Anirudh Walia

At 21, I became a software engineer. But I knew I wanted more. I started my career at a B2B SaaS company, but my real interest was always B2B marketing and lead generation. I spent the next two years experimenting as a freelancer. PR, marketing, ads, automations. Testing what worked and learning fast. At 22, while still working full time, I launched Targe Media, running cold email automation for myself and clients. Ironically, my first real break came from a cold email. That moment changed everything. At 23, I doubled down and built Groomlead, focused on helping companies generate leads the right way, at scale. As outbound grew, a new problem became obvious. Replies were slow. Hot leads were getting missed. So I built Underfive.ai. A human-like inbox manager that handles replies across outbound tools and helps teams book meetings without missing intent. The journey wasn’t smooth. Trial and error. Late nights. Hard lessons. But every step led here. And this is just the beginning.