Building Spec2Quote — first paying customer signed

Aditya Pathak

I build companies and the systems that power them.19, University of Waterloo CS.

FounderSpec2Quote
Operator700× revenue turnaround
EngineerAI/ML · Systems
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700× Revenue Growth◆$1.44M Spend Processed◆$130K+ Savings Surfaced◆90.4% Term GPA◆Zero Rework◆50-Day Build◆Antler Shortlisted◆171 Vendors Tracked◆700× Revenue Growth◆$1.44M Spend Processed◆$130K+ Savings Surfaced◆90.4% Term GPA◆Zero Rework◆50-Day Build◆Antler Shortlisted◆171 Vendors Tracked◆700× Revenue Growth◆$1.44M Spend Processed◆$130K+ Savings Surfaced◆90.4% Term GPA◆Zero Rework◆50-Day Build◆Antler Shortlisted◆171 Vendors Tracked◆700× Revenue Growth◆$1.44M Spend Processed◆$130K+ Savings Surfaced◆90.4% Term GPA◆Zero Rework◆50-Day Build◆Antler Shortlisted◆171 Vendors Tracked◆
01
The Story

Setback at 18.
700× growth at 19.

October 2024. A serious accident in Waterloo put me in the hospital and forced me to take a step back from everything. At 18, I had to rebuild from scratch — physically, academically, and mentally.

Four months later, I posted a 90.4% term GPA — a 28-point swing — and landed on the Dean's Honours List. I decided the setback wouldn't set the ceiling.

Then I stepped in as COO of a stalled fire suppression company and drove monthly revenue from ₹1 lakh to ₹7.2 crore — a 700× increase in five months. Cleared a ₹1.5 crore backlog. Zero rework across 20+ industrial sites.

Now I'm building Spec2Quote — turning enterprise procurement from a manual bottleneck into AI-powered, auditable automation. First paying customer signed March 11th.

UWaterloo
Computer Science
Honours Co-op · AI/ML Focus · President's Scholarship
700×
Revenue Growth
₹1L → ₹7.2Cr · 5 months · Ground zero
Antler
Shortlisted
$250K pre-seed program · 9% equity offer
02
Ventures

Built and scaled from ground zero.

Spec2Quote

AI-Powered Procurement

Active

Role

Co-Founder & Lead Architect

Period

Jan 2026 – Present

Built an AI copilot that turns RFQs into quote-ready line items in minutes, not days. Parses engineering drawings, matches specs to supplier catalogs in real time, and generates auditable quotes — already processing $1.44M in spend with $130K+ in savings surfaced.

$1.44M Processed

$130K+ Savings

171 Vendors

50-Day Build

FastAPILangGraphNext.jsPostgreSQLAzure OpenAI

NSS

CO₂ Fire Suppression

Role

Chief Operating Officer

Period

Jun 2025 – Present

Took over a stalled operation and rebuilt it from ground zero. Rewired procurement, governance, and team execution to drive monthly revenue from ₹1L to ₹7.2Cr in five months.

700× Revenue

22% Margin ↑

₹1.5Cr Cleared in 90d

OperationsSupply ChainP&LTeam Leadership

MindEdge

Enterprise Deployments

Role

Client Solutions Exec (Promoted)

Period

Dec 2025 – Present

Promoted for execution quality across NDA-restricted enterprise projects. Cut client onboarding from 12 weeks to 4 and orchestrated a $1.8M+ delivery portfolio.

$1.8M+ Portfolio

65% Faster Onboard

7+ Projects

Enterprise DeliveryAPI IntegrationStakeholder Mgmt

ADP Advertising

Digital Agency

Role

Founder

Period

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024

Founded and scaled a digital marketing agency. Drove 20–45%+ funnel efficiency gains through structured A/B testing on Facebook and Google Ads.

20–45% Funnel ↑

Full Lifecycle

Digital MarketingA/B TestingAnalytics
03
Projects

Code that solves problems.

Linguvo

Real-Time Voice Translation

Chrome extension that captures live tab audio, resamples to 16kHz PCM, and streams via WebSockets for low-latency transcription → translation → subtitle overlay.

WebSocketsChrome APIsAudio DSPStreaming
View on GitHub

Nexus Orchestrator

Business Automation Engine

Workflow engine with approval gating, schema-constrained execution plans, dry-run simulation, and reflection loops under immutable safety controls.

Workflow EngineJSON SchemaSafety ControlsSimulation
View on GitHub
04
Stack & Skills

Deep expertise across the stack.

Technical Skills

PythonGoTypeScriptSQLFastAPILangGraphNext.jsReactPostgreSQLDockerCI/CDAuth & RBACOpenTelemetryAI/MLWebSocketsLinuxREST APIs

Leadership & Operations

Turnaround ExecutionOperating Model DesignStakeholder ManagementCash Flow DisciplineSOPs & GovernanceExecutive SynthesisTeam BuildingP&L Ownership

Key Achievements

✓Honored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi — Pariksha-pe-Charcha
✓President's Scholarship of Distinction — Top 1–3%, University of Waterloo
✓Global Rank 66 — ICode Hackathon (Solo)
✓Gold Medalist — National STEM Project & National Debate Championship

Let's build something
exceptional.

Whether you're an investor, potential cofounder, or just curious—let's talk.

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