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@WazirXCares re: enabling withdrawal from wazirx, I was in touch with your team and submitted all required paperwork 12 days ago. Haven't received any communication inspite of followups. Could you pls ask Kunal/ anyone else to get in touch with me to close this process, thanks

@WazirXCares i am unable to withdraw crypto from the platform, I want to move it to another platform. it seems to be blocked on my account and I am getting this message (screenshot attached), whereas a friend was able to get his crypto out yesterday. Can you please help with this

@nandiniv @DezervHQ All the best for this new chapter, Nandini 👏

Hello! I now work @dezervhq. I'm going to do everything I can to make sure our clients come & talk to us & have a fantastic experience, despite the markets (apparently I’m now allowed to say with a straight face) :)

@neharedy Love to see you out there

had a great time chatting with these sf boys a few days back. consider this my audition for @tbpn 😌

Just as we now ask, “how could they give kids sugar cereal and call it breakfast?” future generations will ask, “how could they let algorithms they didn’t understand hijack their attention and mental health?”

🍎IMPORTANT TO KNOW If you are in the market for a full-body health check-up, AVOID taking packages from traditional hospitals and popular screening chains like Nura. I was due for a health check-up, and after doing my own research and speaking with some knowledgeable individuals, I found that the most accurate and comprehensive tests in India today are done by CentAI. The reason, in simple terms: Most clinics in India do full-body CT scans to detect health issues. This is not ideal because of radiation risks. CentAI does full-body MRI + low-dose CT for lungs and chest. This is obviously more expensive (+50-60%) but more accurate in detecting abnormalities/ early growth of soft tissue + much safer (radiation level same as taking a flight). In fact, the CT machine they have at their Bangalore centre is the most advanced in India (only two such machines exist in the country, the other one is in Apollo Chennai). I just completed my full-body tests last week (everything is okay). The reason why I did extra due-diligence is because one of my close friend’s uncle was diagnosed with cancer only a few months after being declared “all-clear” by one of the prominent preventive health scanning services in the country. Since then, I have heard of one more similar case (the patient in this case unfortunately passed away). There is a big problem with the veracity of these tests. Everyone can catch abnormalities when it’s advanced and staring you in the face, but super early detection (when the abnormality is very small) is what truly saves lives. Trying to chase more accuracy makes the already expensive tests even more expensive; but if a preventive scan misses something early, what’s the point? Other notes for completion sake - since this is a new startup, they have tied-up with multiple partners (stitching together the best machines and tests) before they set up their own facilities. So don’t go in there expecting a 5-star spa-like experience which other players in the market have. My own experience was quite seamless in spite of this; they had a dedicated POC to hand-hold me from start to finish. Disclaimer - I am not a medical professional; this is not medical advice, do your own research. I am not an investor in and not linked to CentAI.

@nandiniv Love this for you ♥️ I have no doubt you will find purpose that moves you, and then be really damn good at it.

I will soon start posting Weekly Notes for me to keep track of all that I'm doing and hope you will read those occasionally. Tell me when you think of cool things I can do. Otherwise, we'll see na? We are always around each other forever thanks to the beautiful internet.

A tiny update: I've wrapped up my stint with Antler India. I'd have completed 5 years next quarter and so, I spent some time reflecting on what I have done so far here and if I'd spend the next 5-10 years doing what I was doing. To my surprise and annoyance, the answer was a no.

@neharedy @AntlerGlobal go takeover the world 🌍

personal update: for the last four years, @AntlerGlobal has been the backdrop of my early career. one of the youngest hires then on the india team, i was ambitious but deeply unsure if i belonged. it’s been such an incredible journey across roles and functions, often stretching far beyond what i thought i was capable of. after four unforgettable years, i’m moving on from my role at antler. for all criticism the role gets and sometimes rightfully so, being a young person in vc is humbling in a way no blog post or podcast prepares you for. you’re surrounded by people who’ve done more, built more, and failed more. so you listen closely. and in doing that, you learn to spot what isn’t said. the tension behind a decision. the hesitation in an investing conversation. and the conviction that hides in throwaway lines. somewhere along the way, i learned one of my biggest lessons — about ambition. i learned that it rarely looks like a polished pitch deck. more often, it looks like someone sitting alone at 2 am, stitching together their first product. it looks like self-doubt sitting next to clarity. i learned that it often looks like choosing to try, fully knowing it might not work. spending four years around ambitious people rewires you, fundamentally. it makes it impossible to be passive in your own life. it holds up a mirror and asks: what would you build, if you weren’t afraid? what would you chase, if failure wasn’t so fatal? and that’s perhaps the greatest gift of early-stage venture — the front-row seat you get to other people’s bravery. the more i saw of it, the more i asked myself what my own version looked like. that’s the thing about ambition, it’s contagious. if you’re lucky, it changes your own trajectory in the process. in many ways, i grew up at antler. not just professionally, but in how i think, how i listen, and how i show up. for people, ideas, and myself. it’s rare to find places that demand your sharpest thinking and your softest instincts at the same time. i’ll always be grateful this was one of them. to @spiritdouble, @telljeeves, and @nitinsharma1, thank you for taking a bet on me and thank you for the supremely high standards and the deep kindness. to @nandiniv and @SusmitPat, thank you for being my biggest cheerleaders. and to the entire team, what a wonderful crew you all have been. you truly made work feel like magic. what’s next? more on that very soon. for now, just a full heart. and a wild, open road ahead ❤️

🚀 Antler’s NEXT100 2025 is live. We built this for future founders. If you're wondering, “What should I build next?” — start here: tinyurl.com/4d3rd24e

@nitinsharma1 @neharedy Amazon’s ‘bare minimum’ UI/UX is actually a masterclass in optimization. Every button and flow ruthlessly optimize for speed, conversions, ease, performance over visual appeal. Billions of sales with near zero friction.

@neharedy In the past, it has been defended as “poor UI but great UX”….UX being the entire experience incl. delivery and return.

amazon really has the guts to do the bare minimum on its ui/ux. must be nice to be so big.

Team India advanced to the semi finals at the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship! 🇮🇳 While we didn’t make the finals, coming back with stories and memories of a lifetime; meeting and competing with formidable puzzlers from around the world!

An exclusive AI Research Paper Reading Club - to build personal networks and learn from the perspectives of the best. Join the first club session on 12 September.

4/...and predictions on things that will change a few years down the line that many may not be paying attention to. A fantastic watch for anyone thinking about building opensource/ building AI for India: youtube.com/watch?v=h9C_ft…

3/@nitinsharma1 & I had a fantastic chat w @vivekrag recently, where he addressed our founders and laid out the AI x Bharat opportunity. He spoke about his vision beyond IndicLLMs, how developers are leveraging Sarvam's infra, the dramatic combinatorial effects of AI and DPI...

1/Heartening to see the vision of enabling billion Indians with GenAI becoming real with the fantastic launch by @SarvamAI @vivekrag @pratykumar Approach: voice-first + language of the people + tech for getting things done + practical domain-specific SLMs + enabling sovereignty

We're coming to MUMBAI - Aug 27 ⚡️⏩ 24 Hour Fast Track to @AntlerIndia Residency (for founders in Mumbai / Pune / Ahmedabad & Surat) A few weeks back, we shared plans (see below) to back 20+ founders at a pure idea stage, in 6 months, with a total of $10M. As part of this, we also did a fast track option to bring exceptional founders (individuals or teams) just starting up, into the Antler India Residency within 24 hours of us meeting you. It was a huge success in Bangalore with 250+ top notch referrals...new ideas for India, from CBDC powered cross-border payments, to GenAI agentic middleware, community clubs for seniors, to D2C bath brands and so on... We're now doing this in Bombay - @telljeeves & I will meet founders - on August 27th. How? (1) Find someone in our networks (cue: some of them would have shared this post on their LinkedIn / Twitter) or would have engaged with us in the past (2) Show us you are super resourceful. Ask them to EMAIL me (or any of the 18 Antler India team members that they know). Ask them to share a strong, specific, warm intro for you. (3) Send us your best pitch deck once we connect with you (4) All shortlisted individuals and teams will get a direct slot with Antler India on Aug 27th to meet us IRL (5) You will get a decision to get into the Antler India Residency for a $500k commitment before Aug 28th. Please note that the last date for being referred to us for the Mumbai edition is 21st of August. @SusmitPat @ReetikAgarwal @neharikagarg_ x.com/nitinsharma1/s…

Namma Yatri is not just reimagining urban mobility but it is fundamentally empowering drivers, delighting customers, and leveraging India's digital public infrastructure to create a more equitable mobility ecosystem. Read our thesis on investing in @nammayatri👇

Will we need websites at all? How can you compare the current AI boom with the age of ⛽️ oil & gas exploration? What does it mean when we say in the world of AI, compute vs. data will have gravity? During the @AntlerIndia Residency 4 that concluded recently, we had our good friend @MohapatraHemant stop by to chat with founders re: his and @LightspeedIndia's take on AI, and especially AI for India, incl. one of their marquee investments @SarvamAI Sharing our interaction w/ @spiritdouble youtube.com/watch?v=F1s_nv…

3/ - Next generation of Agents and what to expect and more with/ @nitinsharma1 @AntlerIndia Watch the full session here: youtu.be/F1s_nv_Q36s

2/ - Why is this wave of AI important - How to differentiate between ideas that can create a large impact vs. ideas that are incremental - Big opportunities for new founders to build in the next few years -Notes on 1) AI x consumer 2) AI x enterprise adoption 3) AI x infra

1/ Had the pleasure of hosting the amazing @MohapatraHemant of @LightspeedIndia, who spoke on the opportunities in AI for founders in india. An excellent session, covering pointed analogies, and lessons from the past to inform the future: