Celaris labs, Inc

TripProof (tripproof.ai) is an agentic layer between the AI-planned trip and the real trip on the ground. AI can plan a trip in seconds, but it cannot vouch for it. Hours change, transfers don't connect, routes don't suit a family with a toddler or a grandparent, and travelers find out too late.

How it works: travelers plan a trip with Faith, our AI agent, paste in an itinerary from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, or upload their travel documents. Faith reads the plan and pinpoints where it's likely to break: multi-country routing, tight transfers, group or multi-generational travel, seasonal closures and border rules. A Tripproofer, a vetted local guide who lives there, then reviews those parts and suggests better alternatives. Travelers book the proofed plan themselves or use our concierge service, where their Tripproofer handles bookings and on-ground logistics.

Customers: travelers planning complex international trips, such as families, groups, multi-city and multi-country itineraries, and first visits to hard-to-research destinations. We're live with Tripproofers in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Portugal, Tanzania, Kenya and the Dominican Republic.

Business model: travelers pay $15–49 per trip review, priced by complexity, with a share going to the Tripproofer. Concierge bookings earn a 10–15% commission, plus booking and affiliate commissions. Every review adds verified, current ground knowledge that no model can scrape, which makes Faith sharper with every trip and can later be licensed to other AI travel platforms.

Traction: in our first four weeks, 30 travelers found us organically and had 64 trip-planning conversations with Faith. 84% of those trips were flagged complex.

Team and credentials: I'm Sudeepta Sahu, founder. TripProof started as my own problem, planning a trip within Southeast Asia with my toddler while living in Singapore. I built travelwithlokki.ai, an AI trip planner with local insights for Southeast Asia, and went on to work with the ex-CPO of Uber, at Voyage Labs, an AI travel startup, building partnerships and shaping the early product through user research. I hold an MBA from the Indian School of Business, have 14+ years across product, operations and go-to-market, and have lived and worked in the UK, India, Singapore and the US. I am building Tripproof.ai with a full stack engineer who has scaled consumer products in the past and worked at a SF based tech startup that got acquired. We are a small and super agile team and we ship everyday!