The work
A people problem first
Six startups taught Abhishek Singh that building great products is a people problem before it's a technology problem. As CTO and co-founder of Metisyne, he brings that conviction to everything he architects: the data infrastructure, the AI classification layer, and the team culture that holds it all together.
His engineering career spans different domains, team structures, and cultures: remote, hybrid, full office, junior to senior. Through all of it, he was watching. How companies actually function. How roles matter. How communication succeeds or fails, and how promises from people in power land when they're kept versus when they're not. The technical skills stacked up along the way, but the real advantage came from understanding the systems between people, not just the systems between servers.
The hardest lesson was communication. What you say, what people hear, what they say back, what you understand. Rarely the same thing. In startups where everything is unclear and everyone is doing things for the first time, that gap is where most dysfunction lives. Recognizing it changed how he leads.
Credentials
- Engineering experience across six startups
- Built a first of its kind data intelligence algorithm
- Principles before technology
- Self-taught hardware tinkerer turned software engineer
- Belief in strong fundamentals
Background
Abhi's path to CTO runs through six startups, each one a different lesson in how teams ship or don't. He grew up building things by hand in Kolkata: PCs from parts, overclocked CPUs, broken electronics taken apart and reassembled. That hands on instinct carried into software engineering, where he advanced from junior developer to senior roles across diverse domains and team structures. His obsession isn't just the code. It's the system around the code: culture, communication, ownership, and what happens when those break down.
The person
Where it started
His philosophy on technology is simple: it's just a tool. No matter how advanced something gets, break it down. Keep breaking it down until you understand the fundamentals. Once you do, you can build anything. That mindset predates his professional career. Growing up in Kolkata, he was assembling PCs from parts, overclocking CPUs, and cracking open electronics just to see how they worked. If something broke, he tried to fix it. The instinct to build was there long before the job title.
He grew up in an average earning family. His father built everything himself. Sometimes they had money, sometimes they didn't. Abhi remembers wanting small things as a kid: a cricket bat, a bicycle, good clothes. Not always having them. That gave him hunger. He decided early that instability would not define his future. The hunger isn't just about money. It's about achievement, becoming someone, building something meaningful.
- Break it down
- Learn the fundamentals
- Build anything
Giving back
Mentoring early stage engineers
Abhi actively mentors junior developers and early career engineers navigating their first startup roles, drawing from his own path through six companies and the lessons that only come from building under pressure.
Fitness and discipline as service
A dedicated athlete who trains multiple times a week, Abhi is an advocate for physical discipline as a foundation for mental performance. He shares training frameworks and recovery practices with his community, believing that how you treat your body shapes how you show up for others.
Investing time in people
For Abhi, giving back starts with presence. Whether it's spending time with someone working through a hard career decision or helping a founder think through their first technical hire, he leads with the same principle he demands of himself: be true, and show up when it counts.
At Metisyne
Why Metisyne
Metisyne is where all of that converges. What moves him isn't financial success alone. It's seeing someone use the product and thinking: this is actually helping me. And knowing he built that. That's the reward.
Outside work
Outside of work, Abhi lives in sharp contrast to his structured engineering mind. He trains three to four times a week: HIIT, gym, ice baths, EMS, swimming in summer. He used to boulder before a shoulder injury. He travels without plans, letting life surprise him. At work, everything is deliberate. In life, he wants freedom. He's been passionate about motorbikes since he was a teenager. Hasn't ridden in a while, but it's still part of who he is.
He's a deep thinker. When he cares about something or someone, he cares intensely. And he looks for that same intensity in the people around him. Not just skill. Passion. People who see the product as their own, who think like owners. Because in the early days of building something from nothing, that's the only thing that counts.
The company Abhishek is building
Metisyne helps organizations better understand the people they serve through behavioral intelligence.