--- title: 'Member of Research Staff at Anuvaya Labs' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/member-of-research-staff-anuvaya-labs-delhi-9r5rvt9d1ea3' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Member of Research Staff at Anuvaya Labs - **Company:** Anuvaya Labs - **Location:** Delhi, India - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/anuvaya/a125bd47-2f05-4667-87ff-62e8ee83daf7 ## Job description ## About the Role We're a small group of engineers, designers, and product folks building at the intersection of conversational AI and domain expertise. Making an AI agent sound human-like is hard. Making an AI an expert in a domain is also hard. We're doing both together. Our product is Vaya - an AI-powered Vedic astrology app used by millions. The Research team owns two outcomes - First: becoming the company's authority on Vedic astrology. Second: breaking down real astrologer mechanics into fundamentals that our engineers can build digital personas on. Write benchmarks for the digital personas. ## What you’ll do - Build domain authority and write documents on astrology concepts that will help engineers ship your findings - Breakdown astrologer personas into clear metrics - traits, modus operandi and vocabulary. Map to our AI agents - Source & vet SME’s, modern and traditional astrological authorities and texts - Network and engage and modern practitioners - Design and conduct case studies and experiments with practitioners - Create benchmarks for metrics to evaluate persona performance - Discover new concepts and refine understanding of existing until all questions are answered ## What we look for - Ability to write documents that convey the message without any fluff - First principles thinking to break down obscure and layered concepts clearly with logic at each step - Published papers, articles showcasing your findings and depth of understanding in a domain - Proven proficiency at extracting information from conversational transcripts, incoherent textbooks or within non falsifiable domains - 3+ years in a research role at a startup or as a domain research consultant Interview Procedure Intro call: 15 minutes to get to know you, after that any questions you might have to get to know us better. Process includes a call with a team member to - - Assess your fit from a culture perspective - Give you time to ask questions Assignment: Candidates shortlisted after the initial call are given a take home assignment to be submitted in 48 hours. Final Round: Process includes a call with the CEO to - - Discuss your approach in solving the assignment - Assess your fit from a technical perspective - Discuss past roles and responsibilities ## How We Work We care about craft obsessively. Your work gets questioned, pulled apart, and rebuilt — not because we're harsh, but because everyone here holds each other to a standard most places don't bother with. We work out of a hacker house in Vasant Kunj. We strongly encourage everyone to be in office. ## About Anuvaya Labs ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Anuvaya Labs builds conversational AI agents that deliver professional services, starting with astrology and aiming to expand into other expert domains. - **Entity Type**: Private (Unfunded / Bootstrapped) – has not raised any external funding rounds. - **Headquarters**: New Delhi, India (office in Vasant Kunj). - **Founded**: 2025 - **Founders**: Maahin Puri (CEO) and Nitesh Kumar Niranjan (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Conversational AI / Professional Services Automation - **Target Customers**: B2C (end users seeking astrology/guidance) with eventual B2B expansion into other professional services (e.g., general medicine). - **Mission Statement**: “We think Conversational AI agents will deliver all professional services in India.” – The company aims to make AI agents sound human-like while possessing deep domain expertise. ## Products & Services - **Vaya** – A conversational AI agent for astrology. Users interact via natural language to receive personalised astrological insights. - **Terra** – An open-source multi-agent SDK (built on Elixir `gen_statem`) for orchestrating stateful, interruptible, and context-aware conversations in production. - **Rune** – An append-only knowledge graph providing long-term memory for AI agents. Captures how a user’s life evolves over time, deterministic and causal. - **RCE (Realtime Context Engine)** – A system that feeds live, streaming context into agents so they reason on current information, not stale data. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (unfunded). - **Key Metric**: No disclosed revenue; total funding is $0 (self-funded / bootstrapped). - **Notable Investors / Partners**: No institutional investors. The company states it “works with best investors” but no names are public; Tracxn confirms no funding rounds. - **Growth Signals**: - Small team (3 employees per LinkedIn) with 25% monthly employee growth (indicating early-stage expansion). - Published open-source projects (Terra, Rune) attracting developer attention. - Strong engineering blog (inside.anuvaya.com) with deep technical content on multi-agent orchestration. ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep Domain + AI**: Combining conversational AI with expert domain knowledge (starting with astrology) creates a moat in verticalised professional services. - **Proprietary Infrastructure**: Owns Rune (long-term memory), RCE (real-time context), and Terra (multi-agent framework) – not just a thin wrapper on LLMs. - **First-Principles Approach**: The team prides itself on deconstructing problems to fundamental truths, leading to unique architectural decisions. - **Talent Density**: Deliberately small, flat team of A-players; no rush to hire. ## Strategic Focus - **Immediate**: Scale the astrology product (Vaya) to a mature, widely used service in India. - **Medium-Term**: Expand into other professional services (e.g., general medicine) using the same conversational AI platform. - **Long-Term**: Become the infrastructure layer for AI-delivered professional services in India. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: High-obsession, craft-first environment. Work gets “questioned, broken down, rebuilt.” Not a 9-to-5 role; expect to think about problems after hours. - **Work Model**: On-site only (hacker house in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi). No remote or hybrid options. - **Team**: Extremely small and flat. Engineers, designers, and product folks work closely together. - **Engineering Culture**: Heavy focus on building in public (open-source contributions, detailed blog posts). Use of technologies like Elixir, knowledge graphs, and real-time streaming. - **Ideal For**: Someone who craves deep technical challenges, doesn’t mind ambiguity, and wants to shape the foundational architecture of a young company. ## Sources 1. [anuvaya.com](https://anuvaya.com/) – Company website, culture page, product descriptions 2. [linkedin.com/company/anuvaya](https://www.linkedin.com/company/anuvaya) – LinkedIn company profile, employee count, growth data 3. [builtin.com/company/anuvaya-labs](https://builtin.com/company/anuvaya-labs/) – Company overview, office location, career page 4. [inside.anuvaya.com](https://inside.anuvaya.com/) – Engineering blog detailing Terra, Rune, RCE, and multi-agent architecture 5. 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