Abhishek Jayaram
Building tal — the app where bosses hire directly.
I'm passionate about startups, problem-solving, and building products that scale. I live in Bengaluru, where I spend my days connecting the city's best bosses with the people who want to build with them.
Before this: early-stage investing, the founding team of a business school, fintech for warungs across Indonesia, and a meal-kit project of my own.
Work
2025 —
tal · building tal BOSS
Social hiring for Bengaluru's startup ecosystem — no middlemen.
2024 —
Grapevine · building Round1 AI
2023 – 24
Mesa School of Business · Director of Admissions, founding team
Building the world's most personalized business school.
2022
Elevation Capital · Investment Professional
Early-stage fintech, financial services, web3 & gaming.
2020 – 22
BukuWarung · Founders' Office
YC S20 — digital infrastructure for 60M MSMEs in Indonesia.
2020
Whip · Founder
Culinary experiences, delivered — a meal-kit side passion gig.
2018 – 20
Zilingo · Business Associate
Across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand & India.
2015 – 18
St. Xavier's College · B.Sc. Statistics
Writing
The oldest middleman: what it means to be a recruitment company in 2026 April 2026 in the long run, we are all dead March 2026 artists vs. missionaries December 2025Interlude
You're a boss trying to hire. Middlemen keep getting in the way. Jump over them — it's what we do all day at tal.
Press space to play · space / tap to jump