About

I’m Pankaj Baranwal — an entrepreneur born in Lucknow and based in Mumbai. I build things, mostly with software and AI, and I write about what I learn along the way.

What I’m building

I’m the Co-Founder & CEO of BeyondChats, an AI platform that helps businesses turn website traffic into quality leads and resolve most customer queries without a human in the loop. I co-founded it in 2023 with Simran Jain, and we are a small, fast team of engineers, designers, and marketers solving a deceptively hard problem: making every website visit feel like a good conversation.

The path here

• Beyond Exams — a social venture to make quality education more accessible. This is where I learned that the most impactful stories often start with humble beginnings.
• DeepLogic AI — worked as a technology consultant solving real-world problems with computer vision and NLP, including machine-learning projects with the Mumbai Police and IIT-B.
• Internet Society — served as an IGF Youth Ambassador, thinking about the future of an open internet.
• University of Delhi — B.Tech from the Cluster Innovation Centre, plus a Google Summer of Code along the way.

Why I write

I believe in building in public. Writing forces me to think clearly, and sharing the journey — the wins, the dead ends, the half-formed opinions — is how I give back to the community of builders I learned from. You’ll find me writing about entrepreneurship, AI, technology, healthcare, geopolitics, and life.

If any of this resonates — whether you’re building something, thinking of investing, or just want to talk — reach out.