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Sidhant Bendre

Sidhant Bendre

Co‑founder at Oleve; founder of Quizard AI

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New York, New York, United States
Joined March 2026
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Summary

Founder/operator who scales consumer AI products: Sidhant co‑founded Quizard (an AI homework tutor) and built it into a multi‑million user product with early profitability; he now runs Oleve, a small NYC studio that applies the same product + distribution playbooks across multiple consumer AI apps. quizard+2
Technical background in machine learning and software engineering: during university he completed internships at Microsoft, Slack and Zendesk and worked as an ML/quant researcher at FLX AI, contributing to ML systems for trading and publishing in IEEE‑related work; this foundation informs his role as a technical founder/CTO. flxai+1
Connected to elite founder/VC networks and accelerators: selected as a Neo Scholar, Z Fellow, and part of GGV Capital's NextGen fellowship—networks he credits with accelerating product and distribution learnings and enabling early fundraising and advisor connections. flxai+1
Growth and 'tiny teams' operator: public talks and interviews describe a consistent approach—focus on tight product‑market fit, viral distribution experiments, and platform‑level engineering so very small teams can ship and scale multiple products reliably. oleve+1

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

AI In Academics: What It Takes To Build A Sustainable Future

March 1, 2025

Forbes Technology Council contribution on integrating AI into academic settings and building sustainable product strategies.

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A Roadmap For AI In Education: Turning Disruption Into Opportunity

December 1, 2024

Council post discussing practical steps and considerations for deploying AI in education, drawing on product and go‑to‑market experience with AI study tools.

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Hobbies

Hackathons, drones and rapid prototyping (active hackathon participant and winner; builds demos like DroneFormer). campustimes+1