Srikrishna Swaminathan

@SridharanAnand @karthiks AMTI is there in Chennai. Earlier they used to do workshops

@karthiks Is there any outfit that does a good job of advanced maths for middle schoolers? Not with competitions or entrance exams in mind but just a shade higher than school maths for those kids with aptitude. Like in US, some parents send kids to Russian School of Math or equivalent.

didn't make it to the IMO but really happy having spent pretty much "half my time in class 11" going through the maths olympiad grind. absolutely stellar problems that primarily taught you how to think

If you are a B2B tech founder, you'd know implementation / deployment is a big bottleneck for any fast growing SaaS/AI, and in general is a drag on your company. "Necessary evil", as they say. We've launched Nitro AI to change the status quo. Not your crazy promise of autonomous impelmentations, but a very practical take at automating some of the key primitives of the jobs to be done. AI co-workers that help you automate the data transformation and validation, the configuration, the documentation, etc. Hours of your best consultants and product experts saved. Time that can be repurposed to do more for your existing customers, enable them to get more value. True Service Led Growth starts here. Watch the video and DM me!

If this document👇is accurate, it shows up Nehru's pragmatism, adds more colour to Biju P's alrdy colourful reputation and shows up when India faced an enemy, these guys set aside ideological predilections to do wht it took. Folks dont read anymore;)

It’s unfortunate that a founder who’s been transparent about his numbers — sharing metrics publicly as the company scales — now has to come out and defend them. Mukund and Madhav are attempting to build something extraordinary with Emergent. Instead of celebrating that an Indian founder is building a globally competitive product at a pace that rivals the best in Silicon Valley, we’re focused on calculation methodology? As an ecosystem, we need to decide what we want. Do we want founders who share openly and build in public? Or do we want them to go quiet because every number they share gets weaponized against them? Let’s cheer founders on their journey to build great global companies out of India!! @mukundjha @emergentlabs

Recently my son asked me why he needs to do mental math when calculators exist. I told him if he doesn't, he will make irrational decisions throughout his life. Let me explain. Say you see two packs of snacks. A 500g pack for ₹100, and a 200g pack for ₹45. Which one should you buy? The math is not at all hard, but people who are scared of mental math will not do it. This is not such an important decision that you pull out a calculator for it. So you make the decision on vibes - say ₹100 "looks too high", or that the smaller pack costs "less than half of the biggest one" or some such. The problem isn't that you made a poor decision on snacks. It is that if you do this repeatedly, you train your mind to make decisions on vibes. Over time your reasoning muscle atrophies - so you start relying even more on vibes. Before you know it, you are taking even big decisions on vibes. Should I rent or buy a house? Let's decide based on "EMI affordability", not rental yield. Should I invest in this IPO? I have heard of the company's brand so I'm all in. It isn't only financial or quantitative decisions either - in my mind the math muscle and the logic muscle are closely correlated, so a decline in one certainly affects the other. Like the Arab who let the camel's nose inside the tent, fear of math is the first step towards thoughtlessness, and needs to be nipped in the bud. Intellectual laziness starts with snack prices.

Super stoked to announce that we just raised $60M in a Series C round! @insightpartners was the lead investor this time around, what better way to announce this than to rap about it? 🎙️

Chennai and US-based ⁦@RocketlaneHQ⁩ raises $60 million in Series C to power professional services automation with AI Congrats ⁦@srikrishnang⁩ and team.. When can we expect the next rap :) thehindubusinessline.com/markets/rocket…

@banglani @rchowdhri @DeepKalraMMT @alokebajpai @HariPyt @HariPyt is an amazing entrepreneur!

A couple of months ago I got an incredible opportunity to sit with the stalwarts of online travel - @DeepKalraMMT of Makemytrip, @alokebajpai of Ixigo and @HariPyt of Pickyourtrail - and chat about the future of the industry. We addressed important questions like "how much influence do influencers really have?" and "why don't middle managers book their own travel?" besides trivial ones like the role of AI in travel. Check out the full conversation below (link in comments).

Back to agriculture now….

The vibe QA testing era is here. So we connected @OpenClaw to @drizz_dev and gave it a phone. One Discord message. Two real apps. Zero human input. It navigated @Airbnb and @amazon and actually executed tasks without any assistance.

@Akshay_VAK @AgentSaffron Most zamindars in delta were also Thevars, Muthurayars and Mudaliars.

This remains the greatest of all casteist Lemurian Landlord movies ... A true work of art

A series of datum points for the historic origins of the Early Pandya dynasty. This is on very solid grounds for the following reason, B-Urn-38 and C-Urn-7 yielded several high-tin bronzes. One of which was a "double-fish knob" - this is well recognized as the Pandyan sigil.

Long before SWIFT codes and wire transfers, the Chettiars of Tamil Nadu had built a transnational financial system that ran on trust, kinship and a promissory note called the Hundi. If a clan member defaulted, the entire community made the creditor whole

I'm going to make some obvious points. (1) Blowing up all the oil infrastructure in the Middle East is an insane idea, and may well result in a global economic crash and humanitarian crisis unrivaled in the lives of those now living. We're talking about the price of everything everywhere rising, from food to gas, at a moment when inflation was already high. All of that will be laid at the feet of the authors of this war. (2) The antebellum status quo of Feb 27, 2026 was just not that bad, but we're unlikely to return to it. Expect indefinite, long-term, ongoing disruptions to everything out of the Middle East. (3) Also assume tech financing crashes for the indefinite future. The genius plan to get the Gulf states caught in the crossfire has incinerated much of the funding for LPs, for datacenters, and for IPOs. Anyone in tech who supported this war may soon learn the meaning of "force majeure" as funding gets yanked. (4) Many capital allocators will instead be allocating much further down Maslow's hierarchy of needs, towards useful basic things like food and energy. (5) It's fortunate that all those progressives yelled about the "climate crisis." Yes, their reasoning about timelines was wrong, and much of the money was wasted in graft, but the result was right: we all need energy independence from the Middle East, pronto. It's also fortunate that Elon and China autistically took climate seriously. Now they're going to need to ship a billion solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, nuclear power plants, and the like to get everyone off oil, immediately. (6) It's not just an oil and gas problem, of course. It's also a fertilizer problem, and a chemical precursor problem. Maybe some new sources will come online at the new prices, but it takes time to dial stuff up, particularly at this scale, so shortages are almost a certainty. That said, China has actually scaled up coal-to-chemicals[a,c] (C2C), and there's also something more sci-fi called Power-to-X[b] which turns arbitrary power + water + air into hydrocarbons. But all of that will need to get accelerated. I have a background in chemical engineering so may start funding things in this area. (7) Ultimately, this war is going to result in tremendous blame for anyone associated with it. It's a no-win scenario to blow up this much infrastructure for so many people. Simply not worth it for whatever objective they thought they were going to attain. But unless you're actually in a position to stop the madness, the pragmatic thing to do is: scramble to mitigate the fallout to yourself, your business, and your people. [a]: reuters.com/business/energ… [b]: alfalaval.com/industries/ene… [c]: reuters.com/sustainability…

Amazon using India Zepto model internationally

Nice name !

I worked 20 years for a child sex trafficking rescue group. I want you to know this: 90% of Lost Children Are Found Within 30 Minutes. That statistic should both comfort you and wake you up. Most lost children are found quickly. But the ones who aren’t? They usually made one mistake. And here’s the uncomfortable truth: It’s often the exact thing most parents teach them. We tell our kids: “If you get lost, come find me.” It sounds logical. It sounds empowering. It’s WRONG! The Mistake Most Lost Children Make: When children realize they’re separated, they do three things almost automatically: They panic. They wander. They try to find you. Every step makes them harder to locate. From a search standpoint, movement creates chaos. Parents retrace their steps. Security scans zones. Staff lock down areas. Search works best when movement stops. When a child keeps walking, they move outside the original search radius. Helpers are looking where they were last seen — not where they’ve wandered. Stillness increases probability. Movement expands the problem. The first lesson is not “go find me.” It’s this: Stop. Stay. Yell. Why Stillness Wins: Think like a search team. If a child stays put: Parents can retrace steps. Security can scan systematically. Helpers converge to one fixed location. The search radius remains small. If a child keeps moving: The search area expands. Adults pass each other. Missed connections multiply. Minutes stretch into hours. Stillness keeps the math on your side. Teach Them Who to Approach: The second mistake we make as parents? We say, “Find an adult.” Not any adult. Not the nearest stranger. Children need a filter. Teach them to look for, if at all possible: A mother with children. Caregivers who already have kids with them are statistically among the safest people to approach in public settings. They are visible, stationary, and more likely to engage quickly. It’s a clear, concrete instruction. Children don’t process vague categories like “safe adult.” They process visuals. “Find a mom with kids” is visual. A Phone Only Helps If the Number Is Known: We often assume phones solve everything. They don’t — unless your child can use one. Even young children can memorize a 10-digit phone number with repetition. But you must train it. Practice it like a song. Sing it in the car. Chant it at bedtime. Turn it into rhythm. Repetition becomes recall. In an emergency, recall matters more than theory. The Code Word Rule: One more layer of protection. Choose a private family code word. Something only your household knows. If someone approaches and says: “Your mom sent me.” Your child asks: “What’s the code word?” No word. No go. This simple rule eliminates manipulation attempts instantly. It gives your child agency without requiring them to evaluate character. Real Safety Is Training — Not Luck! We don’t get safer by hoping. We get safer by practicing. Teach: • Phone number • Code word • Stop, stay, yell • Find a mom with kids Multiple skills. Simple instructions. Clear visuals. Five minutes of training can replace hours of panic. This isn’t about fear. It’s about preparation. Because when a child gets separated, the clock starts. And what they do in the first minute determines what the next thirty look like. That’s real protection.

@somnath1978 Well, aristocratic family and descendent of founders of AMU and Jamia Milia….

Such eloquent anguish didnt come out when Najeeb Jung's fellow Indians were slaughtered on the streets of Mumbai, blown up in Mumbai's trains, ID-ed Nazi-style and executed in Pahalgam, when hindus were pushed out of a state. They are really useless even as useful idiots..

this is actually insane > be tech guy in australia > adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live > not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4 > pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA > feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold > zero background in biology > identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets > design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch > genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own > need ethics approval to administer it > red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine > 3 months, finally approved > drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection > tumor halves > coat gets glossy again > dog is alive and happy > professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?” one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline. we are going to cure so many diseases. I dont think people realize how good things are going to get

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