Our story

Built by operators, for hospitality teams.

Two builders who met in their first year of college and have been working together ever since. They are building mehman after seeing broken WhatsApp threads, slow checkouts, and Form C work from the guest's side.

Sanskar Soni, co-founder of mehman.io
Sanskar SoniIIT DelhiCO-FOUNDER · CEO & CPOLinkedIn profile
AI-native platform100+

hotels and villas in founder operating context

60+ trips

across India and Nepal in the last year

Ashish Gupta, co-founder of mehman.io
Ashish GuptaBuilt AI agents for Fortune 500 companiesCO-FOUNDER · CTO & COOLinkedIn profile
Why us

We are not learning this market. We have already built in it.

Sanskar studied at IIT Delhi, then built an AI-native hospitality platform and ran it across 100+ hotels and villas. He saw that the hard part is not just managing rooms, it is managing guest conversations. Ashish builds AI agents for Fortune 500 companies. mehman brings both lessons together for Indian short-term rental operators.

100+hotels and villas ran on a platform Sanskar built after IIT Delhi
$150K ARRAI product built from zero by Ashish at a YC-backed company
60+trips across India and Nepal in the last year
What we believe

Built on a few strong opinions.

Guest-first

Guests should get quick answers, clear payments, and smoother stays. Hosts should feel in control.

India-native

Built for GST, FRRO, MakeMyTrip, and WhatsApp from day one.

AI with guardrails

AI handles repeat work. Humans stay in control of important decisions.

Radical transparency

Operators should know what the agent did, why it did it, and where it needs help.

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