Founder-led engineering partners—not an agency
We embed as fractional CTOs, AI/LLM strike teams, and senior full-stack builders who co-own roadmap, hiring, and investor pressure from inside your Slack.
HyperNest Labs is a founder-led engineering group helping early-stage startups with fractional CTO leadership, founding engineers, and AI / LLM engineering. We plug in when teams need to ship fast before or while hiring their first full-time engineering org.
We've worked on platforms that scaled through acquisition and high-growth phases, including Rupa Health (acquired by Fullscript), OddsJam, and EatCookJoy — supporting founders during the most execution-critical stages.
We run founder-led pods for early-stage teams: fractional CTO leadership for startups, embedded senior full-stack pods, AI & LLM engineering sprints, fundraising & technical diligence support, and continuous VAPT + security programs. — each lane has a named owner, embedded ICs, and explicit success metrics.
No shadow PMs or handoffs — we write in your docs, join investor calls, and stay accountable alongside you.
Why founders treat us like insiders
Operator DNA
We have shipped ARR, launched AI copilots, and closed acquisitions from inside the companies on our site. Every operator has held staff+ roles so you get founder judgment, not bench contractors.
Embedded Rituals
We join your standups, run design reviews, update your board docs, and stay in the same Slack threads as your co-founders. No parallel process.
Outcome Ownership
Each engagement has explicit metrics (latency, ARR, hiring, diligence), and we stay owned up until those numbers move — even if that means joining investor calls.
Where we embed as co-builders
Fractional CTO for startups
Executive technical leadership that co-owns roadmap, architecture, hiring, and investor storytelling alongside the founding team.
- Sequenced product + platform roadmap tied to revenue
- Architecture reviews, ADRs, and modernization plans
- Hiring loops plus mentorship for emerging engineering leads
- Board-ready updates, diligence prep, and technical narratives
- Operational guardrails across reliability, security, and data
- Succession + transition planning once the right full-time leader is ready
Embedded senior full-stack pod
Hands-on builders who feel like early employees, owning discovery through production across frontend, backend, infra, and DevOps.
- Own entire product surfaces with weekly demos and metrics
- Ship across React/Next.js, Node, Python, Go, and cloud infra
- Stand up CI/CD, observability, QA automation, and feature flags
- Pair with designers + PMs to validate ideas before writing code
- Instrument analytics and iterate with A/B tests + user research
- Coach in-house engineers and document every major system
AI & LLM engineering pod
Applied AI team that ships copilots, agents, and automation with evaluation harnesses, governance, and measurable ROI.
- Use-case discovery workshops scored for feasibility + impact
- Model selection, prompt libraries, and retrieval architecture
- Latency + cost instrumentation with automated regression tests
- Data engineering, labeling, and human-in-the-loop reviews
- Security + compliance patterns for regulated industries
- GTM enablement: demos, sales readiness, and support runbooks
Companies We've Successfully Delivered For
Rupa Health
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Leading lab testing platform that connects practitioners with 30+ lab companies. Recently acquired by Fullscript.
OddsJam
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Sports betting analytics platform successfully acquired by Gambling.com (part of Gambling.com Group).
Earn Life
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Health and wellness platform providing elite coaching and tools for fitness, nutrition, and pain management.
EatCookJoy
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Personal chef marketplace that recovered from a major cyberattack attempt, rebuilt its platform, and scaled to $1M ARR in seven months with no marketing spend.
What founders say
“HyperNest stood beside us from the chaotic seed days through 300% traffic spikes. They stabilized our platform, calmed every investor conversation, and kept the team shipping when it mattered most.”
“I have had the great privilege of working with Aravind for several years now. We started off during the early days of Rupa Health, growing a business from seed-stage through multiple rounds of funding that eventually led to a successful acquisition. Our time together made it an easy decision for me to bring Aravind onboard as the technical partner to build a product 0 to 1 under my own company, Earn Life. His technical expertise, leadership, and adept strategic thinking made it possible to bring my vision into a reality. I cannot recommend working with Aravind enough. He is both an incredible engineer and human being.”
“Aravind is one of the most talented engineers I've had the pleasure of working with. He writes high quality code, is resourceful, and is proficient in all parts of the stack. I've hired dozens of contractors around the world and Aravind is in the top 1% of engineers I've worked with. I would jump at the opportunity to work with Aravind again–he's incredible at his craft.”
“They showed up like founding engineers—rewrote the booking experience, automated payouts, and freed my team to focus on chefs and customers. I trusted them with every high-stakes release.”
How engagements run
Pods that behave like founding teammates
We scope outcomes first, then match the leadership + IC mix to land them. No timesheets, no middle-management layer — just direct access to Aravind and the HyperNest bench that ships inside your rituals.
Fractional CTO in residence
Executive-level partner who sets technical direction, unblocks teams, and carries investor conversations alongside you.
Embedded product pod
Tech lead + senior ICs that ship end-to-end with your rituals, tooling, and metrics — indistinguishable from early employees.
Specialized strike teams
AI/LLM, VAPT, and diligence specialists who swarm a single objective, then document and transition playbooks to your team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you an agency or embedded team?
We are founder-operators. You work directly with Aravind and a pod of senior leaders who have already shipped inside startups. There are no account managers, shadow PMs, or external queues — we live inside your stack, rituals, and investor updates.
How fast can you plug into our roadmap?
We complete access, architecture review, and initial roadmap alignment within the first week. Most teams see production commits or exec-level deliverables inside 10 business days. Pods scale up or down as soon as milestones change.
Can you work alongside our existing engineers?
Yes. We often coach existing tech leads, unblock staff ICs, and build hiring loops so you can eventually take everything in house. Think of us as accelerant, not a replacement.
Do you support fundraising, diligence, or security reviews?
Absolutely. We write dataroom artifacts, rehearse partner meetings, remediate security findings, and stay on calls until wires clear. The same pod that fixes issues joins investor conversations so the story stays tight.
Ready to add embedded founding engineers?
We'll audit your roadmap, highlight the fastest wins, and plug in leadership + ICs who can get it done immediately.
