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Senior technical judgment, on your side.

You're making big tech bets without a senior technical voice in the room. Tech Buddy is that voice — owned, accountable, and on a monthly retainer instead of a ₹1.5 Cr payroll line.

Sound familiar?

The questions that keep founders up at night.

"Is my dev agency doing real work, or just burning my budget?"
"I keep reading about breaches — I have no idea if we're exposed."
"Our cloud bill is out of control and growing every month."
"Investors ask technical questions and I freeze."
"I need a CTO, but a full-time hire is ₹1.5 Cr+ and premature."
"Decisions stall because nobody actually owns them."

If any of these hit home, you don't need more tools. You need senior technical judgment on your side — without hiring a full-time CTO.

The smarter math

A full-time CTO isn't your only option.

Most early companies don't need a ₹1.5 Cr hire. They need CTO-grade decisions — at a fraction of the cost and commitment.

A full-time CTO
₹1.5 Cr+ / year
  • One person, one point of view
  • 3–6 months to find and close
  • Equity, benefits & payroll on top
  • Hard to right-size as you change
Tech Buddy
from ₹12L / year
  • A senior team's judgment on tap
  • Start in days · scale up or down
  • No equity, no payroll, no politics
  • Up to 10% of your tech bill, on us

Most early companies don't need a full-time CTO.
They need CTO-grade decisions — without the CTO-grade cost.

How we think

What makes Tech Buddy different.

Six principles that shape every call we make on your behalf.

Judgment, not juniors

You get a partner who has built and scaled real systems — not a junior learning on your budget. Senior eyes on every decision that matters.

Boring infrastructure beats fancy tools

We optimise for what survives twelve months, not what demos well. Fewer moving parts means fewer 2 a.m. fires and a smaller bill.

Skin in the game

We cover up to 10% of the cloud and tech bills we recommend. We only suggest what we'd be willing to pay for ourselves.

No politics, no equity

An outside voice with no internal agenda and no stake in your cap table. Just honest calls, made in your interest.

Scale up or down

Start light, go deep when you raise, dial back when you don't. The engagement bends to your stage — you're never locked in.

Decisions actually get made

The biggest risk isn't the code — it's deciding alone. We take the call, own the trade-offs, and move things forward.

Most founders don't have a tech problem.
They have a "deciding alone" problem.

Stop guessing on tech. Start deciding.

Book a 30-minute tech-health call — no pitch, just a straight read on where you stand.

From ₹1L/mo4 plans · scale anytime
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