My CA laughed when I sent him my personal income statement for FY 2024-25.
Two years ago in London, I was earning ~30x more at Google. He asked a very reasonable question: "Why are you doing this to yourself?"
The short answer is agency.
QuantYog wouldn't exist if I hadn't left that previous life to buy time and freedom.
Along the way, a small group of people chose to optimize for learning and impact over compensation. Together, we built something that actually works. Learners have rated the product 4.8+ for five consecutive quarters.
That part is done.
Now comes the hard part.
In 2026, we have to scale the impact of what we have built. Staying small is not a neutral choice. It means accepting that a great product reaches fewer people than it should.
The traditional way to scale is to hire. I can continue to take a pay cut to make QuantYog possible. But, I cannot build a viable model that depends on asking others to do the same.
More importantly, I do not want to build an organization where growth means more layers, more management overhead, and more distance between the product and the people it is meant to serve.
There is only one viable path.
We do not scale with headcount. We scale with leverage.
Software gives leverage, but there is only so much plain automation you can do. AI agents on the other hand open up a whole new world of automation.
Agents can handle marketing, sales, support, and other repetitive work that requires intelligence but creates little differentiation. Work that should not demand human sacrifice to function.
If 2026 at QuantYog is the year of scaling, it has to be the year of AI agents.
If this works, we build something rare: real impact without institutional bloat. If it doesn't, at least the CA will get another laugh next year.
Happy New Year.