Akhil Sai | thriveQ

turning founder frustration into working software..🧑🏻‍💻

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

I'm 23, from Mumbai, building thriveQ.

No funding. No big team.
Just me, Zoho & AI tools.

Goal: Help Indian founders replace manual work with smart systems.

Websites. CRM. Chatbots. Automation.

Still early. Still building.

Follow if you're on the same path.

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

@franklyankish the scariest part isn't the replacement itself. it's how quietly it happens. no announcement. just fewer open roles and faster timelines.

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@kushallodha548 @heyitsmushh the ones who don't quit when everyone says quit — those are the ones worth watching. most great companies looked like failures before they didn't.

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@OzilCreates 100%. speed is the unfair advantage that most SMBs ignore. by the time a human follows up, the competitor's automation already closed it.

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

@when_tge the apprenticeship model point is the one nobody is talking about. AI removed the base of the pyramid. but the pyramid still needs the top. someone has to figure out how that top gets built now.

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@pHequals7 @kushalbhagia this is a real concern. every rupee spent on foreign AI inference is a rupee not building India's own infra. the dependency is building quietly.

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@shubh19 @Anas_founder solid stack. been using cursor + claude myself. claude for architecture thinking is unbeatable right now.

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@Mrkichub this one hit different. easy to forget everyone's on a different timeline. heads down and keep building.

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@ravikiran_dev7 Claude for thinking through problems. ChatGPT for quick tasks. been going back and forth but Claude still wins for depth. what about you?

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

@shubh19 this is the kind of builder energy that i respect the most. no hype. just building because it needs to exist. 1.5M visits with zero marketing says everything.

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

@RonnieKonig same feeling here. first it was scary, then i started using AI as a tool instead of seeing it as a threat. now i ship faster than ever. the mindset shift changes everything.

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

They're building agents to help developers today.

Tomorrow? Agents that replace them.

The only role that survives: The AI Orchestrator.

I'd rather direct the agents than be replaced by them.

That's the shift I'm working on.

#Zoho #AI #ONDC #FutureOfWork

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

17 hours. 2 days. Zoho Workshop Mumbai.

Left feeling excited. And uncomfortable.

Here's what's quietly changing for every developer and business owner in India 👇

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

→ B2B Bharat Connect = UPI but for businesses
→ Zoho + ONDC = no more middlemen
→ Onboarding Agents = your digital employee
→ Zia AI = chat with your financials in plain text

Beautiful tech. But here's the scary part 🧵

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

@AISalesLtd spot on. most SMEs think they need more leads but really their follow up is broken. Zoho CRM + WhatsApp API combo solves exactly that. leads come in, get qualified automatically and followed up without anyone manually sending messages. works really well for small teams

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

@daniel_nnechy 100% this. I've seen so many businesses rush to automate before mapping their process and end up automating a broken workflow. the flowchart step before any tool setup is underrated. keep going with the series!

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

@shubham_crazy08 this is solid. the prompt structure is clean. one thing I'd add is asking it to map which tasks to automate first vs later. not everything needs to be automated on day 1, picking the right starting point saves a lot of time and money

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

Most businesses still do this manually:

→ Copy-pasting data between apps
→ Follow-ups sent one by one
→ Excel reports built weekly

I automate all of it with Zoho.

One workflow. Zero manual work.

Tired of repetitive tasks? Let's talk 💡

#ZohoDeveloper #Automation #thriveQ

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

Signs your business is running you (not the other way around):

→ You manually send every invoice
→ Your lead data lives in 3 places
→ You're the only one who knows how things work
→ Nothing happens when you're offline

This isn't hustle.

This is a trap.

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

Free tools Indian founders sleep on:

→ Zoho CRM (free) — better than most paid CRMs
→ Make — automate without code
→ Tidio — AI chatbot in 10 mins
→ Zoho Forms — auto-capture leads
→ Notion — run your ops in one place

No tech team needed.

Just the right setup.

[Akhil Sai | thriveQ @AkhilsaiBotu]

Hot take:

Your CRM is costing you more money by sitting unused than it cost to set up.

Most founders have Zoho or HubSpot collecting dust.

Meanwhile their leads are rotting in WhatsApp chats.

The tool isn't the problem.

The setup is.