Studio ✦ Bengaluru

Named after the evening star.

We named ourselves after the evening star — the first light that shows up when everyone assumes the day is over. That’s the work we like: the second act, the relaunch, the thing people gave up on.

A founder-led studio out of Bengaluru — small on purpose, so the people who pitch you are the people who build it.

What we sell

Most studios sell you hours. We sell you the thing that finally ships — and the taste to make it feel inevitable. Product engineering, app and web development, UI/UX & motion, and AI integration, done by one small senior team end to end.

Who it’s for

Founders and entrepreneurs who need a technical partner they can hand the hard part to — planning, building, shipping, and staying on to consult as the product grows. We’re currently taking a small number of new projects at a time.

Who’s behind it

Ajay Kumar

Ajay Kumar

Founder & CEO

Full-stack engineer, ten-plus years building and shipping products end to end.

Nav Krishna

Nav Krishna

Chairman & Business Strategist

Oxford graduate, focused on the business strategy behind the founders we work with.

Things we’ll argue about

Taste is a feature

Motion, spacing, and copy are part of the product — not polish we add at the end.

Ship the hard part first

We prototype the risky, uncertain piece in days so you know early whether the idea holds.

Small team, whole problem

The people who pitch you the project are the people who build it — no handoffs, no account managers.

The second act

We like the relaunch, the rebuild, the thing a previous team gave up on — that's where craft shows.