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👨‍💻 Bengaluru techie's AI startups fail after quitting ₹1 crore Amazon job — He explained 2024 has been a WILD year for me 😵‍💫 - Left my ₹1 crore job at Amazon without any backup, out of an urge to finally 'start up' - Became International Master on Codeforces from my ex-girlfriend’s handle - Founded my first startup @hoobahoo_ai - Got rejected by YC - In just 3 weeks, @hoobahoo_ai gained early traction of around 3k users - Pitched to over 30 VCs (including Elevation Capital and IQ) but failed to raise funds - Shut down @hoobahoo_ai due to high CAC and lack of funds - Met my co-founder @iamrjkunal via YC co-founder matching - Started building B2B SaaS for engineering teams to monitor engineering productivity metrics - Pivoted after realising and verifying our thesis that “One cannot RIGHTFULLY measure the productivity of a software engineer,” as there is too much qualitative nuance. (Yes, we do believe all companies in this domain will eventually fail 😌) - Started building Codermon AI: an AI Agent for developers’ ad-hoc tasks - Pivoted due to an overcrowded market - Explored the supply chain industry to develop an AI agent for procurement - Pivoted yet again upon realising that prior work experience in this domain is essential, which we lacked - Started building @reflecc_ai, an AI agent to automate business and operational workflows of organisations - Built the MVP in 7 days, interviewed over 50 prospects and thought leaders - Cracked 3 LOIs and worked with an agency - Finally made it into YC’s top 10% of applications, but still got rejected - Realised we were going too horizontal with @reflecc_ai and decided to focus on automating a single domain - Now, building an AI Digital Marketer Tried a lot, failed a lot, but most importantly, learned a lot I hope 2025 doesn’t force me to quit my entrepreneurial journey and return to being an employee...once again. 2025, please be kind 🥲🙏🏻 📊 What's your take on his journey ? 👫