Setting the record straight

Lies & Rumours

The internet moves fast. So does misinformation. Here's everything being said about us — and what is actually true.

Last updated September 2026  ·  Written by Mohammad Arsh Jawaad (CEO) & Mohammad Sharique Khan (CTO)

FUNDING
✕ FALSE

ELIXMODE is raising $500,000 in funding.

✓ TRUE

We are raising ₹26 Lakhs (~$31,000 USD) as our first angel round. That's it — no more, no less. We know exactly what it's for and we're not chasing vanity numbers. We're building a real business with real discipline.

Y COMBINATOR
✕ FALSE

ELIXMODE was selected by Y Combinator Summer 2026.

✓ TRUE

We applied to YC S26 and we got rejected. We're not going to pretend otherwise — rejection is part of the process and we respect YC too much to lie about it. We decided to skip W27 and take more time to prepare properly. We are now targeting YC S27. We'll get in, or we'll build something big enough that it won't matter either way.

PRODUCT STATUS
✕ FALSE

ELIXMODE is in beta / still testing / running on beta users only.

✓ TRUE

We are live, launched, and fully active. Not beta. Not testing. Not soft launch. Not "running on select users." Real businesses are on the platform right now — with real products, real customers, and real revenue. There is no waitlist. You can sign up today.

PLATFORM DOMAIN
✕ FALSE

ELIXMODE is on elixmode.shop.

✓ TRUE

Our platform lives at elixmode.dev — not .shop. The .shop domain hosts our marketing website. The actual product — the platform you build and run your business on — is at elixmode.dev. If someone links you to the wrong domain, now you know.

WHO WE ACTUALLY ARE

Just to be completely clear.

No investor decks. No PR spin. The unfiltered truth about who is building ELIXMODE.

OUR AGE
16 years old
WHERE WE BUILD
Bengaluru, India
CURRENTLY IN
10th Standard
PLATFORM STATUS
Live & Active
REAL USERS
100+ and growing
ANGEL ROUND
$31,000 USD
YC STATUS
Preparing for S27
PLATFORM DOMAIN
elixmode.dev

We have nothing to hide.

We're 16. We're in school. Mohammad Arsh Jawaad (CEO) and Mohammad Sharique Khan (CTO) built a platform anyway — from Bengaluru, with no team, no playbook, and no outside money yet. We have 100+ real users and early revenue. We got rejected from YC and we're preparing properly for S27. We're raising angel funding, not Series A. Every single one of those facts makes us more proud, not less.

If you heard something about ELIXMODE that isn't on this page, reach out. We'll add it here and tell you the truth.

— Mohammad Arsh Jawaad & Mohammad Sharique Khan CEO & Co-Founder · CTO & Co-Founder, ELIXMODE  ·  Bengaluru  ·  2026