Chetan Talele

Founder capitalizing on everything

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Researcher. Previously worked on RL environments and evals. Built a tool for deterministic evaluations of LLM agents using user simulations. I’ve built a marketplace where startups can pay students to wear a startup tee. India is the world’s largest dev market and YC startup school (on the 18th) is India’s largest dev event. That’s some prime real estate to advertise.

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Surfacearea ShopPay people to wear merch at YC Startup School India(18 Apr)
Apr 2026

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Joined Product HuntApril 14th, 2026

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Surfacearea Shop - Pay people to wear merch at YC Startup School India(18 Apr)

Surface Area is a marketplace for human billboards at YC Startup School India (18th Apr). India is the world’s largest dev market and YC startup school is like India’s largest dev event. That’s some prime real estate to advertise - particularly for dev tools and consumer-focused startups. Attendees quote their own price. Startups select the ones they like. We take care of the logistics.