About Grout
Grout is made by Neural Nest Technologies PVT LTD, a company registered in Bengaluru, India. Three desktop apps, one licence, and AI models that run on your own machine.
The company
Grout is a product of Neural Nest Technologies PVT LTD, a private limited company registered in India. Our office is at 499, JK House, West Wing, Krishna Reddy Layout, Amarjyoti Layout, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071. We work on Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30), and the support hours on our contact page are quoted in IST.
Neural Nest builds and distributes the Grout applications itself. The installers on the download page are published by us, and the support address on the contact page reaches the same people who write the software. Where a claim cannot be evidenced — a certification, a customer count, an award — we leave it off this site rather than soften it. Grout holds no COPPA, FERPA, GDPR or SOC 2 certification, and we do not claim one.
The three apps
One licence unlocks all three. All of them are desktop applications for Windows and macOS; there is no Linux build on the download page.
GroutApp
The learning studio. An infinite canvas with AI image and text generation, vision models that read handwritten notes, and grading of handwritten paper answer sheets. There is no exam module.
GroutCode
The coding studio for students and teachers. Describe the program you want in plain English and spend the lesson on the project instead of on syntax and compiler errors.
GroutFilm
The video and audio editor. Generate clips, voiceovers and music, cut them on a multi-track timeline, and export locally with WebCodecs — no render queue and no watermark.
Why the models run on your device
More than 200 AI models run locally, on the computer in front of you. A local generation never leaves that machine, which means the apps keep working with the network off and a school does not have to send student work to a third party in order to use them. Running the local models needs no account.
A separate, optional module called Nexus AI connects to Grout's own cloud infrastructure for around 300 further models, including ones too large to fit on a laptop. Nexus is opt-in and consumes Merits. Buying a licence, or a Nexus tier, does involve an account — the local models do not.
Founders
Two founders, listed with their roles. We have not filled this section with biography we cannot evidence.
Anish Menon
CEO & Founder
Anish Menon is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neural Nest Technologies PVT LTD. He sets the direction of the three Grout applications and is the point of accountability for what this site claims about them.
Johan Romero
Co-Founder
Johan Romero is a Co-Founder of Neural Nest Technologies PVT LTD and works on the Grout product alongside Anish Menon.