Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hi, I’m Raghav, and I build companies that help India’s workforce stay employable and financially confident in a world where AI is changing everything faster than people can keep up. My work sits in two spaces that define the Indian middle class more than anything else: jobs and money. I started Futurense after realizing something unusual - India has engineers everywhere, yet companies kept saying they “can’t find good tech talent”. I realised the talent wasn’t the problem, the training was. So we built a model that fixes the gap from both ends - academia and industry. - We partner with IITs and IIMs to design AI-focused degrees and certification programs taught by IIT faculty and global tech leaders, giving learners a genuine second chance at the IIT experience. - On the other side, we work directly with Fortune 500 companies and leading GCCs through Hire-Train-Deploy and specialised hiring programs, offering free, high-quality training paired with financial stability to create deployment-ready AI talent. - We’re also building dual-coursework pathways with US and European universities, where students complete part of their degree online in India and the rest on campus at schools like Drexel, Rutgers, and Paris Business School, making global education affordable, and Indian talent a genuine export again, not just a cost arbitrage. Today, 25,000+ professionals trained through Futurense have been placed into GCCs and global tech teams that needed high-quality AI talent yesterday. Our goal is simple: give people a fair shot at careers that actually move upward. But jobs are only half the problem. The other half is what happens after you earn. That’s why I helped build the 1% Club, now 700,000+ paid members strong, a financial education community which is now evolving into a Money OS - a system that helps people track, analyse, and act on their finances with the kind of intelligence that used to be reserved for private bankers. I’m interested in how AI will reshape: - The labour market - Engineering roles and workflows - Wealth creation for the middle class - India’s shift from IT outsourcing to AI engineering leadership And in the middle of all the AI noise, I still believe that technology can scale systems, but humans scale outcomes, because the real leverage comes from how we think, behave, and make decisions, shaped by the three Ps I constantly explore: philosophy, psychology, and politics. So, if you're building for India’s talent, India’s financial future, or anywhere AI is pushing boundaries, we’ll have a lot to talk about.
At Futurense, India’s fastest-growing AI skilling and talent company, we’re building the workforce that global enterprises rely on to design, deploy, and scale AI. - Our work begins in academia, where we collaborate with 40+ IITs, IIMs, and leading universities to deliver online AI degrees, and certifications. - Then we redesign engineering education with programs built around real-world problem-solving, practical AI development, and industry exposure from Year 1, led by India’s first in-person AI-native B.Tech. - And then, we bridge talent directly into industry by working with 540+ hiring partners, including GCCs, Fortune 500 companies, and deep-tech firms that need deployment-ready AI and engineering talent. - We combine specialised hiring solutions with Zero-Cost Upskilling, using Hire-Train-Deploy and advanced hiring tracks to prepare engineers with free, industry-aligned AI training and salary-backed stability before they step into GCCs as forward-deployed problem solvers. - We open global career pathways through our dual-coursework partnerships with US/EU universities like Drexel, Rutgers, and Paris Business School, cutting the cost and duration of global master’s degrees by 40-60%. - We export Indian talent, not just labour, by giving engineers global credentials, international exposure, and a direct route to premium global job markets. - So far, we’ve helped 25,000+ people move into stronger careers, and many of India’s fastest-growing GCCs now rely on this talent to power their AI teams. If AI is the next industrial revolution, we’re building, and supplying the talent that builds that revolution.
1% Club is building India's most trusted wealth management ecosystem for the country's growing middle class. At the core is an annual membership that gives every member an AI money co-pilot and a model mutual fund portfolio. Around it sit specialized services that cover every part of a financial life. What we offer: 1) The Membership: an AI money co-pilot (a true financial system of record) and a model mutual fund portfolio, in a single annual subscription. 2) Pillow Insurance: a transparent insurance advisory so members can protect what they earn. 3) Personal CFO: high-touch advisory for high-income families who need a quarterback for their financial life. 4) Bombay Trading School: a stock market bootcamp for users who want to learn the markets and invest actively. Why this matters: most Indians have access to apps that help them transact, but very few have access to advice they can trust, products built for their stage of life, and a system that ties it all together. We are closing that gap by combining education, advisory, insurance, and AI into one ecosystem the middle class can actually afford. The foundation: a 9 million+ strong community, 700,000+ paying customers, SEBI Research Analyst and Investment Adviser registrations across our group entities, profitability with industry-low acquisition costs, and backing from Gruhas, the fund led by Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath and Puzzolana Group's Abhijeet Pai. The next chapter is compounding trust, technology, and distribution to reshape how India manages money.