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AI x SaaS Startup Meetup in Pune

A candid evening for Pune's SaaS and AI builders.

A candid conversation with the founders, leaders, and developers building SaaS and AI products in Pune, followed by an open networking session.

Speakers, panel, talk and pitches coming soon.

Free and open to all.

Saturday, 11 July 2026
4:00–6:00 PM IST · in 5 days
Ideas to Impact Hub, Baner
Ideas to Impact, Lane 3, Near Vijay Sales, Pallod Farms, Baner, Pune, Maharashtra 411045
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Talking to customers & user research How do I tell the difference between a nice-to-have problem and one people will actually change their behavior to fix? A real problem shows up in what people already do about it: they've cobbled together a...
Community-led growth How do I revive a community that has already gone quiet without spamming everyone to come back? Do not blast a "we miss you" message; instead pick a handful of once-active members, DM...
Shipping, iterating & roadmap Should I share a public roadmap with my early users, or does that just create pressure and expectations I cannot meet? A public roadmap builds trust and pulls in feedback, but a dated one is a promise...
Grants & non-dilutive funding How do I write a grant application that actually gets funded? Grant reviewers fund clarity, not hype: state the problem, the specific innovation, why...
Naming your startup & domains Should I buy a premium domain or just use a cheaper workaround? At pre-revenue, don't drop lakhs on a premium domain, a clean workaround domain (tryX,...
Launching (again and again) How do I launch in India where there's no single 'Product Hunt moment' that reaches Indian founders and buyers? For an Indian audience, the launch usually happens in WhatsApp groups, founder...
Validating your idea How is validating a B2B idea different from validating a consumer app? In B2B, one signed pilot from a real buyer tells you more than a thousand consumer...
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Understanding the problem (JTBD) When is the job someone hires my product for actually an emotional or social one, not a functional one? More often than founders assume, because we default to functional explanations and miss...

Polls

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AI Which AI agents are running in your stack right now?
Siddhant Trivedi Anuj Dalal Manan Maheshwari Anmol Parimoo Harry Rajput Kishan Parekh Brijesh Tekrawala Pragnesh Shah +15
Claude Code 19 votes · 32%
Claude Cowork 9 votes · 15%
Cursor 7 votes · 12%
OpenAI Codex 4 votes · 7%
Gemini Spark (Google) 4 votes · 7%
OpenCode 3 votes · 5%
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Product & Engineering Which no-code builder do you ship with?
Satish Kumar Pabbathi Haripriya Epuri Manan Maheshwari Viraj Rajani
Framer 3 votes · 43%
Webflow 1 vote · 14%
Wix 1 vote · 14%
WordPress 1 vote · 14%
Shopify 1 vote · 14%
Squarespace 0 votes · 0%
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AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?
Jatin Chaudhary Kush Prajapati Rushabh Shah
Claude 3 votes · 100%
ChatGPT 0 votes · 0%
Gemini 0 votes · 0%
Perplexity 0 votes · 0%
Grok 0 votes · 0%
Microsoft Copilot 0 votes · 0%
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Operations How do people book time with you?
Amish Trivedi Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri Yash Shah Rohan Shah Anil Motwani Anuj Dalal Vishal Tiwari +9
Google Calendar appointments 8 votes · 32%
Calendly 7 votes · 28%
Cal.com 4 votes · 16%
Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 8%
Phone Call or Whatsapp 2 votes · 8%
Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%
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Operations Which cloud telephony runs your business calls?
Exotel 0 votes · 0%
Knowlarity 0 votes · 0%
MyOperator 0 votes · 0%
Servetel 0 votes · 0%
Ozonetel 0 votes · 0%
Kaleyra 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing Which CRM do you use?
Harry Rajput Bhavesh Patel
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HubSpot 1 vote · 33%
monday CRM 1 vote · 33%
Notion 1 vote · 33%
Salesforce 0 votes · 0%
Zoho CRM 0 votes · 0%
Pipedrive 0 votes · 0%
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People & Hiring Which accelerator or incubator were you part of?
Akshay Solanki Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi Rushabh Shah Kush Prajapati
IIMA Ventures 3 votes · 43%
A state or govt incubator 3 votes · 43%
i-Hub 1 vote · 14%
Y Combinator 0 votes · 0%
Techstars 0 votes · 0%
Antler 0 votes · 0%
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Product & Engineering Which cloud or hosting is your product on?
Anuj Dalal Amish Trivedi Harry Rajput Nandan Shukla Rushabh Shah
AWS 4 votes · 40%
Google Cloud 2 votes · 20%
Cloudflare 1 vote · 10%
Railway 1 vote · 10%
Supabase 1 vote · 10%
Hostinger 1 vote · 10%
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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?
Akshay Solanki Anmol Parimoo Haripriya Epuri Rohit Jain Yash Shah Chinmay Parekh Manan Maheshwari Ritwik Joshi +2
Google Forms 8 votes · 62%
Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 15%
Typeform 1 vote · 8%
Others 1 vote · 8%
Youform 1 vote · 8%
Tally Forms 0 votes · 0%
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Money & Legal How have you funded your business so far?
Anuj Dalal Akshay Solanki Tushar Prajapati Jatin Chaudhary Rahul Sharma Pragnesh Shah Shrijay Sheth Vishal Savani +5
Bootstrapped 12 votes · 86%
Angel investors 1 vote · 7%
A VC firm 1 vote · 7%
AngelList or LetsVenture syndicate 0 votes · 0%
Venture Catalysts or 100X.VC 0 votes · 0%
An accelerator 0 votes · 0%
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Asks

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Partnerships & BD Looking for a professional video studio in Delhi for a long-term partnership — not a standard booking. We... Mr Mujtaba
Partnerships & BD I'm looking for resellers or agency partners. I'm open to co-marketing or a partnership with another... Pragnesh Shah
Looking forward to connecting with startup folks in Ahmedabad who play cricket. We are hosting eChai... Jatin Chaudhary
Fundraising & investors I'd value help building a tight list of the right investors to approach. Sudheer Panyam
Mentorship & advice I'm looking for a small peer group of founders to think with. Also need mentoring support from... Vivart Patel
Customers & demand I'm looking for first users or design partners to pilot what we're building. Vivart Patel

Podcasts

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I Wasn't Trying to Build AI — Godfather of AI I Wasn't Trying to Build AI — Godfather of AI Big Technology Podcast
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The Most Incredible Transformation I’ve Ever Seen — Jerzy Gregorek on Cerebral Palsy and Coaching The Most Incredible Transformation I’ve Ever Seen — Jerzy Gregorek on Cerebral Palsy and Coaching The Tim Ferriss Show
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Docuseries Dirty Money Useful cautionary cases on governance, ethics and incentives in business.
TV Series Rocket Boys Inspiring on vision, institution building and backing big bets against the odds.
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TV Series The Wire A deep look at systems, incentives and organizations that any operator can learn from.
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Ideas to Impact Hub, Baner
Ideas to Impact, Lane 3, Near Vijay Sales, Pallod Farms, Baner, Pune, Maharashtra 411045, Pune
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