# Abhishek Agarwalla

> Abhishek Agarwalla is an Indian AI entrepreneur based in San Francisco and the co-founder and CEO of Fabric, an AI hiring platform. After studying petroleum engineering at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and beginning his career as a data scientist at ZS, he co-founded the AI consultancy Aidetic in 2018, helped grow it to more than 60 people, and later turned years of firsthand hiring frustration into Fabric. In 2026 he also co-founded OpenRound, a work-trial-style product for assessing AI-native engineers.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Fabric
- **Organizations:** Fabric, OpenRound, Aidetic, ZS, Founders, Inc.
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology in Petroleum Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aidetic and helped grow the AI consultancy to more than 60 professionals., Aidetic reached $1 million in revenue in 2022 and delivered more than 300 AI projects across more than 50 clients before Agarwalla stepped away from the CEO role., Co-founded Fabric, which announced a $110,000 angel round in October 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2013-2017** — Studied petroleum engineering at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and presented research on CO2-based fracturing, proppant optimization and tight gas reservoirs.
- **2017-2018** — Worked as a data scientist at ZS in Pune.
- **2018** — Co-founded Aidetic with Mehul Jain, Ketan Mishra and Yadvendra Kshatri.
- **2022** — Aidetic reached $1 million in revenue while serving more than 20 active clients.
- **2023** — Aidetic grew to more than 60 professionals; Agarwalla publicly discussed the firm's $1.2 million-plus annual recurring revenue and operating model.
- **2025** — Co-founded Fabric in San Francisco to automate sourcing, screening and first-round interviews.
- **2025** — Fabric announced a $110,000 angel round and said it served customers including Meesho, CRED, Kearney and MakeMyTrip.
- **2026** — Co-founded and launched OpenRound, an AI-native technical assessment product, and joined the Founders, Inc. Canopy Spring 2026 cohort.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aidetic and helped grow the AI consultancy to more than 60 professionals.
- Aidetic reached $1 million in revenue in 2022 and delivered more than 300 AI projects across more than 50 clients before Agarwalla stepped away from the CEO role.
- Co-founded Fabric, which announced a $110,000 angel round in October 2025.
- Built Fabric from firsthand experience accumulated across more than 10,000 hours of hiring.
- Co-founded OpenRound and joined the Founders, Inc. Canopy Spring 2026 cohort.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Agarwalla published a LinkedIn article titled 'AI doesn't belong in recruiting,' continuing his argument that AI should change recruiters' work rather than erase the role.
- **2026-04** — OpenRound launched publicly and joined the Founders, Inc. Canopy Spring 2026 cohort in San Francisco.
- **2026-02** — Fabric published customer results describing 10,000-plus candidates screened and 1,000-plus senior engineering hours saved in one engineering hiring engagement.
- **2025-12** — Aays published an interview about its acquisition of Aidetic and described Agarwalla's long-running relationship with Aays founder Anshuman Gupta as the opening to the deal.
- **2025-10** — Fabric announced a $110,000 angel round to expand product development and go-to-market work.

## Links

- Website: https://fabrichq.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-agarwalla
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/abhi_agarwal4
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeCNpPb_Js

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Last updated: 2026-08-10