Builder. Founder.
I’m Karan Raj KR, based in Bangalore, studying B.Tech CSE (AI/ML) at NIAT and S-VYASA, batch of 2025 to 2029.
In my first year Havinash and I co-founded KĀRYO. I won Open Loop 2026 with FormPilot, placed Top 40 of 2,500+ teams at Hack BLR building solo, and became the project admin of an open-source repository other developers fork. I also make content on Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Based in
- Bangalore
- Studying
- B.Tech CSE (AI/ML), batch of 2029
Public speaking. Open full size What I’m building now
- Building the KĀRYO Client Onboarding Manager: quotations, GST invoices and payment automation
- Eligent: a prototype in progress
- Running for EDC President
Roles
- Aug 2025 to now
Co-founder, KĀRYO
Co-founded with Havinash. I lead backend, business development and client outreach for a digital agency serving local businesses.
- Now
EDC President candidate
Running for President of the Entrepreneurship Development Cell.
- 2025 · First year of B.Tech
Finance Head, ED Club
Co-organised 4+ events: an IPL auction, a build-a-product-in-30-minutes pitch, a sponsored teams event and an entrepreneurship debate. The biggest drew 140+ people, and I spoke to large audiences. Won a best member award.
- 2026
Project Admin, ECSoC
crewai-recipes: open-source CrewAI templates on NVIDIA NIM.
- 2026
Contributor, GSSoC
18 pull requests merged in GirlScript Summer of Code.
- Until Jan 2026
Google Campus Ambassador
Past role.
Recognition
- GRIT Awards 2026, NIAT: won both the Content and the Hackathons categories
- Technology Innovators Award, certificate of achievement, 10 Aug 2026
- Top Prompt Creator, Google Pitch Night
Tools I ship with
- Product
- Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Supabase, Python, FastAPI
- AI
- Groq, NVIDIA NIM, CrewAI, MCP, Claude Code
- Ship
- Vercel, Docker, AWS Bedrock
Writing
- We Scrapped 6 Hours of Work Mid-Hackathon. Then We Won 1st Place at Open Loop 2026.Hashnode ↗
Three first-year students scrapped six hours of work, pivoted at 5 PM, and won 1st place at Open Loop 2026 with FormPilot, an AI Chrome extension.
Also on Dev.to - My First Year of Engineering: What I Built, Won, and Actually LearnedHashnode ↗
What I built, won and learned during my first year of engineering.
Also on Dev.to
Find me elsewhere
Code, build notes, videos, and conversations.