Explore · The library
Every resource founders actually use, in one library.
The essays, videos, podcasts, books and tools behind every answer across eChai's hubs, from starting up to go-to-market, D2C, founder money and AI, each with a note on why it is here.
What founders use most, ranked by how many answers lean on it.
- Unity's AI: a free official plugin and command-line tool for controlling Unity from the agent you already work in, and an... unity.com Tool · How Founders Use AI Unity AI Unity
- A free, open-source engine for 2D, 3D and XR games. godotengine.org Tool · How Founders Use AI Godot Engine Godot Foundation
- Text or image to 3D model, priced in rupees: Free with 100 credits a month under CC BY 4.0, Pro ₹1,699 a month for 1,000... meshy.ai Tool · How Founders Use AI Meshy pricing (India) Meshy
- Onshape's AI that answers design and CAD questions in plain language with source chips, inside the cloud CAD tool. onshape.com Tool · How Founders Use AI Onshape AI Advisor PTC Onshape
- Free for personal projects with public documents; Standard at $1,500 a user a year with private storage; Professional at $2,500... onshape.com Tool · How Founders Use AI Onshape pricing PTC Onshape
- Computed answers for maths, units and engineering formulas, with Pro adding uploads of your own data, images and files. wolframalpha.com Tool · How Founders Use AI Wolfram|Alpha Pro Wolfram
- An Indian health platform with EkaScribe, voice-to-prescription note-taking, an EMR built for ABDM records, and clinical... eka.care Tool · How Founders Use AI Eka Care for clinicians Eka Care
- Ambient clinical documentation built by clinicians and used by more than 300 health systems, with customer results on time... abridge.com Tool · How Founders Use AI Abridge Abridge
- Microsoft's clinical assistant for physicians, nurses and radiologists, from ambient documentation to information at the point... microsoft.com Tool · How Founders Use AI Microsoft Dragon Copilot Microsoft
- Imaging AI that reads chest X-rays and CT scans, used at 5,500-plus sites in 105-plus countries, including tuberculosis... qure.ai Tool · How Founders Use AI Qure.ai Qure.ai
- An AI agent that builds and deploys full-stack apps with hosting, database, and auth built in, bridging no-code speed and real,... replit.com Tool · platform · Starting Up Replit, Build Apps with AI Replit
- A free, well-maintained learning hub from the industry-standard design tool, covering the fundamentals a founder needs to... figma.com Course · self-paced · Starting Up Figma, Learn Design Figma
- When two ideas are stuck in a loop of gut feel versus gut feel, the fastest way out is to agree on what actually matters and... Savio Template · ~15 min read + free Google Sheet · Starting Up The Weighted Scoring Model: Guide, Template, and Calculator Kareem Mayan
- The answer only works if you actually keep the running idea log, and this is a simple, free place to keep it. Obsidian stores... Obsidian Tool · Starting Up Obsidian Obsidian
- When you are selling to businesses outside the big startup hubs, national headline numbers are too coarse to plan against. This... Ministry of MSME, Government of India Tool · Starting Up State-wise Udyam (MSME) Registration Dashboard Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- For a founder in India collecting money in INR, Razorpay is the default payments stack, and this is the official developer... Razorpay Tool · Reference docs, dip in as needed · Starting Up Razorpay Developer Documentation Razorpay
- The essay tells you to find your riskiest assumption, this template shows you how to actually surface it. It is a free,... Figma FigJam Template · Ready-to-use board · Starting Up Assumption Mapping Template (free, FigJam) Figma
- This is the concrete insurance step against the shutdown scenario you are worried about. On2Air runs scheduled backups of your... On2Air Tool · Setup in under 30 minutes · Starting Up On2Air Backups: Automated Airtable Backups On2Air
- Billing and auth are exactly where no-code SaaS breaks first, so we picked the primary source over any third-party template:... Bubble Manual Tool · Single guide, roughly a 20 to 30 minute read · Starting Up Subscriptions (Bubble official documentation) Bubble
- When your UI tool's built-in rules are not enough, or you have outgrown them, Xano is a no-code backend that gives you real... xano.com Tool · About a 12 minute read · Starting Up Securing your Xano APIs Xano
- This is the closest thing to a done-for-you starting point for exactly your situation: a marketplace or directory front end... Softr Tool · Starting Up Softr Airtable Freelance Marketplace Template Softr
- Cursor is the AI code editor most founders reach for when a no-code tool hits its ceiling and you need real, custom code. You... cursor.com Tool · Starting Up Cursor Anysphere
- Before you automate anything, you need one place the data actually lives, and this is where you grab a ready-made base to be... airtable.com Template · Copy-and-use base · Starting Up Airtable Templates (official gallery) Airtable
- A rough wireframe answers a question words rarely settle: what the screen and the flow actually look like. Figma's free tier... Figma Tool · Starting Up Figma Wireframe Tool (free online wireframing) Figma
The hubs
Starting Up
Find an idea, validate it, build, and land your first customers.
GTM
Go-to-market, from breaking in to how the best teams do it.
D2C
Building a direct-to-consumer brand, India-first.
Wealth
Paying yourself, ESOPs, secondaries, and de-risking founder wealth.
How Founders Use AI
How founders actually put AI to work, mapped topic by topic.
Glossary
Plain-language definitions of the startup and VC terms you'll hit.
eChai Partner Brands
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