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

The Builder Circle

These are the people Shaurya builds with. Not just friends -- collaborators. A network of young founders, developers, and creators connected primarily through the co/Build community in Dubai, who understand why you would spend a weekend shipping a feature instead of going out.

The Crew

Gohar Abbas is a builder and AI specialist, connected through AI+Frnds event planning. Connected since December 2025, the relationship is action-oriented -- every conversation has something actionable in it, not just vibes but actual plans and projects. They co-planned a community event together, and Shaurya learned hard lessons about collaboration and communication when deadlines were on the line.

Sid Haldar brings technical depth to the network. Roshan introduced himself at a co/Build event in January 2026 and now runs free weekly tech classes -- 45-minute sessions that provide real technical education to the community. Manav Chawla is the founder of co/Build itself, a designer and creative director who has visited Shaurya's family home. The relationship goes beyond the community events into genuine personal friendship.

Amir serves as a tech lead, providing guidance and structure. Yash and Ansh Talrani are deep in the LockIn B2B push, working on the business strategy for taking the app beyond consumer into enterprise sales. Armaan Khan is a core co/Build member who contributes creatively to video projects and events, and who was selling F1 diecast cars at co/Build events -- the crossover between personal interests and the builder community is always real.

co/Build as the Hub

The co/Build community is where most of these connections formed. Every Friday, 200+ founders and builders meet up at a co-working session run by Nevermind, a creative studio based in Dubai. The format is simple: show up, work on your thing, be around other people doing the same. The consistency of weekly meetups means you see the same faces repeatedly, and those repeated encounters turn networking into genuine relationships.

co/Build is where Shaurya demos products, strategises with the LockIn team, and plugs into the broader Dubai startup ecosystem. The "Unlock the gold" strategy session for LockIn happened at a co/Build lunch in March 2026. The Sharjah Entrepreneur Festival attendance, the World EF Dubai 2026 visit -- these community events extend the co/Build network beyond the weekly Friday sessions.

LockIn Team and AI+Friends

The builder circle is not just social -- it has produced real collaborative output. Yash and Ansh contribute to the LockIn B2B strategy. Others contribute to AI+Frnds events, helping organise free community sessions that make AI and app-building accessible to beginners. It is not a formal team with titles and org charts -- it is a network of people who care about making things, and who contribute their skills where they are needed.

The informal nature of this collaboration is a feature, not a bug. People contribute when they can, on projects that interest them, with skills they actually have. There is no bureaucracy, no meetings for the sake of meetings. Just builders helping builders.

Why Builder Friends Are Different

Having friends who build is fundamentally different from having friends who support your building. The OG Circle and the school crew are supportive -- they install LockIn, they share the reels, they say "that's cool." But the builder friends do something more: they challenge the ideas, improve them, point out what is wrong, and build alongside you. They understand the frustration of an App Store rejection at a visceral level. They know what it feels like to debug at 3am. They get why shipping matters more than planning.

The builder circle does not replace the other circles -- it adds a dimension that the others cannot provide. It is the difference between being cheered on and being understood.