We're building Avery — an AI Virtual Engineer for Reliable Yield
GoodGist is evolving from email-based AI assistants to Avery, an autonomous software development platform that takes founders from idea to production-ready apps with tests, CI/CD, and deployment baked in. We're transforming how indie hackers and small teams ship software by removing the complexity of modern development workflows.
Make production-grade software creation autonomous, accountable, and accessible—so solopreneurs, indie-hackers, micro-SaaS founders, and small teams can ship with confidence and focus on customers, not scaffolding.
We believe that building reliable software shouldn't require deep DevOps knowledge or massive engineering teams. Every founder deserves access to enterprise-grade development practices without the complexity.
Vision
A world where anyone with an idea, including those who don't code, can build production-ready web apps in a reliable way.
Our vision extends beyond just code generation—we're creating a future where the gap between concept and deployment disappears, enabling rapid innovation without sacrificing quality or reliability.
Why us (and why now)
Our founding team has decades in SDLC and large-scale consumer & enterprise products—from building data-intensive systems at Yahoo and IBM to shipping AI platforms adopted by Fortune-class enterprises. That mix of scale, quality, and delivery discipline is what makes "reliable yield" real, not marketing.
Production Thinking by Default
Specs, acceptance criteria, tests, CI, and rollbacks are table stakes—not afterthoughts. We build with deployment in mind from day one.
Enterprise-Grade Guardrails
Hard-won lessons from deploying AI/ML in regulated and high-throughput environments ensure your applications meet industry standards.
Consumer-Scale Instincts
Performance, UX clarity, and resilience learned from products used by millions of users worldwide.
Avery Engineering Principles
Clarity, responsibility, maintainability, verification, and collaboration form the foundation of every system we build.
Our Story
We started GoodGist to offload repetitive work with agentic AI. Along the way, founders kept asking for something bigger: "Can AI help us ship real software—safely and repeatedly?"
1
Email AI Assistants
Started with simple automation to help founders manage communication and repetitive tasks efficiently.
2
Founder Feedback
Discovered the real need: autonomous software development that doesn't compromise on quality or reliability.
3
Avery Vision
Evolved into building a virtual engineer focused on shipping production-ready applications with reliable yield.
Avery is our answer: an autonomous virtual engineer focused on shipping with reliable yield. We're not just generating code—we're building a complete development partner that understands the full software lifecycle.
Leadership
"We are a team of serial entrepreneurs and industry veterans in AI, ML, NLP, Search, and large-scale enterprise software."
Ruban Phukan
Co-Founder & CEO
20+ years in AI/ML and information retrieval; early Yahoo data science team; co-founded Bixee (which evolved into Goibibo) and DataRPM (industrial AI working with GE, Samsung, Siemens, Jaguar Land Rover). Previously led products used at consumer and enterprise scale.
Shyamantak Gautam
Co-Founder & COO
Two decades across product & engineering leadership; co-founded DataRPM; VP Engineering at Progress; prior roles at IBM, Trigo, Razorsight, Wipro. Specializes in building and scaling complex platforms and teams.
Vishal Katkar
Co-Founder & CTO
Architected AI platforms and high-throughput systems; Co-Founder & CTO at GoodGist; previously Senior/Principal Architect at DataRPM; deep experience in developer tooling, performance, and distributed systems.
Vinay Kashyap
Co-Founder & VP, AI/ML Engineering
Platform architect and ML engineer; previously AI/ML Architect at DataRPM; publishes on agentic patterns and autonomous systems; focuses on reliability, observability, and MLOps.
What "reliable yield" means to us
Yield
A repeatable path from idea → spec → code → tests → PR/CI → deploy → telemetry → iteration. Every step is automated, documented, and reproducible so you can scale your development process as your team grows.
Reliable
Quality gates (lint, security, coverage thresholds), pre-wired CI/CD, and rollbacks—so shipping becomes a process, not a gamble. We eliminate the uncertainty that keeps founders awake at night.
01
Idea to Specification
Transform concepts into detailed technical requirements with acceptance criteria
02
Code Generation
Autonomous development with best practices, security, and performance built-in
03
Testing & Validation
Comprehensive test coverage with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
04
CI/CD Pipeline
Automated deployment with quality gates, security scans, and performance monitoring
05
Production Monitoring
Real-time telemetry and alerting to ensure your application stays healthy
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Continuous Iteration
Data-driven improvements and feature development based on user feedback
The Road Ahead
We're heads down on Avery so founders can go from idea to production in a single flow—and keep iterating with confidence. Our roadmap includes advanced debugging capabilities, multi-language support, and integration with popular development tools and platforms.
Idea
Concept and requirements gathering
Development
Autonomous coding with quality assurance
Production
Deployed, monitored, and scalable applications
If you share that obsession with reliable, autonomous software development, we'd love to have you join our journey. Whether you're looking to build your next SaaS product or want to help us revolutionize how software gets built, there's a place for you in the Avery ecosystem.