Sai Varghese

Founder at Hollow Mobility · Developer tooling · community, open source

Hollow Mobility

Hyderabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

12+ years experience

NIT Surathkal

English, Hindi, Telugu

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Overview

Founder of Hollow Mobility, working on developer tooling. Signed 222 paying customers, 13 of them enterprises. Took Hollow Mobility from zero to $8 million ARR. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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Investors who back our stage and sector
Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
Early customers and design partners
Second opinions on developer tools decisions
Working sessions on education

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Skills

productdeveloper toolsopen sourceeducationRustcommunity

RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Pre-seed round open - insurance claims for university students, $4M ARR

Stage: Pre-seed
Raising: $4M
Instrument: Priced round
Committed so far: Opening the round now
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: $4M ARR after 17 months
Use of funds: Product and compliance

$4M ARR after 17 months. Looking for investors who know marketplaces and can help with pricing.

Hyderabad, Indiaproducteducationrust

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HiringHiring for a role

closes in 3 months

Hiring our first product designer at Hollow Mobility - Hyderabad

Role: Product designer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: ₹24-70 LPA
Team: Founding team, 8 people
Start: This quarter
Must have: A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Ownership of something end to end
Process: Two interviews and a paid trial day

Comp ₹23-70 LPA. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Hyderabad, Indiaproductopen sourcecommunity

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Experience

Founder
Jun 2025 - Present
Hollow Mobility · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
- Signed 28 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises.
- Grew the team to 110 people across 5 countries.
Principal Product Manager
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
Cisco · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
- Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
Product Manager
Dec 2017 - Sep 2021
Paytm · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
- Killed 7 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
- Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 19 days to 3.
Product Manager
Jul 2016 - Sep 2017
Cisco · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
- Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
Group Product Manager
Jun 2014 - Jul 2016
Visa · 2 yr 1 mo · Contract · Hyderabad, India
- Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 11 days to 4.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from company

2026

What went wrong and what worked while scaling developer tooling.

Write-up: developer tooling in practice

2022

A long-form guide to developer tooling for people starting out.

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Education

NIT Surathkal
B.Tech, Economics
2007 - 2011

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