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How Founders & Operators Use AI | Surat
Founders and operators on the AI tools they actually use.
Jun 20, 2026 · DevX Piplod · Surat
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eChai After Party of 21by72 Private
An eChai after party alongside 21by72. tea, snacks, and easy networking.
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Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Surat Edition
Jun 12, 2026 · DevX Piplod · Surat
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People from Surat on the network, plus folks from elsewhere who've shown up at an event here.

Ca Devang Tarsariya
Surat
Ca Devang Tarsariya
Co-Founder · apriltax
From Surat

Co-founder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Pre-seed, in Fintech + SaaS + AI/ML.

Building Currently building apriltax a taxtech startup that helps e-commerce sellers to file their GST returns themselves with three simple steps. Upload, Validate and Done

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Founders & operators in my city
getapril.in
Bhushan Patil
Surat
Bhushan Patil
Founder · scaleus.space
From Surat · attended events here

Co-founder, Bootstrapped, in SaaS.

Building Building Scaleus — an Instagram automation platform that helps businesses connect with high-intent prospects through personalized outreach. Strong on product and automation, currently looking to crack distribution, sales, and early customer growth.

Hoping to meet
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • A co-founder
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Founders & operators in my city
Parin Shah
Surat
Parin Shah
Co-Founder · FoodFinity Pvt Ltd - AAHYU KITCHEN , Coffeelinks LLP - NOCHbox
From Surat · attended events here

Co-founder and Building on the side, Pre-product (building) and Pre-revenue / pre-PMF, in Clean Eating Brand and Specialty Coffee.

Building Bringing natural & unprocessed food on table, light on stomach and as tasteful as It can get. Building on a take-away Coffee Concept

Hoping to meet
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • Founders & operators in my city
  • Collaborators
Radhika Agarwal
Radhika Agarwal
Founder · Blanq.
Attended events in Surat

Founder and Educator / mentor, Bootstrapped, in D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail + Foodtech / F&B.

Hoping to meet
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Senior hires for my team
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Product leaders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Founders & operators in my city
Shiva Sogi
Shiva Sogi
Founding member · Flexype
Attended events in Surat

Aspiring founder (exploring an idea) and Building on the side, Seed, in B2B / enterprise + D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Capital for my next round
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Founders & operators in my city
  • Networking/ Learning
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Karan Suratwalaa
Developing engineering ecosystem
Attended events in Surat

Founder and Engineer / builder, Idea stage and Pre-product (building), in SaaS + B2B / enterprise + AI/ML.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • A co-founder
  • Senior hires for my team
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • Founders & operators in my city
Raina Shab
Raina Shab
Co-founder · Food Links LLP
Attended events in Surat

Co-founder and Building on the side, Idea stage and Series B+ growth, in Foodtech / F&B and Media / creator.

Hoping to meet
  • Collaborators
  • Exchanging notes on how to turn ideas in a scalable business, founders exploring AI to increase efficiency, marketing strategists for F&B, startups doing their own content creation
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Rahul Rawat
Founder · Mindful Consulting Hub
Attended events in Surat

Founder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF, in Healthtech.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • A co-founder
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Founders & operators in my city
  • Seed Investors, Intros to paying customers, partners for my agency
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Ashish Jaju
Attended events in Surat

Building on the side and Looking to join a startup, Pre-product (building) and Seed, in SaaS + Vertical SaaS + D2C / consumer.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Startups to invest in
  • A co-founder
Hemish Pancholi
Surat
Hemish Pancholi
Founder & CEO @ KodamaMinds · Hemish
From Surat · attended events here

Founder and Engineer / builder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF, in AI/ML + Media / creator + Knowledge delivery.

Building Building EverEdition, a platform where one book becomes a million different books depending on who's reading it. An engineer gets bullet points and benchmarks. A poet gets metaphors and vibes. Your grandma gets large font and zero jargon. Waitlist is live. The AI does the writing

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Intros to paying customers
  • A startup role I would love, at any kind
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Founders & operators in my city
everedition.co
Rahul Sharma
Surat
Rahul Sharma
Founder · HEALTH MATTERS
From Surat

Solo founder, Bootstrapped, in Health Care / Wellness / Fitness.

Building Health Matters — a science-backed wellbeing ecosystem focused on bridging the gap between health awareness and sustainable action through community, personalization and meaningful human connection.

Hoping to meet
  • Looking to connect with passionate professionals, collaborators and strategic thinkers who believe and are willing to create meaningful impact.

Across eChai

Founders to meet

Founders from across eChai worth a hello, beyond Surat.

Rushabh Shah
Ahmedabad
Rushabh Shah
Managing Partner · STIR Advisors

Solo founder and Advisor, Profitable, backing Strategic / corporate, in Vertical SaaS + AI/ML + Deeptech.

Building Working on a lot of interesting tech projects, alongside the Investment Banking firm

Hoping to meet
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
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Nikita Lalwani
Ahmedabad
Nikita Lalwani
Founder & First Bicycle Mayor from India · Crooze Fitness App

Founder, Pre-seed, in Healthtech.

Building Fitness community of 37K users, making fitness fun through Rewards, Challenges, and National Fitness Leagues backed by DST, IT Ministry, IIMA Ventures, i-Hub & Mahindra Rise. Now pivoting to B2B2C Corporate Fitness Leagues and urgently looking for a CTO / Tech Co-founder.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Intros to paying customers
  • A co-founder
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Co-founder
  • Fundraising
  • Distribution
Shrijay Sheth
Ahmedabad
Shrijay Sheth
Founder · Legalwiz.in

Founder and Solo founder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Seed, in SaaS and E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Capital for my next round
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
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    Naval and Nivi sit down with Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Blake Scholl (Boom Supersonic), and Max Hodak (Science) on AI as the next industrial revolution. The conversation covers software factories and waste tokens, vibe coding hardware (Blake's turbine blade), the regulatory frontier (why China's FDA is beating ours), and the autonomous company (what it means when your job becomes training the agent). Worth watching for how three founders building in very different stacks converge on the same questions.

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    Nikunj Kothari (partner at FPV Ventures) used Claude Code to build Nock, a personal skill grounded in his real conversations. He pulled 200+ founder pitch notes captured by Granola, narrowed to ~53 with the strongest debate, layered in his essays on the kind of founders he loves, then iterated against 5-10 real decks until the output matched what he'd actually ask in the room. Founders raising can try it at nikunjk.com/nock; VCs who want their own can build at nikunjk.com/buildnock.

    Jatin Chaudhary · 7 Jun 2026

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