software that does more of the work of keeping goals alive.
Learn about the book