Ajink Gupta

Journey

A short, honest list of things I've built since 2020 — what I shipped, when, and where it stands now. Most failed. A few stuck.

2025

  • GraduatedMilestone
    B.E. in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, DMCE (CGPA 8.1).
  • Joined Hawky.aiActive
    Started as a Full Stack Intern in June; converted to full-time Full Stack Engineer in August.

2024

  • Unigeek.orgActive
    Tech blog on AI, web and engineering work.
  • Khoj Search EngineActive
    2nd place at AI Spark; AI search engine with custom crawler and Llama3 results.
  • Smart India HackathonMilestone
    Reached the finals at IIT KGP with CyberFeed for NTRO.

2023

  • WeXR.techClosed
    Free hosting + website builder. Couldn't compete with established platforms.
  • WG2.inAbandoned
    URL shortener with analytics. Saturated market; no clear edge.

2022

  • Quesnit.inPivoted
    Pivoted Brainiak toward engineering students after traffic dropped. ~500 users.
  • SemStudy.comClosed
    WordPress course platform with audio-based lessons. ~100 users, never monetised.
  • Doubtly.inActive
    Rebranded into a Q&A + notes platform for engineering students. Now 5,000+ registered users.
  • Freelance web developmentWrapped
    Started taking client work; ran for ~2.5 years across 20+ WordPress and SvelteJS projects.

2021

  • Brainiak.inClosed
    Q&A site for JEE and 10th students. ~$150 from AdSense over a year. Killed by an algorithm update.

2020

  • First laptopMilestone
    COVID lockdown, first machine, started learning web development.