समूह

[samūha] – a gathering or assembly of people

A community for Indian makers building global products

Welcome to Samooh

We are building a community for founders, makers, and builders of Indian origin who are working on exciting world-class products and apps for a global audience.As we see an increase in the number of global startups and apps coming out of the Indian diaspora, we also feel the need for a sense of community among us.We want to gather the brightest minds working on things that have a big impact and utility everywhere, including India.Samooh is an initiative to provide makers with a supportive network of people who have been there, done that, and are happy to pay it forward.

Built with love by Ivan & Amrith.

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Our Community

Join people with tons of experience building global products

A portrait of Ivan Mehta - a tech reporter who covers global consumer tech developments at TechCrunch. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web.

Ivan Mehta

Ivan is a tech reporter who covers global consumer tech developments at TechCrunch. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including The Next Web and the Huffington Post.

A portrait of Amrith and his dog Sando - he previously was the Head of Social at Product Hunt and has worked with multiple consumer apps and startups since like Opal, Alongside, and Stoic.

Amrith Shanbhag

Amrith started his career building a community of student makers and joined the Product Hunt team to work on community and lead social.He has worked with multiple consumer startups since on all things community, social, brand, growth, and product.

A portrait of Dravisha Katoch - an early stage VC at Antler India who is a 2x TEDx speaker, and a go-to person for all things marketing, growth, and operations. She's currently building From Day Zero within Antler India.

Dravisha Katoch

Dravisha is an all-in-one storyteller, community builder, and operator who is currently building Before Day Zero and investing in early stage startups through Antler India.Talk to her about all things health tech, sports tech, consumer fintech, and social impact.

A portrait of Kishan Bagaria - the co-founder of Beeper (acquired by Automattic) - an all-in-one messenger that consolidates multiple messaging platforms such as iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, Slack, etc. into one app.

Kishan Bagaria

Kishan is the co-founder of Beeper (acquired by Automattic) - an all-in-one messenger that consolidates multiple messaging platforms such as iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, Slack, etc. into one app.

A portrait of Harshil Shah - an indie iOS developer who's worked on many consumer apps and is currently building Peaks, a better way to visualize and track health metrics that are important to you.

Harshil Shah

Harshil is an indie iOS engineer who's worked on many consumer apps such as Pause, Stopwatch, and RIFF, and is currently building Peak, your personal fitness dashboard to visualize and track health metrics that are important to you.

An avatar of Ishika Mukerji - a senior product manager currently working at morphic.com on product & BD - she has a lot of experience in web3, film, and consumer tech space.

Ishika Mukerji

Ishika is a senior product manager who is currenly leading product & bd at Morphic and also runs a mini podcast highlighting cool people building stuff on Base & Farcaster.She graduated Rutgers University with a degree in electrical/computer engineering with a minor in biology and you can find her at the intersection of web3, film, and consumer tech.

A portrait of Himanshu Khanna - the designer founder of Sparklin Agency and currently building Openvy - a social listing engine for all things pop culture.

Himanshu Khanna

Himanshu is the founder of Openvy, a creative network for all things pop culture, and Sparklin, one of India's biggest design agencies.

A portrait of Gaana Srinivas - a senior product designer who recently worked at Pleo and is cooking something new - she's also an illustrator on the weekends and a photographer at night.

Gaana Srinivas

Gaana is a senior product designer who has worked at Pleo, GOODIEBOX, Rune, Amazon and more, and is cooking something new 👀She's also an illustrator on the weekends, a photographer at night, and posts some of the best vibes on Twitter and Instagram.

A portrait of Jaiya Gill - she currently does marketing at Carry and runs a newsletter called Girlsplains that covers everything at the intersection of startups, tech, money & pop-culture.

Jaiya Gill

Jaiya currently leads marketing at Carry and runs a newsletter on the side called 'girlsplains' where she covers everything at the intersection of startups, tech, money, and pop culture.She's even worked on MrBeast's TikTok strategy, made crypto more friendly for women with Cryptobesties, helped Gas go viral with content strategy, and more!

A portrait of Sai Kambampati - he's currently a software engineer at Humane working on the device platform and experiences - he's a 3x WWDC Scholar and has also interned at Apple and Disney.

Sai Kambampati

Sai is a software engineer who recently worked at Humane on evolving the Ai Pin's interaction model and more.He's been a 3x WWDC Scholar recipient and has also interned at Apple and Disney.

A portrait of Kanishka Chaudhry - she's a 2x WWDC Scholar who currently works at BlinkIt - she's also worked on Structured and led a HackClub at her high school.

Kanishka Chaudhry

Kanishka is a 2x WWDC Scholar who's currently a software engineer at Blinkit. She's previously also worked at Structured and also led a Hack Club at her high school.

A portrait of Rima Patel - She has a MD/MS in Heath policy. Works with early stage startups, clinician entrepreneurs and creators to craft go to market strategies, strategic partnerships and build 0-1 healthcare business.

Rima Patel

Rima has a MD/MS in Health Policy and works with early stage startups, clinician entrepreneurs and creators to craft go-to-market strategies, strategic partnerships and go from 0 to 1.She also has experience in healthcare equity and healthcare policy and is part of networks such as the IBM chief global officer network, investors, and has global experience with consulting early stage startups, doctors, and digital health business in US, LATAM, and India.Rima is currently working on helping healthcare entrepreneurs be fully compliant.

A portrait of Ashita Achutan - previously worked on Product at Twitter, Amazon, Ebay and is now building a social platform around fandom called Fantoons as well as an AI Biographer named Otto. She's also the co-founder of Women in Product.

Ashita Achuthan

Ashita is currently building Otto, your personal AI biographer that records your memories and turns them into published stories.She also built Fantoons, a social platform built around fandoms that lets fans create and read fan-fiction comics with Generative AI.Ashita used to work on Product at Twitter, Amazon, Ebay, and was also the co-founder of Women in Product that helps thousands of women and non-binary people grow their career in product management.

A portrait of Apoorva Savant - a Senior Product Designer at Adyen - she used to be a Design Researcher at the IIT Bombay Industrial Design Centre School of Design and has worked on UX Design at Paytm Insider and Speakap.

Apoorva Savant

Apoorva is currently a senior product designer at Adyen.She graduated from BITS Pilani, Goa and joined the IIT Bombay Industrial Design Centre as a Design Researcher.Apoorva has previously worked on UX Design at Paytm Insider and Speakap and also developed an Eye Tracking Interface for ALS Patients.

A portrait of Ajey Pai Karkala - he's currently doing a PhD in computer science at the university of Amsterdam. He designs reliable AI algorithms to understand women’s cancers better.

Ajey Pai

Ajey is currently doing a PhD in computer science at the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the University of Amsterdam.He did a Masters of Science in Research from IIT Delhi where he developed AI algorithms to detect gastrointestinal diseases.He designs reliable AI algorithms to understand women’s cancers better, and wants to make these cutting edge technologies and cancer treatments more accessible in remote locations.

Parth is the co-founder of HUD (YC W25) - the evaluation platform for Computer Use Agents, working with top AI labs and agent startups to improve their models and enterprises in adopting them.

Parth Patel

Parth is the co-founder of HUD (YC W25) - the evaluation platform for Computer Use Agents, working with top AI labs and agent startups to improve their models and enterprises in adopting them.He's previously worked on consumer startups, AI/NLP, Fintech, Healthtech, and nuclear reactors. He's deeply interested in yoga, meditation, and studying Sanskrit literature.

Vinayak is currently a founding engineer at June (YC W21) where he's helping build the best way to do customer support.

Vinayak Mehta

Vinayak is currently a founding engineer at June (YC W21) where he's helping build the best way to do customer support.He enjoys writing useful open-source code and talk about the things he learns.Before moving to Paris, he worked on building data platforms at Grofers and SocialCops in India.

Astha is building Relay at Chargebee - a community-driven second brain for SaaS startups.

Astha Rattan

Astha is currently building Relay at Chargebee, a community for SaaS founders and operators where she conducts candid, context-rich AMAs, interviews, and hosts hundreds of discussions with a diverse set of founders.She's a SaaS marketer and storyteller, experienced across growth, product marketing, and community.

A portrait of Vasundhara Kanoria - founder of Togethrly, an app for couples in long-distance relationship to feel closer and more connected.

Vasundhara Kanoria

Vasundhara is the co-founder of Togethrly, an app for couples in long-distance relationship to feel closer and more connected.She is a lawyer and social scientist turned entrepreneur. Her work experience ranges from working high conflict villages in central India to the United Nations.She has also done a Young India Fellowship from Ashoka University.

An avatar of Zaid Mukaddam, the creator of Scira - an open-source alternative to Perplexity.

Zaid Mukaddam

Zaid is the creator of Scira, an open-source AI search engine that's sponsored by Vercel and xAI.He's an indie developer passionate about user interfaces and generative AI, exploring design and crafting thoughtful interactions.

A portrait of Ankush Saxena, a senior product UX designer at IKEA.

Ankush Saxena

Ankush is a senior product UX designer at IKEA.He’s previously worked in design and product roles at Tide (the fintech, not the detergent), GoIbibo/MakeMyTrip and Directi.He’s also the co-founder of Broke Bibliophiles Bombay, one of Mumbai’s largest book clubs, and a 2x Top Writer at Quora.

A portrait of Keya Vadgama - a brand, lettering, and type designer.

Keya Vadgama

Keya is a designer at the intersection of typography, brand, culture, and product who specializes in designing typefaces that support South-Asian scripts and creating custom logotypes for personal brands.She recently released her first font, Mango, her love letter to the Gujarati script.During the day, she works on product and design at Plumb.