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Knacklabs.ai is Product Development Studio. WE BUILD TRUE PRODUCT TEAMS for our clients. Each team is a small, well-balanced group of geeks and a product manager that together produce relevant and high-quality products. We use data to make decisions, bringing big data and analysis to software development. We believe the product development process is broken as most studios operate as IT Services. We operate like a software factory that applies manufacturing principles of product development to the software.

About Us

Incubyte is an AI-first software development agency built on the principles of software craftsmanship—where how we build is just as important as what we build. We partner with organizations across stages, from enterprises looking to scale and modernize to early-stage founders bringing new ideas to life.

At Incubyte, AI is deeply integrated across the software development lifecycle to drive speed, efficiency, and smarter outcomes. Guided by Software Craftsmanship values and Extreme Programming practices, we combine high velocity with disciplined engineering to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions.

We don’t just build software—we incubate dedicated engineering teams. From designing systems to shaping team structures and organizational strategy, we enable our clients to launch and scale products that are relevant today and resilient for the future.

Whether you’re scaling an existing product, building from scratch, or optimizing manual processes, we help you move faster with confidence:

• Scale and modernize your product
• Launch quickly and iterate continuously
• Automate processes for non-linear growth
• Build systems that are stable, predictable, and measurable

Our approach is rooted in ownership. As a DevOps-driven organization, our engineers take responsibility for the entire lifecycle—from development to release—ensuring quality at every step.

Founded by product professionals, we bring a strong product mindset into services. We’re driven by curiosity, continuous learning, and a passion for building great software the right way.

We’re always looking for people who care deeply about code, craftsmanship, and growth. Join us if you’re excited to build, learn, and make an impact.

About Pendo

Pendo is a leading product experience and software analytics platform that helps companies understand how users interact with their software and improve those experiences. It operates in the product analytics and digital adoption space, enabling organizations to combine analytics, in-app guidance, and user feedback in one unified platform.

Pendo – Key Highlights

• Founded in 2013, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Serves 14,000+ companies globally
• Processes 20B+ daily events and supports 1B+ users
• 850+ employees across global offices
• Raised $350M+ total funding from investors like General Atlantic, Tiger Global, and Sapphire Ventures

Chisel was acquired by Pendo in 2026, marking a key milestone in its journey. The acquisition strengthens Pendo’s push into AI-driven product experience, with Chisel’s agentic capabilities becoming a core part of Pendo’s broader platform vision.

Chisel Labs is an AI-powered product management platform built to help product teams move faster and make better decisions. It operates in the product management and AI SaaS space, bringing feedback, roadmapping, and documentation into a unified system of record.

At its core, Chisel functions as an AI PM Agent, automating workflows like PRDs, research, and feedback analysis - allowing teams to focus on strategy, prioritization, and product outcomes.

About Chisel

Chisel is a lean, globally distributed team with presence across the US and India. The team operates at the intersection of AI, product management, and enterprise SaaS, with a strong emphasis on ownership, speed, and building for real-world product teams at scale. Post-acquisition, the team is now part of Pendo’s broader organization.

🏆 Milestones

• Founded in the early 2020s as a next-gen product management platform
• Built one of the early AI-native PM agents for automating product workflows
• Grew adoption across global teams with integrations like Jira, Salesforce, and Zendesk
• Achieved strong product recognition across PM tooling ecosystems
• Acquired by Pendo (2026) to accelerate AI innovation in product experience

StepSecurity is dedicated to enhancing CI/CD security by providing solutions to prevent pipeline attacks. Founded by seasoned security professionals with experience at Microsoft, Uber, and Plaid, StepSecurity addresses the security gaps highlighted by major breaches like SolarWinds and Codecov.

Founders:

- Varun Sharma: CEO & Co-Founder, formerly at Microsoft.

- Ashish Kurmi: CTO & Co-Founder, with experience at Plaid, Uber, and Microsoft.

Advisors:

- Sekhar Sarrukai, David Cross, Gagan Gulati, Jordan Harband, Ram Shankar Siva Kumar.

Investors:

StepSecurity is backed by leading VCs and notable angel investors, including Anmol Malhotra (Coinbase), Ash Devata (GreyNoise), and David Cross (Rain Capital).

Funding raised: $3M - Seed Funding

For more detailed information, visit - https://www.stepsecurity.io/team

Blitzy is a Boston, MA based Generative AI Start-up with an established office in Pune, India. We are on a mission to automate custom software creation to unlock the next industrial revolution. We're backed by multiple tier 1 investors, have success as founders at the last start-up, and dozens of Generative AI patents to our names.

Our Culture

Our Co-Founder and CTO is a Serial Gen AI Inventor who grew up in Pune, India, is a BITS Pilani graduate, and worked at NVIDIA's Pune office for 6 years. There, he was promoted 5 times in 6 years and was transferred to the NVIDIA Headquarters in Santa Clara, California. After making significant contributions to NVIDIA, he proceeded to attend Harvard for his dual Masters in Engineering and MBA from HBS. Our other Co-Founder/CEO is a successful Serial Entrepreneur who has built multiple companies. As a team, we work very hard, have a curious mind-set, and believe in a low-ego high output approach.

Funding Journey

In September 2024, Blitzy secured $4.4M in seed funding from prominent investors including Link Ventures, Asymmetric Capital Partners, Flybridge, and four other strategic investors, demonstrating strong market confidence in their autonomous software development platform.

Our Values

1. We move Blitzy Fast: Time is both our company's and our client's most precious asset. We move fast and fearlessly to innovate internally and deliver exceptional software externally to our clients.
2. We have a Championship Mindset: We operate like a professional sports team. We win as a team by holding ourselves and each other to high standards, collaborating in-person, and remaining focused on the mission.
3. We have a Passion for Invention: We are inventors at heart. We value starting with best practices and open source, but we are pushing the frontier of what is possible.
4. We Work for the Customer: We focus on delivering outsized value to the customers we work with and expanding those relationships to deep, meaningful partnerships.

What We Ask of Candidates

Please ask yourself if you are ready for a challenge before applying. Even in optimal conditions, Start-Ups are hard, and are always a lot of work. What you do week to week will change. If this feels exciting, not concerning, that's a good sign.

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