Not 👏 allowing 👏 pasting 👏 into 👏 fields 👏 in 👏 banking 👏 apps 👏 is 👏 LESS 👏 secure. This is a hill I will die on.

Aspera Industries was born from a frustration and a single lingering question: why are airplanes not built in India? 🧵 Grateful to Rahul Sanghi and Aaryaman Vir for helping me bring a voice to this mission. Link to the full piece below!

This is a great opportunity to work with someone who operates almost exclusively from first principles.

Never take the 6AM flight. Spend the extra $50-100 for a more civilized time that will not wreck you.

I’ve always said that Razorpay should funnel their csr budget into building all the high transaction volume government websites.

Curd rice has replaced Idli as my favorite snack when in Bangalore.

(2) Terafac - Robotics | Software (retrofit vision & automation capability) Terafac is founded by Anubhi Khandelwal (ex‑Siemens UK) and Amrit Singh (IIT‑D) - Their core product is called WeldT which is an AI‑vision software layer that can interface with on off‑the‑shelf robots

This is the best feature of all UPI apps 🤦‍♂️

Did not expect the CEO of a $3.56T company to be out here personally demoing every feature of his vibe-coded app. But honestly… it’s incredible to watch.

Stimulus check / UBI for India 1 Sajith Pai

6 hours door to door is my standard assumption for trips to Bangalore. Leave home at 7am, first meeting no earlier than 1pm.

This is the best article about understanding risk in venture I have ever read. postcardsfromistanbul.substack.com/p/allocators-m…

Ridiculous move from BLR Airport Passengers now have to walk 1.5 kms to arrival pick up points with luggage

why is it always “how much ARR?” and never “how ARR you?”

Hey Notion - I want to try out Notion AI for my team (upgrade from Plus -> Business) before committing to it but 30 day AI trials are only available for new users. Is there a way for you to turn on a 30 day trial of Notion AI without me needing to pay (checks notes) $1,000?

Ending today (and 2025) Inuka Capital with - signing and wiring our last investment of the year - committing to invest in our first company of 2026 (term sheet goes out next week)

In the US this is called an 83(b) election

Leaving at 6am Tuesday morning from Mumbai to drive to Mahabaleshwar. Wife and I can’t agree on whether to take the Mahad / Mangaon road or the Pune -> Wai road. On time - Mahad wins On road quality / traffic - 🤷‍♂️ I have no idea how to make this decision