Prasanna S
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My name is Prasanna, who previously founded Rippling (worth $10B); I'm going through a divorce. I'm now on the run from the Chennai police hiding outside of Tamil Nadu. This is my story.
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We have peace. Commissioner has assured there'd be no arrests. Will leave child custody to courts. Just wants to investigate if real kidnapping happened. My dad is returning back to his home. I'm getting back to doing productive work. Thanks a lot for all your support!.
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My wife has given a press conf outside the police station as I was informed. Let's address her allegations and see what actually happened.
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Do I know any media people? The Thirumangalam, Chennai police station is harassing me for money knowing that I'm a successful founder. The AC and the SI have asked me for 25L to release my friend who has been in custody. Please RT for support. @CMOTamilnadu @PMOIndia.
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To all supporters - to be clear. I’m feeling the most alive right now and it’s great. I built an empire from nothing. I can handle this even if a state is on the other side. I’m a survivor not a victim.
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Later, she made further fake complaints that I raped her (1 mo after the alleged rape). That i circulated her nude videos. etc. Singapore police have investigated these allegations, found them baseless and have cleared me from all charges.
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She then proceeded to abduct my child to the US to help with her divorce case. I filed an international child abduction case in the US. And the judge ruled in favor of me and asked to return the child.
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Me and my wife, Dhivya, were married for 10 years and we have a 9 year old son. Recently our marriage broke down after I discovered she was having an affair, with a person named Anoop for 6+ mos.
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My cell phone location, car, UPI, IP everything is being tracked by the cops. Illegally without any FIR. They went and seized the phone of a caretaker I paid 200 Rs to via UPI and hit the Airbnb where I was staying. Luckily got out before.
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Anoop's wife sent me the message my wife had sent Anoop and hotel bookings she made for him.
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I have supported. Deepika was a great pillar of support for me.
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After that we were negotiating the terms of how many million dollars I need to pay her, as a part of our divorce. She was unhappy and decided to instead filed a fake police complaint against me saying I hit her.
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I filed for a divorce in India. She filed for a divorce in the US, to try and make more money from the divorce.
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Born in Chennai, lived here for 20 years. I studied in NIT Trichy where I met my wife. I was ranked as #1 coder in India. I went to the US to start technology companies.
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I hope @Udhaystalin can step in. I'm the founder of a $10B company, born in Chennai. Chose to come back home after our divorce. And chennai police have made me and my family on the run. My dad, brother are in a diff state now. I'm also on the run from these brutal cops.
@Udhaystalin @mkstalin @Office_of_Udhay This is becoming dangerous for the parties involved, do have a look at this.
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And yes in my son, Amars most recent birthday last month, we launched
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Since she had violated laws in Singapore, she negotiated with me to instead come to Chennai, our home town and settle down here. We signed an MOU - I'd pay her approx 9 Crores and 4.3 Lakhs/month.
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More recently, the threat is, if I do not remove my twitter posts - he'd be in trouble. They have told him to tell him, they will find me and make me face the consequence of going to the media.
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On Monday, I will be filing a "don't harass" for me in courts and taking matters through the court system. Meanwhile, my entire family, is out of the state, hiding from the TN cops.
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Police and my wife will be conducting a joint press meet soon to accuse me of many crimes. They've also asked my friend Gokul to sign saying my social media tweets are false.
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Last 3 days he is in custody without any FIR. They are telling him if I don't surrender he'd be harassed. They have not produced him in-front of a magistrate. Instead every morning they call him to the station and make him sit till night and let him go.
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The madras high court has ordered the cops not to harass me.
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I booked her and my son flight tickets to return them to Chennai. As a part of the MOU we agreed to 50/50 custody of our son. Which happened for sometime.
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I immediately send the police my side of the story with my lawyers and explain the child was voluntarily handed over. And the child is happy with me and show him on a video call. And that the matters are before the court. Hence cops shouldn't interfere.
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As a part of the MOU, she had to deposit the child's passport in a common locker since I was worried she could fly away. She refused to follow it. She started claiming that the MOU is not valid and she wants more and will go to the US again to file a divorce.
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Afraid, Gokul left to Bangalore and told the cops it's between husband and wife and they should leave him alone. Instead they raided him in Bangalore in mufty clothes, with no warrant or papers or intimation to local Bangalore police, picked him up to Chennai.
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Concerned, I moved to the courts, saying I'll return my child only after the passport is deposited in the locker. She did not attend the courts. Instead she showed up to my hotel at 10 PM in the night and calls my son to the lobby for 10m luring him which I stopped.
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The cops were still trying to locate me to my surprise. They hit my mom's house and asked for me. They kept pestering my friend, Gokul, who helped pick up the child saying he'd be made the main accused if he doesn't locate me.
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She then chose to call the police and filed a kidnapping complaint against me. The police knocked on the door in the middle of the night before which I was able to escape with my son.
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Chennai police spokeperson is shameless - no inquiry no invesigation. He just says, allegations baseless. How does he know? Meanwhile my friend is still at the station being harassed from morning to night - not allowed to leave in name of inquiry. Thugs.
Do I know any media people? The Thirumangalam, Chennai police station is harassing me for money knowing that I'm a successful founder. The AC and the SI have asked me for 25L to release my friend who has been in custody. Please RT for support. @CMOTamilnadu @PMOIndia.
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Corruption Investigation was done by the same DC who authorized the raids on me. The accused AC reports to the DC. Would a common man, make-up stuff and make police his enemy? Both Gokul and Sachi, have been asked by Prem Anand for money, saying it’s going to the cops, which they.
Public Advisory. 🚔Prasanna and Divya, a married couple residing in the United States, have a nine-year-old son. Due to a misunderstanding between them, they are currently living separately and co-parenting their son in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated
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Laws should just be gender neutral. It already is, in most other countries.
I see majority of the support going out to Prasanna. I don’t know who the right party is - between the Rippling founder and his wife. Nor do I claim to pick sides. It could very well be he’s right; or not. But here’s what I do know for certain and what aches me - this will.
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And she needs to agree in courts that she will follow the custody schedule and return the child back to me 50/50. Instead she does not attend the court hearings and uses the police as a machinery of aggression. Police shouldn't even be involved in custody disputes.
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SG police investigated this by seizing my phone and computers. Found no evidence and have cleared me of all these fake charges. She accused me of these again in Washington. Again judge ruled in my favor.
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The issue seems to be, she has nothing to lose at this point. She might have as well said, "Yes I messed up, but I still want public sympathy and his money". At-least be honest about it.
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I thank the commissioner for stepping in and resolving the crisis.
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Then she alleges that I was charged in some prostitution case in the US. Charges in the US are a matter of public record - any netizen can background check and confirm that I was never charged with anything.
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Then she alleges that I committed fraud by transferring matrimonial assets to trusts etc. These are my Rippling shares - a co I co-founded and she had zero involvement in.
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Then she alleges that I recorded porn videos of her and distributed them. Calls me a "sex predator"; She made the same allegations to SG police. It's a 30 year sentence if true.
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Now all I'm asking for, before I return the child to her is: she does not abduct the child again. Which she is openly saying now that she wants to do, to fight for "her" money. My son's passport needs to be secured in a joint locker, like she agreed in the MOU.
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She also says I forced her to come to India from Singapore on some property dispute. What non-sense. Here's the WA federal court judge instructing her to return the child. I did not force - the law did. No property dispute non-sense.
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She abducted him to the US for 5 mos to support her divorce. Put him in a public school. Disallowed all contact with me. Brainwashed my child that his father abandoned him. Did not even allow me to deliver the letter I wrote to him. Was a cruel period.
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Secondly, she claims I "forced" her to sign the MOU against her will. PFA - her lawyer is negotiating with my lawyer regarding the agreement. After many back and forths, a settlement is reached, voluntarily. I have never spoken to her till date, for many mos, after false cases.
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Background: My wife and I have been going through a divorce and have been sharing custody of our son. Wife handed over the child with full consent to my friend Gokul who took him down two floors to hand him over to me - the child's father.
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At a certain level of wealth everyone does tax & inheritance planning. She signed off on all of these. Now regrets it. As usual files fake complaints everywhere.
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And that once the cops became aware that I'm wealthy they wanted a lot more. Most recent demand is for 25L; They went across state lines, to Bangalore Karnataka to arrest my friend, without following any police protocols of informing @BlrCityPolice.
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My wife has since filed a false police complaint that my friend kidnapped my child and I might kill him. And that I'm a very successful founder who can be extorted for money.
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When she started making false complaints against me, my lawyers advised me to leave my house. I obviously continued paying for everything so my son's life doesn't get affected.
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Primarily the complaint says I kidnapped the child. She says I took him by force and threats. PFA - she instructs voluntarily when we should pick up the child from her house, as per the terms of the MOU custody agreement.
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My son was still continuing in the best school in South East Asia in Singapore. While I rented a house nearby to share his custody.
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The police head then asked my lawyer (Prem Anand) for money, which he apparently arranged against my advice. My lawyer said he paid the cops 2L to take care of the situation.
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Gokul is back home and is no longer being taken to the station.
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Police have nothing to do with MoU or child custody. Courts do. Would they have chased me and my friend like a terrorist, if I was not wealthy? Do they do this to every father who has his child?.
@night_chelsea 1. The child was with me under my custody. She violated the MoU by not submitting the child’s passport per MoU. I moved to courts for passport submission and interim custody. She attempted to abduct the child from my hotel and when I stopped it went to cops. Courts have granted.
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My friend is being asked to reveal my location and he did. When they are not able to get to me, they are harassing him from morning to night for the past 3 days in the station without any warrant in the name of inquiry.
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Today, dishonest @Reuters journalists @AABerwick and @e_howcroft published a hit piece on my dear friend @MetaKovan -- fellow self-made billionaire from my home town of Chennai. As @balajis has highlighted time and again, this is a caution story of how reporters are unethical./1.
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Here's evidence of voluntary hand-over. She's somehow now claiming it was "forced";
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They went to bangalore to pick him up in mufty with no papers. And drove him to chennai. His parents are threatened that he's going to go to jail for 14 days before he can get bail unless I surrender.
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Guys, tbh, I never expected what we see today from GPT. Civilization altering. @sama broke the world.
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I know what the distractions ahead are MF. @elonmusk is coming for your head. 🤣.
Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here.
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I came to the valley 10y ago, to make $1m so i never have to work in a big co again. Never imagined $1B. Thank you @parkerconrad -- He said on day one, @Rippling was going to be worth $100B one day. Had a 10 year roadmap, that we are still executing against to this day. .
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@night_chelsea 1. The child was with me under my custody. She violated the MoU by not submitting the child’s passport per MoU. I moved to courts for passport submission and interim custody. She attempted to abduct the child from my hotel and when I stopped it went to cops. Courts have granted.
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One of my heroes is retiring. There’s a well-known phenomenon in long marriages: when the wife dies, the husband often becomes depressed and passes away within a few years. Buffett once said he’d never retire — yet after Charlie died, he is. I’m worried for him. But at the same.
Warren Buffett receives a standing ovation from a sold-out arena as he announces he will be stepping down from CEO at Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett has been CEO for 55 years, making him the longest-serving CEO of any S&P 500 company. Truly incredible.
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I'll write a detailed timeline and story of events shortly. They don't seem to give a fuck that 2L people have seen the threat and 500 RTs exist. My friend is still kept without a warrant and told I should take down this thread and surrender or they will continue to harass him.
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If you build a product that so far out of imagination - revenues takes care of itself. Stuff that legends are made out of.
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My son and I are in hiding from these thugs fearing our safety. My father and brother have also been asked to leave the state, since I got information that they are going to be picked up next.
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Guidance to the cops on how to investigate a complaint by the Madras high court:.
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Yeah Modi made a few phone calls it looks like. The who's who of India are last minute investing in Adani FPO. Jeez. Ambani. Bhartis. UAE prince. When public cries about LIC investing - Modi shows he can tap pools of capital you can't cry about. Incredible.
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@sandhyaravishan You really search for the truth as your bio says? Promise on your children? Will you support whichever side is right, man or woman?.
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@SparkMedia_TN @chennaipolice_ Police should not be involved in custody issues.
Dear @chennaipolice_ we are giving you strict warning that if you will arrest the father or anyone else against the established procedure of the Law we will ensure that each of your officer will be punished for your illegal act. Already there are serious allegations of demanding.
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Where did the first time founder get the $400m to be able invest in his own company at these high prices? Any idea?.
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Next stop is IPO. Congrats to the amazing team!.
Rippling has raised a $500M Series E. Here’s an update on our fundraising round, along with our response to the recent SVB closure: Read on for more… 🧵1/4.
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What problem does crypto solve? I was at lunch recently with a group of accomplished entrepreneurs - with many crypto skeptics. My tl;dr is decentralization.
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Cancelled the Dubai trip. Walked out of my checked-in flight. Airport staff was confused. Seems like the right call so far, with friends stuck in the airport etc.
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The fascinating part here is @sama chose OpenAI. He could have forever appeared a legend being a YC CEO. But OpenAI was failing - @elonmusk withdrew funding. The baby needed all he got. He did not let the baby die. Real legends are forged by sacrifice.
I got tired of hearing that YC fired Sam, so here's what actually happened:
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Congrats to everyone @Rippling and especially to @parkerconrad -- looking fwd to the party this weekend! ☺️.
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There’s some shitty one sided defamation story running on me by dishonest reporters. Based on lies that I’ve already explained to them. For page views. I don’t want to amplify them by responding - which is what they want. Should I respond back or ignore?.
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@Reuters @AABerwick @e_howcroft @MetaKovan @balajis I have seen this before with attacks on my co-founder @parkerconrad; tech founders are usually very open and want to freely tell their side of the story, because wtf is there to hide? and then they meet reporters for the first time in their life. On a hit piece. Too late. /2.
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@mkumar1518 Yes what else will he say. Giving a bribe is also a crime and he should lose his license. Police should have charged him if he lied in between. Instead they conveniently team up with him and say no bribe was ever asked.
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Thanks NIT Trichy guys for coordinating a huge last minute meet up. And that’s my son. 😊
Meet at NIT Trichy at 12 noon. @sabarisrinivasv coordinating. See you there!.
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If enough people do it, reporters do not have any power. They are losing credibility with their audience fast. And in the age of social media, audience can go direct for news instead of relying on these downright sketchy intermediaries. /16.
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These are not your friends. Even after knowing all this, they refuse to include @MetaKovan's verbatim statement. US was once a place where journalists wanted to really know the truth. Now as FB/Twitter is putting them out of jobs, they are forced to chase page views. /9.
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Bought $OPEN for $500k; Trading below cash ($4/share); they have dumped most of the underwater inventory this quarter. Not going bankrupt anymore. Making $400m/yr contribution margin and growing >3x y/y. For $1.8B market cap.
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2B from consumers just paying with credit card was not my top guess. Thought APIs would be the majority. Wrong by a lot. We live in a crazy new world.
The report on OpenAI's revenue by futureresearch is out, showing:. $1.9B for ChatGPT Plus (7.7M subscribers at $20/mo),.$714M from ChatGPT Enterprise (1.2M at $50/mo),.$510M from the API, and.$290M from ChatGPT Team ( 80k at $25/mo).
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First, let's talk about the dishonest claims in the article. It claims @lendroidproject funds were depleted or missing. This is AFTER, they were shared a fin stmt that shows the token sale funds as "accounts receivable"; No mention in the article. Dishonest or incompetent? /3.
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Creating a new category is extremely hard. But nothing else is worth doing with your life.
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