Paras Madan

GTM Head AI & Developer Products @Varnan | 2x TEDx | Built & Scaled Growth from 0→10 | Prev Devrel @Athina AI @Unify AI (YCW23) | 250K+ AI & Tech Community

Gurugram, Haryana, India18.4k followers
Varnanex-Athina AI (YC W23)ex-Unify

Here’s a crisp view of who I’m, what I do, and what I’ve worked on:→ I work at the intersection of AI, GTM, and DevRel, helping technical products improve positioning, distribution, developer adoption, and

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→ Previously led Growth and DevRel at YC-backed AI companies like Athina AI and Unify AI, working closely with founders, developers, and early → Built a 250K+ AI and tech community across Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn, creating educational content around AI, developer tools, and emerging → 2× TEDx speaker and have delivered 100+ AI workshops and sessions for organizations including Mastercard, HSBC, and 15+ → Organized hackathons and developer initiatives with AI companies in San Francisco and institutions like IIT Delhi and Nas → Part of the first LinkedIn Creator Accelerator cohort in India, selected among 200 → Currently building Varnan, where we’ve worked with 15+ AI and developer-product companies across GTM, generating ~100K signups and 20K+ GitHub Say Hello 👋 tech

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. VARNANJOB
    1. Founder
      9M
  2. ATHINA AI (YC W23)JOB
    1. Devrel and GTM Eng
      1Y
  3. UNIFYJOB
    1. GTM, Devrel and AI Eng
      5M
  4. FLUID AIJOB
    1. Devrel and GTM
      6M
  5. PAYTMJOB
    1. Software Eng
      1Y 3M
  6. CRUXEJOB
    1. Founder
      1Y 2M
  7. COMPAGE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITEDJOB
    1. Application Development Eng
      4M
  8. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEEJOB
    1. Research Intern
      1Y 5M

Time in market 7Y 2MOpen 2Closed 7Stints 9

gtmindex.io/p/paras-madan-a9863716b

  1. Job: Varnan — Founder · 2025-11 – present · 9 mo — Repeatable Growth for Pre-Scale AI Startups
  2. Job: Athina AI (YC W23) — Devrel and GTM Engineer · 2024-11 – 2025-11 · 1y
  3. Job: Unify — GTM, Devrel and AI Engineering · 2024-06 – 2024-11 · 5 mo
  4. Job: Paytm — Software Engineer · 2022-07 – 2023-10 · 1y 3mo — During my stint at Paytm, I worked as a backend developer in Merchant Onboarding Team where I contributed in revamping in various segments of Paytm for Business dashboard.
  5. Job: Cruxe — Founder · 2021-04 – 2022-06 · 1y 2mo
  6. Job: COMPAGE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED — Application Development Engineer · 2020-11 – 2021-03 · 4 mo
  7. Job: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee — Research Intern · 2019-06 – 2020-11 · 1y 5mo — Research intern at IIT Roorkee in Electronics Department under Professor 'Anand Bulusu' working to integrate Deep Learning(neural networks) and electronics together.
  8. Job: Fluid AI — Devrel and GTM · 2023-10 – 2024-04 · 6 mo
  9. School: Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology — Bachelor of Engineering - BE

Skills

Generative AILLMsOpen Source IntegrationGenerative Neural NetworksData ScienceBackendData PipelinesAlpha GenerationData ManipulationUnstructured DataRelational DatabasesHiveBack-End Web DevelopmentSpring BootpythonMarketingData AnalysisHTMLMySQLJava

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