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title: "Krishna Vijayakumar - Associate Product Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Krishna Vijayakumar, Product @ DriveX | Building Marketplaces | Co-Founder @ Mantis | IIT Madras based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, codex, and hermes agent. Explore public work links including github."
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# Krishna Vijayakumar on Tal

## Headline

Product @ DriveX \| Building Marketplaces \| Co\-Founder @ Mantis \| IIT Madras

## About

As a product builder at the intersection of fragmented markets, human behaviour and operational complexity, I enjoy turning field insights and ambiguity into scalable marketplaces, zero\-to\-one systems and measurable workflows\. I believe in a simple principle: understand the human system deeply, then build the machinery that helps it work better\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

codex

hermes agent

hugging face

lovable

obsidian

## Work experience

Associate Product Manager at DriveX, Aug 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Led and owned a live B2B marketplace as sole PM\. Now building a separate 0\-to\-1 dealer\-auction ecosystem with board\-level and C\-suite leaders across engineering, design, business, operations, and legal\. • Owned and scaled a WhatsApp\-first B2B marketplace to INR 12Cr\+ and 3M\+ automated messages\. Cut manual bid intervention by \~95%\. • Building a 0\-to\-1 dealer\-auction ecosystem spanning four apps \(iOS & Android\) and an operations platform\. • Built and initially owned a C2C marketplace\. Scaled it to 10k\+ monthly buyers and 500\+ monthly vehicle sales\. Built a paid Quality Report product used a trust lever\. • Owned launch readiness for a standalone Dealer Management System\. Rebuilt analytics across 4\.4k\+ deliveries\. Shipped ten live funnels and five adopted dashboards\. • Applied behavioral economics to onboarding, pricing, bidding and communications\. Designed clearer choices and lower\-friction marketplace journeys\.

Co\-Founder at Mantis Technologies, Feb 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 7 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Headed product design, development and strategy\. Filed two patents\-Design and Utility, for AR/XR integrated surgical visualisation systems\.

Product Management Intern at DriveX, Mar 2025 \- Aug 2025 · 6 mos, • Designed the auction and communication logic to support chat\-UX for India's first WhatsApp based AI B2B auction marketplace \(\~80% automation\) • Led discovery, specifications, design and engineering alignment, UAT, launch, and early C2C marketplace operations\. • Built marketplace automation and re\-auction workflows that became the foundation for a live dealer B2B marketplace\.

ESG Consultant at CorpStage, Oct 2023 \- Feb 2024 · 5 mos, Singapore, Drafted proposals/budget outlines for major oil & gas, hospitality, and construction clients from South East Asia\. Secured a 95% win rate and 20% new client inquiries, generating 5 Cr\+ INR in potential revenue in acquiring new projects\.

Head, Sports Executive Council at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Jul 2023 \- May 2024 · 11 mos, IIT Madras, Led a six\-member team managing an INR 4Cr\+ sports\-infrastructure budget; renovated two facilities and procured INR 10L\+ in equipment serving 200\+ athletes and 1,000\+ daily users\.

Sports Secretary at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, May 2022 \- May 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, Brahmaputra Hostel

## Education

Master of Arts \- MA, Development Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/mantis9180

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