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title: "Tharun Rathod - Bootstrapped founder in Hyderabad | Tal"
description: "Meet Tharun Rathod, EE @ IIT Roorkee | AI & LLMs | Building SaaS Products | Founder @ Edcore & Offset | Technology, Product & Markets based in Hyderabad. AI stack includes antigravity, claude code, and codex. Explore public work links including github and portfolio-tharun-gray.vercel.app."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/tharun-rathod/share-image"
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# Tharun Rathod on Tal

## Headline

EE @ IIT Roorkee \| AI & LLMs \| Building SaaS Products \| Founder @ Edcore & Offset \| Technology, Product & Markets

## About

Hello\! I’m Tharun, an Electrical Engineering student at IIT Roorkee\. I build full\-stack products, research AI/LLMs, Learn a bit of product thinking and UX, and run Edcore, an edtech platform I designed and shipped solo :\) Stack: Next\.js, Supabase, TypeScript, MongoDB\. Edcore exists because the college navigation process is genuinely chaotic, and “ask a senior” probably shouldn’t be the primary source of truth for decisions that shape the next four years of someone’s life\. I also spend a lot of time thinking about language, decision theory, and systems that sit at the intersection of psychology and technology\. Do connect, I also yap a lot hahaha :\)

## Location

Hyderabad

## AI stack

antigravity

claude code

codex

hugging face

kimi

kiro

## Work experience

Bootstrapped founder at Edcore, Jan 2025 \- Present · 1 y 9 mo, Hyderabad, Edcore \| Founder & Product Builder Building a unified EdTech platform that simplifies college discovery, exam planning, and career decisions for JEE/NEET aspirants\. Built independently from the ground up, Edcore brings four core modules under one platform: ExamNotifi, CollegeTracker, Tutorix, and NextTalk\. Product & Engineering: Developed the complete Next\.js frontend, authentication system, REST APIs, and PostgreSQL database architecture using Supabase\. Focus: Product strategy, user experience, student needs, and building practical solutions to real problems in education\. Traction: 220\+ users, with a focus on making college and career guidance more accessible, structured, and actionable\.

Web Developer at Hiring Bazaar, Oct 2025 \- Jan 2026 · 3 mo, Roorkee, Product Delivery: Shipped the careers page, role listings and candidate application workflow end to end \(frontend and backend\); Owned UI feedback and rollout testing\. Performance Optimization: Cut average API response time 30% \(400 ms to 280 ms\) and initial page load 25% \(2\.4 s to 1\.8 s\)\.\.

Forward Deployed Software Engineer at R\.K\. IntelliServe, Mar 2025 \- Mar 2026 · 1 y, Gurgaon/Remote, Pipeline Orchestration: Architected and automated DAG\-based ML preprocessing and model evaluation pipelines for high\-throughput production data workflows\. Client and Systems Integration: Translated client requirements into scalable AI/ML solutions, integrating data systems, APIs, and existing enterprise workflows\. Full\-Stack Engineering: Built low\-latency microservices, third\-party API integrations, and automation scripts to streamline operational workflows for SME clients\. Production Engineering: Collaborated across engineering pods to troubleshoot integration failures, ship emergency hotfixes, and stabilize production systems under tight delivery timelines\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Class X, Delhi School Of Excellence \- India

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/tharun99856
- portfolio\-tharun\-gray\.vercel\.app: https://portfolio\-tharun\-gray\.vercel\.app/

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