Shaurya Bahl is a Dubai-based fintech founder. He builds Simplify (gosimplify.com) — a B2B eSIM and gift card API — ARC, and Raly. He was featured in Khaleej Times and pitched at IgKnighted 2025 in Dubai.

Where is Shaurya Bahl based?

Shaurya Bahl is based in Dubai, UAE.

What does Shaurya Bahl build?

Shaurya Bahl builds Simplify (gosimplify.com) for B2B eSIM and gift card APIs, ARC (arc360.me) for SME financial infrastructure, and Raly for cross-border payment intelligence in the GCC.

What is Simplify by Shaurya Bahl?

Simplify (gosimplify.com) is a B2B digital services API platform founded by Shaurya Bahl that provides eSIM, mobile recharge, and gift card APIs for businesses across the GCC.

What is IgKnighted and how is Shaurya Bahl connected?

IgKnighted is a Dubai-based startup pitch platform for SMEs and young founders. Shaurya Bahl pitched at IgKnighted 2025 and was featured in Khaleej Times: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/dubai-new-pitching-arena-smes-young-founders-igknighted

Is Shaurya Bahl on LinkedIn?

Yes. Shaurya Bahl's LinkedIn is https://ae.linkedin.com/in/shaurya-bahl-61ab61381

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Adrasteia

A school programme at Jebel Ali School that I headed. Yes, headed -- at 15. "This is a programme by our school which I am heading." Adrasteia was a student-led initiative about getting students involved, building a following, and driving registrations. I took the lead on organizing and promoting it,...

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People

Shaurya Bahl — Overview of who Shaurya is, background, personality, and working style
Ashish Bahl — Father, fintech/payments professional at Thunes
Riddhima Bahl — Mother, HR consultant and founder of SIVANA
Ranveer Bahl — Younger brother
Amir — Senior developer and technical mentor from India
Yash — LockIn business lead and co-founder
Ansh Talrani — LockIn tech co-founder
Neha — BRB co-founder, content creator
Sid Haldar — Founder of AI + Frnds, collaborator
Emergent — Y Combinator-backed AI platform, sponsor of AI + Frnds events
Manav Chawla — co/Build founder, designer, close friend
Armaan Khan — co/Build Core member, close friend
Roshan — Tech educator
Ridhi Chawla — Author of "The Chosen Soul"; Shaurya built her website
Gohar Abbas — Builder, AI tools, planned co-event for AI+Friends
Emotional Tech — BRB collaborator, video content and prototyping
The Builder Circle — The people Shaurya builds with

Ventures & Projects

Simplifly — eSIM and mobile connectivity platform (gosimplifly.com)
LockIn — iOS productivity app that blocks doomscrolling with push-ups
AI + Frnds — Global community event series making AI accessible
Raly — Remittance intelligence platform for GCC corridors
Tipp — First real app project, tipping app for Dubai workers (Buildspace, age 13)
Safe Driving (RTA) — Prototype for monitoring safe driving for Dubai's RTA
Early Projects — From Scratch games to Python to 30-day coding sprints
Adrasteia — School programme Shaurya headed
F1 in Schools — F1 competition project

Concepts & Philosophy

Why School Is Broken — Why Harvard courses online make classrooms feel obsolete
How I Write Code — Cursor + Claude, 2-3 hours daily, from Scratch to AI-first
Self-Taught Philosophy — YouTube university and learning by building
Solo Founder Mindset — Why I build alone: speed, control, learning everything
Older Friends Theory — Why I connect with people older than me
Start Young — "Start young, always have a goal, enjoy it and the money will come"
AI-First Building — How AI changed the building process forever
Shipping Over Perfection — Ship fast, iterate, learn from production
The Grind vs The Dream — School vs building vs pilot dream
Money as Fuel — Every venture funds the pilot dream
Learning by Building — Every project teaches a new skill
Why Dubai Works — What Dubai offers a young builder
Internet Native — Growing up online, building differently
Failure Is Data — Tipp failed, Simplifly pivoted, LockIn got rejected — all data
Building Philosophy — Shaurya's approach to building, shipping, and learning
The Pilot Dream — The lifelong dream of becoming an Emirates pilot
The Pilot Fund — How every venture funds the flight school dream
AI and Coding — How AI changed everything about building software
Community Building — Why Shaurya organizes free events and builds communities
Friendship Philosophy — Three circles, all real
What Success Looks Like — Freedom, building things that matter, becoming a pilot
Product Thinking — How I think about products: user problems first
Dubai — What Dubai means to Shaurya and why it matters
Technical Skills — Full stack across mobile, web, backend, and AI tools
Tools & Bookmarks — The builder's toolkit: Ephe, v0, Photopea, Dr Frost
Building in Public — Sharing LockIn links in every chat
Reel Support System — "like n comment plis"

Identities

The Solo Founder — Building alone by choice: speed, control, full-stack
The Gamer — Valorant, Fortnite, Among Us, Marvel Rivals — gaming as origin story
The Pilot — Aviation identity since age 6, Emirates dream
The Builder — Core identity: Figma to Cursor to Vercel to Instagram
The Community Organizer — AI+Frnds and co/Build events
The 15-Year-Old CEO — Running real businesses while in school
The Content Creator — Building in public, reels, YouTube
The Night Owl — Late night coding and conversations
The Connector — Bridging builder and friend circles
The Experimenter — Trying everything to learn

Skills & Tools

Cursor and Claude — The AI coding stack that changed everything
Figma to Code — Design process from prototype to production
Vercel and Deployment — Every project lives on Vercel
The Tech Stack — React, Next.js, Swift, Python, TypeScript
App Store Nightmares — Entitlements, provisioning, Xcode hell
UAE Startup Reality — Building in the UAE at 15
The API Learnings — Dtone, StoreKit 2, Stripe Connect, CloudKit
Marketing as a Solo Founder — Zero budget, maximum hustle
The eSIM Business — Deep dive into Simplifly's market
The Remittance Opportunity — What Raly taught about GCC corridors
Open Source — WE LOVE FOSS and contributing to projects
The Budget — Managing money at 15
The Monthly Budget Tracker — Notion setup for tracking
My Workspace — Where building happens
Design Philosophy — Clean, functional, Wikipedia-inspired
Ideas I Want to Build — Future projects and concepts
The Mentor Network — Amir, Sid, Manav, parents
Health and Fitness — Aviation medical prep, LockIn push-ups

Gaming

Gaming — Among Us, Marvel Rivals, Fortnite, social glue
Valorant — The main game, competitive tactical shooter
Fortnite — The lockdown era, "stay safe twin"
Roblox Da Hood — Pure chaos with the boys
Flight Simulators — The bridge between gaming and aviation
Gaming Culture — How games shape friendships

Music

Music & Culture — Kendrick, The Weeknd, Bollywood
Daniel Caesar — Permanent R&B rotation, smooth and emotional
Frank Ocean — Permanent R&B rotation, layered and introspective
Drake — Cultural presence and social currency
Kendrick Lamar — Depth, craft, the builder-mindset parallel
The Weeknd — The late-night aesthetic
Taylor Swift — The cultural phenomenon
Bollywood Music — Cultural connection in group chats
Anime OSTs — 2am coding soundtracks
YouTube Music — Music as social currency
The Music Rotation — What's playing right now

Media & Entertainment

One Piece — The foundational anime
Comedy Movies — Comedy as the go-to genre
Movies I Love — Films that stuck
Movies & Entertainment — Comedy, anime, One Piece
YouTube Learning — The real school
Memes and Internet — Meme culture and communication
Instagram Culture — Group chat names, reel economy, DM culture
Social Media — Instagram as the social layer

Events & Experiences

The Move — Moving countries, leaving everything behind
First Line of Code — Scratch at MindChamp, age 9, the question that started it all
First App Store Submission — LockIn goes live after nightmare debugging
First Revenue — The first time making money from building
The Buildspace Demo — Demoing Tipp at 13
co/Build Events — Weekly builder community, Dec 2025 launch
AI+Frnds Events — Making AI accessible globally
The COVID Era — Lockdown, gaming, boredom that led to coding
School Events Memories — French Week, TOMM, Adrasteia, F1 in Schools
Late Night Coding Sessions — 1am flow states
Chatbot Experiments — Building with AI, prototyping conversational interfaces
Random Projects Graveyard — Every experiment that taught something
The Pilot Fund Plan — Detailed funding strategy for flight school
Nasa Reunion — "My average is 99% im chilling"
Visiting Oman — The ritual of going back
Hospital Visit Jan 2026 — Stomach infection, Influenza B, postponed exams
Lockdown Memories — Fortnite era, online school, coding origins
French Week — School cultural event

Communities

Nevermind co/Build — Weekly builder community in Dubai (nevermind.ae/cobuild)
First co/Build Event — Dec 23, 2025 at One Life cafe
AI + Frnds — Global community event series making AI accessible
Community Building — Why Shaurya organizes free events and builds communities
The Community Organizer — AI+Frnds and co/Build events
Buildspace Experience — Building Tipp, first taste of startup culture
The Builder Circle — The people Shaurya builds with

Life & Personal

The Origin Story — From planes at age 6 to coding at 9 to startups at 13
Life in Oman — Growing up in Oman, boredom, original friends
Moving to Dubai — The big transition that changed everything
School & Education — Balancing school with building
School Life — Exams, boards, physics struggles
Exams & Stress — The battle between building and studying
Family Context — Growing up in an entrepreneurial household
Health & Fitness — Aviation medical prep, fitness routines
Pilot Roadmap — Tasks, timelines, and milestones toward flight school
Ridhi's Book — "The Chosen One" spiritual book website build

Timeline

2020 — Lockdown, MindChamp, Scratch, age 9
2021 — Python, Oman life, age 10
2022 — ChatGPT drops, new friendships, age 11-12
2023 — Buildspace, Tipp, group chat era, age 13
2024 — Birthday parties, LockIn concept, age 14
2025 — LockIn goes live, Simplifly, co/Build, age 15
2026 — LockIn B2B, AI+Friends, wiki, age 15