Nilay Mody
Founder at Central (YC S24), Centralhq.com
At my last YC company, all I wanted to do was design and build stuff. Instead, I was always drowning in bullsh*t work despite using the best platforms. This is why we’re building Central. Central is an automated back-office (ABO) designed for founders. We handle payroll, benefits, bookkeeping, taxes etc.
Nilay's Startup
38 essential tools our startup can't survive without:
35 tools
Mercury
"Banking" - Nilay Mody
All-in-one startup banking platform, simplifying finances with AI.
Stable
"Mailbox" - Nilay Mody
Virtual address, AI mail handling, simplifying your business.
Stripe Payments
"Payments" - Nilay Mody
Accept online payments easily, reliably, and globally. Scales with you.
Central
"Tax & accounting" - Nilay Mody
Automates global payroll, benefits, compliance, helping startups focus.
Puzzle
"Tax & accounting, State compliance, Payroll & benefits" - Nilay Mody
AI automates startup accounting, delivering simpler real-time financial insights.
Flightcontrol
"Cloud" - Nilay Mody
Makes AWS easy for developers, deploying to your account.
Temporal Technologies
"Workflows" - Nilay Mody
Makes background tasks durable, finishing even when systems fail.
Graphite
"PRs" - Nilay Mody
Open-source tool: collects, stores, graphs system performance data.
Neon
"DB" - Nilay Mody
Familiar serverless Postgres: scales, branches data, saves you money.
Ellipsis
"Code review" - Nilay Mody
AI reviews pull requests, fixes bugs, generates via comments.
Sentry
"Error tracking" - Nilay Mody
Catches bugs, prevents crashes, keeps software happy.
Cursor
"Editor" - Nilay Mody
AI-powered code editor boosts productivity with code generation and completion.
Figma
"Design" - Nilay Mody
Collaborative design tool for interface, web, and more.
Mixpanel
"Analytics" - Nilay Mody
Understand user behavior, improve your product, and grow faster.
Whimsical
"Wire-framing" - Nilay Mody
Collaborative visual thinking for faster, clearer teamwork.
Active Campaign Postmark
"Email" - Nilay Mody
Delivers transactional emails fast, reliably, ensuring inbox arrival.
Framer
"Website" - Nilay Mody
Design, build, and publish websites effortlessly, without code.
HubSpot Sales Hub
"CRM" - Nilay Mody
Automate sales, track leads, and close deals faster.
Close
"CRM" - Nilay Mody
The sales CRM that helps you close deals faster.
Cal.com
"Scheduling" - Nilay Mody
Open-source scheduling infrastructure; connects, integrates, and automates.
Clay
"Research" - Nilay Mody
Find, enrich, and connect with anyone using AI-powered research.
Smartlead
"Outbound" - Nilay Mody
Automated cold email outreach that warms up inboxes for better delivery.
Kleo
"Content" - Nilay Mody
Boost LinkedIn engagement with easy content creation and discovery.
Typefully
"Posting" - Nilay Mody
AI-powered social writing, scheduling, analytics across multiple platforms.
Slack
"Comms" - Nilay Mody
Team communication and collaboration, all in one place.
Linear
"Tasks" - Nilay Mody
Issue tracking and project management for software teams.
Superhuman
"Email" - Nilay Mody
Blazing-fast email for power users. Streamlined, AI-powered productivity.
Notion
"Wiki" - Nilay Mody
Your connected workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
Pylon
"Support" - Nilay Mody
Centralize customer support, automate workflows, scale with ease.
1Password
"Passwords" - Nilay Mody
Securely stores and manages all your passwords and sensitive info.
Fathom
"Recorder" - Nilay Mody
AI meeting assistant: records, transcribes, summarizes, and syncs.
Raycast
"Shortcuts" - Nilay Mody
Blazing-fast launcher, automates tasks, boosts Mac productivity.
Granola
"Meeting notes" - Nilay Mody
AI enhances meeting notes, transcribes, automates summaries and tasks.
Claude
"AI" - Nilay Mody
AI assistant reasons, codes, writes, analyzes images and data.
ChatGPT
"AI" - Nilay Mody
AI assistant answers questions, writes text, sparks creative ideas.
An AI tool that observes your work, finds inefficiencies, and suggests smarter ways to do things. Maybe you can use your tools better, automate tasks, or switch software.