product · strategy · operations

hello, I'm Karan

Turning chaos into clarity. I build things, fix broken ones, and occasionally ship something just to see if it works.

Strategy meets craft,
shaped by building.

Some are thinkers. Some are doers. I can't separate the two. I've taken companies from zero to acquisition, untangled institutional complexity, and built side projects at midnight just to see if an idea holds.

A compulsion to find the shape of a hard problem, and solve it.

how I work

01
Diagnose first
I don't touch anything until I understand it. New role, new problem, new brief. I map the system first. How it works, why it works that way, what's broken and what's broken but nobody's noticed yet.
02
Disagree with evidence
When I disagree with a decision I don't sulk or comply silently. I figure out why it was made, form a view, and present it openly, with room for criticism. I've been wrong enough times to know that's the right process.
03
Prioritise without politics
I use five lenses: revenue generation, cost reduction, regulatory requirement, user experience, and long term positioning. Everything gets measured against those. It removes the politics and puts the business back at the centre.
04
Motion creates clarity
When I'm stuck I try something anyway. Waiting for certainty is a trap. Motion creates it.
case studies

Problems I've dug into.
Solutions I've shipped.

The challenges, the decisions, and what actually happened.

01
crypto · payments · 0→1

Building Astro Labs from zero to acquisition

Co-founding a crypto payments startup: the decisions that shaped a successful exit.

co-founder acquired 2 yrs
02
fintech · B2B SaaS · growth

Scaling at a leading digital assets custody platform

Driving product and technical strategy at a platform serving institutional crypto clients.

product & strategy enterprise series B

Things I build when nobody's asked me to.

The best way to understand how someone thinks is to look at what they build for fun.

// in beta
FitCheck
See something you want to wear. Find out where to buy it. A visual search app for fashion. Point your camera at an outfit and it finds it. Currently navigating the joys of third party API limitations.
// concept
444
Dating apps have a choice problem disguised as a discovery problem. The more you swipe, the less you feel. 444 matches you with four people, curated by AI, not by algorithm. Four is enough.
// live
HyperLit
Most people miss crypto trades because they're not watching. HyperLit watches for them. A Telegram bot that trades Hyperliquid perpetual futures automatically. Three strategies, three risk modes, running 24/7. Non-custodial: your keys, your assets.
// live
HerStory
Most stories are written about women, not for them. HerStory is a personalised storytelling app where you're not the reader. You're the protagonist. Your story, your rules.

How I think,
written down.

Opinions on product, strategy, and the industry.

product · ai · opinion

The PM is dead.
Long live the PM.

Everyone's worried AI is coming for product managers. They're not wrong, but they're worried about the wrong thing.

product · leadership · opinion

The Loudest Person in the Room is Usually Wrong.
So is the Quietest.

There's a version of ambition that looks like hard work but is actually just hiding. I know because I lived it.

tech · industry · opinion

Too Many Streaming Services Killed the Bundle.
AI Might Be Next.

Remember when Netflix was enough? One subscription, everything you wanted, twelve dollars a month. Then the studios noticed what was happening.

tech · ai · opinion

The Compute Ceiling
Nobody Is Talking About.

The AI industry has a story it tells about itself. Compute gets cheaper, models get better, adoption grows, revenue follows. The story isn't wrong. It just arrives too late.

Let's build something
worth building.

Based in London, working across product, strategy, and operations. If you're working on something interesting, or know someone who is, I'd like to hear about it.

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