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Ayush Gautam

Ayush Gautam

Product leader, AI founder, and investor (IIT Kharagpur '19)

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Bengaluru, India
Joined January 2025
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Summary

Product-first AI builder: Ayush is actively building Gappy — an agent-driven AI workspace that automates multi‑step tasks across SaaS apps. His public notes (and product examples) emphasize shipping practical agents for PM workflows (PRD drafting, Jira/Slack nudges, daily roundup automation) and building integrations that reduce repetitive work for product teams. gappy+2
Early-stage operator & GTM lead: He has several operator roles across startups — lead product & GTM at Arzooo (2021–2023) and a Founders' Office role at Smartstaff (from 2023) — showing experience in product strategy, go‑to‑market execution, and founder‑level operational work. crunchbase+1
Founder and ed‑tech builder: As co‑founder of ClassCast (2018–2021) Ayush ran a white‑label learning product for coaching institutes and led the startup through customer growth and eventual wind‑down — demonstrating end‑to‑end founder experience from product to operations. crunchbase+1
IIT Kharagpur alumnus with student‑media experience: He completed an Integrated Dual Degree in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (IIT Kharagpur, 2019) and was active in campus media (Awaaz, KGP talks), indicating strong campus leadership and content/communication skills. ac+1
Investor & community builder: Public profile and bios reference involvement with 2.2 Club / 2point2club (IITKgp angel network) as part of community and investment activities, suggesting he splits time between building product and evaluating/mentoring early founders. twitter+1

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Shutting down ClassCast (LinkedIn post)

October 28, 2021

Founder note announcing winding down ClassCast and reflecting on the startup journey — a substantive founder/post-mortem style update.

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Hobbies

Writes/voices opinions on civic issues and democracy; has proposed deploying AI for public-data review (e.g., voter list review), and shares product/agent playbooks publicly. nitter

Content creation / student media (YouTube), public speaking and campus broadcasting. youtube+1