About The Build Nation
Live in San Francisco · 100 builders · Started in 2026
Most networks reward whatever gets engagement: likes, shares, follower counts. The Build Nation puts what people have actually built front and centre. It's a real-time, location-aware network where startup builders see who's building nearby, see what they've shipped, and meet in person.
The Build Nation is free and open to everyone, and you can join today.
Guru started The Build Nation in 2026 after seeing the same gap again and again: lots of people talking about building, far fewer shipping. The builders who do ship are often the hardest to find, because the networks they use reward posting over output. The Build Nation puts the work first and makes it easy to meet the people doing it, in person.
Founder
Guru Raj Kolipakula · Tempe, Arizona
Guru studies data science at Arizona State University and is an undergraduate research assistant at ARC Lab. Previously: Software Engineering Fellow at Headstarter AI, President of Learnathon_ASU, and ML Technical Officer at The AI Society.
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