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Surabhi A

Non-Tech Founder Building AI for Small Businesses | Running 5 Bakery Cafés + Food Operations | Co-founder, Solvv AI & Krispie’s | Sharing Real Experiments

Greater Bengaluru Area

6+ years of work experience

Stealth AI Startup
Apr 20266 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Founded a stealth AI startup focused on developing websites, customized tools for SMEs across various sectors, including healthcare. • Designed and implemented automation solutions to reduce dependency on traditional market tools, enhancing operational efficiency. • Collaborated with clients to create tailored solutions that address unique business challenges, ensuring high customer satisfaction.
Self Employed
Nov 20241 yr 11 mosPresent

Hassan, Karnataka, India

• Managed 80-acre farm operations across fruits, tomatoes & mixed vegetables with a focus on yield improvement, soil health, and sustainable farming practices. • Implemented efficient irrigation, fertigation & pest-management systems, improving crop quality & consistency. • Negotiated directly with APMC traders, wholesalers & retailers, gaining hands-on understanding of farm-to-market economics, pricing volatility & procurement dynamics. • Oversaw labor planning, daily workflows, post-harvest handling, and logistics for market deliveries. • Built local vendor & distributor relationships and coordinated transport schedules for farm produce.
Krispie's - Bakery & Cafe
Jul 20242 yrs 3 mosPresent

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Scaled Krispie’s into a fast-growing bakery & café brand with ₹12Cr+ ARR across retail, catering & B2B channels. • Designed GTM & diversified revenue strategy including individual business, corporate supply & festive product lines. • Drove 25%+ increase in footfall through targeted campaigns, hyper-local marketing & menu innovation. • Achieved 20%+ improvement in profitability via procurement optimization, vendor consolidation & cost control systems. • Built & standardized end-to-end operating systems — sourcing, production, dispatch, store operations & inventory. • Delivered 30% operational efficiency uplift through SOPs, workflow systems & process optimization initiatives. • Automated CRM, POS & ops reporting (Petpooja + Airtable + Zapier) resulting in 40% reduction in manual ops load. • Led a 20+ member multi-functional team across store ops, kitchen, logistics, marketing & finance. • Represented brand in investor discussions; structured pitch deck, FP&A models & expansion roadmap.
Goldman Sachs
Aug 20231 yrJul 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

* Led global rollout of compliance & regulatory technology systems, managing vendor relationships, contracts, budgets, milestones, and delivery governance. * Designed and executed cross-functional governance models across regions; collaborated with legal, tech, and regulatory teams to ensure global compliance alignment. * Prepared executive-level presentations and reporting dashboards for senior leadership and regulators, improving transparency and audit readiness. * Supported executives as a Chief of Staff, coordinating multi-geo leadership reviews, compliance deliverables, resource planning, and operational execution. * Improved workflow efficiency by 20% by identifying bottlenecks and recommending automation enhancements, strengthening cross-team coordination and delivery timelines. * Ensured global compliance standards and data integrity in regulatory reporting, strengthening integrity of governance frameworks.
Unacademy
Apr 20221 yr 5 mosAug 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Unacademy
Jul 20219 mosMar 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Unacademy
Jul 20201 yr 1 moJul 2021

India

GitHub
@surabhianand13

Surabhi’s AI Stack

claude
claude
elevenlabs
elevenlabs
gemini
gemini
n8n
n8n
notion
notion
openai
openai

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Goldman Sachs 10k Women Program, Startup

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

20251 yr2026
Dayananda sagar institutions

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance & Marketing

Dayananda sagar institutions

20182 yrs2020

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Headline

Non-Tech Founder Building AI for Small Businesses | Running 5 Bakery Cafés + Food Operations | Co-founder, Solvv AI & Krispie’s | Sharing Real Experiments

About

I am not an engineer. I operate a bakery business with five outlets, a production setup, employees, inventory and hundreds of daily operational decisions. Now I am building Solvv AI to help small businesses use AI without needing technical teams. I share what we build, what fails, what saves time and what small-business owners should avoid.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

elevenlabs

gemini

n8n

notion

openai

Work experience

Founder at Stealth AI Startup, Apr 2026 - Present · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Founded a stealth AI startup focused on developing websites, customized tools for SMEs across various sectors, including healthcare. • Designed and implemented automation solutions to reduce dependency on traditional market tools, enhancing operational efficiency. • Collaborated with clients to create tailored solutions that address unique business challenges, ensuring high customer satisfaction.

Farming & Agri Operations — Independent Project at Self Employed, Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Hassan, Karnataka, India, • Managed 80-acre farm operations across fruits, tomatoes & mixed vegetables with a focus on yield improvement, soil health, and sustainable farming practices. • Implemented efficient irrigation, fertigation & pest-management systems, improving crop quality & consistency. • Negotiated directly with APMC traders, wholesalers & retailers, gaining hands-on understanding of farm-to-market economics, pricing volatility & procurement dynamics. • Oversaw labor planning, daily workflows, post-harvest handling, and logistics for market deliveries. • Built local vendor & distributor relationships and coordinated transport schedules for farm produce.

Director at Krispie's - Bakery & Cafe, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Scaled Krispie’s into a fast-growing bakery & café brand with ₹12Cr+ ARR across retail, catering & B2B channels. • Designed GTM & diversified revenue strategy including individual business, corporate supply & festive product lines. • Drove 25%+ increase in footfall through targeted campaigns, hyper-local marketing & menu innovation. • Achieved 20%+ improvement in profitability via procurement optimization, vendor consolidation & cost control systems. • Built & standardized end-to-end operating systems — sourcing, production, dispatch, store operations & inventory. • Delivered 30% operational efficiency uplift through SOPs, workflow systems & process optimization initiatives. • Automated CRM, POS & ops reporting (Petpooja + Airtable + Zapier) resulting in 40% reduction in manual ops load. • Led a 20+ member multi-functional team across store ops, kitchen, logistics, marketing & finance. • Represented brand in investor discussions; structured pitch deck, FP&A models & expansion roadmap.

Analyst at Goldman Sachs, Aug 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, * Led global rollout of compliance & regulatory technology systems, managing vendor relationships, contracts, budgets, milestones, and delivery governance. * Designed and executed cross-functional governance models across regions; collaborated with legal, tech, and regulatory teams to ensure global compliance alignment. * Prepared executive-level presentations and reporting dashboards for senior leadership and regulators, improving transparency and audit readiness. * Supported executives as a Chief of Staff, coordinating multi-geo leadership reviews, compliance deliverables, resource planning, and operational execution. * Improved workflow efficiency by 20% by identifying bottlenecks and recommending automation enhancements, strengthening cross-team coordination and delivery timelines. * Ensured global compliance standards and data integrity in regulatory reporting, strengthening integrity of governance frameworks.

Category Manager at Unacademy, Apr 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Category Associate at Unacademy, Jul 2021 - Mar 2022 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Category Associate at Unacademy, Jul 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo, India

Education

Goldman Sachs 10k Women Program, Startup, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance & Marketing, Dayananda sagar institutions

Public links

github: https://github.com/surabhianand13