Meet the Founders
Tanmay Kulkarni
Tanmay Kulkarni is a 20-year-old developer who built InterPool to solve a problem he lived every day. Traveling between Mumbai and Pune due to his college being based in Mumbai, he always had difficulty finding railway tickets. He found buses and private cabs much expensive, and saw many cars with empty seats on the expressway. The inefficiency bothered him. Not just the economics of it, but the environmental cost of everyone moving separately when they could be moving together.
His builder instincts started early. As a teenager, Tanmay developed two complete game titles - Embers Off and Wings Above - exploring gameplay design, physics, and UI from scratch. That self-taught foundation of shipping products end-to-end shaped his approach to software: understand the problem deeply, then build something that actually works for real people.
So he built a solution. InterPool started as a small idea scribbled in a notebook and grew into a full-featured Android application with ride scheduling, an automated debt ledger, real-time push notifications, a gamified environmental impact tracking system, and institutional trust verification. Every feature in the app was shaped by a real commuting pain point: payment awkwardness solved by the Splitwise-style ledger, safety addressed through verified profiles and SOS alerts, and the environmental angle made tangible with CO₂ tracking and league rankings that celebrate sustainable habits.
Tanmay believes that the best technology doesn't create new habits, it makes the right habits effortless. InterPool is his answer to the question: what if sharing a car or bike ride was as easy as booking one? Built with a deep care for the commuting experience, InterPool is his contribution to a greener, more connected India. One empty seat filled at a time.
Yash Salunkhe
Yash Salunkhe began his career in the early stages with photography and videography, developing a keen eye for detail and storytelling. His transition into solving commuting problems was sparked by his own daily experiences traveling on the challenging Khopoli-Navi Mumbai route. Realising the sheer inefficiency of the daily commute, Yash decided to bring his operational skills to InterPool to scale the platform and streamline processes for a seamless carpooling community.