Sarthak Pattnaik

LAWYER/PRODUCT BUILDER

Hi, I'm Sarthak.
I turn problems
into products.

I'm a lawyer turned product builder. I look for problems worth solving and build the products myself, end to end.

Sarthak Pattnaik smiling on a ferry deck, with water and mountains behind him

01 / STORY

How I got here.

My background is a little unconventional. I started in law, where I learned to work through ambiguity, evidence and constraints. Then I spent time at a startup incubator, watching founders turn problems into products, and that's what got me building things myself.

To get better at it, I earned an MBA in Business Analytics from the University of South Florida, then worked as Associate Director at Stetson University College of Law, helping law students navigate their careers.

Some of my ideas come from my own life, like searching for legal opportunities or designing our own place. Others come from watching where people get stuck. But I've learned that not every problem needs a product, and not every frustration reflects a broader need. The real work is finding the ones worth solving.

I build with AI coding agents, so I can test an idea quickly and keep iterating. Here's what I'm working on.

02 / WORK

What I'm
building now.

LawJobs.co

Legal career intelligence

Pulls scattered legal hiring information into one place, with matching, resume insights and market intelligence for candidates, employers and law schools.

600+ users  ·  Paying subscribers  ·  Grown organically

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Throughline OS

Traceable research workspace

A research workspace that tests AI-generated findings, challenges the weak ones and keeps the evidence attached to every conclusion.

Open source  ·  Live demo  ·  Code on GitHub ↗

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Forma Interior Studio

Interactive 3D design

A measured 3D design workspace you can edit by hand or by voice, with layouts, materials and costs that stay in sync.

3D design  ·  Voice-controlled

In private development

Chameleon, an AI assistant that finds the exact file you mean among the files scattered across your computer, then checks the job is done.

Action Engine, a combat game where you create moves in plain English.

03 / CONTACT

Have something
interesting in mind?

If you're working on a hard problem and need someone who can take it from an unclear idea to a working product, I'd love to hear about it.