Sagar Soni

Y’all gotta know about Sagar Soni, this guy is the real deal in the dev tools world. He’s a YC W22 alum, which already puts him in that league, but what really crushes it is his process. Started out with CollegeAdviser back in 2016, dude was trying to help students get into college, pretty noble, right? But he didn’t stop there. Saw the bigger picture, jumped into the tech scene, and co-founded Requestly in 2019 with Sachin Jain. That thing started as a simple browser extension, but Sagar and his team turned it into a full-blown platform used by over 100,000 web developers globally. No cap, that’s pretty sick.

What’s crazy is how he’s always been about building tools that actually help people. Requestly now is like an open-source Postman alternative, super popular among devs who need to debug APIs fast and easy. Sagar’s all about making developers’ lives easier, and he’s been crushing it at that. Before all that, he was a software dev at Yental and DU Express, so the dude’s been deep in the trenches coding his way up.

His background? Solid as hell. Master’s in Computer Applications from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, bachelor’s from Vivekananda Institute, plus he did a full stack bootcamp at freeCodeCamp. Basically, he ate, slept, and breathed code. And it shows. Now he’s based in SF, working as CTO at Requestly, and since Jan 2023, he’s also been a CTO Fellow at AWS, that’s some next level recognition.

What I love about his story? It’s about continuous hustle. Started with helping students, then saw how to make developer tools better, and actually built something that’s now a staple for thousands. It’s like he sees a problem, jumps into it headfirst, and doesn’t stop until he’s crushed it. That’s the kind of mindset that turns startups into industry moves. Sagar’s not just riding the wave, he’s shaping it. And honestly, dude’s just getting started.