r/StartUpIndia

I m 2 years experienced i want to work in startups any idea where to start and where to find and approach this opportunities ?

I've lived in Bangalore for 3 years, and every time I land at BLR I pay ₹1,000–1,400 for a cab to HSR, while dozens of people on nearby flights are going the same way, each paying alone.

The idea: a free web app (no install). You pick your flight or just tap "landed at T1," choose your area and ride type (basic, comfort or premium), and it groups you with 2-3 people landing around the same time going the same direction. You get a fixed meeting point near the cab pickup zone; one person books, others pay them back by UPI. The app takes no money and doesn't run any cabs.

What I know so far: a similar app (GoPool) tried this and shut down. My read is it spread across cities too fast, and the onboarding was too long and buggy.

Honest questions:

1. Would you actually wait 15–20 minutes after landing to save ₹500–700?
2. Would you share with strangers? What would make you trust them?
3. Would premium cars split three ways (about the price of a basic cab alone) change your answer?
4. What's the obvious reason this fails that I'm missing?

Just want brutal opinions before I build.

I am planning to do so because some of my freelance clients are from the states (they are about to convert - not sure if they will, but just planning if they convert.)

How much time did it take you? What were the biggest bottlenecks?

All I know is it takes 110usd to apply for it and after that every year before june 1st you're supposed to pay a tax flat 400usd.

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If I can solve your any problem in your business just let me know I am good at problem solving and strategies planning

Pay me what ever you want

DMs are open

I’m the founder of a growing services business and we’re trying to turn the company into a genuinely AI-native operation.

I’m posting anonymously because I care more about finding the right builder than promoting the company.

This is not a “make us a chatbot” job.

We already have real customers, employees, operational workflows, CRM data, research data, calls, internal knowledge and a bunch of systems that currently require humans to connect the dots.

The problem I want someone to own is essentially:
How do we build an intelligence layer across the company?

Some examples of what we’re working on:

Making Zoho function more like an AI-native CRM
Giving agents the ability to safely read/write CRM data and trigger workflows
Building a company “second brain” that agents can actually reason over
Creating AI agents for research, customer delivery, sales and internal ops
Voice agents for onboarding, qualification, follow-ups and other workflows
Building structured customer state so AI understands what has happened, what needs to happen next and why
Evaluating new models/providers and deciding when switching actually produces ROI
Creating proper evals instead of deciding whether an AI workflow “feels good”
Figuring out where agents make sense versus boring deterministic software
Reducing expensive/manual human work without destroying quality

Current environment includes things like:
Zoho / Supabase / Postgres / Next.js / APIs / webhooks / automation tools / LLM APIs / voice AI.

I am specifically looking for a player-coach.

Someone who can personally open their laptop and build the difficult parts, but can also lead a very small engineering/automation team and get other people shipping.

You might be a fit if:
You have ~5–8 years of strong software/product engineering experience
You’ve spent the last 2–4 years going very deep into applied AI/LLMs
You have actually shipped AI systems into production
You understand backend architecture, APIs, databases and integrations
You’ve worked with agents, tool calling, structured outputs, RAG/knowledge systems, evals, voice AI, etc.
You think about latency, failure modes, observability and cost
You have strong opinions about what should not use an LLM
You can take an ambiguous business problem and turn it into something working
You can lead a couple of engineers without becoming a full-time manager
You are ridiculously hands-on

What I don’t want:
Someone whose main skill is managing Jira
Someone trying to graduate out of coding
“AI consultants” whose experience is mostly prompting ChatGPT
People who want to architect a 12-service distributed system before we have 1,000 users
People obsessed with whichever agent framework is fashionable this month
People who need a PRD telling them exactly what to build
One thing I care about a lot is technical investment judgement.
New models and AI products come out constantly.

I want someone capable of saying:
“This new capability could reduce X workflow from 20 minutes to 5 minutes. It would take us three days to prototype, cost approximately $Y/user, these are the failure modes, and this is how we should test whether it’s worth deploying.”

Rather than:
“This new model looks cool, we should use it.”
The hiring process will be practical.

I’ll probably give shortlisted people a messy real-world architecture problem involving customer data + CRM + agents + human workflows and spend most of the interview discussing how you’d approach it.

I care significantly more about things you have built and how you think than degrees, FAANG logos or certifications.

Could be titled AI Systems Lead / Founding AI Engineer / Head of AI Systems depending on seniority.

Remote.

If this sounds like you, DM me with:
What you’ve built
Your GitHub / portfolio / demos if available
The most complicated AI system you’ve shipped
One AI architecture decision you got wrong and what you learned from it
Location/timezone
Compensation expectations

Please don’t send me a generic cover letter.

I’d much rather receive:
“Here are three things I built. Here’s how they work. Here’s what broke.”

ANNUAL SALARY BUDGET : 22-30LPA, depending on experience

Hey, this is Ajay from Delhi.

I am looking for an CO-FOUNDER who could contribute his Ambitions, Vision, and potential to build his and my career, and also prove that my or our idea was worth Multi-Millions of Dollars.

I don't fucking care what background you're coming from. What I want in my CO-FOUNDER is someone who is NOTABLE in his field, whether it could be marketing, technology, engineering, or whatever the fuck.

I just want a fucking guy who is always ready to give his 24/7 time to achieving his own life aims and goals.

Hey everyone.

I’ve noticed a massive problem in our ecosystem: Indian developers have incredible technical skills and product ideas, but when it comes to actually building a business, we freeze. We get stuck on the legal hurdles, financial planning, and business strategy. And worse, there are hundreds of "consultants" out there charging ₹20,000 just to draft a basic co-founder agreement.

I got fed up with it, so I spent the last few weeks building SrijanOS.

It is essentially an operating system designed specifically to help the 9-to-5 Indian employee transition into an entrepreneur.

What I built so far (MVP):

1. B2B Legal Desk: You just type in your names and equity split, and it instantly generates standard Indian Co-Founder Agreements and NDAs. No lawyer needed.
2. Runway Calculator: A brutally honest calculator that tells you exactly how much cash you need to save before you quit your day job.
3. Google AI Mentor: I wired up a live generative AI chatbot trained specifically on Indian startup strategy so you have a 24/7 mentor.
4. Skill Barter Network: A database where founders can trade skills (e.g. "I'll code your MVP if you handle my marketing") because most of us are bootstrapping with zero cash.

I just deployed the V1 to the live internet today.

You can check it out the link in comment

I am not a massive tech corporation, I'm just a guy trying to build tools for our community. I would love brutally honest feedback from you all. Roast my UI, find my bugs, and let me know what features you actually want to see next!

Hey there this is 21M, Hyderabad and its been a year since I started my startup jouney and i happen to build a product of healthcare, but the thing is I didnt really feel it was the best, and i asked lots of people and it was pretty average. And something struck on my mind..what if anyone in the comments or audience gives me the best healthcare startup idea or maybe realted to healthcare, or other, and if it has potential, which should be of SaaS (Software as Service) based on AI if possible or gives a proper problem you guys faced in reality or are facing daily...

Then I shall build an SaaS Website or App for it, and if it really generates me a revenue I am ready to give u 2 percent of my profit. It's not a joke, cuz as a student, intern, and a founder, I am eager to solve a problem that people face but everyone tells around that everything is built, its not needed, we have AI, no one needs startups now.

I just wanna prove them wrong, maybe AI can help my startup grow. And if u think u can pitch me the best problem or with best innovative idea, then i shall pay you 2 percent if i gain profit on it. Just fill the comments or dm me up.

Thanks for investing your time by reading this, it means a lot!

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