Projects

A non-exhaustive trail of things I have built, maintained, shut down, or still refuse to let die.

Active

Achiral AI

Active

Independent AI systems from compute upward. No borrowed priesthood if we can help it.

Passive

Bubblin Superbooks

Passive

My long-running argument that books deserve to live on the web, not inside dull files.

Red Goose

Passive

A website-to-app engine from the era when packaging the web still felt slightly rebellious.

Open source

Superbook Format

FOSS

An open format for paginated, long-form reading on the web.

Toucaan

FOSS

A stack-agnostic CSS framework for intrinsic layouts and fewer layout superstitions.

Bookiza Abelone

FOSS

A book framework for writing, laying out, and publishing long-form work on the web.

Past projects & work experience

FlippedOnDogs

2025

Computer vision for breed detection. I came in as CTO, learned fast, then moved on to Achiral.

Blossom

2020

A team motivation app co-founded with AJ and Ahmad Kakar. Good people, hard timing.

Pluggd.in / NextBigWhat

2008

Helped edit and grow an Indian tech blog before everyone had a newsletter.

YouSuggest.us

Exited

A social recommendations platform. The sort of idea that teaches you distribution the hard way.

Lattice Purple

Dissolved

A creative technology studio: client work, interactive builds, and the usual agency scars.

Diesis

Exited

Fraternity for guitar enthusiasts in New Delhi

Travo

Liquidated

Travel technology, curated trips, and one more lesson in timing and markets.

Applied engineering

Fortune 10 Healthcare (Texas)

2025

Launched ordering infrastructure for a new Cell & Gene Therapy business.

Oil & Gas Inventory Optimization

2002–2008

Brought inventory down from ₹90 crores to under ₹4 crores over three years. Not glamorous. Very real.

Future

AstrumGravitas.com

Coming soon

A name waiting for the right amount of gravity.