Scholarship startup
Quiz contests for school students, with scholarships as the prize.
Shut down before launchRohit Swerashi: I build companies, and software that thinks.
I'm Rohit Swerashi. Six startups since 2018. Now building GeniOS, software that thinks for your company.
01GeniOSFounder & CEO
From Varanasi to San Francisco.
Every stop on this globe is somewhere I built, spoke or was selected.
Varanasi
New DelhiHomians, $40k revenue from a PG room
Film · 2026GeniOS launch filmBacked, selected and invited by
- Founders, Inc.Early believer
- NSRCEL IIMBBacking GeniOS
- IIITDIncubation
- NVIDIAInception
- MicrosoftFor Startups
- StanfordASES delegate
- HarvardHPAIR delegate
- IIM BangaloreWSP5, twice
- IIT BombayKeynote
- ThoughtworksKeynote
- Shark Tank IndiaAudition finalist
- WadhwaniSelected 3 times
I don't come from privilege. Just persistence. Every rejection, failed launch and hard pivot taught me what no MBA could.
From Varanasi, with no connections and no capital.
Read the full profile →6Startups founded
$500kRevenue and ARR by December 2026
10,000+Students mentored
500+Executives spoken to for GeniOS
What it taught me
Never rely on a single source.
Logistics startup
Hyper-local delivery for Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, starting in Varanasi.
Closed at the prototypeWhat it taught me
Execution matters more than the idea.
Leasing startup
A rental marketplace for bikes, luggage and dresses, launched in Covid.
Paused by CovidWhat it taught me
Timing can kill a good idea.
Homians
A bad PG meal became a home food platform, with 50+ house moms earning every month.
$40k revenue, zero fundingWhat it taught me
Kindness is attention paid to the right people.
The Moronss
An AI mentor for students, rebuilt version after version.
10,000+ mentored, $15k revenueWhat it taught me
The scoreboard only counts if you stop playing.
GeniOS
The autonomous company. Software that thinks for your company.
$250k ARRPrimarily focused on
Eight years of building, settled into three tracks that sharpen each other every day.
Company Building
8+ YEARS
Idea to GTM to pivot, four times across four domains. Every shutdown became the syllabus for the next.
Companies I built.
2025 to now · Founder & CEOGeniOSRead the story →
Companies can automate almost everything, except deciding what comes next.
Spoke with 500+ people, then built the autonomous company: software that decides what matters and checks the proof.
ARR. 30+ enterprises piloting. Backed by Founders, Inc. and NSRCEL IIM Bangalore. Top 60 in Delhi NCR.
Since 2018
From a scholarship idea in Varanasi to software that thinks for companies. Every shutdown left one lesson.
Scholarship startup
Quizzes that awarded scholarships to students. Shut down before launch when the money ran out.
The lessonNever rely on a single source.
Logistics startup
Hyper-local delivery in Varanasi. Closed at the prototype stage.
The lessonExecution matters more than the idea.
Leasing startup
Peer-to-peer rentals, launched in Covid. The same year I went from 90 kg to 65 kg and read hundreds of books.
The lessonTiming can kill a good idea.
Homians
A bad PG meal became $40k revenue, 100+ jobs and 50+ house moms earning with dignity. Zero funding.
The lessonKindness is attention paid to the right people.
The Moronss
An AI mentor for students, rebuilt version after version. 10,000+ mentored and a Shark Tank India S4 audition final.
The lessonThe scoreboard only counts if you stop playing.
GeniOS
Software that thinks for your company, after 500+ conversations with executives. Launch film out in 2026.
The lessonEverything before this was the syllabus.
Four kinds of management.
Put together, they are what an executive role asks for.
Product management
- Find the real problem by talking to users
- Prototype, price and ship
- Design the product myself
6 startups
500+ executives spoken to
1,500+ users on Smart ATS Builder
Product + Team + Growth + Vision. Together, ready for an executive role.
Thinking in public.
Articles, guides, films and 294 numbered posts. What I learn while building, written down.
Film · 2026GeniOS Launch Film ↗Software that thinks for your company, and what we call the Autonomous Company.Article · May 2026Memory vs Intelligence ↗The company brain is an intelligence problem, not a memory problem.Article · May 2026GeniOS vs GBrain ↗GBrain gives your agents memory. GeniOS gives them intelligence.Guides · 2026Build Live Products and AI Product Management ↗Two field guides with live YC startup teardowns. Read by 500+, validated by 20+ professionals.LinkedIn12K followers, post #294 ↗A numbered series of everything I am building and learning, from the first post to the launch film.AI is part of how I think & build, every day.
Not a novelty. A daily practice, and how a small team ships like a much bigger one.
What people say.
16 people have recommended me on LinkedIn. A few of their words, not mine.
Read them on LinkedInRohit is one of the most talented and inspiring leaders I've come across. When he first shared GeniOS with me, I immediately knew he was onto something groundbreaking. He is unstoppable.
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