Saurabh Nandwana
0 → 1 Engineer · Local AI & Video Infra
Hey there! I’m Saurabh. I’m an early-stage startup engineer and builder with a deep interest in applied machine learning, client-side WebGPU acceleration, and high-scale browser video platforms.
The Backstory & Path
I grew up in a small town in Rajasthan, raised by my single mom and elder sister. In 11th grade, I fell in love with C++ programming and decided to make software my life's craft.
After IIT-JEE prep in Kota and landing at BIT Bangalore for telecommunications, I realized traditional rote coursework was disconnected from the fast-evolving startup ecosystem. I took a leap, dropped out of engineering, and joined Signzy at the seed stage.
At Signzy, I worked directly with the founders building digital KYC engines and real-time computer vision document extraction. Later, I joined Vectorly — an MIT Sandbox startup developing client-side neural video upscaling in WASM and WebGL. Vectorly was acqui-hired by Hopin during the height of the virtual events boom.
At Hopin and StreamYard, I worked across applied ML, LLM-based smart clip detection, and WebRTC/WebCodecs broadcast infrastructure handling millions of live streams.
Digital Nomad Life
I spend part of each year nomading across South East Asia — living out of Bangkok, Da Nang, Koh Phangan, and my hometown of Udaipur.
Connect
- X (Twitter): @unfoundbox
- GitHub: github.com/unfoundbox
- Instagram: @_unfoundbox
- Nomads.com: nomads.com/@unfoundbox
- Substack: saurabhnandwana.substack.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saurabh-nandwana
- Medium: medium.com/@saurabhnandwana
Building
Products, open source work, and experiments from the studio.
motionvector
Creative Motion & Video Generation Engine
Next-generation programmatic motion tooling, automated launch video pipelines, and 3D web-native render engines.
launchy.video
AI Product Launch Videos
Turn a GitHub repo, launch brief, or product URL into a high-converting, crisp marketing video — without a traditional production studio.
lookaround.space
Navigable 3D Web Spaces
Explore real-world places in immersive, navigable 3D Gaussian splatting and WebGL environments right in modern desktop and mobile browsers.
webgpu-video-processor
Open-Source Browser Video Processing Stack
GPU-accelerated media pipeline with WebCodecs decoders/encoders, custom WGSL compute shaders, and WebGL2 fallback matrices.
founderquest
Gamified Field Guide to the Founder Journey
An interactive, visual roadmap through the founder lifecycle — idea to initial revenue, validation, growth, and sustainable momentum.
Timeline
The path from early startups to independent work in video and applied ML.
Independent Builder & Nomad
MotionVector · SpacePilot · AgentWorth
Building MotionVector, SpacePilot, and AgentWorth while continuing independent work in browser video and applied AI.
- Building MotionVector tools for video and creative motion
- Built Lookaround (interactive 3D Gaussian splatting in browser)
- Shipped Launchy (automated AI product launch video engine)
- Nomading across Bangkok, Da Nang, and Rajasthan while building in the open
Senior Software Engineer
Engineered high-scale browser video streaming, WebRTC/WebCodecs pipelines, and live broadcast infrastructure powering millions of creators globally.
- Maintained mission-critical browser broadcast studio reliability and video encoding
- Engineered low-latency client-side video transforms and audio/video pipelines
- Collaborated on post-acquisition video platform architecture
Applied AI & Senior Video Engineer
Hopin (via Vectorly Acquisition)
Joined via Vectorly acqui-hire. Led applied ML initiatives, video intelligence proof-of-concepts, dataset curation, and smart clip detection using LLMs for video conferences.
- Created automated smart clip detection algorithms for podcast and live video content
- Built ML research benchmarks and integrated client-side SDKs for enterprise events
- Traveled with the global Hopin team (Cancun offsite, international remote collaboration)
Founding Engineer
Core early engineer at an MIT-backed video compression startup. Engineered browser-native neural video upscaling in WASM and WebGL shaders, leading to acquisition by Hopin.
- Built real-time client-side neural upscaling and compression shaders
- Navigated multiple product iterations from video codecs to acqui-hire by Hopin
- First digital nomad team offsite in Koh Phangan, Thailand
Founder & Full Stack Lead
Protodit & Early Fintech
Conducted customer discovery for Protodit (automated statutory audit software). Built web dashboards and Indiastack API integrations across social fintech startups.
- Learned the critical lesson of founder-market fit and startup survival dynamics
- Built end-to-end web applications integrating financial APIs and social banking
Product & Full Stack Developer
Joined IIT alumni-founded startup at seed stage right after dropping out of college. Built digital KYC engines, real-time computer vision extraction, and worked directly with CEO/CTO.
- Engineered digital identity and document verification pipelines from scratch
- Represented Signzy at premier fintech accelerators across India
- Worked directly with founders across engineering, architecture, and product management