MISTIQ
AI-native software for high-stakes decisions.
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AI-native software for high-stakes decisions.
Mistiq LLC is a holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. We build and operate AI-native consumer products that help people navigate high-stakes decisions in their career, finances, and beyond. The company was founded in 2026 by Sharven Rane.
Every Mistiq product puts machine learning at the core rather than adding it as a feature. We ship a product when it works for real users, not before. Hiro and Astral are live and serving users today. Ascendant launches in 2026, with Crescent in development behind it.
Founder & CEO
Full-stack engineer and founder of Mistiq. Builds the company end to end across product, engineering, infrastructure, and growth. Based in Chicago. Background in software engineering and applied machine learning, with prior work on computer-vision systems for veterinary radiology. Architected and shipped Hiro, Astral, and Ascendant (Next.js, React Native, Azure Container Apps, Postgres) from zero to production.
Career search, reimagined.
Hiro aggregates 1,800,000+ job opportunities from 16,000+ companies into one clean interface. Matching scores every job against your profile. Cover letter generation, interview prep, salary intelligence, and employer tools, all in one place.
hirocareers.comBoth sides swipe. Job seekers swipe through scored job matches. Employers swipe through scored candidates. No other platform does both.
42+ job sources aggregated. Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, USAJobs, and dozens more. Resume builder with ATS scoring. Mock interviews by company and role. Crowdsourced salary data with negotiation guidance. 8.4 million H-1B visa records searchable by employer.
Investing, without the gatekeeping.
Astral is a mainstream investing app: US stocks, ETFs, crypto, options, bonds, international funds, and commodities. Automate it with recurring buys, round-ups, and paycheck routing, earn yield on idle cash, and learn as you go. Newcomers to the US can open an account with an ITIN or a passport, kept as a quiet option rather than the product's identity.
astralinvesting.comBuilt for people the incumbents make wait. Onboarding speaks English, Spanish, and Hindi, and money is handled in integer cents end to end, so nothing is lost to rounding on the way in or out.
Live on the web today, with the iOS and Android apps rolling out alongside it. Brokerage infrastructure runs on a regulated partner; Mistiq builds the product layer on top.
The RPG for lifting.
A science-based adaptive strength and hypertrophy coach wrapped in a progression layer where your real training data is your character's progress. Twelve tiers from Mortal to Godhood, every rank backed by published strength standards and every level earned by showing up. The engine is deterministic and runs on-device, so the app works without a signal. Submitted to the App Store and Google Play.
Astrology, computed properly.
Most astrology apps generate text and call it a chart. Crescent starts from real ephemeris data, supports both Western and Vedic systems as first-class modes, and grounds every reading in the actual placements it computed. Daily, weekly, and monthly guidance, transits, panchang, and a glossary that explains the craft instead of hiding it.
Mistiq is a digital-native consumer-software business. Revenue comes from recurring consumer subscriptions, B2B plans sold to employers, performance-based affiliate revenue, and a future referral marketplace. Every product runs on Microsoft Azure.
Tiered monthly plans on Hiro (Free, Pro $19/mo, Elite $39/mo), plus monthly and annual plans on Astral and in-app purchases on Ascendant. Subscriptions are the primary revenue line across every product.
Hiro sells employer-facing plans for sourcing, swipe-to-screen candidate discovery, and export tooling. Per-seat and per-post pricing.
Performance-based revenue from outbound clicks on aggregated job listings and featured-listing placements for employers. Transparent to users; supplements subscription revenue.
Future revenue stream. Companies post hire bounties, Hiro users share unique referral links, Mistiq takes a 15 to 20% platform fee on successful hires. Requires the user base Hiro is building today.
Every product Mistiq releases will be category-defining. We take the time to get it right, launch when it's ready, and iterate relentlessly. The world has enough mediocre software.
Ship when it's excellent, not when it's convenient.
Technology should serve people, not the other way around.
Launch, learn, improve. Every single day.
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