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.
BLR🇮🇳
2024 —
Grapevine · building Round1 AI
BLR🇮🇳
2023 – 24
Mesa School of Business · Director of Admissions, founding team
Building the world's most personalized business school.
BLR🇮🇳
2022
Elevation Capital · Investment Professional
Early-stage fintech, financial services, web3 & gaming.
BLR🇮🇳
2020 – 22
BukuWarung · Chief of Staff
YC S20 — digital infrastructure for 60M MSMEs in Indonesia.
JKT🇮🇩
2020
Whip · Founder
Culinary experiences, delivered — a meal-kit side passion gig.
DEL🇮🇳
2018 – 20
Zilingo · Business Associate
Across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand & India.
SIN🇸🇬
2015 – 18
St. Xavier's College · B.Sc. Statistics
BOM🇮🇳
1997 – 2015
Growing up · full-time
DEL🇮🇳
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 2025 more data makes worse decisions October 2025 roadmaps should decay August 2025 the most selfish thing we can do is doing the work we hate August 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