Hey, I'm Rakesh Roushan
Entrepreneur, Product Leader & AI Innovator
Building a portfolio of AI-powered products at Roushan Venture Studio. Previously led product and growth at Paytm, Ninjacart, and Bharti Airtel. IIM Calcutta MBA.
About
With a proven track record across leading Indian startups and corporates, I've held strategic roles in product, marketing, and business growth. Now building the future at the intersection of AI and scalable SaaS.
Roushan Venture Studio
Building 20+ AI-powered SaaS products across voice, search, content, dev tools, and business automation.
AudioPod AI
Unified AI audio workstation — Like Canva for Audio. Seamless tools for content creators.
Core Expertise
Experience
From building 0-1 products to managing multi-crore P&Ls across fintech, agri-tech, and telecom.
Founder @ Roushan Venture Studio
Bengaluru, India
Building a portfolio of 20+ AI-powered SaaS products. Leveraging Cloudflare's edge infrastructure to ship fast with near-zero infra costs.
Founder @ AudioPod AI
Bengaluru, India
Unified AI audio workstation — Like Canva for Audio. Seamless and accessible audio tools for all content creators.
Founder @ UnQuest AI
Bengaluru, India
Built an AI knowledge management platform — the world's best knowledge companion.
Deputy General Manager @ Paytm
India
Led Business Product for Paytm Soundbox service team. Drove strategy and growth for fintech product lines.
Strategy & Growth @ Ninjacart
Bengaluru, India
Led 0-1 initiatives for Ninjacart Fintech business. Built and scaled new revenue streams in agri-tech.
Marketing Manager @ Bharti Airtel
India
Managed 500+ cr topline marketing for Airtel Karnataka. Digital marketing, brand strategy, and analytics.
Zonal Sales Manager @ Bharti Airtel
India
Managed 5+ cr topline sales across semi-urban Hyderabad territory.
Management Associate @ Singtel
Singapore
Product marketing campaigns for prepaid services across South East Asian markets.
Young Leader @ Bharti Airtel
India
Sales and marketing across rural and urban Indian markets as part of Airtel's leadership program.
Projects
Open source work and side projects.
rakeshroushan
personal website
Focusly
A minimalist, non-intrusive focus timer for macOS that helps you stay productive with the Pomodoro Technique.
unsearch
Open-source search API for AI agents. 70+ engines, self-hostable, zero-retention. Drop-in Tavily replacement.
go2.gg
The fastest way to share links
flarecode
The batteries-included full-stack React framework for Cloudflare Workers
devgrowth
GTM Operating System for Technical Solopreneurs - AI-powered marketing platform that lives in your IDE via MCP
Blog
Thoughts on building products, AI, and the startup journey.
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Let's build together
I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities, collaborations, and ambitious ideas. Whether you want to build something together, invest, or just say hi — drop me a line.
Based in Bengaluru, India. Open to remote collaboration worldwide.