Santhosh Selladurai

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Co-Founder, CTO at DevAssure

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Overview

Santhosh Selladurai is the Co-Founder and CTO of DevAssure, a company focused on AI-driven software testing. His career includes software engineering roles at Microsoft, Ally. io, and Symantec, with a background in web, mobile, and test automation. He holds a Bachelor of Technology from the College of Engineering, Guindy.

Colleagues have described Santhosh as enthusiastic, professional, and quick to learn.

His company, DevAssure, developed an "Invisible QA Agent, " an AI testing tool that integrates directly into the command line and VS Code.

Personality Overview

Not Easily Convinced

Systematic

Price-Sensitive

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  They prefer to analyze every situation thoroughly.
 They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

AI-Driven Testing
He is building an "AI Testing Agent" at his startup, DevAssure, and actively discusses the future of AI-assisted testing for web applications.
Founder Journey
Shares insights from building his company, DevAssure, including making key decisions on infrastructure and payment processing tools.
Modern Dev Stacks
He shows a strong interest in modern development technologies, frequently mentioning tools like Tauri, Rust, ReactJS, and TypeScript in his posts.

Media Appearances

From Testers to Insight Hunters: The Future of Intelligent Testing – DevAssure Podcast. Featured in DevAssure Blog

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Ex-Microsoft Team Launches DevAssure, an AI‑Powered Testing Startup Backed by Eximius Ventures. Featured in Everything Startups

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Why We Invested in DevAssure? – Eximius Ventures (Medium). Featured in Medium (Eximius Ventures)

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Work History

12-2023
Co-Founder, CTO at DevAssure
7-2022 - 12-2023
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
11-2021 - 7-2022
Software Design Engineer In Test 2 at Microsoft
9-2021 - 10-2021
Sr.SDET II at Ally.io, a Microsoft Company
9-2020 - 8-2021
Sr. SDET at Ally.io, a Microsoft Company

Education

2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) from College of Engineering, Guindy

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Exp : 11 Location : Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder, CTO at DevAssure
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Insights For Selling To Santhosh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Santhosh is

  • Confidence that the product provides ROI, effective pricing and process adherence matter the most to them.

  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Santhosh

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Santhosh move?

  • They can move at a reasonable pace while making their decisions if they have the necessary information.

  • Can Santhosh take some risk or not?

  • They can take risk if they are convinced that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


You And Santhosh

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