Real estate

FlatX

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Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

FlatX is the first AI-powered rental platform in India focused on Young Renters. It helps them find the right flat and the right flatmate faster, and makes it effortless to rent in any city without brokers, scams, or the usual chaos.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously Shelf

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Vedant Kumar

Founder

Founder of Shelf & FlatX. At Shelf, built a neobank for young professionals in shared living with 40,000+ flatmate groups, RuPay cards, UPI payments, and brand partnerships. Saw firsthand how broken flat and flatmate discovery was for the same users. Now building FlatX, an AI-powered rental platform to help young renters find the right flat and flatmate faster, without brokers or the usual urban chaos. Starting in India, building for everywhere.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Paras Rajput

Founder

Founder - Shelf & FlatX. Building FlatX, a platform helping people find genuine flats and compatible flatmates faster in urban India. Previously built Shelf (YC S22), a neobank for young professionals that helped flatmate groups manage shared finances. Shelf served 40,000+ flatmate groups, launched RuPay-powered Shelf cards, UPI payments, and partnered with brands and co-working spaces to offer services for shared living. I love talking about startups, AI, fintech, and proptech.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2025 · Source

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Y Combinator

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedBengaluru, KA, India
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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