Welcome. I’m Kartik, the founder of Polynomial Studio. Polynomial Studio is an applied AI product studio building products around work, hiring, and decision-making. The studio currently builds Fursa and publishes Bold Efforts. Fursa is an AI-native hiring company. Bold Efforts publishes ideas on the future of work and living. The common thread is simple: help people find better opportunities, make better decisions, and save time.

Work is entering a new phase. AI is becoming a reasoning layer across software, teams, and markets. Models are getting more capable, cheaper to use, and easier to connect to real workflows. This will change how people find work, how companies hire, how teams operate, and how individuals decide where to spend their time. The tools built in this decade will shape that system for a long time.

We build focused products for people navigating a changing world of work. The focus is applied AI, useful data, and clear interfaces. Products should remove friction, reduce uncertainty, and help people act with better judgment. No novelty AI. No bloated software. No dashboards that exist only to look impressive.

The AI-native hiring company. Fursa is building a new way for people and companies to find each other. It helps candidates discover fresh, relevant jobs and apply directly to employers, while helping companies find talent whose skills, experience, and ambitions match what they need. Fursa is built on a live index of more than 1 million jobs and growing. Search jobs. Hire talent. Visit Fursa ↗

Ideas on the future of work and living. Bold Efforts is a publication about the future of work and living, exploring work, AI, decision-making, and the systems shaping how we live and build through sharp essays, original frameworks, and clear thinking. Clear writing about work, systems, incentives, technology, and decision-making. No trend-chasing. No recycled summaries. No empty predictions. Read Bold Efforts ↗

Focus beats breadth. One product that does one job exceptionally well can create more value than a platform that tries to do everything. We measure value in minutes returned, stress avoided, and better decisions made. The best tools feel calm, useful, and trustworthy. No dark patterns. No manipulative urgency. No growth tactics that burn goodwill.

Polynomial is the studio name, not a customer brand. A polynomial has multiple terms built from a shared structure. That is how we think about products here. Shared principles. Shared infrastructure. Different outputs. Studio because this is where products get made.

If this resonates, reach out. We are interested in people thinking seriously about hiring, applied AI, work, and the systems shaping how people live. Customers, investors, collaborators, and builders with a point of view are welcome. kartik@polynomial.studio