Builder & Researcher
Apurv Mehra
Ex-researcher who got tired of papers nobody read. Now building AI for education and sharing unfiltered learnings from India's startup ecosystem.
Past life: Founder Fellow @ South Park Commons, Research @ Microsoft Research, Student @ IIIT Delhi
Featured Projects
A selection of my recent work in AI and product development
AI Tutor for Test Prep (UPSC)
Affordable AI Tutor for Test Prep in India
Byte-sized AI-powered Skilling
Affordable AI Tutor for everyday professional skilling in India
Sovereign AI Learning Platform
AI-enhanced learning management platform built on Microsoft Community Training—deployed securely inside a customer's Azure environment for data/model sovereignty, affordable skilling, and community training at scale
Latest Thoughts
Writing about AI, product management, and entrepreneurship
2026-04-084 min read
Of the People: A Founder's Brutal Mental Model for Building Startups in India
A chance conversation at a Bangalore mixer cracked open a mental model I hadn't fully articulated before. Why most successful Indian startups are built on cheap labor, not product, and what that means if you're building an AI company.