Pankaj Jain 🖖
@pjain
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Managing Partner @SakaVentures. NYC & India. Investing in seed startups targeting large global markets. Previously @500GlobalVC, @TLabs, @SSCGlobeOp.
New York, NY
Joined April 2008
Excited to partner w/ @soaibgrewal & @ParasMadan9 and hear all the cool things being built in NCR! See you tomorrow!
Hosting a mixer tomorrow (Monday - Aug 18) in Gurgaon with @pjain @ParasMadan9 🚀 Founders, investors, good conversations. 6-8 PM on Golf Course Road. Few spots still open - come through if you’re around! RSVP:
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Friction in the ease of doing business and the insane bureaucracy could be the biggest hindrances to sustained 8% growth.
At 8% growth, India will be a World Bank high-income country around 2040 -- just 15 years from now. If India grows 5.5% faster than the U.S., it'll reach half of America's per capita GDP by mid-century. India is developing faster than people realize.
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In 2018, a typical SF/NY Series A was 8 on 32 post with 500k-1M of revenue in ~2 years. Today a typical SF/NY seed is 6 on 30 post with 500k-1M of revenue ~6 months. Most seed investors are momentum Series A investors now. Adjust your frameworks accordingly.
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World models, huh? I've barely wrapped my head around Large Language Models. Researchers like Fei‑Fei Li and Yann LeCun say these digital twins could reshape engineering, robotics and decision‑making.
axios.com
World models hold the keys to everything from robotics to video games.
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India's PhonePe integrated ChatGPT into its apps, giving users AI‑driven financial advice and transaction help right from the payment screen. What could possibly go wrong when getting financial advice from ChatGPT? https://t.co/VyJ3EGQ4hj
techcrunch.com
Cash App released a slate of new features as part of its fall update, including an AI chatbot that can answer questions about users' finances, a new benefits program, and the ability to discover...
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So how does an anti-capitalist win kill the burgeoning NY tech startup scene? Quickly or a slow painful death? Startup moves to LI, Westchester, NJ or a good reason to go to the Bay Area?
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Amazing
“Taxation isn’t theft. Capitalism is.” Zohran Mamdani majored in ‘African Studies’
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Congratulations to @ragsgups, Rohin and the whole @eatwithposha team for being recognized as one of the best inventions of 2025 by @TIME!! https://t.co/9NQ55LkcNJ
time.com
Find out why Posha is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.
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Robots have indeed come home. Stoked to be recognized by @TIME!
Huge honor! @eatwithposha has been named one of @TIME's Best Inventions of 2025. Thank you to TIME for recognizing our mission to make home cooking effortless and joyful. See the full list here 👉 https://t.co/pR4SSP5yHX
#TIMEBestInventions #Cookingrobot #Posha
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Zoran Mondami Melts Down on Live TV: Word Salad, Lies, and Refusal to Apologize to NYPD. Mayoral candidate Zoran Mondami unraveled on Good Day New York when @rosannascotto pressed him about his past anti-police remarks. Mondami launched into a massive word salad that made
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An afternoon with @agihouse_org. Demoed to some of the sharpest builders and founders around. That energy is contagious.
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Might be time to start a cross-border matchmaking service. #startupideas
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Why we wouldn't see the @nytimes, @chicagotribune or @washingtonpost covering anything like this is beyond me.
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The brutality of Chandra Nagamallaiah, an Indian-American, being beheaded in front of his family by an illegal immigrant in Dallas has sparked virtually no news coverage, no outrage, no "thoughts and prayers" across the country. The lack of outrage across the country is shocking.
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“This individual was previously arrested for terrible crimes," Trump said.
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It's an absolutely genius time saver and a fantastic way of preparing delicious healthy meals, especially if you've got the culinary skills of Thomas, the tank engine. -@TechSpurtVideo
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Thanks to @_SpringHouse for hosting our NCR mixer last night. Cc @soaibgrewal @ParasMadan9 looking forward to doing more soon!
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