Heipile

Think about it as the love child of Wikipedia and Pinterest.

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Chennai, TN, India
  • Currency USD
  • Founded April 2013
  • Employees 2
  • Website heipile.org

Company Summary

Seeing the whole picture is important. To do that, we seek out diverse perspectives. But that requires immense time & effort. 1) You often don't know that varying perspectives exist 2) Even if you know that it's not easy to find them. Heipile uses user-curation to create a diverse pool of information. It's multimedia environment immerses users in their topic, enabling holistic learning.

Team

  • Jasson Schrock
    Co-founder

    Growing up on his family's generational Amish farm made Jasson a jack-of-all-trades and a travel addict with a thirst to learn.

    With both a mechanical engineering & design background, he loves being a bridge between the two camps.

    After 5yrs and 12 patents at Google, he moved to Europe and got his masters in business design, all with the goal of starting his own business.

  • Srividya Sriram
    Co-founder

    Sri's a seasoned UX designer who loves solving human problems with technology.

    Prior to Heipile, she led the design at Enthought where she revamped their approach to UX and product design. Before that, she spent 4 years at Google working on YouTube, Google News and Google+.

    Some other hats Sri's donned along the way include those of a singer, photographer and co-founder of a graphic t-shirt brand for Indians living abroad.

  • Srividya Sriram

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