BTF-006
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Cohort 01

Ch Srikar built Monetiq.

An AI financial coach that helps people spend smarter and save better.

KLH University

AI / Personal Finance
Live in 45 days
Stage: Beta
Built with Paarthu Bandi

Open Monetiq

45days from Day 0 to live

2builders on the team

Betaproduct stage

6tools in the stack

[ The build ]

A real problem, a real fix.

Every Cohort 01 fellow started with people, not an idea: find who has the problem, talk to them, then build.

The problem

People struggle to understand where their money goes and make consistent decisions around budgeting, debt, and financial health.

What Srikar built

Monetiq

Moniteq turns financial data into clear spending explanations, adaptive budgets, debt payoff plans, and one simple financial health score.

Built with
React
Typescript
Next.js
Supabase
AI
PostgreSQL

Open Monetiq

[ Inside the build ]

Inside the build

Srikar and Paarthu built Monetiq in Cohort 01. See where you'd start.

2 minutes, free, all taps.

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[ Srikar's story ]

From Day 0 to now.

Why Srikar joined
Rapid Prototyping and learning Founder Frameworks for Problem solving.
What Srikar is aiming for
To build a student centric AI powered Personalized Finance Platform.
Biggest win
Refined the idea a lot just in 2 sessions of joining Build Theory.
Where it got to
Done with designs and Iterating them.

[ The full story ]

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Monetiq: from GitHub projects to a finance app real students use
Ch Srikar (BTF-006) and Paarthu Bandi (BTF-007) had built projects before, but never a product with real users. They built Monetiq, a finance app with bill scanning (OCR), now used by at least 10 students.

[ With a mentor, one-to-one ]

How Build Theory helped

Turning a complex financial problem into a focused AI product and using structured product-building frameworks to design and build the solution.

Skills Srikar built by doing

Ideation
Problem Identification
Customer Interview
PRD and MVP document creation
Design skills
Iterative design
Git
VS code
Supabase
Netlify

Case study

[ Case study ]

From student projects to a shipped product

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[ The team ]

Built with Paarthu

Most Cohort 01 teams built together.

BTF-007
Paarthu Bandi
Co-Founder
See Paarthu's page →

[ Questions ]

Before you start

Real answers to what students ask us most.

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I don't understand AI yet. Can I still do this?

Yes. If you've used ChatGPT, you can start. Your mentor shows you which AI tools to use, and how, as you build.

Won't this eat into my DSA prep?

No. It's about 3–5 hours a week, and you plan them around your classes and prep. Build Theory runs alongside your DSA prep, not instead of it. Coding rounds still matter. This gives you something to talk about once you clear them.

Is it online or offline?

Fully online, so you can do it from anywhere, around your classes. The one exception is Demo Day: one in-person day in Hyderabad where you present what you built.

What happens after I apply?

Fill a short application. About 5 minutes, no payment. Prashanth calls you within 24 hours to talk through your idea and see if it's a fit. If it's a fit, you confirm your seat with ₹500. It's adjusted against the fee and non-refundable.

Srikar started from Day 0.
Where are you starting from?

Which year are you in?

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Free. 2 minutes. All taps. No sales call unless you ask for one.

24 fellows in Cohort 015 products live

[ Cohort 01 ]

More fellows, more builds.

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[ Cohort 02 ]

Placement season will ask what you've built. Start now.

Free readiness score. 2 minutes, all taps. No sales call unless you ask for one.