About us

We build the parts AI does not build for itself.

The thesis

The current generation of AI models is remarkable — and incomplete on its own. To be useful in real work, a model needs teammates that remember context across days, infrastructure that keeps it accountable, and a designed surface where humans can collaborate with it without friction. Those three layers — what we think of as the alongside layer — are where most of the value in applied AI will be built over the next decade.

GainWix is the studio building in that layer. We incubate software utilities and tools that work next to AI rather than competing with it. Some of our work looks like a teammate that picks up where an agent leaves off. Some of it looks like the plumbing nobody sees but everybody depends on. Some of it looks like a thoughtful interface that makes an AI feature actually usable.

All of it is built on the same belief: capability without context, rails, and care is not yet useful software.

How we operate

A small set of operating principles.

01

Small teams, short cycles.

Most projects start with two to four people and ship something real inside three months.

02

Real users early.

We do not ship in private. Our incubations meet real users in the first month and learn from them.

03

Open source by default.

Where it makes sense, our work is open source. Where commercial structure helps, we choose it deliberately.

04

A spin-out path.

Projects that earn it become their own ventures with the studio as the parent.

The team

The people behind the studio.

Siva — Co-Founder Siva — Co-Founder
Co-Founder · COO

Sivasooriyan

Leads the studio with a focus on building software that fits naturally into how people and AI work together. Known for turning long-thesis ideas into sharp, shippable tools.

Shaifullah — Engineering Lead Shaifullah — Engineering Lead
Engineering Lead

Shaifullah

Builds the infrastructure that keeps the studio's products running quietly and reliably. Has a habit of making complex systems feel deceptively simple from the outside.

Tharun — Design Lead Tharun — Design Lead
Design Lead

Tharun

Shapes the human side of everything the studio ships — the surfaces people actually touch. Cares deeply about the gap between what AI can do and what feels good to use.