Karan Raj KR

The record

Everything I’ve won, shipped and built so far, each with the scale it was measured against.

Results so far

Each against the field it was measured in.

  1. 1stOpen Loop 2026A national-level hackathon with teams from 14+ states. We won with FormPilot, built with Havinash and Saagnik.
  2. Top 40Hack BLR 2026VoiceRx, a voice health assistant, built alone against 2,500+ teams.
  3. Top 41OpenAI DevDay ExchangeSelected from thousands of applications for the community hackathon in Bengaluru.
  4. 2/2GRIT Awards 2026Won both the Content and the Hackathons categories at NIAT.
  5. AwardTechnology Innovators AwardCertificate of achievement.
  6. 1stIdeathon 2026First place.

Competitions and hackathons

  • The Hive Sprint, Eligent built in 24 hoursBuilt29 to 30 Aug 2026, Startup Park Bengaluru
  • Agentathon 2026, KĀRYO Lead Intelligence AgentParticipated2026
  • TakeOver’26, 24 hour live build with Havinash and SaagnikParticipated2026, NIAT KKH, Hyderabad
  • Smart India Hackathon 2026, EdgeWake for an ISRO problem statementPresented2026, Internal round

Open source

  • crewai-recipes, Maintainer and ECSoC Project AdminMIT licensed2026, GitHub
  • GirlScript Summer of Code18 PRs merged2026, GitHub

Entrepreneurship

  • Co-founder, KĀRYO, with HavinashActive agencyAug 2025 to now, Bangalore
  • Revenue through agencies and products6 figuresTo date
  • Finance Head, Entrepreneurship (ED) Club4+ events, 140+ people2025 · First year of B.Tech, NIAT

Recognition

  • Google Campus AmbassadorPast roleUntil Jan 2026, Google
  • Top Prompt Creator, Google Pitch NightCredentialPast, Google

Education

  • B.Tech CSE (AI/ML)In progress2025 to 2029, NIAT and S-VYASA University, Bengaluru

Dated updates

  1. Selected among the top 41 from thousands of applications for the OpenAI DevDay Exchange community hackathon in Bengaluru.
  2. Built Eligent in 24 hours at The Hive Sprint, Startup Park Bengaluru.
  3. Received the Technology Innovators Award.
  4. Published the story behind FormPilot and our Open Loop win.
  5. Published what I built, won and learned in my first year of engineering.
  6. Won Open Loop 2026 with FormPilot, built with Havinash and Saagnik.
  7. Co-founded KĀRYO with Havinash in Bangalore.