Chennai, India

Hi, I'm Aadhithya D.

Building Vakyam AI: natural, expressive and affordable TTS for Indian languages.

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Who I am

I like tech and building cool things that actually make an impact.

Right now I'm working on Vakyam AI. Outside of that, I love cinema and books, and I even made a short film a long time back.

How I got here

  • Took apart an RC car I got as a gift and turned its parts into a motorboat at 9.
  • At 13, spent a whole summer flashing custom ROMs onto my old tablet just to get Google Assistant on it (voice AI obsession began here).
  • At 18, won my first hackathon, and at 19 did three internships in the same year.
  • At 20, co-founded Recruitr AI, scaled it to customers across the US, Canada and India, and screened 500+ candidates. Along the way, became an Emergent Ventures fellow and spent four months at The Residency.
  • At 21, got Vakyam AI incubated at the IIT Madras Incubation Cell with a seed grant, and at 22 launched Raaga V1, our own TTS model for Indian languages.

Now

  • Vakyam AI · Co-founder & CEO
    Natural, expressive and affordable TTS models for 8 Indian languages
    2025–

Before

  • Recruitr AI · Co-founder & CEO
    An AI hiring platform built around an AI video interviewer, with customers across the US, Canada and India
    2024–25
  • FLSmidth · R&D intern
    Built an iPhone app for 3D reconstruction of mining mills and automated wear-and-tear analysis report generation
    2023
  • Ford · Software intern
    Worked on the Android apps drivers use, and made Ford's broadcasts to drivers 7x faster
    2023
  • Bhai AR · SDE intern
    Built two Flutter news apps, and shipped AiBlocks, an AI image app used by 15 NFT projects
    2023

Things I built for fun

  • Farm OS
    Runs a relative's farm, Raspberry Pi elephant alarm included
  • FitPal
    A fitness coach you just chat with, meals and all
  • RoboGPT
    A robot arm you can talk to
  • FalconSight
    A drone that spots people in trouble
  • FitNut
    Counts your reps through the camera
  • Drippy AI
    An AI stylist for your wardrobe

Along the way