Abubakker Bakthathi: Founder & CEO of Paralox Media, AI trainer and lecturer
Abubakker Bakthathi is the founder and CEO of Paralox Media, an AI creative and technology agency in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is also a leading AI trainer and lecturer: he lectures on AI for Leadership & Business Productivity at Inspire College, trains corporate teams with Cocoon and BuildrLabs, and has delivered 20+ AI sessions to more than 500 people.
Highlights
- Founder: Founder & CEO of Paralox Media, an AI creative and technology agency in Colombo
- 20+: AI sessions delivered to 500+ people, for corporate teams, colleges and communities
- Lecturer: AI for Leadership & Business Productivity, Inspire College
- Trainer: AI Trainer & Consultant with Cocoon, and applied AI trainer with BuildrLabs
As featured in Happinez · The Sunday Morning
“Inside the vision behind Paralox Media with Abubakker Bakthathi”, by Nuskiya Nasar Aakhir, 26 July 2026.
“We’re not in the business of selling services, we’re in the business of creating meaningful, measurable impact.”
“AI is only as valuable as the way in which it is used.”
From engineer to founder
Abubakker started freelancing with a close friend to pay for university, building websites and digital work for clients while he studied. That habit of solving real problems for real people never left.
He went on to spend more than three years as a software engineer for Third Space Global, a UK company, working remotely from Sri Lanka, alongside part-time web development for La Maison in the UAE. In 2025 his job ended in an AI-driven transformation. Rather than fear the technology, he set out to understand it. In his words: “AI wasn’t the problem; the world was evolving and businesses needed to adapt.”
That became his mission: helping people and businesses adapt. He founded Paralox Media in Colombo in 2025, and he started training others in what he learned.
Today he lectures on AI for Leadership & Business Productivity at Inspire College, trains corporate teams as an AI Trainer & Consultant with Cocoon and as an applied AI trainer with BuildrLabs, speaks at events across Colombo, and advises founders and leadership teams one-to-one on how to use AI well.
What he advises on
- AI strategy: Where AI fits in your business, what to do first, and what to leave alone, as a clear, costed plan.
- AI video and creative: How to use AI films, visuals and content in your marketing without losing quality or your brand.
- AI agents and automation: Which tasks an AI agent can take on, on WhatsApp, web and email, and how to roll it out safely.
- AI for marketing and growth: Using AI to plan, produce and measure campaigns against the numbers your business runs on.
- AI products and SaaS: Shaping an AI product idea, choosing the build approach and planning the first release.
- AI training for your team: Hands-on workshops where your people learn prompt engineering, AI video and automation, and leave with real work done.
Where he trains
- Lecturer, AI for Leadership & Business Productivity, Inspire College: Oct 2026 – present. Lecturing on the AI for Leadership and Business Productivity programme in the Department of Continuing Professional Development, helping professionals and business leaders use AI to improve productivity, support decisions and run better operations.
- AI Trainer & Consultant, Cocoon: Jan 2026 – present. Corporate training and consulting on generative AI, automation and business integration. Designed and delivered hands-on workshops for corporate teams including WIA Systems Inc., with participants producing real output by the end of each session.
- Applied AI trainer, BuildrLabs: Hatch Works, Colombo. In-person applied AI training for working professionals: AI solutions, consulting and training for brands.
Workshops, talks and events
- Applied AI Workshop: AI for Creativity (Workshop · Trainer): Cocoon · BuildrLabs · Session 1 · Hatch Works, Colombo. Co-led with Lishan Peiris: brand strategy and design, image creation, character-led AI video and choosing the right model, with everyone making their own videos.
- Applied AI Workshop: how generative AI works (Workshop · Trainer): Cocoon · BuildrLabs · Session 2 · Hatch Works, Colombo. From how language models turn context into the next word to using them well at work, with a full room of professionals building along.
- AI training for WIA Systems (Corporate training · Cocoon): Cocoon · corporate team training. Hands-on workshops for WIA Systems, a leading ERP and enterprise technology provider, on AI for marketing, creative production, workflow automation and development.
- AI Creative and Digital Strategy at Derana (Corporate training · Cocoon): Cocoon · Derana. A full-house session for the Derana team on AI for creative work and digital strategy, from ideation and research to campaigns and content.
- Grok Bot Meetup Colombo (Event · Attended): DHPL Auditorium, Colombo · October 2026. Joined builders and founders at the first Grok Bot meetup in Colombo, and spoke to BuiltList about his journey and what Sri Lanka’s founders need next.
- AI & Automation: Career Impact Workshop (Talk · Featured speaker): Rotaract Club of Colombo Mid Town · Speaker Session 01 · January 2026. Speaker Session 01, “Evaluation of AI & its impact”: how AI is influencing industries, businesses and everyday life, the new roles it creates and why prompt engineering matters.
AI for Creativity at the Applied AI Workshop
Cocoon · BuildrLabs · Hatch Works, Colombo.
Abubakker and Lishan Peiris showed real AI work made for brands and broke down the workflows behind it: brand strategy and design, image creation, character-led AI video, and how to choose the right model. Everyone got hands-on and made their own videos by the end of the session.
In his words
- Abubakker Bakthathi: “I help businesses see AI not as a threat, but as their most powerful competitive advantage.”
- Happinez, The Sunday Morning: “AI wasn’t the problem; the world was evolving and businesses needed to adapt.”
- Happinez, The Sunday Morning: “The better question is not ‘Will AI replace me?’ but ‘How can AI help me become better at what I do?’”
- BuiltList, Grok Bot Meetup Colombo: “Each and everyone can learn from each other and build new things. The Sri Lankan ecosystem will come to that level, like what Europe and other countries do.”
Book a consultation: USD 150 per hour
One hour, one-to-one, on your business and AI. Bring a question, an idea or a problem; leave with clear next steps.
- A one-to-one video call (or in person in Colombo, by arrangement)
- Honest advice on where AI fits in your business and where it does not
- Ideas for AI video, AI agents, automation or AI products, specific to you
- A short written summary of the recommendations after the call
Press and talks
About Abubakker
- Who is Abubakker Bakthathi?: Abubakker Bakthathi is the founder and CEO of Paralox Media, an AI creative and technology agency in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 2025. A former software engineer, he is a leading AI trainer and AI consultant: a lecturer at Inspire College, an AI trainer with Cocoon and BuildrLabs, and an adviser to leaders on AI strategy, AI video, AI agents and automation.
- Who is an AI consultant in Sri Lanka?: Abubakker Bakthathi is an AI consultant and AI strategist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He offers one-to-one AI consultations for business owners and leadership teams, drawing on his work as an AI trainer and engineer.
- How much does an AI consultation with Abubakker cost?: A consultation is USD 150 per hour. You can request a one- or two-hour session on this page; the time and payment details are confirmed by email.
- What happens in a consultation?: You share your business, goals and questions before the call. In the session, Abubakker gives honest advice on where AI can help, what to do first and what to avoid, with ideas specific to your business. You receive a short written summary afterwards.
- Is the consultation online or in person?: Online by video call by default, so it works from anywhere. In-person sessions in Colombo can be arranged.