Baris
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Baris
@Baris
Early-stage investor Past work: @GoogleCloud. @Anvato (acq by Google). @IntelCapital. @TheCalixNetwork (IPO). @KauffmanFellows.


CS:GO + Adobe + Wan2.1 = WorldCam. Interactive autoregressive 3D gaming worlds. > AI now generates playable 3D worlds live > You move the mouse, the AI builds the map instantly > Turn around, and it remembers exactly what was there No traditional game engines. Just neural networks hallucinating reality. cvlab-kaist.github.io/WorldCam/

Big update: I’m starting a new company. 6 months ago, @_bschmidtchen and I made a bet. What if entire worlds could be generated on the fly, pixel by pixel? World models are the next platform shift, and we saw it coming. Since then, we’ve: - secured major contracts across media and physical AI industries - assembled a team of 10+ from Apple, Meta, Google, Adobe & Microsoft - raised from top-tier investors More details soon. We’re scaling fast, and hiring now. Come build with us: reactor.inc

Emergent is now at $100M ARR (run rate) We got here in 8 months, making @emergentlabs one of the fastest-ever to do it! That's not all. Today, we're unlocking the next billion builders who will build on the go. 📱



















Today's a special day for @LightspeedIndia. Introducing INDIA ASCENDS'2026, a program purpose-built for India's youngest (>25yo), boldest, cohort of world shapers & change makers. If you are one of them, put your headphones on, turn to volume to max, click on the video, and read on :) Building something is hard but building something the world has never seen before is nigh impossible. There is this concept of not just building a kingdom, but building a kingdom at the edge of a precipice -- founders who want to go all the way to the edge of what’s possible, beyond which there is no land, there is no road, the compass stops working, and they look into the abyss, and say ‘yes, this is for me, this will be my life’s work’. These are the rarest of birds that take the plunge and know they’d fall before they fly, but when they fly, oh how glorious do they look. We @lightspeedindia have been fortunate to partner with several of these founders. We met @PixxelSpace when the founders @awaisahmedna @kshitijgokul were just 22yo. We backed @Airbound_Aero when @TheRealNamzoo was just 17. We’ve backed many others doing their life’s work at absolute cutting edge of what’s possible - @Arun_Vinayak_S of @ExponentEnergy, @pratykumar & @vivekrag of @SarvamAI @devdutdalal & @XaviLaguarta at @MittiLabs and more. Beyond our portfolio, there is some amazing founders doing their life’s work - @PawanKChandana @SkyrootA , @sohamsankaran @PopVaxIndia , @khushhhi_ @AsperaAero, @nagokul @CynLr00, @adrnschm @sarlaaviation, @deepigoyal @lataerospace & @temple, @Manu_J_Nair @EtherealXTech & many more. We need more of these founders coming out of India. Not just that, we need to fill gap that exists in this market which is in backing really young (<25yo) founders who are tinkering in school or college labs, or spending their weekends building, experimenting and failing fast, and are truly building globally competitive and de novo tech that, if it works, can have huge consequences in the world. To that end, we are proud to launch INDIA ASCENDS'2026 -- our flagship yearly program for the most cracked young builders in the country doing incredible cutting-edge research in robotics, quantum, space, energy, AI, bio or more. Our program applications open today and we’ll select 12-15 of the best, boldest ideas that we think has the potential to shape the future. We’ll bring them all to BLR for a 2-day program. Each participant will get ~$100K in support from our partners @AnthropicAI @GroqInc , @googlecloud @awscloud and we’ll also select 3-4 winners who will get venture funded to build their dream starting from $200K all the way to $3M and almost $500K of non-dilutive credits & grants from our partners. We look forward to seeing the boldest ideas you've been working on. Link to apply in the first comment:








