about
a non-profit for builders.
no gatekeepers. no permission needed.
curious engine helps engineers, founders, and builders break into the market through short funding, events, and community. based in bangalore. open to everyone building something real.
how it started
we kept watching builders around us get stuck — not because they lacked skill or ideas, but because the path to market has too many locks on it. investors want traction. networks are closed. validation feels impossible without already being inside.
so we decided to build the thing that removes those locks. not another accelerator with cohorts and demo days. a non-profit with a simple mission: put resources, connections, and community in front of builders who are already doing the work.
read the full manifesto →how we operate
the principles we actually follow
autonomy first
you don't ask permission here. you act, then share what you did. the only authority is basic community moderation. everything else is yours.
funding follows work
donated funds are distributed based on what you've shipped. no pitch deck, no equity, no investor pressure. just show the work.
community is the point
the events, the connections, the room full of builders — that's not a side effect of what we do. it's the whole thing.
who's behind this
the people behind the engine
two builders from bangalore. running curious engine and building tools for the community.
started coding at 11 on a 4GB RAM windows 7 box — no game engine would run, so he found LÖVE and built everything from scratch. shipped a language compiler, a private chat app with no database, a 2D physics engine, and a full RPG before turning 18. does offensive and defensive pentesting, designs PCBs, plays three guitars, and still finds time to write poetry. runs the company the same way he builds software: constraints are just the starting point.
started by taking things apart, then modding games, then realising he could build anything. writes go, kotlin, javascript, solidity — backend, distributed systems, blockchain, whatever the problem needs. currently reverse-engineering computer science from first principles, one repo at a time. thinks AI will probably take over the world, and is completely fine with that.
get involved
if you're building, you belong here.
no application. no gatekeepers. no permission required. show up, build things, meet people who are doing the same. the community is free and the funding follows the work.