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title: "Arun Kumar Podili - Product Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Arun Kumar Podili, Product Manager | B2B SaaS · AI/ML · Consumer Apps | ₹40M+ Enterprise Deals | 0→1 Product Builder | 5 Companies · 3 Startups | Hyderabad based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and kiro. Explore public work links including github and paper-salamander-82f.n..."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/arun-kumar-podili/share-image"
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# Arun Kumar Podili on Tal

## Headline

Product Manager \| B2B SaaS · AI/ML · Consumer Apps \| ₹40M\+ Enterprise Deals \| 0→1 Product Builder \| 5 Companies · 3 Startups \| Hyderabad

## About

₹40M\+ in enterprise deals\. ₹2 Cr revenue in 3 months\. 5 companies\. 3 startups\. 6 years\. I'm a Product Manager who builds from zero — roadmaps, customers, revenue\. What I've shipped: → An AI\-native dating app for India, 0 to live in 5 months, $12K budget, solo PM → EdTech ERP for 75\+ colleges — closed deals averaging ₹10M, highest ₹40M → An LLM/SLM productivity platform — 40% cost reduction, 40% productivity gain for commercial clients → A hiring intelligence platform — 40\+ team, 2\-year build, validated with Indian Air Force and enterprise companies My edge: I do the unglamorous work\. 73 college visits for discovery\. 100\+ user interviews\. 1,000\+ competitor ads audited\. Unit economics modeled before a single line of code\. CS Engineer \(Ramaiah University\)\. ML certified \(IIT Kanpur\)\. PM trained \(HelloPM Bootcamp\)\. Open to PM roles — B2B SaaS, AI/ML, HR Tech, Consumer\. 📩 podiliarunkumar84@gmail\.com

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

kiro

llama\.cpp

Pipecat

Portkey

## Work experience

Product Manager at Doqfy, May 2026 \- Present · 6 mos

Consultant Product Manager at Blitzrider Pvt Ltd, Jun 2025 \- Jan 2026 · 8 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Product Marketing Manager at Let's Hang\!, Jun 2024 \- Dec 2024 · 7 mos, New York, United States

Founder at VirtualMentor, Aug 2023 \- Jul 2024 · 1 yr, India, Sledge AI startup developing generative AI to Automate Corporate Services with SLM's\.

Founder at Sckilled, Nov 2021 \- Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

## Education

Product Manager, HelloPM

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, M\. S\. RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/arunpodili
- paper\-salamander\-82f\.notion\.site: https://paper\-salamander\-82f\.notion\.site/Arun\-Podili\-s\-Work\-04bf9f17aeab443cb8ca4f16121bf423?pvs=74

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