Rishikesh Sadanandan

I'm Rishi, a full-stack developer and former student-founder that cares about the craft of developing product.

The web is a place to learn and contribute, but it means nothing without the people who make it so.

Nearly everything I know is due to them.

Bio

I founded my first company at 18 through the iVenture Accelerator at Urbana-Champaign. There, I saw web development as the perfect vessel to bring products to life.

Beyond tech, I’m a writer and full-stack producer and vocal artist. I bring a multifaceted perspective and personal level of craft to everything I do.

GitHub ◦ LinkedIn ◦ Email ◦ Bluesky ◦ X

Work

This isn't a resume, but rather a living record of my learning and building.

Current

• My site and writing for early-stage companies and startups looking to hire
• Journal app trained on ancient philosophy for modern knowledge workers

Past

• Co-founded Poetic AI, a lyrical copilot helping artists overcome writer's block
• iV8, as a student-founder building Poetic
• iV9, on the leadership team stewarding events
• AvidXchange, made an error intercepting sidesheet as a SWE intern

I'm planning future ideas like a college app to guide my sister to write essays, a job manager to help my dad's company work faster, a music app to empower keyboard-centric power users, and a personal OS.