Nikunj Thakkar
Co-Founder at Startup OG (Previously Entrepreneur’s Cafe)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolNikunj Thakkar is a founder and product-led growth operator with 13 years of experience building AI-first SaaS products and communities from Bangalore. He currently co-leads Snezzi, an AI visibility platform focused on how brands appear across AI-powered search, and runs Creator.li, an automated content platform that has driven measurable CAC and organic traffic improvements for SMBs and D2C brands. Previously he built and scaled analytics and contact-center products at Whatfix and Plivo, shipping major migrations and integrating Conversational AI to cut agent effort and latency. A repeat entrepreneur, he founded DataOne Innovation Labs and runs Startup OG to connect founders, blending hands-on product execution with community-building and GTM strategy. Notably, he pairs deep technical roots (big-data systems and early Google Summer of Code work) with practical go-to-market experience, making him adept at turning AI research into revenue-ready products.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Application Information Technology, Bachelor of Computer Application Information Technology at B.D.K.M B.C.A CollegeMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Information Technology, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Information Technology at Dhirubhai Ambani University
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Github Skills (24)
hdp9
firebase8
ambari7
javascript7
app-generator7
nlp6
mongodb6
natural-language-processing6
python6
named-entity-recognition6
nosql6
cassandra6
hector6
angularjs-directive4
redis3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nikunjness/nikunjness.github.io
Mar 2015 - Jun 2023
Contributions:38 pushes in 8 years 3 months
nikunjness/cloudOS
Apr 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:3 commits in 8 months
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