Joy Patel

Founder and Builder | Automation + AI Agents | Helping founders automate what’s slowing them down | Yoga Practitioner

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

I've spent 9+ years building products — from mobile banking apps at First Tech Federal Credit Union to Matchmaking at Betterhalf.ai, to leading product and engineering at early-stage startups. But somewhere along the way, I stopped just building for companies and started building my own things. In the last year, I went heads-down — no job title, no team — just me, a laptop, and a clear problem to solve. I built: - Sutraha — a platform connecting the global yoga community with teachers, retreats, and accommodation in Mysore. Built solo, end to end. - Synclaw — an AI agent orchestration system where autonomous agents execute tasks on a Kanban-style board. Built it because I needed it. Now it powers my own workflows. - WhatsApp Automation Gateway — monitors WhatsApp groups, identifies leads, and auto-lists events on Sutraha. Zero manual effort. I didn't build these with a team or a budget. I built them fast, with AI, with creativity, and with a bias toward what actually works. Now I'm taking those same skills to founders and small teams drowning in manual work, duct-taped processes, and tools that don't talk to each other. If you're a non-technical founder spending too much time on things that should run themselves — I'd love to talk. I don't just recommend tools. I build the actual solution, ship it fast, and make sure it runs without you babysitting it.

Experience

  • Founder at Sūtraha
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    Building a platform for the global Mysore yoga community — connecting practitioners with teachers, retreats, and accommodation. Designed and built the entire product solo. Built a WhatsApp Automation Gateway and Synclaw (AI agent orchestration) as internal tools that now power the whole operation. Launching July 2026.

  • Founder at Strikee
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Building Strikee — bookkeeping-first software for snooker, pool, and multi-sport clubs across India. Most clubs in tier 2, 3, and 4 towns still run on paper registers, calculators, and WhatsApp notes. Cash goes missing, customer khaata (credit) is impossible to track, and owners have no real picture of their numbers. Strikee replaces all of that with simple table billing, customer credit tracking, split payments, and a daily cashbook that actually ties out at closing time.    I'm building this as someone who ran a snooker club in Gujarat for two years — not from the outside. I lived the messy register, the disputed bills, the "I'll pay tomorrow" khaata. Strikee is the tool I wish I'd had. Currently in beta with real clubs. Founder doing a bit of everything: product, code, design, and talking to every single owner myself. Made in Mysore.

  • Principal Engineer (React Native) at Muva Health
    Jan 2023 - Nov 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Led Product & React Native engineering at a health-tech startup. Drove product and engineering end to end.

  • Betterhalf.ai (Full-time · 3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Principal Engineer (React Native)
      Apr 2022 - Feb 2023 · 11 mos

    • Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead (React-native)
      Oct 2019 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Senior Software Engineer - React Native
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2019 · 6 mos

  • React Native Developer at Ford Motor Company
    Mar 2018 - Feb 2019 · 1 yr