born to make art, in his own way.
22. Founder of AIVOX and Cleverside. From Gwalior.
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Sujal Mukesh Ram SamadhiyaGwalior-grown. Updated October 2026.
Born in Morena, raised mostly in Gwalior, on his grandparents' tales, books and films.
At 18 he left home. Since then he lives in a city until it has taught him what it can, then moves on.
He chose not to go to college. He didn't stop learning; he changed where he learns. A god brother ten years older taught him the city's politics, markets and economy, and how to talk to anyone. That skill still pays off every day.
Inbox, calendar and the news. Internal meetings. Cold calls with people smarter than him. Then sitting with whoever knows what he doesn't: a restaurant-chain owner, a film line producer, the MD of a ₹1,000-crore company, a shop vendor.
Every famous person has a place where nobody knew their name.
6 PM is a long-form series where well-known people take you on a walk through the neighbourhoods that made them: not as celebrities, but the way they'd show their grandson around.
one person. one city. one day. one story.
In an Indian neighbourhood, 6 PM is when the day changes. Friends meet, bikes come out, chai is ordered. On this show, the city isn't the backdrop. The city is the interview.
Let them take you home.
A touring one-man show, produced by Cleverside. Dates and cities will show up here once they're set.
A Cleverside Original: well-known people walk you through the neighbourhoods that made them. The window on the wall has more.
He advises on state election campaigns. The details stay off the record.
He builds AI agents to take work off his own plate, so his time goes to the work that needs him.
Learning something new every day, and helping people grow bigger than who they are today. That's what gets him out of bed.
Work is the most enjoyable thing in his life. There was a time he begged for it. Now there's plenty, and for a mind with ADHD that overthinks, that's a relief.
Every Sunday for a year, he taught English, maths and science to children aged 8 to 10.
taught him why it matters to give back
At 16, during lockdown, he founded and led a five-player PUBG team.
taught him to keep a team's spirits up after bad days. some days you fail, some days you excel. you keep going.
A play he wrote around the theme of a bad smell, staged across five shows in Bengaluru and Indore.
it kept him in his head for a long time, questioning society, himself, and right and wrong. it recalibrated his moral compass.
An AI receptionist and office manager for clinics in the US, UK and Australia. It answers every call, day and night, books appointments and follows up.
his way into AI, bigger teams, and how the US market thinks
Visit AIVOXA creator and talent agency that turns creators into growth for brands. It began in 2023 with Sujal managing creators on his own, and became Cleverside in 2026. Creators get 100% of the budget, and a brief goes live in about 72 hours.
Brands it has worked with include Lenskart, Urban Company, Zomato, Paytm and Spotify.
how to make room in a crowded market, how India buys, and a lot about negotiation, brand deals and the creator economy
Visit Cleversideunderneath it all: talking to people older and smarter than him, usually on a cold call.
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Blues and jazz, mostly. Country too.
Favourites: John Mayer, B.B. King and Prince. On while he works: Eric Clapton.
Play his playlist on SpotifyHe could talk about any of these for three hours. Tap one.
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Bored by: textbook learning.
By Rohinton Mistry, recommended by his local bookshop owner.
His reading so far: self-help first, then fiction, non-fiction, philosophy and Hindi literature, and now back to non-fiction for a while.
Stories, things he's learned lately, and hot takes.
The history of a language. His first post, and the start of a longer project: papers on literature and the history of Urdu.
His favourite film, taken apart.
He'd rather say “school of thought” than “religion.”
He weighs everything against his own moral compass, and if humanity were a school of thought, he'd be its spokesperson.
differ? good. he's up for that conversation.
Founders, brands, creators and the curious: pick a time, or write to him.
Both open an email to Sujal with your message already filled in.
fun fact: he fakes phone calls to get out of conversations. this one's real.