Ravi Kurani

Solving Water at MySutro.com | Forbes 30 Under 30 | TEDx

Water is an underinvested market, yet it’s one of the most crucial resources we have. But I believe that through better storytelling and innovation, we can shine a light on the water industry’s challenges and opportunities. 

In 2014, I founded Sutro, a robotic water diagnostics platform designed to improve water chemistry and safety. I sold Sutro to Sani Marc in 2019 and am currently leading day-to-day operations.

Today, as President of Sutro (a subsidiary of Sani Marc), I oversee the development, marketing, and sales of smart water monitoring devices. Our technology is trusted by some of the biggest brands in the industry, and we are the only NSF-certified autonomous device for water safety. 

I’m proud to lead our team in revolutionizing how people interact with water, ensuring it's clean, safe, and accessible. 

🌊 Host of “Liquid Assets: The Business of Water,” a podcast about water through the lens of business, technology, and policy. 
➡️ https://www.liquidassets.cc/

🌊 Co-author of “Story-Driven Smart Products,” a practical guide to launching smart hardware products. 
➡️ https://a.co/d/1Bbd11r

🌊 Delivered a TEDx Talk on leveraging technology to improve water safety.
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwuJnr-iWcY

Other Ventures:
⚙️ Leading the “Street to Home” project to address working capital gaps for the Future Communities Institute.

⚙️ Founded ImpactSpace, later sold to ImpactAlpha (the TechCrunch for impact investing).

⚙️ Advisor to various startups, including a software development agency (Incodeks) and a health navigation company (Juniper).

⚙️ Engineer in Residence at Future Communities VC, focused on tools to track climate solutions through the IRA (Inflation Redux Act).

Founding Member

Hampton is a dedicated group of digital-first founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs of fast-growing startups who just get it – and make the crazy world of startup life a little easier to navigate.

I take a new approach to aviation data and analysis. Our focus at Visual Approach is collecting and presenting complex data sets to draw insights on the aviation industry. 

With over 20 years of aviation analysis, I find insights and trends in the aircraft, network, and financial segments of the industry and present them in an intuitive way. I work with aircraft lessors, private equity firms, OEMs, financial institutions, airlines, and airports in a consulting capacity. 

Data visualization and story telling is my specialty, particularly in the aviation space. I help companies tell their story with presentations, Excel models, python coding including artificial intelligence and machine learning, geospacial analysis, motion graphics and animated data visualizations with After Effects, forecasting models, AP construction for continued data access, and web programming.

In addition, I also publish monthly research reports on the aircraft market through Visual Approach Research.  

You can contact me at courtney@visualapproach.io, and learn more about Visual Approach Analytics at https://visualapproach.io.

Courtney Miller

Delta just ordered 30 787s, resurrecting a 2005 order from Northwest.  Could this ultimately be a win for Airbus?

Our latest newsletter looks into the complex competitive dynamics of the North American widebody market.  In the meantime, we take a little stroll down widebody memory lane.

In 2005, Northwest Airlines ordered the Boeing 787, later assumed by Delta through the merger. It lasted until 2016, when Delta canceled the order, betting the house on Airbus widebodies.

Fast forward to 2026: Delta wants Boeing 787s again - at least 30 of them.

This analysis spans the 21-year saga—from the "Twenty-Twenty-Never" deferrals to the new reality of full widebody backlogs.  

Then, there is United Airlines.

We often discuss United’s "zombie order" for 45 A350s—an order that has inflated in size as it has been deferred into once-oblivion.   Things have changed.

Consider this:  Delta is set to become the 7th North American operator of the 787. If United finally activates its A350 deal, it would become only the 2nd North American operator of that type.

Sometimes kicking the can works—even if it takes two bankruptcies, a merger, and a pandemic to get there.

You can read the latest analysis here:  https://lnkd.in/gKbvZR34

Founder and Managing Director, Visual Approach Analytics

The growth of Turkish Airlines' Istanbul hub into a true global connector is nothing short of incredible.

Our newsletter this week looks at the international routes served from IST by Turkish Airlines since 2003.  

What originally connected Eastern Europe to Central Asia has grown into a global presence with over 20 destinations in North and South America, and almost as many to East and Southeast Asia.

The map shows new routes added to the IST network during the year they were added, and dropped routes during the first full year they were no longer served.

The threshold for routes included was those that operated at least 12 departures per year - allowing for destinations served weekly during peak months.

You can see the full HD version of the video through the link in our newsletter:  https://lnkd.in/gXSmZWS6

This map was created using a combination of Python and JavaScript, with many of the new libraries learned over the holiday break, thanks to extended limits from Anthropic's Claude Code.

A lot of excitement around the Allegiant / Sun Country acquisition.  Our take:  meh.

Our latest newsletter looks at the overall merger and how the excitement about complementary networks is a bit overblown.  

But the merger isn't terrible.  In fact, it's great for Sun Country.  Allegiant is not the worst fit. We're just not sure what it does, exactly.

From that level, we look at the two key factors we think drive value in the merger -  and one of them isn't Amazon.

You can read the analysis here:  https://lnkd.in/gcuHSiY6

If two engines are worth more than the combined airplane, should we be surprised by six-year tear-downs?  What's next?

Our latest delayed premium analysis was published to our Market Insights subscribers this morning.  It highlights the ongoing trend of engine lease rates eclipsing the value of an airframe - with the same two engines!

With data from ISTAT Certified Senior Appraiser Gueric Dechavanne, we look at why this disconnect is happening, how the market is likely to find equilibrium, and when.  

Market Insights subscribers can access the analysis here:  https://lnkd.in/gCiMp4BF

Corporate subscribers have already had access to this analysis pdf for over 35 days.  They have also had access to the full-sized chart for over a month and have been including it in their internal presentations, along with five others.  In fact, they've already received the next six analyses and charts for January; we won't post them until February.  

If your organization is interested in leveraging our analyses and charts, let's chat.  $3,500 a year grants your team access to our entire slide library and premium analyses.

United is having trouble keeping its PW4000-powered 777s in the air.

Our latest premium analysis in Visual Approach Analytics examines a specific disruption affecting the aging 777 fleet: the scarcity of parts for the PW4000 112-inch fan engine. Originally published in our December Aircraft Intelligence Monthly, we explore how a vital segment of the global fleet is currently trapped in a unique supply chain dilemma—too large for operators to ground, yet potentially too small to justify significant long-term supplier investment.

The succinct, one-page analysis considers:

The Fleet Profile: A visual breakdown of PW4000-powered deliveries over the last three decades and the specific variants most at risk.

Operator Exposure: Which major carriers hold the majority of the 112-inch fan risk, and how fleet concentration is impacting their operational flexibility.

The Ripple Effect: How "out-of-production" status is colliding with extended service lives to alter utilization strategies and MRO capacity planning.

The full analysis is available to market insights subscribers today: https://lnkd.in/gk9hncDE

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