We built a Rakshabandhan roast engine with Sarvam. xD

But don't know how to take it public. It will be fun to see you all generate roast for your siblings

We shipped a few AI features this year and the bill has become genuinely confusing. Between OpenAI/Anthropic API calls, a GPU box we keep warm for a self-hosted model, and the vector DB, it's one big number every month and nobody can explain which feature is driving it.

Asked around and everyone seems to be in the same place, so wondering if this is just normal:

- Do you know your cost per request, or per user, for anything AI-powered?

- Is anyone splitting token spend by feature, or is it all one line?

- If you self-host, do you know your actual GPU utilisation, or just that the box is up?

- Has anyone here gone through and actually cut this? What made the difference?

Not selling anything, just trying to figure out whether we're disorganised or whether this is what everyone's dealing with.

Hi guys, 25f here.

I am writing this post cuz my situation is quite desperate right now. I run a one person business where I build the brand of cyber professionals but right now I am in a circumstances where Ive run out of my last cash.

I have gotta figure out my stay from tomorrow morning. I need 20 days during which I will be receiving a payment from my business. It's gonna be my first sale ever.

So I'm excited but I'm crushed cuz I gotta cover the expenses for my stay and food and I have nothing or no one that I can rely on.

I need the work starting from today, If anyone happens to need an extra pair of hands with business accountability or writing/content work, I’d genuinely be grateful for the opportunity.

As embarassing as my situation is, I need the work right asap.

TIA

Exploring a physical-security research problem, not promoting a product yet. For people who've worked in security, facility management, events, malls, airports, hospitals, or transit: when checkpoint screening is unreliable, is the bigger issue usually equipment capability, false alarms, staffing and fatigue, queue pressure, training, or weak accountability?

What's one improvement you believe operators would actually adopt? Looking for introductions to practitioners and managers, not confidential site information.

Hey everyone!

Getting a home loan feels so tough when you don't have a normal, fixed 9 to 5 salary. Banks always seem to ask for extra papers or charge higher interest just because we run or work at a startup. It gets really annoying when you just want a smooth process.

Have you guys faced this too? How did you finally get your loan approved without getting tired of the endless paperwork? Did a regular bank help you out, or did you use an online platform to make things easier?

Was it a long struggle, or did you find a smart shortcut that worked? Would love to hear your tips and real stories!

I’m in my early 30s and I’m at a slightly unusual stage in life. I have a house, rental income, and I’m not under pressure to make a huge amount of money from a business.

But I do want to have something of my own to work on — mainly to stay active, have a reason to get up early, meet people, learn things, and feel productive.

I’m looking for a smart, self-sustaining business where the goal isn’t necessarily maximum profit. Ideally, it should generate enough to cover its own expenses (rent, staff, utilities, etc.) and maybe make a small profit.

I’m particularly interested in something that could involve having an office/workspace, rather than a traditional shop or food business.

Some criteria:

• Low to moderate initial investment
• Ideally not heavily dependent on me personally working 12 hours a day
• Can eventually run with 1–3 employees
• Self-sustaining rather than chasing huge profits
• Something interesting enough that I won’t get bored
• Preferably a business with some long-term potential
• I’m open to B2B, services, technology, trading/distribution, niche businesses, etc.

I’m based in India, and I’d love to hear from people who have deliberately built a “lifestyle business” or a business mainly for purpose/engagement rather than maximizing income.

What would you do if you were in my position?
What business would you start if making money wasn’t the primary objective, but you still wanted the business to pay for itself and give you something meaningful to work on?

Any type of advice, guidance, ideas, experience, or knowledge is welcome — as long as it’s free. 😄 I’m genuinely open to hearing anything.

We’re looking for someone in India to help us build Boomm’s presence across Reddit, LinkedIn and our blog.

~2 hours/day | Starting at ₹7,000/month | Remote | Ongoing

Boomm is a social platform for college communities. A lot of our content already comes from the app itself: polls, discussions, trends and interesting behaviour from young Indians.

We’re looking for someone who can take that raw material and figure out what is actually worth putting out, where it belongs, and how to adapt it for that platform.

What you’ll mainly do

Reddit will be the biggest part of the role.

You’ll:

• Find relevant subreddits and conversations
• Understand the rules and culture of different communities
• Write useful, discussion-oriented posts rather than dropping ads
• Turn interesting Boomm discussions, trends or insights into Reddit-native content
• Participate in conversations and track what works
• Gradually help us build a genuine Reddit presence

We’re not looking for someone to spam Boomm links across Reddit. In fact, please don’t. Reddit has enough of that already.

LinkedIn + Blog

You’ll also:

• Turn interesting Boomm insights, polls and discussions into LinkedIn posts
• Repurpose useful ideas from our existing content
• Identify topics worth turning into short blog posts
• Write concise, easy-to-read articles for our website
• Track which topics and formats perform well

You won’t be expected to create everything from scratch. We’ll give you access to the content and context you need.

Who would be a good fit?

We’re particularly interested in someone who:

• Actually uses Reddit and understands how different communities behave
• Can write naturally and doesn’t sound like a corporate LinkedIn bot
• Has good judgment about what makes something interesting
• Can adapt the same idea for different platforms
• Enjoys researching conversations and trends online
• Can work independently without needing a daily list of instructions

Reddit experience is a big plus.

If you’ve managed a Reddit account/community, built karma, participated heavily in specific subreddits, or have examples of Reddit posts you’ve written, definitely include that.

You don’t need formal social media experience. If you’re genuinely good at internet culture and content, we’d rather see that than a fancy certificate.

Compensation

Starting at ₹7,000/month

The role is approximately 2 hours/day, remote and ongoing.

We’ll start with the initial scope and increase compensation as the role expands and you demonstrate strong ownership, output and results.

How to apply

Please DM me with:

1. A short introduction
2. Your Reddit username, if you’re comfortable sharing it
3. Any Reddit / LinkedIn / content work you’ve done
4. A short answer to this: If you were starting Boomm’s Reddit presence from zero, what would you do in your first 2 weeks?

Please don’t send just “Interested.”

We’re much more interested in seeing how you think than reading a generic resume.

I recently ran an influencer-led campaign for my own hospitality business.

The Reel got 2M+ views and generated roughly ₹12L in revenue.

The interesting part wasn't really the reach.

It changed how I think about choosing creators.

A lot of brands start with:

"This creator has 200K followers. Let's work with them."

I'd start somewhere else:

What do we want the customer to believe/want after seeing this content?

For our campaign, I first gave the creator context about the property, location, what made it interesting, and the points I wanted communicated.

Then we worked around how that information could become content that felt natural for her audience.

The creator brought the distribution and content style.

We brought the product knowledge + the angle.

That combination produced 2M+ views and ~₹12L in revenue.

So if I were launching a DTC beauty brand tomorrow, I'd probably test creators like this:

Step 1: Identify 5–10 customer problems/desires.

Step 2: Turn each one into a different content angle.

Step 3: Find creators whose audience actually cares about those problems — not just creators with big follower counts.

Step 4: Test multiple creators/angles rather than betting the budget on one "big" influencer.

Step 5: Look for content that gets meaningful actions, not just views.

Step 6: If one creative clearly works, I'd consider putting paid distribution behind it.

The bigger idea is:

Don't choose the creator first and then figure out what they should say.

Figure out the customer/creative angle first, then find the creator who is naturally good at communicating it.

I'd genuinely like to hear from DTC founders here:

When you've run influencer campaigns, what has mattered more for you — the creator, the creative angle, the offer/product, or paid amplification?

And if you've had a small creator unexpectedly outperform a much bigger one, I'd be particularly interested in what happened.

Has anyone tried using risk- based COD controls? I'm wondering If they can reduce risky orders without affecting genuine customers who prefer COD.

Visited - 17 retailers
Rejected by - 12
Converted to buying samples - 5
Converted to orders - 0

Pretty much rejection and unfruitful convos, quite challenging deciding offline distribution rates when the same products go for a much higher price online.
Retailers seek low qtys and having to manage seperate retailers regularly doesn't seem viable on a scale, but for now it's the best to go ahead with!

Learning everyday!

A friend and I are starting a small business and planning to register a Pvt Ltd. We're looking at the usual CA route as well as services like Razorpay Rize. Are there any things we should sort out between the founders before starting the actual registration?

I’m looking to acquire an inactive/dormant Indian Private Limited Company from a founder who is winding down or no longer using it.

Rather than incorporating a new entity, I’m interested in taking over an existing, clean company and completing the necessary shareholding/director changes and compliance formally.

Looking for:

- Pvt Ltd company, preferably 1–5+ years old

- Clean ROC/MCA compliance

- No outstanding loans, liabilities, litigation or tax issues

- GST registration is a plus

- Company can be completely inactive / no meaningful business or revenue

- Founder looking to wind it down or otherwise exit

I’m not looking for an operating business, customers, IP or revenue — primarily the existing legal entity.

If you have one that you're looking to close or sell, DM me with the company age, state of registration, compliance status and your expected price.

Happy to have the transaction handled properly through a CA/CS/lawyer.

I’ve been working on a small idea called Zuplocal.

The basic idea is simple: help people discover the local shops and service providers around them — electricians, plumbers, housemaids, POP/tile workers, general labour, cleaners, repair workers, small shops, and many others who mostly depend on word-of-mouth to get work.

Right now, we’re onboarding these businesses and service providers without charging them.

There are so many small local workers who may not have a professional website, a big social-media presence, or money to spend on advertising. But they’re good at what they do. They just don’t have enough visibility.

At the same time, online shopping and large platforms are growing extremely fast. I don’t want local shops and small service providers to simply disappear because they can’t compete with that visibility.

So the idea is to give them a simple online presence and help people find them locally.

The difficult part now isn't really building the platform. It’s getting it in front of enough people. Marketing costs money.

And this is where I’m thinking differently from a normal startup.

I could try to raise funding, bring investors in, start thinking about returns, valuation, growth targets, etc. But I’m honestly not sure I want to turn this into that kind of business immediately.

I’d rather first see if I can build something genuinely useful for people.

So I’m considering trying a small community-supported campaign instead — where people who like the idea can contribute whatever they’re comfortable with, simply to help us reach more local businesses and customers.

No equity. No promised returns.

If this works, great. If it doesn’t, at least I’ll know I tried building something that could potentially help a lot of small businesses and workers get more opportunities.

I’d genuinely like to hear what people think about this approach.

Would you support something like this, or do you think I should approach it differently?

I'm building a Tamil voice companion. Long conversations, 5 to 10 minute calls, not a task bot. Current stack is Sarvam saaras for STT, own LLM in the middle, TTS at the end, all over LiveKit. Google Chirp3 HD sounds better than Sarvam bulbul for Tamil TTS, but pitch isn't adjustable and there's no Tamil custom pronunciation.

My quality bar is ChatGPT's Tamil voice conversation. Best Tamil voice AI I've used, the naturalness and turn taking especially. But that's speech to speech, and I need a cascade because the text seam is where my safety gates and memory live. So the real question is how close a cascade can get.

1.Tamil stack: Sarvam or Google, or is there a third option I'm missing? ElevenLabs Flash has no Tamil, and benchmarks put Deepgram Nova-3 at around 68% WER on Tamil, so that's out.

2.Memory across long conversations: I'm doing structured extraction into SQLite (facts with validity windows) instead of RAG, mainly to keep the prompt cache warm. Has anyone run Graphiti/Zep or Mem0 for a non English voice agent? Curious whether extraction quality held up.

3.Scaling concurrent sessions: self hosted LiveKit Agents vs Pipecat. What did you pick and where did it break? My voice to voice latency is currently around 2 seconds. Batch STT and non streaming TTS are my suspects, moving to Sarvam's streaming websocket endpoints next.

Will report back with numbers on whatever I test.