Avni Soni

Founder and product-focused builder specializing in AI and Machine Learning. Experienced in building early-stage products from concept to MVP through customer discovery, rapid experimentation, pricing strategy, and market validation, with a strong user-centric and execution-driven approach.

Founder & Product Owner at SnapDish (2025-01 – Present)

3D AR-Based Digital Menu (Zero-to-One Product)

• Built SnapDish, a 3D Augmented Reality (AR)-based digital menu enabling customers to visualize food items in real size and quantity before ordering, reducing menu ambiguity and improving decision-making.
• Conducted customer discovery with 30+ cafe's owners across Bangalore, running live product demos and free trials to validate user problems and gather direct market feedback.
• Led end-to-end product development including MVP design, 3D AR workflows, QR-based menu system, go-to-market experimentation, and iterating pricing strategies based on customer feedback.

Machine Learning Engineer Intern at SoluM (2025-01 – 2025-12)

Object Detection & Computer Vision

• Worked on computer vision–based retail automation systems, including object detection and electronic shelf label (ESL) use cases, contributing to model training, evaluation, and performance improvement.
• Performed data preprocessing, model experimentation, and error analysis using deep learning frameworks, gaining exposure to deploying ML solutions in real-world production environments.

Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at ShipVyom (by Shree Maruti Courier Services Pvt. Ltd.) (2026-01 – Present)

Logistics startup initiative

• Contributed to building ShipVyom as a logistics startup initiative under Shree Maruti Courier, focusing on last-mile delivery optimization and courier network expansion.
• Conducted strategic discussions with senior leadership and external partners including Dlecta, performing market discovery across Mumbai to analyze shipping demand, operational bottlenecks, and supplier ecosystem gaps, informing product-market fit and growth strategy.

B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – BMS Institute of Technology & Management (2023-08 – 2026-06)

Class XII in CBSE – Arihant Public School (2021-01 – 2021-12)

Class X in CBSE – St. Paul's Senior Secondary School (2019-01 – 2019-12)