Bengaluru

You have something half-built and need 3 focused hours to ship it.

That feature you keep pushing to next week. Tonight it goes live.

Side project stuck on localhost. This room gets it to production.

You're already shipping with AI tools and want a room that matches your pace.

Venkatesh works on AI and community at GrowthX.

He founded WheyUp during Buildspace Nights & Weekends Season 5 and has worked across product, growth, and data roles at AltF Coworking and BISAG.

He runs Claude Code daily and ships features every week, so he's built the exact kind of focused build room this event creates.

Your delayed project or feature, live in production by midnight

A demo you showed to 30 builders in the room

Have something shippable in 2 to 3 hours. Claude Code or Codex Pro Plan recommended.

Bring your laptop and project

Register only if you're actually going to build. No refunds for cancellations or no-shows.

30 spots, no walk-ins

Registration fee covers pizza, nachos, chai, and Diet Coke. GrowthX doesn't profit from this event.

Food and snacks covered

Settle in before the build sprints start.

Get in, meet the room

Build sprint starts

Sprint 1

Check-in and pizza break

Make 'em count. Longest build block of the night.

Sprint 2

Demos + Pizza

How long is the session?

Do I need prior experience with AI to attend?

Just bring yourself and your curiosity and a laptop. We recommend having a Claude Code or Codex Pro Plan

What should I bring to the event?

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The Midnight Buildathon


2026-08-13T09:54:47.714Z

IBC Managed Office Space Services Private

You know the game. Real money on the table, no teaching rounds.

You can show up at 5 PM and stay through dinner.

Saloni is Product & GTM Lead at Glamingo.AI, an INSEAD MBA, and previously Chief of Staff at Hubilo and Senior Program Lead at Ola Electric.

From Lucknow, 5+ years each in Mumbai and Bangalore, plus stints in Europe and Singapore.

This is her home game. She's hosting at her place in HSR and cooking dinner, which is the whole second half of the evening.

Ansh is a GTM Engineer at ColdIQ, with a background in product management and software engineering across fintech and developer platforms.

He has co-founded a venture and shipped products end-to-end, from Code Racer to ToggleMarket.

Ansh is co-hosting and bringing the poker set, so the hardware side of the table is on him.

5 hours of real playing time at a small, serious table

A home-cooked dinner with the table after the game

Settled at the table between players. GrowthX takes nothing.

Small buy-in, under ₹500

Spots are approval basis. RSVP only if you're certain you can make it.

6 seats, approval only

Event fee covers food cost and sundries. Remaining amount refunded. No-show refunds not eligible.

Home-cooked dinner included

Buy-ins settled, chips dealt, game starts.

Cards go up

Home-cooked meal once the chips are counted.

Dinner

Night wraps

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ColdIQ

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Code Racer

ToggleMarket

Will you stay for dinner? Y/N

Dietary preference

Feel free to add more about how long you have been playing for etc. This will directly impact approval.

How would you rate your poker skills? How long have you been playing poker for?

What do I need to bring?

Small (under Rs. 500), and settled at the table between players. GrowthX takes nothing.

How big is the buy-in?

Not this one. We're playing for real money, so the first table is experienced players only. Say so in the comments and we'll pull you into the beginners' night we're planning next.

I've never played before. Can I come?

It's a home game. The exact address goes out in the event chat once your spot is approved.

Where exactly in HSR?

Tell us in the event chat as early as you can. With a small table, one drop-off changes the game.

What if I can't make it last minute?

Saloni — long-time GX member, first time hosting. From Lucknow, 5+ years each in Mumbai and Bangalore, most recently Europe and Singapore. Well travelled and a core food enthusiast, which is why dinner is home-cooked. Ansh is co-hosting and bringing the set.

Who's hosting?

To motivate you to show up and to share the food cost + sundries. Any remaining about will be refunded. No-shows will not be eligible for refunds.

Why is the event charged?

All In: Poker Night in HSR

Meenakshi Classic Apartments

Nothing on the calendar, nobody texting back. You'd rather not stay on the couch.

You moved here and haven't found your circle yet.

No swiping, no waiting. You want to meet people face to face.

Pranav is a Product Manager at Wooqer, focused on product growth and user-facing experiences.

He previously founded a stealth startup around phygital message cards that used QR codes to create playful, physical interactions between people.

PingPong's scan-a-card mechanic is a direct extension of the phygital messaging format Pranav built and tested at his own startup.

Three conversations with three strangers you picked activities with

A goodie bag of PingPong cards and merch to take home

Fee covers event access only. Food and drinks at the venue are on you.

Entry fee excludes food and drinks

Exact location sent only to selected attendees, one day prior.

Venue shared 24 hrs before

Audience is curated. You register alone, no walk-ins or guests.

No plus-ones allowed

Show up, find your table

Scan a card, pick an activity, play it with the person next to you.

PingPong card game begins

Switch seats. A different stranger, a different activity.

New person, new card

One more person, one more card. Three rounds total.

Final round

Grab your goodie bag of PingPong cards and merch.

Night wraps up

What should we write on your name tag?

Your LinkedIn profile

What's your go-to ice breaking move with a stranger?

What are you expecting from this event?

We are curating the audience for this event and hence +1s are not allowed for this event.

Can I bring a +1

The entry fee gives you access to the event and covers the charges that we will incur in organising the event. It does not include food and drinks at the venue. Those have to be borne by you.

What does the entry fee cover?

The exact location will be shared with the selected attendees 24 Hrs prior to the event.

Why can't I see the venue?

We are trying to create a good balance of the people from varied backgrounds to make it a fulfilling experience for all the attendees.

How are attendees selected?

Will there be parking available?

Another Thursday with zero plans can feel endless.

I'm hosting Dinner With Strangers—a table for 8, chosen carefully, where no one knows anyone. We break the ice with PingPong cards, not small talk. Three rounds, three new faces.

Expect relaxed vibes, food and drinks, and a goodie bag to carry the night home.

This is for people who want something different than just another lonely evening.

Thursday, 20 Aug 2026 · 7:30 PM. Price: ₹299.

details here: [rsvp_url]

Dinner With Strangers

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THE HUMMING TREE

You have something half-built and need a focused block to push it forward.

You code alone most days and want the energy of a room around you.

No AI experience needed. Bring a laptop and something to try.

Jivanshu runs Community & Platform at GrowthX and co-founded GenX24, a growth agency for startups and e-commerce brands.

He has built rooms and formats for top builders and operators at GrowthX, alongside running a Gen-Z podcast and shipping content across platforms.

His experience designing live, interactive community sessions is what shapes the sprint format here, keeping the energy high and the room useful for everyone coding together.

A new feature, cleaned-up function, or squashed bug you can show the room

Quick fixes and code tips picked up from the people coding next to you

A few new coding buddies you actually built alongside

You code the entire session. Have your project or a fresh idea open before joining.

Bring your laptop ready

Two coding blocks with a stretch break and a short show-and-tell at the end.

60 to 90 minutes long

Wear them if you want your own music. Mics stay open for quick questions.

Headphones are welcome

Open your project and build. Tap anyone nearby for quick help.

First coding block

Share funny bugs, trade quick fixes, reset before round two.

Stand, stretch, swap tips

One more solid stretch of building on what you started.

Second coding block

Flash a new feature, a cleaned-up function, or a squashed bug.

Show-and-tell

FlutterFlow

LinkedIn

Uni Cards

Freshworks

Mentoring early career professionals in upskilling themselves ranging from getting them started with basic coding to educating about software engineering practices and concepts in mobile development. Other than that, also focus on creating roadmaps for mentees interested to learn Flutter for the first time. 


Stripe

Contributing author to Stripe's Increment magazine's Issue 18 - Mobile

Increment, a print and online magazine by Stripe focuses on how teams build and operate software systems at scale. For their "Ask an Expert" column, I write about how mobile teams can unlock the benefits of "feature flags" while avoiding the frustrations of a congested codebase. 


CreatorStack

Bounce

Algonauti

Currently providing the following services on MentorCruise
-  Personal Chat 
-  Weekly To-Dos
-  And Weekly 1-on-1 sessions 
https://mentorcruise.com/mentor/PoojaBhaumik/

Needle Innovision Pvt.Ltd

- Built the first phase of a dynamic white-label mobile app generating environment using Flutter SDK for e-commerce clients. 
- Worked on a visual search-driven mobile application in Flutter using Tensorflow and implemented MVVM architecture with Room database and Retrofit2 library on the Android native side. 

highway delite

- Integrated Reverie and Google Cloud Translation API into Highway Delite Merchant Android application and localised it into 7 Indian languages. 
- Built a web tool in Javascript and implemented Google Cloud Translation API to automate the task of creating translated versions of application's original English content
- Collaborated with the team members and researched with potential users to brainstorm on HighwayDelite's new Biker module from concept stage to wireframe stage.

Built an application to analyse the log generated at the server (using RegEx) when a KMIP client sends request to the server

Cure Gateway

- Redesigned hospital discovery application with Material Design which resulted in 48.88% increase in interaction from first time users 
- Collaborating with lead developer to improve the user experience of the application.
- Executed all visual design stages from concept to release
- Contribute and participate in new feature/product specifications

PoketPixels

Built Marks++, an educational android application developed to serve the Board Exam takers in India who deals with large numbers of reading materials, question banks, exam tools, etc. Marks++ offers all types of exam preparation materials and tools without the use of internet! From offline question paper generation of full or half syllabus to exam tools like scientific calculator, exam timer, science and maths formula bank, etc. 
★ 14k+ downloads on Google Play


GrowthX

Jupiter

Red Herring Ventures

• Sized the addressable Ed-Tech market & competitive landscape for commerce college students. • Provided strategic inputs to improve the Business Model to income-sharing model coupled with a referral network.

Follege

Private Beta Launch (December 2020) • Conducted User Research to discover market gaps, paint points and consumer needs. • Built an MVP to validate the concept. • Specced individual features and built wireframes. • Developed and implemented product and business planning process across cross-functional teams of the company. Follege Shots: A daily 100-word WhatsApp subscription helping students increase their business acumen. • Accomplished PMF with 3X growth and an NPS of 81in 3 months. • Built a Whatsapp Chabot to automate onboarding. • Established 10 partnerships with startups to cross-promote offerings and increase subscribers as part of the go-to-market. • Strategized content for marketing on social media channels.

Product Garage Enterprise

• Developed a sales funnel and trained 5 sales interns. • Performed Competitive benchmarking to finalize product offerings and pricing. • Increased conversion rate by 30% by improving Landing Page components and copy.

Young EngineTM

Starting from a mere community member to climbing up the ladder to become a B.D. Associate(& a core team member), from implementing strategies to formulating them, I pursued multiple projects throughout the journey of Young Engine which has honed my communication skills and upgraded my confidence.

UNDP

• Built and executed strategies to promote the campaign "Plastic Lao, Thela Pao" and increased the output (dumping plastic waste) by 132%. • Managed a team of 80+ volunteers to perform on-field promotion.

Metvy Learn

• Led a team of 10 Business Development interns to build partnerships with 50 college societies across universities of India to accomplish first 10000 users

Metvy

Ancita Capital™

• Executed Events to grow the top funnel by 2X. • Developed the theme, framework and promotion strategy and brought in sponsorship, speaker and partners. • Sold tickets worth Rs 60000.

Linktree

• Improved bottom-funnel conversion of B2B sales by 11%. • Implemented marketing campaigns across Delhi to improve the top funnel. • Improved our offering through competitor's analysis. • Managed back-end operations for all events. • Performed email marketing to sustain relationships with new leads.

Led and mentored a team of 20 community members to establish healthy & mutually beneficial B2B relations

Promoted a program brought by Viridian Ventures by establishing a grand network through the E-cells of all the colleges across Delhi thereby successfully drawing a handsome volume of traffic for the company.

•  Led a team of 20 community members. •  Pitched for more than 200 passes sold in various colleges across Delhi NCR. •  Successfully managed to get 40+ companies on board with my team.

Actively indulged in managing the events organized by YE and was responsible for driving large volumes of traffic by designing and implementing marketing strategies.

Please ensure it's correct, incorrect Org IDs won't receive credits, and we won't be able to assist.

Add your OpenAI Org ID (find it at platform.openai.com/orgid)

Anyone. Whether you're a founder, engineer, designer, researcher, creator, filmmaker, artist, or simply someone with an idea inspired by India, you're welcome.

Who can participate?

Yes. You can register individually or participate with your team.

Can I participate as a team?

No. We'll share a curated set of India-first problem statements, but you're welcome to bring your own idea.

Do I have to build from the given problem statements?

To celebrate India's 79th Independence Day, tickets are priced at ₹79. The fee simply helps reduce no-shows. GrowthX does not make any profit from ticket sales.

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