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VIVEK AKATE

GTM & Startup Generalist | DrDroid (YC W23) | B2B SaaS & AI | Ex-Founder @ Advizy & Artifai

Bengaluru

1+ year of work experience

Apr 20266 moPresent

Bengaluru

Worked closely with the founders across GTM and early sales, with ownership across prospecting, events, presales, customer conversations, and follow-ups. Generated and booked 100+ meetings through outbound outreach, LinkedIn, events, and targeted prospecting, while engaging senior decision-makers across engineering and technology teams. Helped identify and test different acquisition channels, with events becoming one of the strongest sources of qualified conversations. Supported founder-led sales across discovery, qualification, product positioning, POCs, pipeline tracking, and follow-ups.
Advizy
Sep 20241 yr 4 mosDec 2025

Mumbai

Built Advizy from scratch as my first startup — from idea → product → early traction. Secured 2 incubation offers, validating the problem and direction early. Spoke to users, experts, and stakeholders to refine the product and GTM. Designed and built the platform end-to-end (product, flows, positioning). Reached out to investors and ecosystem players to understand fundraising dynamics. Built and managed a team, handling execution across product, growth, and ops.

VIVEK’s AI Stack

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openclaw
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ChatGPT
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Education

Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College

Bachelor of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College

20224 yrs2026

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Headline

GTM & Startup Generalist | DrDroid (YC W23) | B2B SaaS & AI | Ex-Founder @ Advizy & Artifai

About

I like building things from zero - starting with an idea, getting it in front of real users, and figuring out what actually works. Started with ArtifAi, where I explored building and selling AI solutions. Then came Advizy, my first startup, where I went deeper into building a product, talking to users, working with a team, and figuring out the early stages of a business. It taught me a lot about how messy and exciting the startup journey actually is. Most recently, I worked in Founder's Office at DrDroid (YC W23), where I worked across GTM, outbound, events, presales, customer conversations, and figuring out which channels actually worked. I've realized that the business and GTM side of technology is what interests me the most - understanding customers, figuring out why they buy, testing ideas, and turning a good product into something people actually adopt. Still learning, experimenting, and figuring things out along the way.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

cursor

n8n

openclaw

ChatGPT

Zapier

Work experience

Founder's Office - Founding GTM at DrDroid (YC W23), Apr 2026 - Present · 6 mo, Bengaluru, Worked closely with the founders across GTM and early sales, with ownership across prospecting, events, presales, customer conversations, and follow-ups. Generated and booked 100+ meetings through outbound outreach, LinkedIn, events, and targeted prospecting, while engaging senior decision-makers across engineering and technology teams. Helped identify and test different acquisition channels, with events becoming one of the strongest sources of qualified conversations. Supported founder-led sales across discovery, qualification, product positioning, POCs, pipeline tracking, and follow-ups.

Co-Founder and CEO at Advizy, Sep 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos, Mumbai, Built Advizy from scratch as my first startup — from idea → product → early traction. Secured 2 incubation offers, validating the problem and direction early. Spoke to users, experts, and stakeholders to refine the product and GTM. Designed and built the platform end-to-end (product, flows, positioning). Reached out to investors and ecosystem players to understand fundraising dynamics. Built and managed a team, handling execution across product, growth, and ops.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College

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