ritvik varghese

entrepreneur, tinkerer, athlete.

I'm an operator specialized in sales & financial engineering. currently learning the business & building of robots alongside other wonderfully absurd quests.

previously founded imagined, a $600k arr business that was acquired, & ripen, an app studio that raised $550k. represented the indian team at the u-17 futsal world cup in paraguay.

my work
today

exploring the financing of autonomous machines.

I’ve been on a truth-seeking adventure ever since selling my company in june 2025, exploring the realms of robotics, ai agents, and prediction markets.

historically, every industry goes through some form of financialization. we’re actively seeing it in compute today. I’m trying to imagine what it looks like for robots.

my timeline

work
  1. independentjune ’25 to now

    free agent

    currently learning the business and building of robots. learnt python and arduino, and built an electronics lab at home. became a top 1,000 global trader on polymarket.

  2. entrepreneur firstmarch ’26 to july ’26

    entrepreneur-in-residence · bangalore

    worked on building physical ai for retail/grocery stores and a human behavior simulation platform focused on the indian population. didn’t pursue them.

  3. imaginedmarch ’24 to july ’25

    ceo/founder

    bootstrapped a design and software services business to $600,000 arr. worked with india’s largest companies: reliance, zerodha, cred. imagined was acquired by wldd.

  4. ripenaug ’21 to jan ’24

    ceo/founder

    consumer app studio focused on indian genz. led business and product, raised $550,000 and scaled to 50,000 cumulative users. shut down in 2024.

essays
  1. reflections on selling my company20th september, 2025

    lessons on money, culture, & doing great work.