MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / April 21, 2025 / Ash Khandelwal has never been content to follow the crowd. As the founder and Managing Partner of Ash Capital, he's built a private equity firm that operates far beyond the bounds of traditional investing. With a background that spans luxury asset trading, media IP, and emerging digital infrastructure, Khandelwal has positioned himself at the nexus of influence, innovation, and international capital.
Ash Capital's model leans heavily into short-term, high-yield strategies, including selectively acquiring real estate at discounted rates through strategic development partnerships, global venture incubation ,and niche luxury asset plays like large scale exotic car vehicle wholesaling. But the firm's real advantage lies in how it uses AI to streamline deal sourcing, underwriting, and portfolio optimization. "AI is transforming the way we raise capital, deploy it, and evaluate opportunities," says Khandelwal.
Not Just a Buzzword, AI is a Deal Engine
While artificial intelligence dominates headlines, Khandelwal sees past the hype and into its real utility for private capital markets. At Ash Capital, AI is embedded across the firm's operations. From identifying undervalued global assets to forecasting market trends and streamlining capital flows, AI helps the firm move faster and smarter than its peers. "Especially for finding undervalued asset deals, it's quite amazing-its ability to parse through large amounts of data very, very quickly," says Khandelwal.
The firm maintains an in-house development team focused entirely on building and fine-tuning AI models, particularly for prompt engineering-a critical but often overlooked component in effective AI use. "If you can effectively use AI, there's almost nothing you can't do with it," Khandelwal explains. Still, he's quick to note that the human layer is irreplaceable: "Everything at the end of the day is still manually verified before anything happens."
Despite his optimism about AI's impact on private equity, Khandelwal remains cautious when it comes to investing directly in AI companies. "It's very complicated. The best thing about AI is also the worst-it's always getting better. A company can become obsolete overnight." Instead, he favors strategic partnerships or revenue-share models over equity stakes.
Global Arbitrage: Seeing Value Others Miss
One of Khandelwal's most distinctive strategies is his conviction that global real estate remains an undervalued and overlooked asset class. While most real estate investors remain geographically bound, Ash Capital looks beyond borders for opportunities with asymmetric upside. "People want to keep their real estate holdings domestic," he says. "But if you're willing to build the right infrastructure and team, there are insane returns globally."
Dubai, in particular, has become a cornerstone of Ash Capital's global real estate strategy. With government policies aligned toward innovation and growth, the city presents a rare alignment of investor goals and public incentives. "The leaders there want it to succeed as much as you do," Khandelwal notes. "Appreciation is in the city's DNA."
Other markets catching his attention include the Dominican Republic and parts of Latin America, where rising tourism and underdeveloped infrastructure create fertile ground for high-yield investments in charter businesses and luxury rentals.
Bridging US Capital with Global Deals
While many private equity firms limit themselves to familiar sectors and regions, Khandelwal is building a globally minded firm that operates like a luxury brand-curated, exclusive, and performance-driven.
Ash Capital's mission is to bridge US-based capital with underexploited global opportunities. "There's a lot of money in the US, and there are smart deals around the world that no one is seeing or interested in," he says. The firm structures investments so that the return, timeline, and risk profile are fully transparent-allowing investors to participate without needing deep industry expertise.
This clarity gives Ash Capital the flexibility to pursue deals that others might ignore. "When you remove the complexity for investors, you open up an entirely new playing field of international opportunity," Khandelwal explains.
The Luxury-Forward Future of Private Equity
Khandelwal is setting his sights on building what he calls "the first luxury-forward global private equity brand." In his view, the firm's future lies in serving a new class of investors-modern wealth builders, athletes, influencers-who want access to exclusive deals with predictable outcomes.
It's a bold vision, but one grounded in experience. From deploying capital in emerging markets to integrating AI into every phase of the investment lifecycle, Ash Capital is operating on a different wavelength."Our biggest growth will come from global projects," Khandelwal says. "We're bridging elite US capital with super smart foreign deals-and that combination is just getting started."
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SOURCE: Ash Capital
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