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Real-world problems first
Most software is built for software people. We build for the landlord, the corner-shop owner, the family CA: the 99% that English-first SaaS keeps missing.
AI-Native Product Lab · Noida, India
We build software for the parts of India that software forgot.
Cedr is a young, AI-native product lab in Noida. We build the missing layer between India's systems — tax, rent, claims, paperwork — and the people who have to face them. A product, many ideas, a manifesto, and a stubborn opinion about how the next decade of software for India gets built.
Founded
May 2026
Noida · Sector 137
Built for
Everyday India
The 99% SaaS skips
Currently shipping
1 product
2 more in the lab
Stack
AI-native
Day-zero, not bolted on
What we believe
Three commitments we've made to ourselves.
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AI-native from day zero
AI is not a feature we add. It is the foundation we build on. Our products know what to do because they were architected to know, not because a chat box was bolted on at the end.
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Indian-rooted, not Indian-flavoured
Every number is in lakhs. Every reminder lands on WhatsApp first. Every tax form fits the actual IT code. We don't localise from a Western default. We start here.
The lab · May 2026
One shipped. Two in the lab. From health to enterprise.
Early access · live now
RentCare
India ka Property Manager. The landlord OS for UPI rent reminders and payment tracking, GST-ready receipts on WhatsApp, and a Schedule HP report your CA can actually use.
Visit rentcare.app ↗
In the lab · scoping
Product 02
Health
An AI-native product in Indian health.
In scoping. The same lens we used on rent (quietly do the boring work, ground in the actual Indian context) pointed at a problem an Indian clinic hits every week. Name when it's ready.
For · Indian clinics
In the lab · scoping
Product 03
Enterprise
An AI-native product for stronger channel partnerships.
In scoping. Every business that sells through partners — distributors, dealers, resellers — loses hours to the back-and-forth of orders, schemes, claims, and the follow-up that keeps a partner engaged. We're scoping an AI-native layer that handles that coordination quietly, so SMBs and large enterprises keep those relationships warm.
For · SMBs & large enterprises
The story so far
A small lab. A long horizon. Everyday India in mind.
We started Cedr in May 2026 because the gap between "AI will change everything" and "anything has actually changed for the people who run India" is still absurd.
We have a product, many ideas (open to more), a manifesto, and a stubborn opinion about how the next decade of AI-native software gets built: slowly, locally, by small teams that talk to one real user a day.
Read the full story →The manifesto
Seven things we believe about software, India, and the next decade.
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India-first. Not India-included.
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AI from day zero, not bolted on.
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The boring work, done quietly.
From the lab
The boring work behind Indian compliance.
Tax & Compliance
TDS on Rent: What the ₹50,000 Rule Actually Means
If your tenant pays more than ₹50,000 a month, they must deduct TDS — not you. Most miss this entirely.
May 2026 · 6 min→
Rental Law
Why Every Indian Rental Agreement Is 11 Months Long
It's not superstition. It's stamp duty avoidance under the Registration Act, 1908 — and most landlords don't understand the tradeoff.
May 2026 · 5 min→
Tax Filing
Schedule HP: What Your CA Fills In — and Why Most Landlords Get It Wrong
Five specific calculations. Most landlords miss at least two. Here's exactly what each one means and what your CA needs from you.
May 2026 · 7 min→
The next product
You vote. We build. Results are public.
We've mapped ten everyday Indian struggles — the forms, the filings, the follow-ups — where the right software could close the gap between you and the system. Vote for the one that hits you hardest. We pick a winner each quarter and ship it.
See the 10 ideas →Bharat ITR — income tax, filed for you
Tax & Money · Free–₹999 per return
Munim — your shop's books, kept by AI
SMB Bookkeeping · Free–₹1,200/yr
Claim Karo — get your health claim approved
Health · Free–₹199 per claim
If you've read this far
We don't have a sales team. We have a lab.
Use the product, read the manifesto, judge us by what we ship. If you're an Indian SMB owner with a problem that feels like ours (the chase, the form, the midnight call), we've probably already started on it.