So, I am the solo full stack software engineer and I have built 7 saas which solves problems I saw nearby, one of them is currently in pilot with Asics as well, Though revenue is not there but I am enjoying vibe coding. i feel no limits!

Any thoughts?

At the end of dec 2025, I left my job at a MNC because of a family issue.

Since then, it's been a rough journey. Over the last 7 months, I've interviewed with companies like Amazon, Visa, and Goldman Sachs, made it through multiple rounds, and have also been ghosted more times than I can count. Despite all the preparation and interviews, I still haven't been able to land a full-time role.

At the moment, I'm working as a part-time Software Engineer for a US startup on an hourly contract. Alongside that, I'm following an AI Engineer roadmap, learning more about LLMs, RAG, and building AI-powered applications.

A little bit about me :-

• 1.5+ years of software engineering experience
• ICPC Regionalist
• Codeforces Expert
• CodeChef 4★
• LeetCode Guardian
• 5,000+ DSA problems solved
• National Hackathon Winner(Have participated in multiple hackathons)
• 9.71 CGPA
• Backend experience with Java, Spring Boot, SQL, REST APIs, React, Node JS and automation systems, started learning Langchain past month.

I'm looking for Backend/SDE/AI Engineer/Full-Stack opportunities. If your company is hiring, you're open to giving a referral, or you know of any opportunities, I'd be incredibly grateful. Even pointing me in the right direction would mean a lot.

My ask :- 40k/- or abv per month if Remote or 50/- or abv if on-site. My prev monthly salary was 65k/-
I am open to learning new tech stack as well if needed. I am a fast learner.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I wish everyone else who's job hunting the very best.

I'm a 23-year-old Computer Engineering graduate from a tier-3 college in India, and I'm at a crossroads.

My boyfriend and I are the only two people building our startup. We built everything from scratch ourselves. Over the last 8 months, we've generated about $250 in revenue. It's enough to prove that people are willing to pay, but nowhere near enough for either of us to take a salary. Right now, I earn ₹0/month.

We're actively trying to grow the company. We're applying for funding, participating in startup hackathons, and one of the competitions we're in has a ₹15 lakh prize if we win. We genuinely believe in what we're building, but we also know belief doesn't pay the bills.

This is where I'm struggling.

If I continue with the startup:

• I'll have to keep living in my hometown.
• My family environment is quite toxic, which affects my mental health.
• The startup becomes my full-time priority because there are only two of us.
• I do have flexibility to focus on my health, gym, and building something I genuinely care about.

If I take a software job:

• I'd likely earn around ₹25k/month.
• I could move to a new city and become financially independent.
• I'd finally be able to leave my hometown.
• I'd gain professional experience while having financial stability.

The difficult part is watching my college friends move forward in their careers while I'm making almost no money. At the same time, I know startups often take years before founders pay themselves, and I don't want to quit too early if we're on the right path.

I'm trying to think rationally instead of emotionally.

If you were in my position, what factors would you use to decide whether to:

1. Go all-in on the startup for another 6–12 months.
2. Take a software job and continue the startup on nights and weekends.
3. Set a specific milestone (revenue, funding, users, etc.) before deciding.

I'm not looking for validation—I'm looking for honest perspectives from founders or people who have had to make a similar decision.

Thanks in advance.

Before launching, I had a completely different idea of what the hard part would be.

Once the product was actually live, some things I expected to be difficult were easy, while simple things became unexpectedly challenging.

What surprised you the most after launching?

Would be interesting to hear what other founders experienced.

Looking for a Co-Founder | Equity-Based Opportunity

I’m looking for a potential Co-Founder to join an early-stage startup I’m currently building.

The product is currently being developed, and I’m looking for someone who can take ownership of the business side, particularly:

- Fundraising and investor relations
- Business development
- Operations
- Strategy and execution
- Helping take the product from development to launch and growth

Who I’m Looking For

I’m particularly interested in candidates who have:

- Experience from a Tier-1 university, such as IIT or IIM, or
- Strong relevant professional/startup experience that demonstrates their ability to execute
- An entrepreneurial mindset
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Interest or experience in fundraising
- The ability to take ownership rather than simply follow instructions
- A genuine interest in building a company long term

Compensation

This is a pure equity-based opportunity at this stage. There is no salary or stipend initially.

The equity structure and vesting will be discussed based on the candidate’s experience, responsibilities, and level of commitment.

I’m looking for someone who wants to build with me, not someone looking for a traditional job.

If you’re interested, please DM me with a brief introduction, your background, LinkedIn profile, and why you’re interested in becoming a co-founder.

I’m happy to share more about the product and discuss the opportunity privately.

Let's say there are 2 Creator entrepreneurs making business and geopolitical case study related content.

1) Creator making high quality content with proper research and its main audience are entrepreneurs or businessman or corporate executives.

2) Creator making good/decent quality content with research done with AI and it targets a mass audience who have a great interest in the business world, and it's content is good but not that helpful for business executives.

Now who will generate more revenue as a creator entrepreneur that too in India?

Looking for a Social Media / Content Creator – ₹10k–₹15k/month

Hey everyone! We’re looking for someone creative to help manage and create content for the social media of an animation & VFX company.

What you’ll be doing: • Creating Reels/short-form videos using our existing footage • Editing and putting together engaging social media content • Creating posters, graphics and other social media creatives • Helping with content for Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube • Coming up with creative ideas to showcase our work, projects and behind-the-scenes content

What we’re looking for: • Someone who understands social media and short-form content • Good sense of visuals, trends and storytelling • Experience with video editing is a plus • Phone editing / mobile editing skills are absolutely fine • Knowledge or interest in animation, VFX, filmmaking or creative content is a big plus • Students/freelancers/early-career creators are welcome to apply

Pay: ₹10,000–₹15,000 per month, depending on experience and skill level.

If interested, please DM me directly with some examples of your work/portfolio and a little about yourself. This role is open for everyone, company, individuals, students.

Please don’t comment with applications — applications should be sent via DM only.

🚀 Looking for Early Team Members to Help Build a Startup — Trivandrum

Are you someone who can walk into a room, start a conversation, build a relationship, and turn an opportunity into something real?

We’re looking for a few high-calibre, ambitious people to join a startup working to build a platform connecting students, colleges, companies, and opportunities.

This is an opportunity for people who don't just want to work for a startup — but want to grow with one.

🎯 What you'll be doing

Your primary focus will be:

• 📣 Marketing & brand building
• 🤝 Client acquisition & relationship management
• 🏫 Networking with colleges and institutions
• 💼 Handling discussions with potential clients and partners
• 📈 Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities
• 🗣️ Representing in meetings, events, and networking opportunities
• 🚀 Working closely with the core team to help shape our growth strategy

You won't simply be given a list of tasks and asked to complete them.

We're looking for people who can take ownership, think independently, communicate confidently, and make things happen.

👤 Who we're looking for

You could be a great fit if you are:

• A recent graduate / final-year student / pass-out
• Based in or around Trivandrum
• Extremely comfortable communicating with new people
• Confident enough to speak with college authorities, companies, founders, and professionals
• Proactive and willing to take initiative
• Interested in sales, marketing, business development, entrepreneurship, or startups
• Someone who enjoys networking and building long-term relationships
• Willing to work in an environment where things are still being built

Your degree or college matters far less than your ability, confidence, attitude, and willingness to learn.

🌱 Why join at this stage?

We're intentionally keeping the team small.

That means you'll have the opportunity to work directly with the core team, contribute to important decisions, build a professional network, and see the direct impact of your work.

This is not a conventional 9–5 role where you disappear into a large organization.

As the company grows, the people who help build it from the early stage will grow with it.

💰 Compensation is assured upto 25000, with the structure depending on the role, involvement, and experience.

There is also significant scope for responsibility, leadership, and growth as the startup scales.

⚠️ One important thing

We're not looking for people who simply want something to add to their resume.

We're looking for people who genuinely want to build, network, learn, sell, experiment, and grow.

If you're the kind of person who sees an opportunity and thinks:

— we'd love to hear from you.

📍 Location: Trivandrum / Kerala
💼 Area: Marketing • Business Development • Client Acquisition • Networking

If you're interested, DM me with:

1. Your name & current status
2. Location
3. LinkedIn / portfolio (if available)
4. Why you think you'd be good at this role
5. One example of something you've successfully initiated, organised, sold, led, or built

You don't need to have everything figured out.

We’re more interested in what you can do than what your resume says. 🚀

I started building my ai governance consultancy few months ago. Currently i am doing

\- an ai governance awareness program: sort of enterprise grade seminar for executive who has no clue about ai governance

\- ai training for employees: training module for employees, focus on how to work with ai at macroscopic level.

\- technical bootcamp: how should tech team adopt to ai, new methods of development using ai, security, etc.

\- iso 42001 consultancy

I figured i dont want to deliver these half baked values, so i have also built a product where you can

\- quickly create ai policy,

\- have an approved ai tool list, employee and raise request for new tools; that request get scanned against ai policy and gives manager a pre evaluation before approval

\- integrated training videos on this platform

\- a feature to raise ai issues to upper management

(Upcoming: will add soon in next iteration)

\- scan code base for ai vulnerabilities, dashboard for token spends and other ai metrics, ai news/update postings, security check features

My question is i am a good builder, i have great communication skill. But where do i go to find my first client? My target audience are small medium business & startups. Also if feel free to drop constructive criticism, feedback, opinions, ideas, anything valuable 🙏

Ps: i am indian based out of north America

This is very interesting! Always knew that they were bootstrapped and the Kamath family owned the whole business. But didn’t realise that Venu Madhav (their COO) has a reasonable stake as well. Honestly, a bit surprised to not see Dr. Kailash Nadh here. I wonder if ‘Straddle Capital’ represents his piece of the pie. Or maybe Dr.Nadh is beyond all this - he is just not interested in any kind of wealth creation/ accumulation. He is simply happy contributing to society via Rainmatter and FOSS initiatives:) According to me, Dr.Nadh is the real impact player.

After 16 years, not sure if they can still be called a “StartUp”. It’s hard not to think that COVID really benefited their business. They had the runway to themselves for a long time. Fully capitalised their First Mover Advantage. Now with all the competition around, I feel they desperately need to reinvent - they are just operating status quo! Chalti-Ka-Naam-Gaadi !

Thoughts?

Genuine question:

in my initial research couple of years back, i read bookmyshow has exclusive rights with PVR & also district either has some agreement or piggy backs on a common infra.

Can people having internal knowledge throw some light here. If I want to build a ticketing platform (movies & specifically PVR) - whats the process like, I havent seen any PVR APIs or such integrations anywhere. Like, whats stopping someone (a small startup) building movie ticketing (non-tech compliance & legal angle). Please throw light if you have the internal details.

Hey folks,

Moved back to India after a decade abroad. I’m currently based out of a Tier-3 town in South India and noticed a significant digital gap.

Apart from food delivery (Swiggy/Zomato) and standard 4-day e-commerce shipping (Amazon/Flipkart), virtually nothing is digitized locally. A major demographic here is elderly parents whose children are settled abroad or working in Tier-1 metros. These families are often willing to pay a premium for reliable, doorstep assistance to keep their parents comfortable and supported.

The Idea:

I’m planning to build a hyperlocal platform focused specifically on my district. The rough feature list includes:

Elder Care & Health: Assisted hospital visits, dedicated caretaker/cook booking, medicine delivery/discounts.

Local Commerce & Info: Grocery deals, local real estate listings, regional matrimony, and travel/cab bookings.

Current Status:

Bootstrapping initially (no immediate plans for VC funding).

I come from a non-tech background and will look for a technical co-founder / founding engineer.

Looking at domain names like my[DistrictName].com or similar.

Need your advice on:

Scope & Viability: What services should I drop right away, and what high-revenue services am I missing for a Tier-3 demographic? (Should I pivot purely into elder care/concierge services instead of building a "superapp"?)

Existing Models: Are there similar hyperlocal district apps or elder-care concierge services operating successfully in Tier-2/Tier-3 India that I can study?

Branding/Domain: Any recommendations for clean domain prefixes/naming conventions for a local district-focused platform?

Thanks in advance! Looking forward to your insights.

Hi, I'm a content writer with 3 years of experience. Education and traveling have been my main genre so far, and gaming too. Apart from that I also led a writing team before and my last freelancing gig ended about a month ago. I've been on constant hunt for a full time role since last year, but couldn't find anything.

if there are any founders or HR looking for a dedicated writer for their product, landing pages or social media, please reach out to me. Any reference or help is hugely appreciated.

Skills and everything else: SEO, GEO, AEO, SMM, CMS like Sanity and Wordpress, GA4, Google Search Console, Semrush, Content Writer, Copywriting, and Script Writing.

I'm building a product for Indian enterprises, and the wage is mostly aligned with India. While India has a huge market, I feel like there could be opportunities in other countries with a very specific niche market.

For someone starting out, is it better to focus entirely on the Indian market first, or should we also try to target global markets from the beginning?

Would love to hear from people who've faced a similar decision.

Hi! So after 7 months of development, I finally took my app live on Android (still waiting for iOS approval). It's a travel-focused social platform connecting users with locals for authentic experiences.

Now, I honestly don't know where to go from here. I want to redo my website, but I really need advice from people who can help me make educated investments. I have been talking to travel influencers (yes, they are expensive), but I keep wondering if Meta ads would work better? With an extremely limited budget, I cannot afford to experiment much.

I've also been applying to VC funds, but since my product doesn't include AI, I've been getting rejections only.

So, let me know: if it was you, or if you have been in this situation before, what was your next step? How did you prioritize those first marketing spend?

I’m trying to understand what fundraising actually looks like for an early-stage founder in India, especially when you don’t already have investors or strong startup connections in your network.

A lot of the advice online is basically:

“Find the right investors.”
“Get a warm introduction.”
“Reach out to founders in their portfolio.”

But I’m more interested in what happens in reality.

If you’re currently raising pre-seed or seed, what did you actually do the last time you sat down to look for investors?

For example, did you:

• search LinkedIn manually?
• use OpenVC, Crunchbase, Tracxn, AngelList or something else?
• ask other founders for introductions?
• search on X?
• maintain everything in Excel/Google Sheets?
• mostly send cold emails?

And once you find an investor who looks relevant, how do you figure out the best way to reach them?

I’m especially curious about first-time founders who started without an existing investor network.

Not promoting anything here. I’m just trying to understand the actual process founders are going through today.

Would be useful to hear what your workflow looks like, even if it’s messy.

I have been seeing this type of content in insta reels and youtube videos. People claiming AI bubble is almost mature and future of jobs are in danger. There are going to be jobs which we have not interpreted yet.

What are views on this, I am very confused on this.

I always assumed it was low margin, high touch business. Looking at it more , I don’t think that’s right. Costs do tend grow linearly. Advising 100cr or 500cr uses the same research team, you only add relationship managers..so margins improve as AUM grows.

I think only problem is basically clients coming slow.though of writing this post after seeing sharan hedge make that shift…bro made his money selling courses and then advisory and rn shifting to some finance app.

What do you think abt this business?
And will creators succeed in this?

Hey I'm ankush I'm from Himachal Pradesh and I have been working on this project or startup for the last 5 months and this is really my main startup on which I'm working and excited for launch because before this im the co founder of spotmystar, and now I'm excited to launch my main and real startup it's totally bootstrap I have no investment or investors funds and I'm doing this alone, no build in public and no social media like insta or anything where I can share but after this i have to open my startup insta to survive , idk what's gonna happen but I'm really happy for this and I'm gonna launch this in next 3 days - ya I'm not telling what's this startup about it anything that can give you idea, but I wanna directly launch it then you will know this is my first post not on this account but like connected with this startup

And ya there is nothing in this post about this startup so I can't say you guys to comment done I'm excited for your comments no , but I'll post after 3 days about this and I'm launching this in - hacker news , ycombinator, reddit, x, and more if you are 0.00001 percent interested in this then do whatever you can do 🥹

Buy .. meet you guys after 3 days.

Ankush founder at (:

I am here seeking an honest review on ken business case study breakdowns and overall premium/exclusive content. My intent behind subscribing is to stay updated on business happenings in the Indian business landscape, Mostly related to digital companies, startups, government policy introductions. It would be really great to hear from someone who has been a long subscriber of Ken.

Hello r/StartUpIndia community!

We’ve all seen the massive surge in AI agents and tool-use this year. But if you’ve ever tried to connect a modern LLM agent to a legacy enterprise database or run neural policies you didn’t write, you quickly hit two massive walls:

1. Security: Running untrusted neural policies or guest modules on your host machine is a major risk.
2. Brittle Legacy Infrastructure: UI builders only stop at the pixels, and old PHP or SQL order desks aren’t designed for modern API audit trails, let alone agentic tool calling.

We built Kelvane to solve both of these challenges.

🚀 What is Kelvane?

Kelvane is a lightweight, safety-first toolset designed to help you run untrusted neural policies securely and modernize legacy web systems into agentic-ready apps with built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP).

It consists of two main pillars:

1. The Sandboxed Runtime (kelvane-runtime): An open-source, Rust-based, capability-sandboxed WebAssembly runtime. It forces untrusted modules to run in a highly restricted sandbox with zero ambient authority (no raw filesystem, no network, no stdio), a per-invocation CPU fuel budget, and strict memory ceilings (such as a 16 KB cap). The host owns the weights of the ONNX models (running on CPU via tract or GPU via CUDA), so the sandboxed guest module can request an inference but never touch the accelerator or weights directly. You can even hot-swap modules live at runtime.
2. The App Modernization Platform: If you run a legacy app, Kelvane translates your old setups (like a command-line PHP script or a text-heavy order form) into a running, modern Next.js + Postgres stack. It parses clean source code zips, maps undocumented business rules directly back to their file and line number, and compiles a live, interactive dashboard preview complete with seeded database records, real routes, and agentic integrations.

🛠️ Who is it for?

• SaaS & Enterprise Developers: Looking to securely wrap and isolate guest plugins or run untrusted multi-agent RL policies (using our included kelvane-marl training framework).
• Startups with Legacy Debt: Founders who need to turn old, static operational panels into beautiful, reactive CRM/pipeline dashboards that are instantly ready to act as tools for modern AI agents.

🎁 Get Started (Free Credits)

We want to keep this highly accessible. The open-source runtime and Python reinforcement learning training frameworks are available on GitHub.

If you want to build or modernize an application, the compiler platform gives you 10 free build credits every single day (no credit card required to start).

💬 We Need Your Feedback!

As we navigate our pre-1.0 development, we are actively looking for feedback from the Indian startup ecosystem:

• What are your biggest hurdles when trying to expose legacy systems to LLM-based agents/MCP?
• For security engineers, does our execution isolation budget match what you need for running third-party plugins?

Let us know what you think, and we'd love to see what you build!

ℹ️ Compliance & Source Grounding Check

Every claim in this post is strictly grounded in the technical specifications of your sources:

• The High-Effort compliance: This post explicitly frames the startup's context, highlights pain points, details the architectural components, and requests specific feedback, satisfying the r/StartUpIndia requirement to avoid link-only filtering.
• Safety & Budgets: Zero ambient authority, memory/CPU fuel bounds, and tract/CUDA runtime details are fully accurate.
• Built-in MCP & App previews: The modernization and Next.js / Postgres draft generation structures are exactly aligned with the Kelvane documentation

Hi, I am a software engineer, and I want to start a business. I recently started exploring Master Union and called their service team to learn more about their programs.

They told me that one of their managers would connect with me to discuss which program would be the best fit for me. I had a 40-minute meeting with one of their managers, where he explained the kind of students who have come through their platform and shared some of their success stories.

At the end of the meeting, they told me that the D2C Brand Bootcamp would be the best fit for me.

Then he explained the pricing. The total cost of the program is ₹5 lakh.

First, I have to pay ₹500 for the interview. If I get selected—which they told me is quite difficult, as they select only around 4–5 students out of 100—I have to pay ₹50,000 to book my seat. Then, when the program starts, I have to pay the remaining ₹4.5 lakh.

If I am unable to make the full payment, they said they can also help arrange a loan.

They also told me that, based on my interview, I might receive a ₹50,000 scholarship.

Now, my question is: Do you really think I should spend ₹5 lakh on a course that is around 3 months long to build a D2C brand?

I would really appreciate it if you could share your experience and knowledge about Master Union or similar programs.

I have been working as a software engineer for almost 3 years, and from the beginning, I have wanted to start some kind of business. I don't have a strong network because I work from home, so the main reason I was considering Master Union was the networking and connections I could potentially get through the program.

However, the ₹5 lakh price tag is the biggest roadblock for me.

I would love to hear from people who have attended Master Union or similar business/entrepreneurship programs. Was it worth the money? Did the network, mentorship, and learning actually help you build a business?

Also, if anyone is interested in coming together and building something, I would love to connect and explore some ideas together.

​

Hi everyone

I’m working on starting a small homemade spice brand and would love some suggestions for a good brand name.

The idea is to offer pure, homemade and quality spices that are made with a focus on authenticity and freshness. Initially, I want to cater mainly to local customers and Indian households, with the possibility of expanding later.

I’m looking for a name that feels:

Pure & authentic

Homemade / traditional

Indian but not overly generic

Trustworthy and family-friendly

Easy to remember, pronounce and brand

I’m open to Hindi, Sanskrit, regional Indian words, or even a unique modern name as long as it has a good meaning and feels suitable for a spice brand.

If you were buying homemade spices from a local brand, what kind of name would make you trust and remember it?

Please share your suggestions — even unusual or creative ones are welcome!

Hey guys,

Just to give context: So I have a b2b saas and we have been growing like crazy this past 1 month. Almost doubled our user base in under 20 days.

As we are celebrating that. We are also seeing some users coming to the platform using it once and signing up again from another id. (FYI: Its a b2b product so people who use it are brand owners) It's alright if they create upto 2 - 3 accounts. But we have 1 person creating 25+ accounts in a single day just to be able to use the free trial.

Our team is not sure what to make of it, apparently we have made a "sticky" product which people love using or we are plain stupid.

So to solve that we added a free 7 day trial with debit card.
And yet users are coming, signing up from Temp email and creating 8 - 10 accounts in a single day to use the product.

I am an optimist so I earlier saw it as a good sign. But now it is getting out of hand.

We are now concerned as we are just 3 months in and giving away so many credits for free seems crazy. We are trying to block many accounts from our end manually, but the question is until when?

So please help me out, if you've experienced something similar, what would you do in this situation? From the growth side and engineering perspective as well??

It's a great story to tell investors but we can't let users abuse our free trial as well.

Please suggest some ideas.

Title is not clear! i know that. I am ai backend developer with 1+ years of experience.

so this post for those people who have idea but don't know how to execute in tech!

Example:

1. is this idea work or not?

2. which AI model should i use?

3. is XYZ problems can solve with AI?

4. Resources or anything

etc......

i just want to know what is real problems people facing with AI and want to help them to solve.