Vinay Rao (@wizardofid) 's Twitter Profile
Vinay Rao

@wizardofid

Run the #1 Product Development Subscription @bangdesign;
Co-Create brands in Wearables, Devices, Appliances and EVs;
SDG @AqVerium

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I sequenced my genome at home, on my kitchen table. I wrote up exactly how I did it - the equipment, protocol, theory, and cost: iwantosequencemygenomeathome.com

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Dear expat techbros of Bangalore. That Y Combinator gig is not where you will get your next investment. Neither is it that 9000 rupee run event or that pure veg thindi walk in Gandhi Bazaar/Malleswaram. The really big funding deals happen in Century Club, Bowring Institute,

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Some of these are even marginally boring. I would ascribe his/their success more to timing, geography and innate skills, than their choice of reading lit.

JLC3DP (@jlc3dp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔥 Hardware Founders — We’re Funding Your First Step From Prototype to Production! 🔥 Got a functional hardware prototype? Planning a Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaign? The JLC Hardware Accelerator is officially live— created by JLC3DP, JLCPCB, JLCCNC and JLCMC. We’re giving you

🔥 Hardware Founders — We’re Funding Your First Step From Prototype to Production! 🔥
Got a functional hardware prototype? 
Planning a Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaign?

The JLC Hardware Accelerator is officially live— created by JLC3DP, JLCPCB, JLCCNC and JLCMC.

We’re giving you
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I take at least one NEW international call every week. From the unexpected spots on the planet. While ideas are great to discuss, what stands out to me, is the assumption that I already fully understand their very-local context.

Prasanna K (@prasanna_says) 's Twitter Profile Photo

actually Bangalore lost its cool no matter what the weather folks say... The daytime max barely moved since the 1980s. But it's hotter than 30C for MUCH longer Heat stress lasts longer: used to get cooler by 4:27 PM → now HOT till 5:54 PM The night used to cool down below

TechHalla (@techhalla) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is the F1 we deserve, not the Mario Kart bullshit the regulations turned it into. Seedance 2.0 prompt below 👇

Vinay Rao (@wizardofid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fascinating reversal/ shift in value perception that I wouldn't have predicted a few months ago. Software = trade, Biz/Finance Ops = BS jobs, Raw engineering (formerly perceived as trade) is valuable. At some point market pricing will shift too.

Yohan (@yohaniddawela) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Google trained an AI to predict your neighbourhood's income by counting the coffee shops, bus stops, and high-rises on a map. Nobody told it what income was. The model is called S2Vec, published this month by Google Research as part of their Earth AI initiative. It takes the

Google trained an AI to predict your neighbourhood's income by counting the coffee shops, bus stops, and high-rises on a map. Nobody told it what income was.

The model is called S2Vec, published this month by Google Research as part of their Earth AI initiative. It takes the
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I want to agree. Design moves faster when dissolved into other functions regardless of the industry or practice. But (good) designERS will be in more demand than ever. Because work will move faster (when AI gets better), and run much deeper, because of new found time.

Venkat Ananth (@venkatananth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just went down the rabbit hole: they spend $40m annually on marathon sponsorships. Three title sponsorships breakdown via Sportcal: London ($7.5m), New York($15m) and Sydney ($1m).

Nitin Pai (@acorn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is so sad. I wonder how much money brand consultants make for destroying a very distinctive brand identity and changing it to something entirely undistinctive.

Vinay Rao (@wizardofid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interesting that their 2026 focus is on brute forcing industrial hardware supply chains, reusable rockets, and surveillance drones. I remember their 2013 demo day. So much change in so little time.