About
Tech Ram Kurup
Arun R S Chandran
Founder & AI Growth Engineer
Kerala, India
Open to interesting work
I'm a founder and AI growth engineer based in Kerala, building SpotBay and other SaaS platforms for retail and F&B.
I run Neonicz, a software company delivering messaging and technology solutions to businesses — and I'm pursuing an M.Sc. in Computer Science, which keeps me close to core CS while building in the real world.
Over the years I’ve built
- POS, inventory and accounting systems for F&B and retail
- Messaging infrastructure and chatbots on WhatsApp and other channels
- RAG-based AI systems on Spring Boot, Next.js, PostgreSQL and pgvector
20+
Years building
3
Platforms in flight
Live
SpotBay · paying customers
Current focus
SpotBay — conversational customer engagement for retail & F&B
FnB Operating System — POS + ERP with engagement built in
Organization Operating System — CRM, operations & executive dashboards
Tech stack I enjoy
Tools I reach for.
Selected milestones
SpotBay — Best Online Platform Startup, Ajman University Innovation Center (AUIC), UAE
SpotBay incubated at Kerala Startup Mission; launched at Technopark, Trivandrum (2017)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner · AWS Partner (Technical Accreditation)
SpotBay — live with paying customers
Authorized mentor — Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)
Director — Neonicz Software Solutions & Spotbay Global
Pursuing M.Sc. Computer Science
Speaking & collaboration
On stage & in the room.
I occasionally speak with founders, students and teams about AI in retail, conversational engagement and building cost-efficient SaaS systems.
Topics I cover
- AI-driven loyalty & engagement for FnB and retail
- Modular SaaS platforms that evolve with the business
- Architecting systems with AI agents in the loop — requirements to deployment
Available for
- Founder & leadership roundtables
- Guest lectures & workshops
- Closed-door product & architecture deep dives
Mentorship & communities
Giving back to the ecosystem.
Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)
Authorized mentor · moderated the 19th Founders Meet
Mallu Programmers
Hack Quest mentor & speaker
MuLearn
Bridging academia & industry
B-Hub — Ideas to Startups
Mentor & strategic guidance
Naandi Foundation (by Mahindra)
Student-to-career transition