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I was born and brought up in a small city in India where I first hand witnessed disparity between different classes of society. 

In the first few years of my professional career, I tried to bridge those disparities by using the power of finance in catalyzing urban reform. I worked with Governments and Multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank to set up financial institutions committed to developing smart infrastructure in Africa and Southeast Asia.

A firm believer in capital for social good and equitable education for every child, I later helped raise funds from individuals, corporations, and foundations for a global nonprofit. My passion for creating social change drove me towards setting up two non-profit organizations that work towards empowering the underprivileged community. 

In 2019, I was selected as a part of the LGT fellowship cohort- a group of ten changemakers working around the globe to help create social change. In late 2020, I got sold on the promise of decentralization and permissionless systems spent the next year or so building multiple onchain products and communities. The products I've built have won grants from foundations of all major blockchains.

My vision for the next decade is to build at the frontier of technology and create protocols and structures to bring India and the world onchain.

When I am not talking about bringing the world onchain or sustainable social impact, I am talking about football, rock music, or my cross-country travels. 

Interested in knowing more, ping me on twitter @saxenasaheb and we’ll set up some time to chat.

Saumya Saxena

We went from a fun telegram group of friends to a full fledged funded organization in a year.

Shows what’s possible if you continue to add value.

The Base India team has a single mandate, bring India onchain.

What that means tangibly-
1. Learn- help people learn about blockchain and how to get involved 

2. Earn- create programs and platforms for people to earn their first dollar onchain

3. Build- help early builders build onchain apps and     take later stage builders to market 

4. Grow- help builders and creators participate in the growth of onchain products through capital, community, and our distribution channels

Year one was just setting the baseline

2026 we take it mainstream.

Every app will be an onchain application.

Time to help build global unicorns out of India.

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The AI course you bought 3 months ago is already outdated.

That’s just how fast this space moves. By the time someone records a module, edits it, uploads it, and launches it - the tools have changed, the models have upgraded, and the workflows look completely different.

No course can keep up. 
No curriculum can stay current.

So how do you actually learn AI in 2026?
You build. 
You tinker. 
You deploy something real and break it and fix it and make it better.

That’s it. 
That’s the entire syllabus.

There are 20+ things an AI agent can do for you right now — research, outreach, content, data analysis, scheduling, lead gen. 

Most people will “get to it eventually.” 

A few will have a working agent by this Saturday night.

I’m running a live workshop with Roshan and Inner Circle  where we’ll help you build and deploy your first AI agent in 3 hours. 

Not a recording. Not a PDF. 
A real, live session where you walk away with something that works for 20 people.

🗓 March 7th, 2026
🕖 7–10 PM IST
📍 Online

Stop learning about AI. Start using it.
Drop ‘AI’ below and I’ll send over a link to register.

Listnr AI

Listnr AI is transforming the way creators, marketers, and businesses produce audio and video content. Started well before GenAI became a buzzword, Listnr has grown to serve over 3 million+ users across 200+ countries.

Key milestones:
- Closed clients like Citadel, Amazon.lu, INSEAD Business School and more
- $1M+ in revenue
- Recognized by Inc.42 as one of the Top 30 Startups to Watch
- Inc 42. Top AI Startups in India
- Featured in G2’s Spring Reports (2023/24)
- Winner of the Product Hunt Golden Kitty Awards in 2021
- #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt
- Over 1000 upvotes on Listnr for Chrome on Product Hunt

Founder and CEO

The Webby Awards

Executive Member of the IADAS & Foundational Judge in the AI category.

Considered to be "The Oscars of the Internet," The Webby Awards honor the best of the Internet and The Anthem Awards honor the best of Social Impact. Executive Members are leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

https://www.iadas.net/membership/bio/ananay-batra/15657

Executive Member & Foundational Judge (AI)

Brinc

Mentoring B2B SaaS startups at the Brinc India accelerator.

Mentor

QueNews

Spotify for news. 

QueNews was a subscription based news summarization platform that provides all the news from credible sources in one app, the end user gets the news in bite sized audio format.

Pivoted to Listnr AI.

Founder

National Logistics Services (2006) Inc.

Responsibilities included - 
1. Single handed made an app using Android Studio that updates Internal Config files in the NLS package scanning device, this process was being initiated manually for 200+ devices before this app.

2. Worked on a React-Native app with a PHP backend which was used for internal use by NLS for their employee and guest login procedures.

Software Development Intern

Morpho N.A.

Founder & CEO @Listnr.ai

Building Listnr AI - scaled to 3mn+ users across 100+ different countries 🌍

Regularly called on by NDTV Profit, CNBC TV-18, India Today & CNN News 18 to demystify generative-AI trends for a national audience.

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