Tequity

Tequity is an applied AI company based in Bangalore, India, founded in 2020 by Ajay Kumar, Rahul Nair, and Balaji V. The team has grown to over 100 people across product management, design, engineering, and QA, with offices in Bangalore (headquarters), Mumbai (design centre), and Jodhpur (technology centre). The company works with startups and enterprises to build AI products from concept through product-market fit, claiming 50+ AI systems shipped since ChatGPT's launch and 25+ active clients. According to founder testimonials, typical turnaround for critical bug fixes is one day, seven days for new features, and six weeks for complete MVPs.

Services and capabilities

Tequity's core offering spans AI development, full-stack development, and product design. On the AI side, the company builds agentic AI systems, voice AI implementations, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) frameworks, computer vision systems, and open-weight model implementations (Llama, Mistral, Falcon). They handle AI/ML data pipeline management and model fine-tuning. The company also emphasizes "agentic experience (AX) design"—user interfaces for autonomous systems that balance automation with human control.

Design services include UI/UX for web, mobile, and desktop; product strategy and user research; prototyping and validation; design systems; dashboards and data visualization; mobile-first design for iOS and Android; and WCAG-compliant accessibility. Full-stack development rounds out the offering, though specifics on that service are limited in the source material.

Tequity structures engagements around three product stages: Build Your MVP (4-week production-ready MVPs for founders validating AI ideas), Iterate to PMF (dedicated teams for startups with early traction adding features and optimizing), and Scale Your Team (contract engineers, designers, and PMs embedding as in-house hires for companies at product-market fit).

Notable work

Named clients in case studies include ChargeZone (India's fastest-growing EV charging network, built a scalable multi-tenant cloud platform), Alto Neuroscience (California-based clinical-stage biopharma, transformed EEG workflows with design and accessible information), and MonkSpaces AI (Singapore-based real estate SaaS, AI-powered property management). Additional case study titles reference PCOS care, contract management with AI extraction, sports nutrition e-commerce, and property valuation platforms, though detailed outcomes are not in the source.

A testimonial from Dan Freeman (Founder & CTO at TerraFlow) states the partnership allowed them to build a professional product while staying lean, recommending Tequity for startups from angel through Series B and beyond. Rupesh Singh from MonkSpaces AI noted responsiveness and ability to deliver on time.

How they work

Tequity operates as a remote-first, US timezone-overlapping team, claiming direct work with clients across North America, Europe, and Asia. Engagement model varies by stage: founder-speed iteration for early-stage, dedicated teams for mid-stage scaling, and contract-based augmentation for mature companies. Average engagement length exceeds 2.5 years. Pricing positioning is "US-quality at 30–40% the cost." The company notes zero management overhead and senior talent availability.

Team and credentials

Founders include Ajay Kumar (serial entrepreneur, NIT-Surat alum), Rahul Nair (AI/ML engineer focused on document intelligence and object detection), Balaji V (entrepreneur with stakes in multiple startups), Ishiyetaa Sani (Head of Design, founded Beyond Design in 2020, Srishti and Glasgow School of Art alum), and Deepak Bhagya (Head of Delivery, founded WebSoham in 2014). In 2023, Tequity merged with Beyond Design and WebSoham to consolidate product, design, and engineering. The team now exceeds 100 people. The company claims a 4.9/5 rating from 500+ clients but provides no third-party verification source (no Clutch, G2, or similar platform citation in source material).