My Story
A technical founder who's built 6+ startups across AI, Web3, and HealthTech.
10+ years. 6+ startups. 2 research papers. One through-line: building things that work - and doing it alongside founders who care.
Technical Founder6+
startups co-founded across 3 continents
The Beginning
I was born in Delhi in July 1994. My early childhood is a blur until 1998, when my parents took me to Cambridge, UK for a year. I was only four, but something stuck with me - the machines everywhere. ATMs that worked flawlessly. Traffic lights that actually made sense. Vending machines on every corner. It was a different world.
Growing up in Kurukshetra, Haryana, while other kids were obsessed with cricket and Bollywood, I was fascinated by how things actually worked. Not just using them - understanding the gears beneath. My dad is a techie, so that curiosity ran in the family. In 2005, when I was 11, he surprised me with a silver Compaq Presario M2000 - 512MB of RAM, a Centrino processor - running Linux. He was subscribed to "Linux for You" magazine, and every month we'd get CDs with Mandriva and SuSE distributions. I devoured them. Tux Racer and Super Tux were fun, but what really grabbed me was the command line. The pure logic of it - type something, the computer does exactly what you asked. No graphics, no menus. Just intent and understanding. I'd spend entire afternoons writing commands, breaking things, fixing them, discovering how everything connected. That was magic.
The Game Changer
In 2012, I started my B.Tech at Kurukshetra University in Computer Science. While most classmates were there for the degree, I was driven by curiosity - understanding networking, cryptography, and the infrastructure beneath everything. Dr Anil Saini helped me bridge the gap between theory and practice, a combination that became foundational to how I think.
In 2016, I pursued my M.Tech in Cybersecurity at NIT Kurukshetra. Those two years were intense - diving deep into cryptography, distributed systems, and security protocols from first principles. Prof. (Dr.) Mayank Dave shaped not just my technical knowledge but how I approach systems thinking.
That drive to go deeper hasn't changed. It's why I build the way I do now - architecture that's defensible because it's built on understanding, not assumption.
Learning & Growing
NIT Kurukshetra - 2016–2018The Research Years
I went deeper into security. Much deeper.
My M.Tech in Cybersecurity at NIT Kurukshetra wasn't just a qualification - it was two years of learning to think about systems from an adversarial perspective. What breaks? Who benefits? How do you design for failure?
I published two peer-reviewed research papers during that time - one in Elsevier, one in IEEE - on attribute-based access control in fog and cloud computing environments. They've since accumulated 30+ citations. But more importantly, they taught me how to think rigorously about who has access to what, and why that's always a product decision as much as a technical one.
I left academia with two things: a deep understanding of cryptographic systems, and a growing restlessness. Research describes the world. I wanted to change it.
“Research describes the world. I wanted to build things that changed it.”
The Startup Years
I stopped studying startups. I started building them.
In November 2019, I founded Panicle Tech - a boutique technology company I still run today. It was my first experience owning the whole stack: the architecture, the team, the delivery, and the client relationship. I made expensive mistakes. I also shipped things I'm genuinely proud of.
That led to co-founding SYNCHFIT in New York, Darwin Health Services in Delhi, Ofpoison LLC in Dubai, Sparkedit and Cashmycell in the US, and more. I've also stepped in to turn around a few startups that were on their last legs - breathing new life into teams and products at critical moments. Each company was a different domain - HealthTech, Web3, FinTech, EdTech - but the core challenge was always the same: how do you go from idea to product in the fastest, most defensible way?
Six-plus startups later, I've learned that most companies don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because of bad decisions made before a line of code was ever written.
Panicle Tech - Nov 20192,500+
GitHub contributions in 2024 alone
“Most companies don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because of bad decisions made before the first line of code.”
Outside the screenThe Human Part
I believe the best engineers live outside their screens.
When I'm not building products, I'm usually driving on roads I haven't been on before, cooking something with too many spices, or at the gym getting humbled. I find that the clearest thinking happens away from the keyboard.
I've worked with founders in India, the US, and the UAE - across time zones and industries that couldn't be more different. What I've found is that the best working relationships are built on directness, shared ownership, and a genuine care about what we're building together.
I'm not the right partner for everyone. But if you want someone who will treat your startup like it's their own, who will tell you the truth about your architecture even when it's uncomfortable, and who has actually done this before - let's talk.
Building & LeadingWhich Brings Me to You
You're a founder with a vision. I'm the engineer who can build it.
Most founders I talk to aren't looking for a vendor. They're looking for a technical partner who thinks like a founder - someone who understands product, can talk to investors, and can also write the code.
I've been that person for six-plus companies. I know what it costs to get the architecture wrong early, and I know how to get it right. If you're building something and you need someone who has genuinely been in the trenches - I'd love to hear about it.
Companies I've Co-Founded or Led
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Whether you need a Technical Co-Founder, a Fractional CTO, or just a sharp engineer who's built this kind of thing before - I'm available for a 30-minute call. No pitch. Just a conversation.
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