

How Jeeva AI Scaled from $0 to $5M ARR in Just 8 Months
Jul 30, 2025
Gaurav Bhattacharya, founder and CEO of Jeeva AI, shares his incredible journey of scaling a startup from $0 to $5M ARR in just 8 months. He reveals their unique 'different not better' approach and highlights the launch strategy that quickly attracted over 10,000 users. Gaurav discusses avoiding the feature trap by focusing on user experience and shares insights on his successful community engagement that spiked their follower count from 500 to 23,000. His mindset shift on maintaining high energy proves crucial in navigating the startup landscape.
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Gaurav's First Startup Journey
- Gaurav started his first company with a co-founder whose parents were radiologists and focused on ML for radiologists.
- They built multiple ML applications over seven years, grew to 100 people, and eventually sold the company.
Sales as a Universal Job
- Sales is fundamental because at some point, every job becomes a sales job.
- Jeeva AI automates repetitive sales tasks using AI agents, from lead discovery to personalized outreach and note-taking.
Simplify Product for All Users
- Build your product so that even the least technical users can use it easily.
- Use a chat interface that simplifies complex workflows into easily composable steps.