Jay Ingle

i turn 25 today. and that will give a variety of signals to a bunch of people (hope you get my sarcasm here!) usually, these posts are a highlight reel of achievements. but today, i just want to talk about this one truth that the below image depicts. whenever i feel a bit lost or overwhelmed, this is the one truth i always return to. there’s something deeply calming and clarifying about it. it is a visualization from @waitbutwhy, and it serves as a powerful mental map. looking at it makes me realize that even at 25, i’m standing right on that center line, just as i was when i turned 5, 10, 15,... two convictions i've built over the years that i deeply believe in (and my belief has just strengthened even more in the last few years): 𝟭. r𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀. looking back at the grey lines, i've learned a lot about grind. there are days that absolutely will not go your way; sometimes the whole day feels like a grind to stay on a single line. i’ve learned that the biggest opportunities aren't something you just stumble into; they are often revealed slowly, day by day, to the people who are putting in that quiet, extra effort when no one else is cheering. life will give you chances, but you have to keep pedalling to meet them. 𝟮. y𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁; 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺. looking forward at all those blue lines of possibility, i realize that the hardest thing isn't always knowing what to do, but getting seen doing it. you can possess 100 incredible skills, but if you have 0% visibility, you ultimately create 0 actual opportunities. your network provides what we often like to call "distribution" in today's AI/SaaS world — that invaluable channel that amplifies your work and connects you to the right people. this past year, i’ve tried to be much more intentional about showing up and genuinely connecting, understanding that genuine community doesn't just exist; we have to make it happen. one thing the last 10 years has made very clear to me — the people around you don't just stay around you. you have to earn that. every call you make, every message you send when there's nothing to gain, every time you show up just because you said you would — that's what builds something real. the people who shaped my years weren't accidents. they were choices. mine and theirs. and i don't take that lightly. here's to 25 💌 . so immensely grateful for the people who make up my world 🙏 onwards and upwards.

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Neverrrrrrrrrrrr Everrrrrrrrrrrr underestimate how much of a blessing it is to have zero health problems and your mum still alive.

2020 was 2020 days ago.

@_0Nestor execute fast!

What do you think the moral is? 🤔

Spilling the sauce but two universal truths when it comes to founders & VCs.. 1) if you see them make a lot of noise on X, they ARE definitely fundraising.. even though wink wink they are not. 2) every event thrown is a sourcing event (founders for VCs, talent for founders). that friendly poker night, sourcing. yes, that cute indie movie event, sourcing. anthropic researchers coming, 100% sourcing. Like it is foretold by our forefathers, everything is sales!

never hookup where you vlookup

I'm no scientist, but my father was. I guess some of that curiosity rubbed off on me and found its way to rockets instead. Every rocket has three defining moments. The countdown. The launch. And the moment it escapes gravity. Founders often spend years getting to the first two. The third is much harder. Last year, 12 AI-first healthcare startups came together for @AIBoomi very first #VerticalVelocity cohort. They spent two weeks in the US meeting founders, clinicians, researchers, operators, customers, and investors who had already travelled the road they were about to take. But the real mission wasn't the immersion. It was helping them escape the gravity of building from a distance. Because once you've experienced a market firsthand, your decisions change. Your conversations change. Your confidence changes. The best part? The mission didn't end when everyone flew home. The conversations continued. Introductions turned into opportunities. Founders became sounding boards for one another. A cohort became a community. A huge thank you to our inaugural crew: Dev Khare, Vengat Krishnaraj (Voxy Health), Vivek Khandelwal (CogniSwitch), Jofin Joseph (NeedleTail AI), Rathinamurthy (Rathina) (KraftX), Dhruv Mehra (Pype AI), Tarun Mohan Lal (Carissa Health), Sonia Vora (Proto Health), Samyukktha T. (SupaHealth AI), Mohit Maniar (Foss Health), Anuruddh Mishra (August AI), Kashyap Purani (Aarogram), Harshvardhan Samvatsar (Circle Health), Keerthi Madhu & few volunteers. Today, we're opening the doors to Vertical Velocity '26. Applications for Cohort 2 are now live. If you're building an AI-first healthcare startup with ambitions for the US market, we'd love to hear from you. 📷 aiboomi.org/events/vertica… Every founder dreams of reaching orbit. Sometimes, all it takes is the right launch window. #VV26 #Healthcare #AI

AI costs more than the people it replaced, per Forbes.

@avinashraghava this is hugely going to benefit the ecosystem!

As AI reshapes the software landscape, more SaaS companies are hitting an inflection point. Some are growing but subscale. Some are facing AI-driven disruption. And some are simply stronger as part of a larger platform than on their own. At the same time, more software companies are choosing to expand through acquisition rather than build everything in-house. Today we're launching #MatchPoint — an @AIBoomi initiative that acts as a confidential bridge between these two groups. For founders: a quiet way to explore acquisitions, mergers, roll-ups — and find a strong home for your product and team. For acquirers: a discreet channel to high-quality, Saas / AI-native companies, many of which never reach the open market. How it works is simple: you share your interest through a short form, we make the match and the introduction, and your identity stays confidential until both sides agree to connect. We're the bridge, not the deal — the transaction stays entirely yours. If you're a founder weighing strategic alternatives, or a company looking to acquire, we'd love to hear from you. Check further details at aiboomi.org/match-point/ #MergersAndAcquisitions #SaaS #AI #Startups #AIBoomi

honestly rate yourself looks: 7/10 creativity: 8/10 humor: 6/10 mental health: 9/10 empathy: 8/10 patience: 9/10 social skills: 6/10 memory: 7/10

There are about 7000 FDEs globally , and Microsoft plans to add 6000 of its own ! The war for AI is coming down to deployment now. Even we have also felt the need to do some forward deployment of our own and we see the need to ramp it up as well soon. To that end, decided to start up a community , which would be open to folks who are FDEs, those who want to become FDEs and those who wanna hire FDEs. Access for this community would not be gated albeit would have some slight moderation Comment or DM to get added

@realAkashAnand research

At YC we have an internal platform called Bookface, which has better startup advice than anything you'll find on Google. But (a) only YC founders have access, and (b) it doesn't cover every topic. Plenty of times I've searched and it come up empty. Turns out Claude Fable 5 is really good at multi-step research. So I built a skill that helps anyone learn about a topic or figure out how to implement something at work. It finds essays and articles with immediate action points, written only by top-tier operators, founders, and experts who've actually done the thing and can tell you exactly what they did in the situation you're in. Fluffy SEO blogs are strictly rejected. And it does a MUCH better job than Google AI mode, Perplexity, or even Claude deep research. I’ve been using this every day, with great results. Here are some things I’ve researched this week: - How to define top-level KPIs and metrics for my startup - How to run a company all-hands with my employees - How to prompt Claude to pick the right fonts for video - How to measure the success of features (small, medium, and large) It’s useful for everything from sales, to marketing, to engineering, to product, to design, to general advice. If you want this skill, comment "RESEARCH" and I'll send it over. (You'll have to follow me so I can DM you.)

@alokbishoyi97 would love to be part of it!

this is a great breakdown of how to get on the FDE bandwagon. ‘…tread thoughtfully’ is the bottom line.

As we looked back at these polaroids from Cohort 1 of Vertical Velocity, we realized they weren't just snapshots from two unforgettable weeks in the US. They were the beginning of friendships, difficult conversations, shared meals, long walks, moments of doubt, moments of clarity, and a community that chose to believe in each other. Twelve startups arrived looking for answers and left with something much harder to build. Belonging. The real outcome of Vertical Velocity was never the itinerary. It was everything that happened after it. Founder introductions. Late-night calls. Customer advice. Honest feedback. People showing up for one another without being asked. That's what these pictures remind us of. A year later, they're no longer just memories. They're proof of what can happen when ambitious founders spend time with the right people. Today, we're opening the doors to Vertical Velocity '26. Applications for Cohort 2 are now live. If you're building an AI-first healthcare startup and looking to learn from the people, companies, and conversations shaping the US healthcare market, we'd love to build that journey with you. 🚀 aiboomi.org/events/vertica… Here's to another cohort that will one day look back at a handful of polaroids and remember exactly where it all began. #VV26 #Healthcare #AI

@Devanshpawan1 sitting on the couch and peaking towards the camera?

Spot the 🐱

Just finished north of 200 meetings in Europe with customers and technologists. The conversations were primarily around AI, common questions include: 1. Are there examples of organizations who have been able to demonstrate production level systems and do those developments show a return in lower cost, efficiency or better top line? 2. What do you think about agents? How will we discover, govern and stop agents if need be. Perhaps the biggest security concern ATM. 3. The frontier AI models are expensive, what's the business case at these token prices to embed AI in our customer facing products? Where will token prices be in the future. 4. What are the longer term implications of Mythos like models? Do we need to update cyber infrastructure or all IT infrastructure? 5. What do you think of Chinese opensource models? Are they secure and what is the downside of using them if they can be secured and they are cheaper? The parts that surprised me were: 1. The pausing of Mythos and Fable 5 caused more consternation and concern in Europe both short term and raised longer term concerns on single model reliance or reliance or models not in ones control. I hadn't seen it from their POV. 2. Sovereignity which was always a topic and still is, is getting more nuanced - they want data residency, data localization and local resources, but there seems to be more willingness to accept global services on clouds. Classified systems continue to be an issue. Net net - we need to ensure we continue to build trust both on our Frontier models and their consistent availability, we need to get the right economics in place and spend more time in Europe communicating and building presence if we want AI adoption to keep pace with the US.

claiming this before the influencers get here :)

Hi @kunalb11 I’ll keep this short because I think you appreciate directness. WhatsApp is the last personal space we have on the internet. No algorithms. No follower counts. No performance. Just people talking to people. Every other app has turned into a stage. WhatsApp is still a room. And now — with channels, status updates being pushed harder, and the slow creep of social features — I worry we’re about to lose that too. The beauty of WhatsApp was never in its features. It was in its restraint. Simple. Sober. Personal. The one app where I don’t have to be a brand, I can just be a person. I have no doubt you understand this better than most — you’ve built CRED on the philosophy of trust and user experience. So I’m not writing this out of frustration. I’m writing this out of hope. Please advocate for keeping WhatsApp what it is. Don’t let it become the next Instagram. It’s the only app left where people are still real. Thanks & regards Prafull Billore