The talent already shipped
Thousands of founders, operators and makers are building world-class companies from India today. This isn't a bet on the future. It's already here.
The network forthe people building India.
Real founder stories and a monthly memo on what's actually working, straight to your inbox. Plus your seat before the network opens to everyone.
Free. Just your email. No spam, leave anytime.
Why now
The builders are here. The network isn't. Yet.
India ships product, mints unicorns, and builds for the world. But the people doing it are scattered across group chats, cold DMs and closed rooms. We're building the home they don't have: in the open, starting with 100 real conversations. The earliest members shape it, and get seen first.
But there's no real home
No honest, curated place to be discovered, find your people, and see who's actually building what. Proof-of-work gets lost in the noise.
Early is an unfair advantage
Networks reward the first in. Join now and you're not a face in a crowd. You're a founding member of the one being built for you.
The opportunity, by the numbers
- 108+
- Unicorns
- 1.4L+
- Recognised startups
- $11B+
- VC funding / yr
- 3.5M+
- Tech professionals
World's 3rd largest
and counting
Annual investment
Growing every quarter
Sources: DPIIT Startup India, Inc42, Tracxn (2024)
What you get by joining now
Not another empty waitlist.
You get real value from day one. The intel and the stories start landing in your inbox while everyone else is still waiting for a launch.
Unfiltered founder stories
Real conversations with people building in India: the wins, the scars, and the numbers they don't post on LinkedIn.
The monthly memo
One email a month: what 100 founders say is actually working right now. Signal, not noise, and you can act on it.
First through the door
When profiles, the launchpad and the network open, waitlist members walk in first. Everyone else joins the queue.
A shot at the spotlight
Building something worth seeing? Apply to be one of the first 100 and get your story in front of the whole network.
Season 1
We're interviewing the first 100 builders.
This season, we sit down with 100 founders, operators and student builders across India and ask the same real questions each time. Building something worth talking about? Put yourself forward. Know someone who is? Send them our way.
Roadmap
Waitlist members go first. Every time.
Profiles, reach, capital: as each phase opens, waitlist members get in first, before everyone else. The line only gets longer from here.
The Foundation
Waitlist & 100 Conversations
Join the list. We interview 100 founders across India, and their real stories and struggles become the monthly memo you get in your inbox.
The Stories
Founder Stories Go Public
The first founder interviews go public. Real stories from people building in India, plus the monthly memo on what's actually working.
The Network
Profiles, Podcast & The Report
Waitlist members claim their profiles first. The podcast goes public, and 50+ conversations become the report the ecosystem actually needs.
The Platform
Launch, Connect & Get Funded
The network becomes a platform: launch to your first real users, a builders-only feed, curated jobs, and warm paths to the people who write cheques.
Straight answers
What is Build in India, exactly?
A founder network for India, being built in the open. Today that means a waitlist, 100 real founder conversations, and a monthly memo on what's actually working.
Profiles, the launchpad, jobs, capital: the rest follows the people. See the roadmap for the order it ships in.
What do I actually get for joining now?
The founder stories and the monthly memo, straight to your inbox, plus first access to everything on the roadmap as it opens.
It's free, it's one email, and you can leave anytime. No username to pick, no profile to fill in.
Do I have to be a founder?
No. Founders, operators, investors, students: anyone building or backing what's next in India belongs here.
And if you'd rather be seen than just watch, apply to be one of the first 100 and we'll tell your story.
Don't watch this get built. one of the first.
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