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simratsingh96

Co-Founder at Hooman Labs

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About

I'm currently building Hooman Labs as a Co-Founder, where we're creating voice agents to transform how companies handle their calling operations. My journey started with engineering at IIT Kanpur, then took me through consulting at McKinsey and investing at Warburg Pincus before I dove into entrepreneurship. I'm passionate about making AI practical and accessible, especially through voice technology that solves real business pain points. I love sharing what I've learned from deploying solutions for customers and building our team, and I'm always looking to connect with others in the voice AI space—whether you're building, hiring, or exploring how this technology can work for you.

Networking

What I can offer

  • ›Expertise in building and deploying voice AI agents for business operations (calling)
  • ›Insights from startup journey and customer deployments
  • ›Platform for prompt engineering and other interns to gain experience in a fast-moving AI startup

Looking for

  • ›Hiring candidates for roles in frontend engineering, prompt engineering, founder's office, and content marketing
  • ›Partners already in or wishing to enter the voice AI space to take their technology to end customers

Best fit for

Co-founders and team membersCustomers and partners from case studies (e.g., leaders from GIVA, Mosaic Wellness, SaffronStays)

Current Interests

Voice AI / AI voice agentsHiring and team building at startupsPrompt engineeringEntrepreneurship challenges and lessonsIndian business and startup ecosystem

Background

Career

Started with internships in operations and content consulting, then worked as Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, Associate at Warburg Pincus LLC, and is now Co-Founder at Hooman Labs building voice agents for calling operations.

Education

Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University (2018-2019, 3.8/4.0), Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2014-2018, 9.5/10.0), Senior Secondary School at Delhi Public School, Varanasi (2012-2014, 91%), High School at St. John's School, D.L.W., Varanasi (2000-2012, 96%)

Achievements

  • ›Deployed voice AI solutions for multiple customers (GIVA, Mosaic Wellness, SaffronStays, Holiday Tribe) handling entire inbound call traffic and specific use cases
  • ›As Chief Editor of Vox Populi, led day-to-day multimedia coverage of Inter IIT Sports Meet with 2000+ participants from 15 IITs and published two print editions within 5 months after a long hiatus
  • ›As Content Consulting Intern at UpGrad, derived over 30 implementable changes in pedagogy after reviewing 650 research papers and formulating 7 categories of contemporary research in online learning

Opinions

  • Building a startup is 'something much harder' than consulting or investing, involving 'long periods of self-doubt, punctuated by moments of achievement'
  • Tasks requiring consistency are best handled by AI agents
  • Contradicts the warning that Indian customers are 'hard to deal with,' finding them to be 'true partners' ready to embrace new technology and new business models
  • Values 'instruction-following' as a key filter in hiring to manage high 'noise to signal ratio'