Posted 1/20/2024, 8:51:10 AM
Kochi Friends Turn College Project into Thriving AI App Business
- Founded in 2013 by 6 friends in Kochi with no business background based on a college project involving primitive AI
- Pivoted from patenting their tech to building apps, finding success with recipe app Cookbook
- Became 1st Indian developer featured at 5 straight Google I/O conferences starting in 2015
- Shifted from ad revenue to in-app purchases; now focused on product licensing and providing AI to banks, aviation, and autos
- Bootstrapped so far with no outside investments, now have 60 employees