Headline

18 y/o | Prev : Built Trackboons | Emergent Ventures Grantee | Kothari Fellow | riddhixj.github.io

About

i have grown up as a very curious kid since childhood who just wanted to build things i built trackboons where we help teenagers choose the right careers for themselves where everyone just defaults to being a doctor or an engineer only to regret it a few years down the line we analyse their interests personality and career values to suggest the careers they are actually built for scaled this to over 30,000+ students across 15–20 institutions. I am a emergent ventures grantee (tyler cowen) and also one of the only four kothari fellows a grant and mentorship program by akshay kothari (co founder of notion) and his brothers. both of these programs have helped me a lot in terms of my growth, the way i look at building things and meeting some incredible people along the way. i also enjoy creating content and being in front of the camera, i believe as building gets easier, distribution becomes the real leverage. sharing videos @theriddhijain (instagram), and sometimes on linkedin + twitter. right now, exploring what to build next -- solving problems is what makes me feel alive ! feel free to get in touch with anything at riddhixj@gmail.com !

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

codex

Work experience

Founding Fellow at Kothari Fellowship, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Emergent Ventures Fellow at Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Sep 2024 - Present · 2 yrs, emergent ventures is a grant program started by Tyler Cowen and headed in india by Shruti Rajagopalan they invest in moonshot ideas i received a grant to further my startup and general career development and it has honestly been one of the best experiences they host an unconference every year which brings together builders from all over i got the chance to meet some incredible people and it has really shaped the way i think about building stuff

Product and Engeering at tal, May 2026 - Jul 2026 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Co-Founder at Trackboons, Dec 2023 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos, ● I built Trackboons where we help teenagers choose the right careers for themselves where everyone just defaults to being a doctor or an engineer only to regret it a few years down the line we analyse their interests personality and career values to suggest the careers they are actually built for scaled this to over 30,000+ students across 15–20 institutions. ● Deployed assessments across DPS, Meerut College, RG College and 15+ institutions; achieved an average school onboarding cycle of under 2 weeks from first outreach to live deployment ● Managed full product lifecycle - tech architecture, iteration, and live deployment; improved assessment completion rate to ~85% through product iterations driven by real student feedback. ● Partnered with Navjyoti India Foundation (founded by Dr. Kiran Bedi) to reach underserved youth; delivered assessments to 2,000+ students from low-income communities.

Education

BBA, Statistics, Finance, Accounting and Economics, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Innovate, The Knowledge Society (TKS)