Aravindh Ravichandran · Chennai · 2026
Hi, I'm AVR.
25, in Chennai. Building Donum. Running Realm by Rook. Hosting two podcasts. Shooting recurve.
- Now building Donum
- Realm by Rook · shipping
- Startup Stories · ep 9 in production
What I'm building
One product. One service company.
Donum
Reporting that writes itself.
Built for MSPs, IT services firms, and agencies who lose a full week every month to client reports. Donum pulls from monitoring, ticketing, and time tracking. Drafts in your voice. Ran inside Realm by Rook for 60 days. 16x faster. Better reports.
The service company
Realm by Rook.
A service company building AI infrastructure, search architecture, and interface engineering for brands. Keeps my product instincts sharp.
What I'm on right now
Concrete, not poetic.
Building Donum. Designing the reporting engine and integrations.
Realm by Rook. Currently working with brands across UK and India.
Hosting Startup Stories. Latest: Perplexity (Aravind Srinivas).
Training for the next archery competition.
Last updated April 2026
The shows
Two shows. 22 episodes. Founders and athletes.
By Realm by Rook
Startup Stories
08 epsFounder journeys, the decisions that made the company, and the lessons they paid for.
Latest
Perplexity. Aravind Srinivas and the answer engine revolution.
By AVR
Sports29
14 epsInspiring stories of legendary athletes. Deeply researched. Emotionally told. Designed to move you.
Latest
Kerri Strug. One vault, a million hearts.
I speak at founder rooms, university programs, and AI summits.
Book me to speakThe story
How we got here.
- 2026Now
Donum
Building Donum privately. A reporting SaaS for MSPs and agencies. Realm ran on it for 60 days and went from 8 to 12 hours per client per month down to 2 to 3.
- 2025
Realm by Rook
The service work rebrands as Realm by Rook. AI infrastructure, search architecture, interface engineering, and algorithmic systems for brands.
- 2024
FiNext Award
Excellence in Finance Startups, received in Dubai.
- 2020
Started building software full-time
Began building product and infrastructure for a living. Service work first, with the ambition to build a SaaS underneath it.
- 2019
Aravindh Initiative
Founded a small foundation in Chennai for blood donation drives, animal rescue, and community work. It stays small on purpose.