Mayank Joneja
@mayankkronos
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Cameras | Lights | Ba-dum tsk | uRobot
Bengaluru, India
Joined April 2009
Me and my mutual funds in the last year ..
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> amazing open-source models @Dheemanthredy > next generation games @waitin4agi_ > hyperspectral satellites @PixxelSpace > reusable rocket launchers @AgnikulCosmos > drones and defense @Raphe_mPhibr > drones and delivery @Airbound_Aero > edge computing boards @Vicharak_In
Two 23 year old Indians just dropped the #2 open-weight AI voice model in the world, trained purely on free credits! Maya1 is #20 globally, better than even Google's best. 3B params, runs on one GPU and does 20+ emotions with < 100ms latency You can just do things.
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A really interesting way to preserve less popular languages like Tulu by teaching LLMs with novel approaches @PrathameshD_8 @lossfunk 3/n
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From cuda kernels to the trolley problem to even iconoclast philosophy (LLMs != AGI 😛), the breadth of research going on at @lossfunk is literally everything under the (AI)☀️ 2/n @paraschopra
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You think it's just school kids using chatgpt to do their homework? Wait till you see how @dhruvtrehan9 is running serious academic research on autopilot to scale scientific work @lossfunk 4/n
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Shut up and give AI your money! (With safeguards so it doesn't order a million 🧻 when your friends prank you while Alexa is listening) 🤑 @pravapayments
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Playground? More like Michelin star kitchen @paraschopra @lossfunk Finally recovering from the crazy work showcased at the graduation day last Saturday 🤯 to share all the cool stuff I saw 😁 1/n
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Drone startup Airbound is set to deliver medicines and diagnostic reports through drones in the shortest time possible, avoiding traffic snarl A Thread🧵(1/3)
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Today we are launching 100 early pre-orders for Mr. Tensors @eyecandyrobots, an inexpensive opensource lifelike robot character that's cool enough toy for kids (and a human-robot-interaction + reinforcement learning research tool for academia and hobbyists). We are looking for
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best launch video I have ever seen from an Indian startup! if someone knows Naman please get me in touch too?
Bengaluru-based #Airbound recently secured an $8 Million Seed Fund for it's tail-sitter drone being developed by 20-year old Naman Pushp.
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Logistics drone manufacturer Airbound has raised $8.6 Mn (around INR 76 Cr) in its seed funding round led by US-based Physical Intelligence’s founder Lachy Groom, with participation from Humba Ventures and existing backer Lightspeed. 👇 The funding round also saw participation
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I met Naman Pushp (@TheRealNamzoo) of @Airbound_Aero earlier this year at a rooftop party in January and we just couldn’t stop talking about last mile delivery and how hardware could bridge it. Since then, almost every Sunday, I’ve caught up with him and his friends at Nuage
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We are pleased to announce that @Airbound_Aero has closed an $8.6M seed round, led by our friends @lachygroom & @lpolovets (@humbavc). Lightspeed is doubling down in this round. We wrote last year about meeting a 17-year-old founder (@TheRealNamzoo) who had dropped out of a US
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Our previous VC stances: ❌ Outside of US/Canada ❌ Small drones (too crowded) ❌ $7m+ seed rounds Then met @Airbound_Aero: ✅ India-based ✅ Ultralight drones for $.01/mile delivery ✅$8.6m seed @TheRealNamzoo & his vision were so impressive that we ignored all our "rules"!🚀
It’s happened. We’ve just closed our seed round of $8.65 million. Led by @lachygroom, with participation from @lpolovets at @humbavc & @MohapatraHemant from @LightspeedIndia doubling down. This round has been more than a validation of our vision, it’s on the back of making it a
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@Airbound_Aero is taking civilian drone tech mainstream with cost-efficient deliveries. With fresh funding, it now aims to scale rapidly and redefine India's logistics. @senmeghna speaks to founder @TheRealNamzoo on what's next.
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Fun meeting @caleb_friesen2/ @RuntimeBRT and @RahulSanghi1 (Tigerfeathers) kings of short and long form deep tech reporting at our launch event at @Airbound_Aero HQ! 🤩🛩️ https://t.co/ekqg5BBzeO
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When partner fangirls 😅☺️🥹
This video just gave me goosebumps 😳 So excited that these drones are being vertically built end to end in 🇮🇳. Kudos to the entire team for have pulled off this scale in such a short span of time 🤓 (lost a lot of extra time with @mayankkronos but soooo worth it all in the
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We are happy to continue supporting @Airbound_Aero, an autonomous delivery logistics startup optimizing the economics of drone delivery, globally. Founded by @TheRealNamzoo, Airbound is achieving operational excellence as the largest manufacturer of delivery drones through a
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