Always a delight to hear @NandanNilekani's insights about what to build for India and why. What are the current challenges and opportunities! Great takeaways for founders building in 2025. 🚀 At @arkam_vc's annual summit.

today's problems are tomorrow's features. today's features are next year's table stakes.

a few years ago, bad battery life in phones was a huge problem. Now, "fast charging" and "battery optimization" are standard features, solving that problem. so disruptive features turn pain points into product advantages.

be patient with vision and impatient with execution.

make high-stakes decisions with incomplete data, then move fast enough to course-correct.

Team culture is the highest leverage variable in a startup. And it’s also the most invisible until it’s too late. https://t.co/tNezEjG6Oh

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Restraint is not a weakness. It is strength held in reserve. #Ceasefire

God is an algorithm that runs on physics

"Why are the AIs woke?" @pmarca and @jordanbpeterson discuss why AIs from major companies are coming out with a particular philosophy 👇

Happy to be part of it. Last 4 days were a whirlwind of experiences at Bharat Mandapam, PM Sangrahalaya, National War Memorial & enjoying meals/conversations at various cabinet ministers' residences. 🇮🇳 After rounds of eliminations, our idea was among the 10 that reached the PM!

I am not anti-AI but AI is making many people lazier. Many have stopped using their own thinking. Too much dependent to ChatGPT. This doesn't work in environments that demands high performance & require unique, creative solutions. Human efforts + AI make the best outcome.

Why is Indian Startup ecosystem still stuck in 2020? My top picks: ⚾︎ Inflated valuations = tough follow-ons. Few IPOs, weak M&As. ⚾︎ State level startup policies exist but many states/UTs lack these policies. Also, local execution is quite inconsistent. ⚾︎ Demand for

Risk isn’t the cost. it’s the purpose. The choice itself, under uncertainty, is the reward. It’s how you prove you’re free to act.

All great products lose their credibility of being a great product after hitting their desired critical mass. At ubiquity, no one talks about greatness anymore.

If you still think that Wall Street, Hollywood, or DC run the world, it’s time to update your mental model.

Make it

Interestingly Sharks are older than trees. Sharks existed for over 400m years, while trees happened around 350 million years ago.

Imagine explaining to aliens that this is how we govern Earth. 👽

Peter Thiel: "What has become 'science' is more dogmatic than the Catholic church was in the 17th century" Watch as Bari Weiss tries desperately to get Thiel to criticize MAHA / RFK jr, and Thiel responds with a spectacular exposition of everything wrong with modern science.