Blog
Notes on artificial intelligence, technology, leadership and building companies, from Venkatarangan Thirumalai.
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Use AI as a Cycle and not as a Car
“We are exporting data, we are importing AI.” This is analogous to India exporting raw cotton and importing textiles during the Industrial…
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8 real world founder fears in the age of AI – Podcast Video
A D2C founder running an Ayurvedic skincare brand, doing about 8 crore in revenue, put it simply. AI is helping everyone create…
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Your Learning Loop Is Your Real Moat
Over the weekend, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared a note on what he believes will define the next era of AI: organisations…
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Is the iPhone the Most Effective Birth Control Ever Invented?
Researchers used AT&T’s early iPhone monopoly to investigate whether smartphones changed social behaviour enough to reduce births When I first read the…
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AI and the polite Instagram hack
A few days ago, hackers took over high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Barack Obama White House profile. And they did so by…
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Zoho’s bet: smaller models, not smaller teams
“Our data centre costs have gone up 3x to 4x. Our AI spending has gone up. But revenues are not growing any…
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What Silicon Valley fears and India has not yet noticed?
A piece published in The New York Times on 30 April 2026, written by Jasmine Sun, deserves a careful read. Sun writes…
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Why a papal letter on AI deserves five minutes of your time
Founders and CXOs spend most of their time watching what customers, competitors, and investors think about AI. Fair enough. But occasionally, a…
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What Indian IT services can skim from an ice cream advertisement
Kwality Walls recently ran a full-page advertisement saying “Made with Milk.” If you grew up in India, you know exactly why that…
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People Remember The Sequence
Over 92,000 technology jobs have reportedly been cut globally in the first few months of 2026 alone. Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Salesforce,…