Draft:Heizen

Heizen
Company type
Private
IndustryInformation technology, Artificial intelligence, Software development
FoundedApril 2024; 2 years ago (2024-04)
FoundersAman Arora
Abhilasha Singh
Nijansh Verma
Headquarters
Hyderabad
,
India
Area served
India, United States
Key people
Aman Arora (CEO)
Abhilasha Singh (CTO)
Nijansh Verma (CMO)
ProductsMulti-agent software delivery platform
ServicesAI-native custom software development; AI agents for supply chain operations; MVPs; internal tools
Websitewww.heizen.work

Heizen is an Indian artificial intelligence–native software delivery company headquartered in Hyderabad, India.[1] Founded in April 2024 by Aman Arora, Abhilasha Singh, and Nijansh Verma, the company combines large language model–powered AI agents with human engineers to build custom software, minimum viable products (MVPs), and internal tools for startups and enterprises through a weekly sprint–based delivery model.[2][3] The company positions itself as a challenger to the traditional Indian IT services model, with co-founders stating that they aim to "rebuild Infosys for the AI age".[1]

History

Heizen was incorporated in April 2024 and was originally named OpenGig. The founding team experimented with using AI to generate boilerplate code for early-stage founders, but found that production-grade enterprise systems still required deep human engineering oversight. The company subsequently pivoted to a hybrid model that blends AI agents with senior engineers, and rebranded as Heizen.[4]

In July 2025, Heizen raised US$500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Titan Capital, with participation from angel investors including Varun Alagh, co-founder of Mamaearth, and Abhishek Goyal, co-founder of Tracxn. The company said it would use the capital to scale its engineering team in India, expand customer acquisition in the United States, and develop its proprietary multi-agent software delivery platform.[2][1][5][3][6][7]

Tracxn reported that the company had raised a cumulative total of approximately US$599,000 across two rounds from six investors as of 2026.[8] The company has also reported receiving investment via the Indian television show Shark Tank India.[4]

Business model

Heizen describes itself as a "next-generation software delivery platform" that pairs AI agents with what it calls "AI-native" engineers. Rather than staffing large offshore delivery teams in the manner of conventional Indian IT services firms, Heizen operates with small teams of engineers who manage a suite of AI agents covering project management, coding, DevOps and quality assurance tasks.[1][9]

The company operates on a weekly sprint billing model and ships software in short, fixed-scope cycles. Co-founders have publicly described "velocity, not headcount" as the company's core operating metric.[1][3] Heizen's stated focus areas include AI-first digital products, agentic internal tools, RevOps automation, customer-experience systems, and applied AI for supply chain and operations workflows.[3][4]

According to the company, AI agents power roughly 30 to 40 percent of its delivery cycle, with human engineers retaining responsibility for strategy, architecture, debugging, and client communication.[10][9]

Founders

Heizen's three co-founders bring backgrounds from enterprise technology and global startups:[1][9]

  • Aman Arora – Chief Executive Officer; a two-time founder and former engineer at JPMorgan and IHS Markit.
  • Abhilasha Singh – Chief Technology Officer; an AI engineer educated at Technical University of Munich who previously worked on Microsoft Azure DevOps.
  • Nijansh Verma – Chief Marketing Officer; a graduate of IIT Madras and the Indian School of Business (ISB), and a two-time entrepreneur who previously co-founded the expert-networking platform SpeakIn.

The founders collectively hold academic degrees from IIT Madras, ISB, NIT Bhopal and TU Munich, and have prior work experience at companies including Microsoft and JPMorgan.[1]

Operations and growth

At the time of its pre-seed round in mid-2025, Heizen reported having onboarded more than 50 clients across the United States and India, with claimed month-over-month revenue growth of 20 percent and a first-month client retention rate of 83 percent.[2][5] The company has cited the global IT services industry, which it values at approximately US$4.6 trillion, as its target market.[2]

Heizen maintains engineering operations in India and a go-to-market presence in the United States, with co-founder Nijansh Verma based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company has stated that supply-chain and operations technology is a growing focus area, citing engagements where its agents reportedly automated more than 200 hours of weekly manual work for a consumer-goods client.[4]

Reception

Coverage of Heizen by Indian business publications has placed the company within a broader trend of AI-native challengers to legacy Indian IT services firms. The Economic Times profiled the company under the heading "With AI at the core, Heizen has a new model for software development at scale".[11] BW Disrupt described the firm as "an AI-native software delivery startup" reimagining India's IT services model for the AI-first era,[1] while Entrackr and StartupTalky reported on the company's pre-seed funding and weekly sprint delivery model.[2][3]

A Titan Capital spokesperson, quoted in multiple outlets, described Heizen as "building the kind of execution engine AI-native companies truly need".[1][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Heizen Raises $500K In Pre-Seed Round Led By Titan Capital". BW Disrupt. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vardhan, Gyan (30 July 2025). "Software delivery startup Heizen raises seed round led by Titan Capital". Entrackr. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Kumar, Shubham (30 July 2025). "Heizen raises $500K from Titan Capital to disrupt legacy IT services with AI-native software delivery model". StartupTalky. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d "Inside Heizen: How Nijansh Verma Is Redefining Software Development with AI-Native Engineers". Indian Startup Times. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  5. ^ a b "AI Software Startup Heizen Secures $500,000 Pre-Seed Funding Led by Titan Capital". Indian Startup Times. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  6. ^ "Heizen raises $500K from Titan Capital to disrupt legacy IT services". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  7. ^ "Software delivery startup Heizen raises seed round led by Titan Capital". StartupNews.fyi. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  8. ^ "Heizen – Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors". Tracxn. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  9. ^ a b c "About Heizen". Heizen. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  10. ^ "Heizen Revolutionizes Software Development with AI-Powered Model". AInvest. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  11. ^ "With AI at the core, Heizen has a new model for software development at scale". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 June 2026.

Category:Software companies of India Category:Information technology companies of India Category:Companies based in Hyderabad Category:Artificial intelligence companies Category:Software companies established in 2024

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