nathan L.~
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nathan L.~
@Ranicket
Bdg smthn new in 🏭🇮🇳 Prev: AI startup | hedgefund quant | MIT
Bangalore, India Katılım Ekim 2012
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When does Anthropic acquire Dwarkesh? When does xAI acquire Candace Owens?
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Day in the life of software engineer 2026:
>Log on
>Self-assign `add upload image functionality`
>"Claude, please add upload image functionality"
>Scroll x
>Test upload image functionality, doesn't work.
>"Claude, please fix upload image functionality"
>Scroll x
>Test upload image functionality, doesn't work.
>"Claude, please fix upload image functionality"
>Scroll x
>Test upload image functionality, doesn't work.
>"Claude, please fix upload image functionality"
>Scroll x
>Test upload image functionality, doesn't work.
>"Claude, please fix upload image functionality"
>Scroll x
>Works
>Close jira ticket
>Go home
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@jukan05 This, plus the new laptop being bought by india’s middle class will be a boon
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Want to hear something interesting?
Apple is more aggressive this year than ever before. They're buying up all available mobile DRAM on the market at extremely high prices, even at the cost of operating profit losses. This isn't because Apple is being naive — they're deliberately driving up DRAM prices so that competitors can't secure memory. The goal is to prevent competitors from building devices due to memory shortages.
I believe Apple will achieve tremendous market share gains this year.
$AAPL
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my indian cousins are all very hesitant about spending money. to outsiders, it seems like indians are cheap. but something way more interesting is happening.
we dropped wispr flow's price from $12 to ₹300 ($3.30) in india. our users started converting at rates we'd never seen in the us.
most companies look at purchasing power parity, apply a discount, and think they're done. then they wonder why nobody buys.
the math isn't the problem. the mindset is.
₹300 isn't just "cheaper than $12." it's the cost of a month of mobile data, netflix india, or a meal for two. at $12, we're asking someone to choose us over their phone bill. at ₹300, we fit into their life.
but it's not just the price. indians aren't "price-sensitive." they're spending-conscious.
price-sensitive = wants something cheap. spending-conscious = every rupee must be worth it.
so beyond lowering the price:
1/ over-invested in reliability. one crash and you lose trust for months.
2/ responded to every support ticket within hours.
3/ explained every decision transparently. why this price? why this feature? we don't hide anything.
the result: 75% of indian users buy annual plans upfront vs 50% in the us.
they're not testing it out. they're committing from day one. because we committed to them first.
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@chandrarsrikant “Their (Emergent's) investors are the only ones who should get clarification on measurement details, not outsiders looking for stories. Financial results for private companies are confidential”
I don't think the founders agree at all...
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As the company publicly shared its numbers, Vinod Khosla, a key investor in the company, also dismissed any discomfort around the way Emergent calculates its ARR. He told Moneycontrol the company has been transparent and also published one of their multiple cash collection methods, the Stripe dashboard, and cash lags ARR generally.
“Their (Emergent's) investors are the only ones who should get clarification on measurement details, not outsiders looking for stories. Financial results for private companies are confidential,” @vkhosla said
Chandra R. Srikanth@chandrarsrikant
🚨IMP: Many varied ways ARR is measured nowadays but cash collections are indisputable: @vkhosla backs AI portfolio company Emergent in his comments to @Goenka_Tushar1 moneycontrol.com/news/business/…
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@bilawalsidhu Additionally, going to the stadium may not be as good as watching stuff from a broadcast!
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This the closest tech we have to straight up memory capture. Immortalize a space, place, or moment in time and relive it forever.
Truly the most future proof medium at our disposal. Start with static 3D scans today -- 4D capture will only get cheaper.
Plasmanode@plasma_node
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@ItzSuds my parents didnt know I was applying to college, didn’t know where I got or didnt get in, and only learned about it when I told them I had a paid flight to the campus preview weekend 🫠
first gen issues
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I read things like this & get sad
I moved out when I was 15 & found myself emotionally adopted by a very nice white family in Charlotte senior year of high school
They came to my HS graduation, reviewed my college apps, & took me college shopping. My parents didn’t do shit!
Cristina Cordova@cjc
I’ll never pass up an opportunity to watch college acceptance videos. I applied to 17 colleges with no idea what would happen or what we could afford. The first acceptance I received was to Brandeis with a full ride. My mom and I cried on the bathroom floor. Everything after that, even ending up at Stanford for a few thousand dollars a year, was just the cherry on top. For first-gen students, these admissions letters aren't just about prestige. They are the first time you feel a sense of security and a radical shift in what you think you can achieve.
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One interesting thing about the instagram era was the way that it pushed niche recently-imported white ethnic types into the spotlight, because it rewarded an ostentation which is fundamentally incompatible with traditional Anglo-American mores.
Coddled Affluent Professional@feelsdesperate
Dan Bilzerian is a very specific type of person: he is a partially assimilated drug damaged white ethnic trust fund kid who loves steroids. It may not sound like this a ‘category of person’ but it is and I actually know a few, although none as ‘Bilzerian’ as Bilzerian.
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@MohapatraHemant >“Emergent made more in accrued revenue in a WEEK than most startups make in a YEAR”
Why pull down ‘most startups’?
Bro maybe just put down the keyboard for a bit 🙂
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I guess one should not tweet and get on a 10hr flight 😂 Guys this is actual revenue, not accrued. But no amount of explanation is going to convince people with too much time to pull others down.
Hemant Mohapatra@MohapatraHemant
Emergent made more in accrued revenue in a WEEK than most startups make in a YEAR. This is actual, banked, cold, hard revenue. We are happy to coach these publications how to stay relevant in the age of AI and calculate run rate the right way, which is totally different from the way the old world of saas did, which is where most reporters still seem to be stuck. Token consumption is all that matters in AI. If you don't understand why, pls stop reporting on AI.
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@Ranicket @maxkarpis They’re launching a joker PPI wallet (think old Paytm) with 2 lac a month limit and a useless card with it, and have been delaying it for 3 years
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Just in: Revolut to launch in India in the second half of 2026.
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@maxkarpis Haha I’m exaggerating ofc, but business banking here is notttt easy. Plus, payments for foreigners is also quite complicated.
Not sure how much revolute can do to help solve the many problems though, as they’re mostly regulatory I’d imagine
Happy to chat further if I can help!
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Founders of AI companies are simply not safe in China. They are a property of the government.
Zephyr@zephyr_z9
Apparently, Xiao and Peak can't leave China and are detained
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nathan L.~ retweetledi
If you want to get hired, open the screen recorder on your computer and create a short, tailored intro / pitch video to the company you want to get an interview with.
DM this video along with a short introduction and link to your 1 page resume to someone in the company responsible for the role you are hiring for.
Most importantly, only do this for roles you actually think you’re capable of.
It will work 1,000x better than this slop.
Tips Excel@gudanglifehack
Claude Cowork can apply to 50 jobs in under 30 minutes. Here's how to set it up.
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@akhileshutup On a per store basis? I doubt it.
In principle, I also dislike swish as investment, but I’m actually curious why they think Swish would be a smash hit vs zepto cafe / blinkit’s bistro
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how is India so incredibly bad at capital allocation?
Aniket Shah@aniketshah30
Excited to announce Swish has raised $38M in Series B. The love and affection we've received from our customers in Bangalore has been humbling. What started as an idea to deliver fresh food in 10 minutes has quickly evolved into becoming a new consumer category of its own. To all our investors, customers, and team who believed in the vision – a big thank you 💚 @ujjwal_sukheja @saranonearth @justswishin Read more in the first comment.
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@ThePrimeagen lmao what are the odds that the 9 most impressive people under 30 in the world each is of a different race?
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The future inmates of America list was just dropped
Forbes@Forbes
AI isn't the future—it's now. Meet the Forbes 30 Under 30 revolutionaries harnessing machine learning to build robotic astronauts, cut off funding for terrorists, and turn anyone into a genius coder. This is the new class of innovators making history. See the full 2026 #ForbesUnder30 list: forbes.com/30-under-30/20… (Photography by Sebastian Nevols; Additional Photography by Guerin Blask)
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