Rishabh R.

I'm a 3x CTO who's taken products from zero to one and scaled them into profitable businesses with minimal funding. The last few years of my work have been almost entirely on the frontier of applied AI — agent orchestration, Claude Code-driven development, skill systems, and AI-native product architecture. I bring that fluency to teams that want to ship real AI products fast, not commission another strategy deck. What I actually do: Architect and ship AI-native products end-to-end (LLM integration, agent orchestration, evals, prompt systems, RAG, vision pipelines) Lead AI transformation inside existing products — embedding AI features into legacy SaaS, automating ops workflows, replacing labor-intensive processes with agent-driven systems Operate as a fractional CTO for early-stage companies that need senior judgment on architecture, hiring, build vs. buy, and AI strategy without a full-time hire Run lean global teams I've built over years — domestic + overseas engineers I trust to deliver, brought in only when scope justifies it Track record: Currently leading AI work at Stella, an AI-native company, where I work daily on the latest frontier tooling Founded and led a profitable PropTech / property management SaaS as Technical Founder. Built the platform on React, Node.js, TypeScript, a custom ORM, and Google Cloud (serverless, PubSub, Cloud Tasks, Firestore). Owned the full build and customer delivery. Led mobile development for Hair Cuttery, the largest private hair salon company in the US. Took the iOS app from 2.5★ to 4.8★ with 25k+ ratings, and the Android app from 2.2★ to 4.9★ with 2.5k+ ratings and 100k+ installs — all in 7 months. 7+ years across PropTech, real estate, consumer mobile, and AI — across team sizes from solo founder to coordinating global engineering orgs. How I work: I move fast, write clearly, and prefer ownership over oversight. I'm best for clients who want a senior operator who can scope work, ship it, and bring in supplemental help only when the project actually needs it. I won't pad timelines or recommend a 6-person team for a 1-person job. If you're a founder or operator who wants AI in your product, in your operations, or in your roadmap, and you want it built by someone who actually does this every day at the frontier — let's talk.