01 / About

Aboutme

founder, builder, learner

Kaneshk leaning on a black Ambassador car
On the Ambassador, Bengaluru

Builder from Mumbai, based in Bengaluru. Rooted in customer conversations and built on shipping. I make brands, AI prototypes and automations, then stand where the problem happens to find out whether they work.

Underneath it all, tech is what keeps me obsessed, in and out.

I start by standing where the problem happens. Before SimplyGrain I held 200+ conversations with customers. Before Amora, 100+ interviews. At WaveOps I listened to the calls the team was missing, then built the agent that answers them. I keep a human in the loop until a system has earned trust.

Kaneshk talking with a laptop

I go beyond ideas. I build the brand, the shop, the prototype and the automation, and I learn the code underneath, because I want to know how the thing really works.

Won demo-day competitions twice with SimplyGrain. Co-founded Amora in 50 days. Mentored 12 students across 3 startup teams.

Tech, in and out

I love obsessing over tech and taking it apart.

If a tool exists, I want to know how it works and how to bend it to a real problem. That is how a non-engineer ended up hard-coding a store, building an AI card recommender in two weeks and a booking agent for a surf club. I am now learning Python and JavaScript to understand the layer underneath.

ClaudeClaude CodeLovableSupabaseWindsurfGitHubn8nElevenLabsWhisperPython and JS (learning)

How I work

A loop, not a plan. Five steps.

The same loop shows up in everything on this site. Each step has a project that proves it.

01Ask real people

Before building anything, I go and ask.Dreamspan: 40+ polled, 5 interviews

02Build a rough version

Small and working beats big and planned.FinSight: a working prototype in two weeks

03Put it in front of them

On the ground, face to face.SimplyGrain: 10+ stores, ~1,000 customers

04Listen to what breaks

The complaints are the roadmap.Amora: 100+ interviews, then 3 suppliers

05Change it

With a human in the loop until it earns trust.WaveOps: a person reviews every booking

repeat until it works

Education

Two degrees, one school record.

2025 to 2029

Mesa School of Business

Undergraduate programme in business management and entrepreneurship, Bengaluru. Where Amora, FinSight and SimplyGrain happened.

2025 to 2028

IIM Bangalore

Bachelor of Digital Business and Entrepreneurship.

2026, in progress

IIM Ranchi

Digital Marketing, a six-month certification.

2019 to 2023

Campion School

Mumbai. 96.4% in ICSE, Mathematics topper, top 3 in school across all subjects in Grade 9.

What keeps me curious

Eight things I can't stop thinking about.

02 / Skills

Skillscollected

from the work above

Business

Customer discoveryGo-to-marketB2B salesPositioningPricing & unit economicsInfluencer marketing

Product & AI

Prompt engineeringAI prototypingRecommendation systemsClaude agentsWorkflow automation

Insight

Market analysisCompetitive analysisUser researchCustomer insight

Toolkit

ClaudeChatGPTGeminiPerplexityLovableWindsurfGitHubn8nElevenLabsWhisperCanvaPython & JS (learning)

03 / On my desk

On mydesk

drag things around

KANESHK
KANESHK’S BUILD RECEIPT
Not a real receipt, just a CV

Brands builtx2
AI prototypesx1
Startup teams mentoredx3
Students mentoredx12
Marketing competitions wonx2

Totalstill building
Built from zero, with AI
I work with
  • Claude and Cursor
  • Lovable and Supabase
  • Langflow and OpenAI
  • Prompt design
  • Customer discovery
Say hello
kaneshk.khandelwal
@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/kaneshkkhandelwal
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Experience

Influencer Marketing InternEmversity · 2026

Co-founderAmora, chocolate brand · 2025

Product and buildFinSight, AI prototype · 2025

FounderSimplyGrain · past venture

Strategy mentor3 startup teams, 12 students

EducationMesa School of Business
IIM Bangalore (DBE)

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The face behind it

A few photos of me.

On the Ambassador
On the Ambassador
White shirt brick wall hand on glasses
White shirt brick wall hand on glasses
White shirt brick wall wide arms crossed
White shirt brick wall wide arms crossed
India gate walking on the phone
India gate walking on the phone
Mirror selfie linen outfit bedroom
Mirror selfie linen outfit bedroom
Night selfie blue cap jacket
Night selfie blue cap jacket
Standing in restaurant cream polo
Standing in restaurant cream polo
Talking with laptop tan tee
Talking with laptop tan tee