Mission

Why I started hackerhouse.

In sixth grade, I got into robotics. There was no one around to teach me, so I learned everything online — forums, YouTube, trial and error. It worked, but it was hard. I was doing this in Ahmedabad, where there just weren't many resources, mentors, or people building things around me. If you wanted to learn something cutting-edge as a kid, you were mostly on your own.

By my second year of college, I got the chance to go to the U.S. and learn from some of the best people working in AI. It was a different world — access to the smartest people, the newest ideas, the right rooms to be in.

When I came back to Ahmedabad, I noticed the same gap I'd felt as a kid, just at a bigger scale. Very few people in my city were building with AI. The opportunities, the community, the exposure — all of it was limited compared to what I'd just seen abroad.

That's why I started hackerhouse. I wanted to bring some of what I got access to in the U.S. back to places like Ahmedabad, so people don't have to figure it all out alone the way I did.

Mission statement

AI is the most transformational technology we have. Right now, access to it is concentrated in a handful of developed countries. I'm building hackerhouse to spread that access to the developing world — so talent isn't limited by geography.