Aronin Ponnappan

Co-Founder & CEO @ SGBI Inc. An entrepreneur in SiliconValley focussing on solving testing automation challenges using Robotics & AI.

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

Anyone facing any issue with @Uber app in California? I’m not able to open it or update it in iPhone ??

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

@p_mohansivam Ya man we should 😎🫱🏻‍🫲🏻

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It’s been about 3 weeks since I landed in New York, and I’m really starting to like this place, so much happening all the time.

I live in #Siliconvalley and love the weather and nature there, but #NewYork has a completely different energy. It’s intense, fast, and honestly… pretty exciting. 😎

@p_mohansivam i think we should do a Robotics BBQ night here as well 🍻🤞🏼

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

It’s been about 3 weeks since I landed in New York, and I’m really starting to like this place, so much is happening all the time.

I live in #Siliconvalley and love the weather and nature there, but #NewYork has a completely different energy. It’s intense, fast, and honestly… pretty exciting. 😎

@p_mohansivam i think we should do a Robotics BBQ night here as well 🍻🤞🏼

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

It’s been about 3 weeks since I landed in New York, and I’m really starting to like this place, so much happening all the time.

I live in #Siliconvalley and love the weather and nature there, but #NewYork has a completely different energy. It’s intense, fast, and honestly… pretty exciting. 😎

@p_mohansivam i think we should do a Robotics BBQ night here as well 🍻🤞🏼

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

It’s been a while since I posted here.

Last 3 months went deep into customer onsite visits, deployments, and back to back travel.

Learned a few things worth sharing:

1. Consistency compounds: Keep building, keep refining, results eventually show up as real POs and cash in the bank

2. Stay close to the customer: When you sit with them, work alongside them, and understand their daily challenges, you don’t just build features, you build solutions they actually value.

Nothing beats seeing a customer genuinely smile when it works. 🥰

Back to building 🚀 #startup #founderlife

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

@pascal_bornet Omg

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

@michellelsun @p_mohansivam 👍🤝

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

@p_mohansivam I think we should do this regularly.

Got amazing feedback from founders, and interestingly, many of them already started connecting with each other by supporting on sales, funding intros, legal, logistics, and component sourcing.

This is great man, within 24hrs lot of things...

That’s the power of a founder community. What do you think?

[Mohan Sivam @p_mohansivam]

@grankovsky @tinnixhe @callable_com_ai @aroninp is the chief chef building Ai powered robotics grilling 😎

[Mohan Sivam @p_mohansivam]

@michellelsun @aroninp Subscribe to our calendar for our upcoming events: https://t.co/TSkJ3UmFGL

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@Scobleizer @Scobleizer, thanks for coming. It was really great to have a conversation with you.

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

Huge thanks to all the incredible founders who joined our BBQ networking night.

It was great meeting so many people building amazing startups. Thank you for taking the time to come and making the evening such a success.

Let’s stay connected, keep building, and support each other. 🚀

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

We are starting 😇

[Mohan Sivam @p_mohansivam]

@grankovsky @tinnixhe @callable_com_ai @aroninp @miraii_ai We have the OG @Scobleizer, well! he needs no introduction!

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

@p_mohansivam Years of hard work started paying back, bro 😇

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

Persistence compounds.

We’ve spent years building our AI-powered robotics testing automation platform, when very few believed this category would exist.

Now, in 2026, enterprise purchase orders from global MNCs are arriving back-to-back.

Built with < $1M of capital. Now operating across 3 countries.

Deep gratitude to everyone who supported this journey.

If you're a founder building something difficult, keep going. The breakthrough often comes after the hardest years. 😇

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

This Friday evening, @p_mohansivam and I are hosting a Robotics Founders BBQ Night.

The idea is simple: share our common challenges, learn from each other’s experiences, and see how we can support each other along the journey.

RSVP:
https://t.co/objacdIg8b

#Robotics #StartupFounders #HardwareStartups #SiliconValley

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

Honest question to founders:

What gives you more happiness?

Closing a funding round?
or
Closing a real customer contract?

One buys a runway. The other proves reality.

[Aronin Ponnappan @aroninp]

@Eng_china5 is this real?