Hello there, I'm
Awadesh Madhogaria

Builder | Entrepreneur | Occasional Founder

I build AI-first SaaS, native apps, and the occasional company.

Engineer by training, operator by accident, builder by choice. 18+ years from writing code to running a company through acquisition — now back to building a portfolio of products. SimplifyS · 8apps · pdfEddie · Datapult.

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What I'm building —

A small constellation of things. Some make money, some are bets, some are just fun.

8apps

8apps.co
A growing suite of productivity apps. Started inside Google Workspace, now expanding beyond it with a heavy AI lean. The bet: most "productivity" tools are still pre-AI. We're fixing that.

SaaSAIWorkspaceCross-platform

pdfEddie

pdfeddie.com
Native iOS & macOS PDF tools, on-device by design. Lives under the 8apps umbrella but with its own brand — because PDFs deserve their own room.

iOSmacOSSwiftOn-device

Datapult

getdatapult.com
Compliance & governance for marketing data platforms. Starting with GA4 — PII detection, access governance, audits. The product version of a problem I lost sleep over for years.

GA4ComplianceGovernancePII

More marketing solutions in the oven. Ask me in a few months.

How I got here —

Engineer → Operator → Builder.

SimplifyS

Founder · 2nd-gen entrepreneur
Founded in Kolkata. Custom software, cloud and AI for businesses that want to move faster than their competitors. Google Cloud Partner. Now the engine I ship new products from.

ConsultingGCP PartnerAICustom software

Happy Marketer

Partner, COO & CTO
SimplifyS started supporting Happy Marketer on projects, then I (and my best people) got acquihired into the journey. Moved to Singapore. Helped build SEA's leading data-driven marketing agency.

COOCTOSingaporeMartech

Merkle / Dentsu

Post-acquisition · 2019 onwards
Happy Marketer was acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network in 2019, becoming a Merkle company. Stayed on through the integration before returning to building.

IntegrationGlobal agencyDataLeadership
Open to work with you on —

I take on a small number of engagements a year — only the ones I'd genuinely enjoy and where I can move the needle.

Fractional CTO

For founders who need a technical co-pilot — strategy, hiring, architecture calls, the awkward ones too.

GCP Architecture

Cloud strategy and architecture. We're a Google Cloud Partner via SimplifyS.

AI Integration

Figuring out where AI fits in your product — not where it impresses. Leverage, not chatbots.

0 → 1 Building

For founders with conviction and ambiguity. From napkin sketch to live product.

Digital Transformation

For growth-stage companies that have outgrown their stack and need someone who has done this before.

How I think

Simplification beats sophistication. Ship, then learn. AI isn't a feature — it's a leverage layer.

Education —

PICT

Pune Institute of Computer Technology — Engineering, 2005–2009.

  • · Wrote code. Liked it.
  • · Wanted more.

Off the keyboard

I read a lot about markets and personal investing — Indian indices, long-term compounding, the usual rabbit holes.

contact —
Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.