Building
New venture in AI agents for solopreneurs
Exploring captioning and content automation for creators, with a focus on India's Hinglish / regional language gap.
Bengaluru / Building / Thinking
Builder of things.
Student of markets.
Eternal internet bull.
I'm Abhimanyu — a second-time founder who started in data science, crossed into product, and ended up building companies. I spend a lot of mental energy thinking about macroeconomics, technology policy, and where the next decade of software goes.
Happiest when I'm working on a hard problem, reading something that changes how I think, or in a good conversation with someone who disagrees with me.
Currently
What I'm working on
Researching
How AI reshapes enterprises
Mapping the AI employee platform landscape — from code agents to orchestration layers — and what it means for how companies are built.
Thinking about
Splintering supply chains: both physical and digital
How geopolitical fragmentation is simultaneously rewiring global trade routes and the software dependency graph — and what that means for where value accrues.
Reading
Orbital — Samantha Harvey
Six astronauts. Twenty-four hours. Sixteen orbits of Earth. The 2024 Booker Prize winner — a quiet, philosophical meditation on humanity seen from 250 miles up.
Health
Yoga & a slowly-building meditation practice
Having tried many forms of exercise over the years, yoga is what has stuck. Semi-regular on the mat, and gradually finding my way to stillness off it.
Family
Evenings with Inji in Bengaluru
Live in Bengaluru with my wife. Most evenings you'll find us playing with Inji — our indie dog, named after the Tamil word for ginger.
Essays & Thoughts
Writing
"Whether it drives much more innovation and creates even newer behaviours is yet to be seen. I remain an eternal internet bull."
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Peak Internet?
Have we hit the limit of consumer innovation driven by mobile + cheap data? A look at YC trends, the cold war pivot to deeptech, and why I'm still bullish.
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What's Gonna Be Undone?
QE built business models that low interest rates made possible. As free money era ends, which of the last decade's innovations actually survive the winter?
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More essays coming soon...
On AI agents, India's next decade, software supply chains, and what the multipolar world means for technology.
Work
Ventures
KoalaLab
Something ambitious: Built hardened open-source container images on a custom 0-deb Linux OS. A trust layer for open-source code.
2022 – 2024 · Co-founderAmberStudent
Co-founded the world's largest student housing platform — think Booking.com for university accommodation. Helped 80M+ students across 80+ cities find and book verified housing near universities worldwide. Raised $21.7M, hit $500M GBV run-rate.
2015 – 2020 · Co-founder & CEOHousing.com
Co-founded India's leading property search platform, reaching a $250M valuation with SoftBank backing. One of India's iconic consumer internet stories of the 2010s.
2012 – 2015 · Co-founderAngel & Advisor
Small cheques along with some over-rated advice in early-stage companies across AI, consumer internet and B2B. Entrepreneurs get some startup war stories and an empathetic ear.
OngoingMental models & obsessions
What I think about
I'm drawn to big-picture questions — the kind that sit at the intersection of technology, economics, and politics. Started in data science, spent years in product, now I try to think like an investor and a builder simultaneously. I'm from Delhi, built companies in Bengaluru, and care deeply about what India becomes in the next 20 years.
Macro & monetary policy
AI agents
India's startup ecosystem
Software supply chain
Geopolitics
Venture capital
Data science
Product strategy
Cybersecurity
Consumer internet
Open source
Compounding businesses
Get in touch
Say hello
Best way to reach me is via Twitter/X or LinkedIn. I'm particularly interested in conversations about AI agents, macro policy, and India's next decade. If you're building something interesting — always happy to talk.