Why We Started Maitrymoon

Some businesses begin with a market gap. Maitrymoon began with a marriage.

Rahul Sagar Sahay and Rachika Agrawal Sahay are a lawyer couple who have been married for over two decades. They married while pursuing their master's degrees, built their careers while raising two daughters, and lived with both sides of their extended family — all before the pandemic added an entirely new set of pressures to an already complicated household.

Any one of these can test a relationship. Put them all together, and you have a fairly convincing argument for giving up. They didn't. Instead, over more than twenty years, they learned something that textbooks, courtrooms and well-meaning relatives don't always teach you: in a disagreement, being heard is important, but being right is not always the same as feeling right.

And when you're surrounded by people who love you, finding an unbiased perspective can be surprisingly difficult. Your parents may take your side. Your friends may take your side. Everyone has an opinion, but very few people have the complete picture.

As lawyers, Rahul and Rachika had spent years understanding disputes and the importance of hearing both sides before reaching a conclusion. As a couple, they had spent even longer learning how complicated relationships can become. So they asked a simple question: what if there was someone you could talk to who had no reason to take either side?

That question became Maitrymoon — an AI-powered Relationship Counsellor designed to help each partner talk through a situation, ask thoughtful follow-up questions, and offer a calmer, clearer perspective — an honest, balanced opinion, not a courtroom verdict — to help two people find a better way to understand each other.