Building
New venture in AI agents for solopreneurs
Exploring call intelligence and workflow intelligence for longtail SMBs and solopreneurs. Having worked in the SMB space earlier, AI can make this segment much more efficient.
Product Leader. Data Scientist. Business Builder.
Builder of things.
Student of markets.
Eternal internet bull.
I'm Abhimanyu — a product leader and serial founder who started in data science and spent two decades building things people use. I've scaled fintech payments to $600M GTV, co-founded a student housing platform that grew from zero to $2M revenue profitably, and built security infrastructure used by enterprises. Currently exploring AI for the SMB economy.
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.
Originally published on Typeshare → typeshare.co
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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?
Originally published on Typeshare → typeshare.co
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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
Work
Khatabook
Bengaluru
Led product for the financial services charter at one of India's fastest-growing B2B fintechs. Scaled payments GTV to $600M and set up the infrastructure foundation for the lending business.
2019 – 2022 · VP Product, Financial Services
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KoalaLab
Seattle & Bengaluru
Something ambitious: Built hardened open-source container images on a custom 0-deb Linux OS. A trust layer for open-source code.
2023 – 2025 · Co-founder
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AmberStudent
London & Mumbai
Co-founded the world's largest student housing platform — think Booking.com for university accommodation. Scaled to $2M ARR profitably before exiting in 2020. The company has since grown to $12M in revenue.
2015 – 2020 · Co-founder & CEO
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Housing.com
Mumbai
Ran data science and analytics for one of India's iconic consumer internet stories of the 2010s — a property search platform that reached a $250M valuation with SoftBank backing.
2012 – 2015 · Head of Data Sciences
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Citigroup
New York & Mumbai
Started my career as a Wall Street quant. Spent most of my time in Excel sheets, writing VBA code and SQL queries. Realised I was just a cog in the wheel and my derived prices were just one input for the traders.
2010 – 2012 · Quantitative Analyst
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Angel & Advisor
Anywhere and everywhere :)
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
Data Scientist turned Product & business builder. I've worked across fintech, consumer internet, and developer infrastructure — and I 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.