Building Enterprise Software From Texas: The Quiet Operator Mindset Behind AvanSaber

This story is based on an interview with Nikhil Jathar and publicly available information.

In a quiet conference room in Pune, a whiteboard is packed with sketches of workflows, boxes, and arrows. On the other side of the call is Texas, with AvanSaber teams also operating from California. The discussion is not about social media. It is not about another generic IT service either. Nikhil Jathar is talking about the invisible rails of enterprise operations, the systems that keep warehouses moving, payments clearing, and teams aligned when pressure is high.

Jathar is the founder behind AvanSaber, a product-led enterprise software company that operates between India and the United States. Along with co-founder Varun Borawake, he has spent the last decade building tools across workflow automation, XR-led logistics, and enterprise AI. AvanSaber says its products have served over 5,000 clients worldwide, a number that hints at something many people forget in the technology world. Adoption is rarely loud. It is often quiet, steady, and earned over years.

“For a long time, Indian tech was synonymous with maintenance,” Jathar said. “We built the back-end for the world. But we asked ourselves a simple question. Why can’t the next category-defining product come from us?”

Solving the warehouse blind spot with StockVR

When asked about the genesis of StockVR, one of AvanSaber’s flagship innovations, Jathar points to a simple observation.

“Warehouses were running on advanced ERP systems,” he said, “yet people on the floor were still walking blind. Data was on a screen, reality was on the shelf.”

His solution was to bridge that disconnect using spatial computing. StockVR is positioned around creating a digital twin of warehouse operations, allowing teams to inspect inventory and layouts in a more intuitive way. The promise is practical. Better visibility, fewer avoidable mistakes, and faster decisions when operations are under strain.

“It’s not just about visualization,” he added. “It’s about giving logistics teams a spatial advantage. You eliminate guesswork.”

Enterprise AI that behaves predictably

AvanSaber’s work also extends into enterprise AI, but the positioning is different from the loudest narratives around AI today. Jathar is not selling the idea of an assistant that is clever for a demo. He talks instead about systems that can be controlled, audited, and deployed in environments where reliability matters more than novelty.

“In enterprise workflows, you need guardrails,” he said. “You need outputs you can explain. You need systems that fit into how work is actually done.”

It is a grounded view, and it resonates with a reality many businesses are now facing. AI is no longer a curiosity. It is becoming a capability that must be engineered responsibly, especially in regulated or high-stakes environments.

Payments without the complexity tax

Another direction AvanSaber is pursuing is blockchain-enabled payments. The company’s internal framing is simple: businesses want the speed and reach of digital assets, but they do not want the operational complexity that often comes with wallets, networks, and fragmented reporting.

Borawake describes it as payment orchestration for crypto, built so merchants can work with a clean interface while the underlying complexity is handled systematically.

Jathar, meanwhile, focuses on what makes such systems usable in practice: automation of controls, security steps, and compliance workflows, so teams do not need specialist knowledge just to accept and reconcile payments.

The ambition is bold, but the problem is real, and global commerce is moving in that direction.

From ZapInventory to an acquisition

If AvanSaber were only a set of experiments, it would be easy to dismiss. What makes the story more concrete is the company’s earlier outcome with ZapInventory, an inventory and order automation product built for ecommerce operations.

ZapInventory was later acquired by InvenSync in early 2024. In the startup world, acquisitions are often romanticized. In operations-heavy software, they are more sober. They suggest that a product solved a pain point well enough for another organization to take it forward.

“That exit changed the conversation for us,” Jathar said. “It showed that we were building assets the market valued, not just delivering projects.”

Open-source

Alongside commercial products, AvanSaber maintains an active open-source footprint. One example is the AvanSaber Reddit PHP API client, aimed at simplifying Reddit integrations for PHP developers:

https://github.com/avansaber/avansaber-php-reddit-api/

Open-source adoption is a different kind of signal. It is not driven by branding. Developers use tools when they work, when they save time, and when they hold up under real usage.

“Open source keeps you honest,” Jathar said. “If something is not useful, people do not keep it around.”

A recent continuation: building SiteKit fast with AI support

In early 2026, AvanSaber also released SiteKit (https://sitekit.dev/), a self-hosted server management platform designed around the day-to-day basics teams care about: provisioning, deployments, SSL, database management, monitoring, and collaboration.

What stands out is not only the product itself but the way the team talks about building it. Jathar is open about using AI-assisted development to compress timelines, while still relying on engineering judgement for architecture, security, and the parts that can break in real production environments.

The message is not that AI replaces engineering. It is that AI changes the economics of building, making it possible for smaller teams to ship faster, test faster, and iterate without needing a massive organization behind them.

A new blueprint for product building

In many ways, AvanSaber’s story is not about one product. It is about a pattern. Identify operational pain, build a practical system, and keep shipping until the market responds. Across XR, enterprise AI, and payment workflows, the company’s focus remains consistent. Build tools that behave predictably when the pressure is high.

“We want young builders to see that you do not need a Silicon Valley address to build world-class products,” Jathar said. “You need the mindset to solve real problems, and the discipline to keep improving until the product earns trust.”

About AvanSaber

AvanSaber is a technology company building enterprise software across automation, AI-forward platforms, XR-led operational tooling, and infrastructure workflows. https://www.avansaber.com/

About Nikhil Jathar

Nikhil Jathar is a technology entrepreneur and builder, and the founder behind AvanSaber’s product portfolio. His work spans enterprise operations software, applied AI systems, immersive workflows, and developer tooling.