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Avinash Raghava shared thisA lot of AI conversations today focus on building entirely new categories. What’s equally interesting is what happens when existing categories get completely rethought because of AI. Not upgraded, rethought. That’s an idea Srikrishnan Ganesan from Rocketlane will be unpacking at AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) Bootcamp '26, next week. Rocketlane built itself in a category that already existed. But AI changes the expectations around how software works, how workflows get automated, and where value gets created. Which means founders now have to ask a much harder question: What does it really take to reinvent an existing product category for the AI era? I suspect this conversation will resonate deeply with builders navigating that exact transition right now. May 18–20 · Bay Area >> https://lnkd.in/gi-C6-rE #MayInTheBay #Startups #AI | AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi)
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Avinash Raghava reposted thisAvinash Raghava reposted thisThe world of AI has become too overwhelming. Everyone has a take. Everyone has a framework. Everyone’s “figured it out.” But if you’re actually building, you know most of that doesn’t translate. What matters is: what’s working right now what’s breaking and what you’d do differently if you started again I saw this firsthand at Caravan last year. Most of the value didn’t come from the sessions, but from the conversations in between. That’s why I said yes to AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) Bootcamp ‘26. It’s a small room. Founders who are in the trenches. Conversations that are meant to be real, not impressive. Day 2 is inside OpenAI. But I’m personally more curious about what happens around it. The kind of questions people ask when the room is right. I’m coming back as a sounding board, and honestly, to learn as much as I can from what others are building right now. If you’re building in AI and will be in the Bay this May, this is probably worth your time. May 18–20 · San Francisco. Check out details in comments Thank you for putting this together! Cant wait. Avinash Raghava Sandeep Todi Keerthi Madhu Pragna Chandra
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Avinash Raghava shared this#79: #AIRadarDaily — Superjoin For anyone building complex business intelligence models or tracking revenue, the spreadsheet is still the ultimate canvas. But behind every elegant model is a quiet, exhausting reality. Analysts and revenue teams spend half their days trapped in a manual grind — exporting endless CSVs from different tools, debugging broken formulas, and wrestling with tedious, row-by-row data cleanup. It is a slow cycle that drains the intellectual energy out of people who were hired to think strategically, not just copy and paste data. Superjoin is stepping in to bring the joy of deep work back to our spreadsheets. Founded in Bengaluru by Abhinav Das and Vinayak Jhunjhunwala, Superjoin is an intelligent AI platform that acts as a tireless, expert data analyst directly inside your Google Sheets and Excel. Abhinav and Vinayak have built a deeply sophisticated agentic workflow. The platform connects instantly to your existing SaaS stack, pulling live, constantly refreshed data without a single manual export. But the real magic is the AI agent mode: you can use plain English to instruct the platform to clean thousands of rows, generate complex pivots, or write intricate formulas. If a logic script breaks, the AI autonomously detects the error and self-heals the formula on the fly. What makes Superjoin so special is its profound empathy for the daily life of an operator. It completely eliminates the soul-sapping trial-and-error of spreadsheet management. By automating the heavy lifting of data preparation, it gives analysts thousands of hours back. It replaces a frustrating operational bottleneck with quiet, real-time confidence. The market? Finance teams, business intelligence leaders, and fast-moving startups that need to make crucial, data-driven decisions instantly, without having to wait on a massive data engineering pipeline. Abhinav and Vinayak are true change agents. They looked at a deeply universal, historically unglamorous friction point and built an elegant solution that restores momentum to the people actually running the business. Watching our homegrown founders tackle these foundational puzzles is exactly what it means to build for the larger, unfinished agenda. Let's celebrate the builders. w/ Jay Ingle & Dikshant Joshi #DataOps #ProductNation
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Avinash Raghava reposted thisAvinash Raghava reposted this𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄. That's AIBoomi 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 '𝟮𝟲 in the 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 next week, and I'm genuinely looking forward to it. Built for founders building AI-native companies. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 (𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗼): Creating A Solid Foundation: Back to Basics. With Kanav Hasija, Manoj Agarwal, Rajoshi Ghosh, Swapnil Jain. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 (𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝗤, 𝗦𝗙): Codex deep-dive and a founder-led AMA. OpenAI is hosting and sponsoring this day, which says something about the caliber of the room. With Marc Manara, Prashant M., Aparna Dhinakaran, Prukalpa ⚡ Srinivas Njay. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯 (𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗼): Founder Working Sessions & Peer Interaction: Fundraising decoded. Real benchmarks, real patterns, and a workshop on how Indian founders should navigate US fundraising. With Arjun Pillai, Vijay Rayapati , Srikrishnan Ganesan, Patrick Salyer. Grateful to Avinash Raghava, Keerthi Madhu, Sandeep Todi, Arjun Pillai, Niraj Ranjan Rout, Pavan Sondur, Sachin Gupta, Sethu Meenakshisundaram, Abhilasha Juneja and Avinash Harsh for putting together one of the most curated founder rooms I've been part of. Not easy to keep the signal this high when everyone wants in. I'll be there all three days. If you're around, would love to say hi, Come find me or drop me a DM. See you there!
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Avinash Raghava shared thisSome people you meet at a startup event and never really forget. Rohith Veerajappa (RO) is one of them. Great product mind. Even better at execution. But what truly sets him apart is the friend he is. With Rohith, there are no transactional moments. Just a quiet, consistent presence that makes you realise what real friendship looks like. He calls me Sir ji. He is the only one who does. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you, Rohith. Wishing you great health and happiness. 🙏Rohith Veerajappa: Ideas, Action, and Heart #JeenaIsiKaNaamHainRohith Veerajappa: Ideas, Action, and Heart #JeenaIsiKaNaamHain
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Avinash Raghava reposted thisAvinash Raghava reposted thisLast year, I wrote about why SaaSBoomi felt special to me. Not because it was another founder event. But because it had something rare — people who show up without making every interaction transactional. People who share openly. People who care beyond the immediate give-and-take. This year, that same energy is taking a new shape with AIBoomi. And honestly, the timing feels right. AI has moved from “interesting technology” to a real operating question for every founder: - What should we build differently? - What will customers actually adopt? - What parts of our org need to change? - What should we ignore, even when everything feels urgent? I don’t think a 3-day bootcamp magically answers all of this. But I do believe the right room can save you months of wandering. Sharing the link here for founders for whom this feels relevant: https://lnkd.in/gQDX68N6 Avinash Raghava Keerthi Madhu Sandeep Todi #AIBoomi #SaaSBoomi #AI #Founders #Startups
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Avinash Raghava shared thisA lot of AI conversations today focus on building entirely new categories. What’s equally interesting is what happens when existing categories get completely rethought because of AI. Not upgraded, rethought. That’s an idea Srikrishnan Ganesan from Rocketlane will be unpacking at AIBoomi Bootcamp '26, next week. Rocketlane built itself in a category that already existed. But AI changes the expectations around how software works, how workflows get automated, and where value gets created. Which means founders now have to ask a much harder question: What does it really take to reinvent an existing product category for the AI era? I suspect this conversation will resonate deeply with builders navigating that exact transition right now. May 18–20 · Bay Area >> https://lnkd.in/gi-C6-rE #MayInTheBay #Startups #AI | AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi)
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Avinash Raghava shared thisOne of the more dangerous things happening in AI right now is how easy it has become to look AI-native without actually being AI-native. A wrapper here. A copilot there. Some prompt engineering layered onto old workflows. But building truly AI-native products demands a much deeper rethink. Of interfaces. Of workflows. Of user behavior. Of where value actually gets created. That’s one of the conversations Vijay Rayapati from Atomicwork will be unpacking at AIBoomi Bootcamp '26, next week. Having built across multiple technology shifts, Vijay brings a very grounded perspective on what founders often underestimate while building in the AI era, especially the uncomfortable truths that don’t show up in launch tweets and demos. I suspect this will be one of the many honest conversations in the room. May 18–20 · Bay Area >> https://lnkd.in/gi-C6-rE #MayInTheBay #Startups #AI | AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi)
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Avinash Raghava reposted thisAvinash Raghava reposted thisThere’s something powerful about putting a small group of real founders in one room. No panels. No vanity metrics. No polished startup theater. Just builders openly talking about what’s actually hard. This week, we hosted the AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) #DemoRoom at MeshDefend, and honestly, it was one of the most refreshing founder sessions I’ve been part of in a while. Founders came in with live products, real traction, and questions bothering them: - Cold outbound not working. - Pricing still unclear. - US GTM challenges. - Moving from “interesting product” to “must-have.” - Enterprise growth loops. - Agent UX. The conversations were raw, practical, and deeply useful. A huge shoutout to Gourav Kakkar, Yuvraj Dagur , Saurav S., Sachit Sharma, Gurucharan Raghunathan, and Naman Muley for showing up with honesty and openness. Grateful to Anuraag Gutgutia (TrueFoundry) and Bala Panneerselvam, whose operator experience added serious depth to the room. And of course, thank you to Avinash Raghava, Keshav Ottoor, Keerthi Madhu, and the larger SaaSBoomi / AIBoomi ecosystem for continuing to create spaces like this. One thing became very clear: Building a startup gets less lonely, and a lot more effective, when founders are willing to help each other. We need more of these rooms. Ravi Chitloor Abhirup Roy
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Avinash Raghava liked thisAvinash Raghava liked thisThe world of AI has become too overwhelming. Everyone has a take. Everyone has a framework. Everyone’s “figured it out.” But if you’re actually building, you know most of that doesn’t translate. What matters is: what’s working right now what’s breaking and what you’d do differently if you started again I saw this firsthand at Caravan last year. Most of the value didn’t come from the sessions, but from the conversations in between. That’s why I said yes to AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) Bootcamp ‘26. It’s a small room. Founders who are in the trenches. Conversations that are meant to be real, not impressive. Day 2 is inside OpenAI. But I’m personally more curious about what happens around it. The kind of questions people ask when the room is right. I’m coming back as a sounding board, and honestly, to learn as much as I can from what others are building right now. If you’re building in AI and will be in the Bay this May, this is probably worth your time. May 18–20 · San Francisco. Check out details in comments Thank you for putting this together! Cant wait. Avinash Raghava Sandeep Todi Keerthi Madhu Pragna Chandra
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Avinash Raghava liked thisExcited to partner with AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) on the final day of AIBoomi Bootcamp ’26 in the Bay Area. Thank you to the entire AIBoomi team for the collaboration, trust, and shared vision of building meaningful spaces where founders can have honest conversations about building and scaling AI companies. We’re especially excited to bring together founders, operators, investors, and the LATAM startup community next week, focused on real conversations, practical insights, and authentic connections. Looking forward to an incredible week ahead. 🚀💜 Keerthi Madhu Sandeep Todi Avinash Raghava Lochan Alagh Vivek Vipul Murali Chirala Monica Claros Viridiana Aguilar Neha Jain Venture Dock 🤝 AIBoomi (formerly SaaSBoomi) #MayInTheBay #AI #Startups #Founders #VentureDockAvinash Raghava liked thisA huge shoutout to Venture Dock, with whom we’re excited to be building the final day of AIBoomi Bootcamp ‘26 | Bay Area. 💜 We’re truly grateful for them opening up their space to a collaboration like this, and bringing their LATAM founder community into the room. Different geographies. Same set of hard questions. That’s exactly the kind of room we’ve been trying to build. From uncomfortable truths about building AI-native products to honest fundraising conversations and workshops, Day 3 is designed to get real about what it actually takes to build and scale in AI today. 🟣 May 18–20 · Bay Area >> https://lnkd.in/g6bfAWMv 🤝 Lochan Alagh | Vinod Paniker #MayInTheBay #Startups #AI
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Avinash Raghava liked thisAvinash Raghava liked this𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄. That's AIBoomi 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 '𝟮𝟲 in the 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 next week, and I'm genuinely looking forward to it. Built for founders building AI-native companies. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 (𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗼): Creating A Solid Foundation: Back to Basics. With Kanav Hasija, Manoj Agarwal, Rajoshi Ghosh, Swapnil Jain. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 (𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝗤, 𝗦𝗙): Codex deep-dive and a founder-led AMA. OpenAI is hosting and sponsoring this day, which says something about the caliber of the room. With Marc Manara, Prashant M., Aparna Dhinakaran, Prukalpa ⚡ Srinivas Njay. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯 (𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗼): Founder Working Sessions & Peer Interaction: Fundraising decoded. Real benchmarks, real patterns, and a workshop on how Indian founders should navigate US fundraising. With Arjun Pillai, Vijay Rayapati , Srikrishnan Ganesan, Patrick Salyer. Grateful to Avinash Raghava, Keerthi Madhu, Sandeep Todi, Arjun Pillai, Niraj Ranjan Rout, Pavan Sondur, Sachin Gupta, Sethu Meenakshisundaram, Abhilasha Juneja and Avinash Harsh for putting together one of the most curated founder rooms I've been part of. Not easy to keep the signal this high when everyone wants in. I'll be there all three days. If you're around, would love to say hi, Come find me or drop me a DM. See you there!
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Avinash Raghava liked thisAvinash Raghava liked thisYesterday, I sat in a room full of history. It was the 75th birthday celebration of Ashank Desai. Co-founder of Mastek. Founding member of NASSCOM. My first boss. A man I have known for over 25 years and continue to work alongside as a trustee and board member at the Mastek Foundation. And as I sat there, I did not just see a birthday. I saw a movement being celebrated. The industry that made India a global brand. The Indian software industry did not happen by accident. It was built by people who believed before the world did. Who competed fiercely with each other by day and collaborated just as fiercely when India needed a unified voice. In 1988, a group of software entrepreneurs gathered in Delhi. Ashank Desai. Harish Mehta. K.V. Ramani. Saurabh Srivastava. Nandan Nilekani. They were building companies. They were also building a country’s future. NASSCOM was born not out of comfort but out of conviction. Narayan Murthy joined this movement soon after, and together they gave Indian IT its most enduring voice. “Saathi haath badhana.” That spirit became the soul of Indian IT. What I witnessed up close. I have been privileged to see this from the inside. The late nights. The early bets. The boardrooms where people argued hard and then stood together harder. The quiet courage it took to walk into a global market and say: India belongs here. These were not just first generation entrepreneurs of a different kind. They were institution builders. They earned recognition and respect across 24 countries not through marketing but through relentless delivery, through trust built one client at a time. From those early rooms in Delhi to a $350 billion industry today. That is not a statistic. That is a story that inspires the future generations. What the next generation must remember. The lesson this movement leaves behind is not about technology. It is about the rare combination of individual ambition and collective purpose. These leaders competed. And they collaborated. They understood that a rising tide lifts every boat. In a world that increasingly rewards noise, this story is a reminder that the deepest legacies are built quietly, with integrity, over decades. Happy 75th, Ashank. Thank you for showing us what it means to build something that outlives the moment. The journey of Indian IT is one of the great entrepreneurial stories of our time. I am grateful I got to watch some of it from the front row. #Indiansoftwareindustry #pride Ashank Desai N. R. Narayana Murthy Harish Mehta nasscom Mastek Infosys Tata Consultancy Services
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CoFounder & Community Lead
Jagah the Space
- Present 3 years 5 months
Health
Building Jagah, a space for entrepreneurs to heal, grow, and thrive as a community.
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Founding Volunteer
SaaSBOOMi
- 8 years 1 month
Science and Technology
We are a community of SaaS Founders and product builders shaping India’s SaaS industry. Since then, India’s SaaS industry has grown to become over $1.5 billion in annual revenues, with around 800 companies as an active part of the community. The mission for SaaSBOOMi is to help SaaS founders learn from each other’s journeys across different life stages of their companies-from ARR of $0 to $100 million and beyond. Formally called SaaSX.
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The Goa Project
- 4 years 2 months
Arts and Culture
The Goa Project(TGP) is a unique social experiment that brings dreamers across platforms together for an unconference and a romantic holiday...If you love what you do. Think beautiful strangers, great minds and sun kissed bodies on the beaches of Goa. All you need is a little imagination. And a BIG dream. Watch it take flight. With a little help from your new friends….Be there!
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Advisor to the Incubator
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
- 1 year 1 month
Science and Technology
The incubation centre provides budding entrepreneurs essential services for a new start-up along with mentorship from academia, industry, venture capitalists and angel investors.
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Product Growth
- 2 years 3 months
Science and Technology
A community-driven effort to recognise and learn from the often-unsung-heroes working behind the scenes of the fastest-growing companies in Product & Growth space.
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Innovate Delhi Entrepreneurship Academy
- 1 year 4 months
Science and Technology
Innovate Delhi is a three-week long academy that works with aspiring entrepreneurs to hone their skills in innovation, team-building, and strategy. Students learn from entrepreneurs, industry experts, and professors while working in teams to develop breakthrough product concepts and co-found new ventures. On pitch day, the top startups win seed money and all students leave the program inspired to change the world and with a network that will help them do it. Innovate Delhi is generously funded…
Innovate Delhi is a three-week long academy that works with aspiring entrepreneurs to hone their skills in innovation, team-building, and strategy. Students learn from entrepreneurs, industry experts, and professors while working in teams to develop breakthrough product concepts and co-found new ventures. On pitch day, the top startups win seed money and all students leave the program inspired to change the world and with a network that will help them do it. Innovate Delhi is generously funded by the SEED Institute at Stanford GSB and the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi.
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