Team & vision

One founder built the entire platform. Here's who, why, and what's next.

The Team
One person. No emploeeys. All solo.
That's the strongest signal about execution speed, technical ability, and commitment.
DK
Dilan Kochhar
Founder · Data Science · University of Tampa '27
20 years old. Dilan Kochhar is a Data Science major with minors in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Tampa. After submitting countless applications through Handshake and Linkedin, getting dissapointing feedback from Quinncia, and not getting what he wanted from his career center: he realzied that the college job market is a pain point that no one has been able to fix. He vowed to be the fix. Previously: AI Engineering Intern at a proptech company where he built LeaseLogic: a predictive model achieving 88% accuracy on lease conversion. Ran a web development agency building sites for UTampa AKPsi, Mu Epsilon Delta, and Erickson Flooring. Co-founded The Kochhar Education Foundation, raising over $22,000 and donating 60 computers and changing the lives of thousands in rural Southern India back in 2024.
React Native Python / FastAPI AI / LLMs Data Science Full-Stack Solo Founder
Hiring
Two key hires to scale.

Technical Co-Founder

ML / AI or Full-Stack Engineer

Experience with scoring systems, ranking algorithms, NLP, or recommendation engines. Someone who's built ML products at scale and wants to build the talent graph.

Head of Growth

Campus GTM Specialist

Experience scaling student products. Ambassador programs, campus partnerships, organic growth. Ideally someone who's done this at a company like Chegg, Handshake, or a student fintech.

Go-to-Market
Campus by campus. Then national.
Phase 1
Apr 2026

University of Tampa

Launch with waitlist quiz funnel. Founding member pricing ($4.99/mo). Campus ambassadors. Career center partnership. Target: 100-200 paying subscribers in first semester.

Phase 2
Fall 2026

Florida Expansion

5-10 Florida universities (UCF, USF, UF, FSU, FIU). Same playbook. Adding a school is a config change, not a rebuild. Target: 1,000+ paying subscribers.

Phase 3
2027

National + Recruiter Side

Top 50-100 universities. Recruiter-side launch — companies search the Dilly candidate pool. Network effects: recruiters trust the signal → students want the score. Target: 10,000+ subscribers.

Why Now
Four forces converging.

LLMs just became good enough

Claude and GPT-4 can reliably score resumes against complex rubrics, generate specific line edits, and carry coaching conversations. This wasn't possible 18 months ago.

Students are desperate for signal

Post-COVID hiring is harder, application volumes are up, and AI-generated applications mean recruiters trust resumes less. Students need a way to stand out.

Career centers are losing relevance

Budgets flat, staff stretched. Students want instant, personalized, available-at-midnight help. Dilly is a career center that never closes.

The "career score" doesn't exist yet

Credit scores transformed lending. A universal career readiness score could transform hiring. First mover builds the data moat.

The Ask
$500K – $1M pre-seed

Use of Funds

Engineering (1-2 hires, scale infra)40%
Growth (ambassadors, partnerships, marketing)30%
Operations (hosting, LLM API, App Store)15%
Runway (12-18 months to multi-campus PMF)15%

Milestones

Launch at UTampa with live paymentsApr 2026
100+ paying subscribersJun 2026
Expand to 5 Florida schoolsSep 2026
1,000+ paying subscribersDec 2026
University licensing dealQ1 2027
Series A readyMid 2027

Recruiters spend six seconds on a resume.
Students have no way to know what that
pattern looks like. Until now.

Built. Running. Ready to launch.

dilan@hellodilly.com →
hellodilly.com · Tampa, Florida