Telborg is an AI application to for fast, high-quality Climate Research and Writing. I wrote here about why I'm building Telborg. If reading this makes you curious, reach out on Twitter or Email.
If we don’t find traction in 6 months, we’ll pivot to `Net Zero North Indian` using tandoors setup with proprietary Carbon Capture technology.
Who am I:
Self-taught and technical. Recently worked a few weeks in frontend engineering with Cal.com (they’re awesome and open-source and I’m a very happy user). Leaving early because I couldn’t stop working on Telborg. Github
Strategy Consulting for the Energy industry with Ernst & Young India for 2.5 years
Worked on Content, Marketing and Product at 2 fitness/wellness startups before EY LinkedIn
Was selling high-value consumer goods to total strangers all through my teens (parents’ business)
Side projects: F1omo, ChatGPT in Darth Vader’s voice
When not working: read, write, workout, cook, be outdoors (subject to Delhi °C), watch formula 1
Top books: Project Hail Mary, The Code Breaker, Innovator’s Dilemma, The Making of the Atomic Bomb (still reading this, perhaps the most inspiring book I’ve ever read)
Top movies and shows: Ted Lasso, Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory, Billion Dollar Code, Charite, The Martian, Call My Agent (French), Halt and Catch Fire
Who you are:
Experience building and shipping software to a large number of users, ideally including working on search and/or ML systems in production
Comfortable working with Typescript, PostgreSQL, Python. I also use Elixir for some workflows. Current stack is NextJS (with Typescript) + Supabase, deployed with Vercel and AWS Lambda for processing data
Enjoy writing and reviewing a lot of code. I plan on keeping the team small at least until mid-2024. Perhaps hire 1 more engineer and 1 designer.
Care about user experience and good design.
Love to read about anything and everything, ideally including science and maths. Here’s my Goodreads
You like to write and have some public writing
Not afraid of schleps. There’s going to be more than the usual number here.
Willing to work on this full-time as soon as we start working together
Want to commit to building a company for 5 years at least
Want to build an in-person company
Some of the things we’ll work on initially:
making search faster and more relevant
AI writer with academic style citations
better data ingestion pipelines
multi-modal data ingestion
Next steps:
Schedule a chat here: Cal (Please leave links to your public writing and a quick line or two about you)
Chat a couple times, fill out this questionnaire
Do 2-3 user calls together
Meet if you’re in Delhi/India, find a way to meet if you’re elsewhere
Work together for 3-6 months
I don’t have a gender preference. Ideally you’re in your 20s or early 30s (I’m 29).
Who you work with matters more than every other decision you take for your company. I’m based in Delhi (India), but happy to work remotely if you’re elsewhere and figure out ways to work together in-person.
“if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.”
― Charles Bukowski