About us
The AI Builders is India's community for people who are serious about building with AI - not just talking about it.
Whether you're an engineer shipping production-ready models, a product manager exploring AI-native workflows, or a founder figuring out where AI fits in your roadmap, this is your tribe. We bring together techies and semi-techies who share one thing in common: a bias for action.
Through mixers, workshops, and hackathons across Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune, we create spaces where real conversations happen - where you swap ideas over a whiteboard, find a co-builder at a hackathon, or walk away from a workshop with something you actually shipped.
No fluff. No hype. Just builders helping builders go faster.
What we do:
- Mixers - Informal, high-signal gatherings where the right people end up in the same room.
- Workshops - Hands-on sessions designed to close the gap between knowing and doing.
- Hackathons - Focused sprints where ideas become prototypes in hours.
The AI Builders is where India's AI ecosystem gets built - one city at a time.
Featured event
SDE to FDE: Inside the Fastest Growing Role in AI
About the Event
FDE is the hottest role in AI right now. Postings grew 729% in a year, supply grew only 50%, and senior FDE roles in India already cross 1.5 to 1.7 crore annually, a 2 to 3x premium over a comparable senior software engineer.
Learn directly from someone doing it: Anu Sharma, Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir, who left Google to join the company that invented the role.
What you'll learn
- What a Forward Deployed Engineer actually does inside a live customer deployment
- Why Palantir invented the model and why Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and AWS are now betting billions on it
- What actually gets you screened into a role like this, and why it has nothing to do with a PhD
- How Masters' Union's PGP in Applied AI & Agentic Systems is built around this exact skill stack
Who is this for?
Software engineers, developers, tech consultants, data scientists, and early-career professionals exploring a move into AI.
About Anu Sharma
Anu Sharma is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir, the company that invented the role. Before Palantir, she built her career across Google, Twitter, and Intuit.
About the Host
Divyashish Jindal is a graduate of IIT Delhi, building the School of AI at Masters' Union. For 17 years, he has worked at the intersection of education, technology, and startups. Built 3 startups with 2 exits. Invests in and advises startups.
Upcoming events
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SDE to FDE: Inside the Fastest Growing Role in AI
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FDE is the hottest role in AI right now. Postings grew 729% in a year, supply grew only 50%, and senior FDE roles in India already cross 1.5 to 1.7 crore annually, a 2 to 3x premium over a comparable senior software engineer.
Learn directly from someone doing it: Anu Sharma, Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir, who left Google to join the company that invented the role.What you'll learn
- What a Forward Deployed Engineer actually does inside a live customer deployment
- Why Palantir invented the model and why Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and AWS are now betting billions on it
- What actually gets you screened into a role like this, and why it has nothing to do with a PhD
- How Masters' Union's PGP in Applied AI & Agentic Systems is built around this exact skill stack
Who is this for?
Software engineers, developers, tech consultants, data scientists, and early-career professionals exploring a move into AI.About Anu Sharma
Anu Sharma is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir, the company that invented the role. Before Palantir, she built her career across Google, Twitter, and Intuit.About the Host
Divyashish Jindal is a graduate of IIT Delhi, building the School of AI at Masters' Union. For 17 years, he has worked at the intersection of education, technology, and startups. Built 3 startups with 2 exits. Invests in and advises startups.4 attendees
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