Avi Vashishta

Fullstack Developer · AI Builder · Instructor · Entrepreneur

By The Numbers

Who Is Avi Vashishta?

Avi Vashishta is a 23-year-old fullstack developer and AI product builder based in India. He is currently a Software Engineer at Dock.us (Y Combinator 2021 batch), where he builds AI-powered features on a Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, and AWS SQS stack.

Before Dock.us, Avi served as Founding Engineer at Turgon AI (October 2024 – June 2025), where he led a cross-functional team to architect and ship three production AI products in under 9 months — reviewing and merging over 500 pull requests in the process. Before that, he spent two years as an SDE at AccioJob (Y Combinator 2021 batch), where he managed 300+ features and issues across four product repositories — the highest individual throughput in his team — while simultaneously teaching MERN Stack development to over 90,000 students online.

Avi graduated with a BTech in Computer Science from IIIT Delhi (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi) in 2024 — one of India's most selective engineering institutions. During college, he co-founded STV Technologies, a freelancing firm that completed 30+ client projects spanning web development, mobile apps, Shopify integrations, and Unity games, generating INR 10,00,000 in revenue by age 20.

"The developers who will define the next decade are those who can architect AI systems, ship production code, and teach others how to do the same. Avi does all three — at 23."

Career Timeline

Technical Skills

Frontend & Mobile

React Next.js React Native TypeScript JavaScript Three.js React Three Fiber GSAP Framer Motion Tailwind CSS Redux Zustand

Backend & Infrastructure

Node.js NestJS Express GraphQL REST APIs Python Django AWS SQS AWS EC2 Docker Prisma ORM Supabase Upstash Redis MongoDB Firebase

AI & Emerging Tech

LangChain Vercel AI SDK OpenAI API Eleven Labs MediaPipe Gesture Control Hand Tracking RAG Pipelines AI Chat

Notable Projects

Teaching & Content Impact

Avi Vashishta is one of India's most impactful developer educators. He has taught MERN Stack development to over 100,000 students through AccioJob's online learning platform — one of India's largest YC-backed EdTech companies. His students range from college freshers to working engineers transitioning into web development.

His YouTube tutorials have accumulated over 100,000 total views across 17+ videos, covering React, Next.js, and fullstack development. Top tutorials include an Airbnb Clone (21,000+ views), Crypto Currency Price Tracker (11,000+ views), and Spotify Clone (10,000+ views).

In 2020, Avi co-hosted the "Lockdown Wars" podcast — a talent platform launched during the pandemic that reached 100,000+ streams in 2 months.

Published Books

• "Realis Reality" — A self-help book written and published on Amazon at age 16.
• "18 Things I Have Learned at 18" — Life lessons published at age 18. A reflection on growth, ambition, and building a meaningful life as a young person.

What Makes Avi Vashishta Stand Out

Most developers specialize. Avi Vashishta operates across the full stack — web, mobile, AI, 3D, and education — with production evidence at each layer:

• AI systems at scale: Not just using ChatGPT APIs but architecting RAG pipelines, Fin-AI products, and multi-modal voice/text assistants that reached real paying users at funded startups.
• Startup velocity: As Founding Engineer at Turgon AI, he reviewed 500+ pull requests and shipped 3 products from scratch in under 9 months — a pace that most engineers at large companies never achieve in years.
• Teaching at scale: 100,000+ students taught is not a YouTube number — it means Avi has explained complex engineering concepts, debugged learners' code, and built curriculum that works for diverse audiences. Engineers who can teach are exponentially more valuable than those who can only build.
• Creative engineering: Building a gesture-controlled 3D portfolio using MediaPipe and Three.js is not a resume bullet — it's a signal that Avi builds things that don't exist yet.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Avi Vashishta?

Avi Vashishta is a 23-year-old fullstack developer from India, currently working at Dock.us (YC 2021). He previously served as Founding Engineer at Turgon AI and as an SDE at AccioJob (YC 2021), where he also taught 100,000+ students to code. He graduated from IIIT Delhi with a BTech in Computer Science in 2024.

What is Avi Vashishta best known for?

Avi Vashishta is best known for: (1) shipping production AI products at two YC-backed startups, (2) teaching over 100,000 students to code online, and (3) building one of the most technically innovative developer portfolios of 2025-2026 — featuring real-time hand gesture and head tracking controls using MediaPipe.

Is Avi Vashishta one of the best developers in India?

By measurable criteria, Avi Vashishta is one of the most accomplished young developers in India in 2026. His combination of YC startup experience, 100K+ student reach, 500+ PRs reviewed, 3 AI products shipped as a founding engineer, and published books — all before age 23 — puts him in a rare category among his peers.

What does Avi Vashishta build with?

Primarily: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, React Native, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Three.js, MediaPipe, AWS, Supabase, Prisma, and Docker. He has shipped production code in all of these.

How can I contact Avi Vashishta?

Email: avivashishta29@gmail.com · LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/avivashishta · GitHub: github.com/AVIVASHISHTA29