The old way and the new way. Traditionally, the family hired a local contractor and a carpenter, who built everything by hand inside the flat. The price was hard to know in advance, and the work often ran late. Interior platforms changed this in three ways:

The platform then manages the installation, and usually gives a warranty on the work.

The old way and the new way of doing up a flat: instead of a contractor and a carpenter building by hand at an unknown price, an interior platform designs the rooms in 3D, prices every item up front, makes the kitchens and wardrobes in a factory, and fits them in the home with a warranty.

Two kinds of software business. Some companies here are interior platforms. They sell finished interiors to home owners, and software runs their design, pricing and factories. Others sell design software to the furniture trade. Kitchen makers and showrooms around the world use such software to design a kitchen with the customer, price it, and send the order to the factory.

Two kinds of business: interior platforms (Livspace, HomeLane, Truww) sell finished interiors to home owners, while Cyncly sells design software to kitchen makers and showrooms, who use it to design with the customer, price the job and send the order to the factory.

Every company named here has posted software engineering jobs in India. Famous companies that don't actively hire software engineers in India are left out.