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30-min call · No slides · A co-founder picks up
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Talk to us. No slides.

30 minutes. We'll talk about what you're building, where the risks are, and whether we're the right team. If we're not, we'll point you to someone who is. A co-founder runs every discovery call not an SDR, not a sales engineer.

Reply · <4 hrs business Calendar · cal.com/gigafloptechlab Mon–Fri · 09:00–19:00 IST Coverage · US · UK · EU · APAC
Section03
— What to expect on the call

What the 30 minutes
actually looks like.

Format · agenda
· outcomes ↘

We don't do "discovery decks." A discovery call here is a working conversation: you describe what you're building or what's broken, we ask the questions an audit would ask, and we tell you whether we're the right team. If we're not, we'll name who is.

— 01 · Format

30 minutes · video

Zoom or Google Meet, your preference. We'll send a calendar invite with the link. No screen-share required from your side.

— 02 · Who's on the call

A co-founder

Siddharth (AI) or Shiwali (Data) — depending on what you're working on. The architect on the call is the architect on the engagement. No hand-off.

— 03 · What we'll discuss

What you're building

What you're trying to ship · what's in the way · what's already been tried · what timeline you're working to · what budget shape (if any). Real questions, not qualification theatre.

— 04 · Outcomes

One of four things

(a) Audit fits → we propose A1 or D1 · (b) build fits without audit → rare · (c) we're not the right team → we name a referral · (d) you don't need this → smaller fix or in-house hire.

Section04
— Specific routing

If your question isn't
"book a call" try here.

6 routes · all go
to a real person ↘
— New engagement
You're scoping a data or AI project.You want to see if we're a fit, talk through scope, or get a written proposal.
Book a 30-min discovery call →Default route · 30 min · co-founder runs the call
— Active client
You're a current Gigaflop client.For project work, your existing project channel (shared Slack or email) is the fastest path; we monitor it daily.
Or fall back to hello@ →Subject: "Existing client · [project]"
— Procurement / RFP
Vendor onboarding · security review · MSA / DPA review · RFP response.We have templates ready. Send the form / questionnaire / RFP and we'll come back inside 2 business days.
hello@ · subject "Procurement" →2 business day SLA on RFP responses
— Press / interviews
Journalist · podcast host · book author · panel organizer.Both founders are available for substantive technical conversations on data + AI engineering.
hello@ · subject "Press" →Reply within 1 business day
— Engineering bench
Engineer applying to the bench.7+ yrs experience, production data or AI background. Read the hiring section first.
hello@ · subject "engineering bench" →Reply to all applications within 4 business days
— Partnerships
Vendor partnership · referral relationship · co-marketing.We don't take referral fees from any tooling vendor (it's a stated practice). Other partnership shapes — happy to talk.
hello@ · subject "Partnership" →Reply within 2 business days
Section05
— Where we are · timezone math

Headquartered in India.
Working with teams
across US · UK · EU · APAC.

14 yrs of muscle memory
on async-first work ↘

Time zones are an operational design problem, not a fact of life. We commit specific overlap windows in writing in every proposal — typically 4 hours of synchronous overlap with your timezone, plus async-first communication for everything else.

Americas
US · Canada · LatAm

Overlap
4 hours, typically 6:30 PM IST onwards (matching US morning)
Demos
Friday 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 6:30 PM IST
Best for first call
Tue–Thu, 8–10 AM PT

UK · Europe
Middle East

Overlap
6 hours, comfortable working window
Demos
Friday 1 PM GMT / 6:30 PM IST
Best for first call
Tue–Thu, 9 AM – 4 PM GMT

Australia · NZ
SE Asia

Overlap
4–6 hours
Demos
Friday — matching client preference
Best for first call
Mon–Thu, your morning

India
South Asia

Overlap
full
Demos
Standard business hours
Best for first call
Mon–Fri, 09:00–19:00 IST
Section06
— Response SLA · what to expect

The boring specifics.

Specific is honest ·
vague is marketing ↘
— Reply time
<4 hrs
During business hours · Mon–Fri · 09:00–19:00 IST. Outside those, expect first reply on the next business day. We don't promise weekend response — and we'd rather say so than ghost you.

— Detailed response times

New engagement / discovery
Same business day · most replies within 4 hours
Existing client (project channel)
Within 2 business hours on the active project Slack
Procurement / RFP
2 business days for substantive response
Press / interview
1 business day
Engineering bench application
4 business days to all applications
A1 / D1 sample request
1 business day
After-hours / weekends
Next business day — no weekend SLA
Section07
— Start · book the call
/contact · END ↘

The fastest path is the call.

30 minutes. No slides. A co-founder runs it. Outcomes range from "let's audit" to "you don't need us — here's who you do need."

Book a 30-min call → hello@gigafloptechlab.com
P.S. If you've read this far on a contact page, you're our kind of buyer. We don't optimise for the funnel — we optimise for the call.