Mahesh Bal

Mahesh Bal

Co-founder@ Blackbird Finance.

About

Mahesh Bal is the co-founder of Blackbird Finance, where he designs automated cross-border banking and compliance infrastructure for modern engineering teams and tech exporters. A 16-year-old builder with a background in competition mathematics (RMO Medalist) and robotics (WRO National Finalist), Mahesh has published research on SSRN and conducted quantitative analysis at ZeTheta Algorithms. Under his technical leadership, Blackbird has processed over $1.3M+ in volume with 41 paying teams and a 94.5% cohort retention rate.

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Maker History

  • Blackbird Finance
    Blackbird FinanceAutomated financial OS for domestic & cross-border trade
    Oct 2026
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    Joined Product HuntOctober 10th, 2026

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Blackbird Finance - Automated financial OS for domestic & cross-border trade

Blackbird Finance is a unified back-office stack built to automate domestic e-invoicing, GST compliance, cross-border remittance tracking, and crypto settlement workflows. We eliminate broken trade portal steps, SWIFT e-FIRC chasing, and manual tax reserve calculations into a single pane of glass. Processing $1.3M+ in annualized volume across 41 paying teams with 94.5% retention, Blackbird helps modern businesses manage global cash flow without compliance headaches.
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