"Underperformers want ease. Midperformers want credit. Winners want pressure."

They don't like him, and in fact, hate him because he has pioneered AI based search and captured some market share of established giants. And is now dangerously getting into their turf of browsers and even OS. They hate him for bringing AI based innovative, polished products to

Physicswallah started at 0 when BYJUs was worth $1.5B, it raised its first round of capital when BYJUs was worth $22.5B Yet it is the one that goes public today rising almost 50% on its debut, close to being worth $4B while BYJUs is close to 0 First mover giants can be beaten

the weird anti a16z / anti yc energy on here is low iq cope. venture is the art of underwriting uncertainty… that’s hard af. calling something slop in retrospect is trivial. the reality is that a lot of things in venture simply *do not* work out, but that’s also what makes the

In the last two weeks, I've been ruminating on this post from Sam Altman. It's a simple observation, but one that cuts to the heart of entrepreneurship and venture capital. While most of the world minimizes risk, every great enterprise exists because someone once chose to make a

Mark Zuckerberg literally explained why 99% of people quit early:

“hmm rooney and Ronaldo seem cool, maybe i should start supporting…”

we’re hosting a small dinner in bangalore next week for founders building at the frontier of AI, science + deep tech. one rule: bring the hardest problem you haven’t solved yet.

This is simultaneously a tremendous achievement (one light day is really far!) and a sobering realization that the universe is an incredibly vast place. In 50 years, Voyager has traveled ~1/1500th of the distance to the nearest star (Alpha Centauri, ~4.27 light years away).

Since people have been asking who these are; here's some of them from our class - Abhijeet Kaji started Knya , India’s leading scrubs and apron brand pratham started @TetrCollege @theMastersUnion , redefining education Arav started Reve Diamonds (technically based

Nvidia is the world’s most valuable company, generating $120 billion of annualized net income selling highly engineered chips and software that have required decades to perfect. So why have they felt it necessary to issue a rebuttal to short sellers like Michael Burry? Three

The high agency triangle Via Organized Chaos

Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz: Nobody Cares

2005: Accel is raising Fund IX- a significant reduction from $1.6B to $440 million. The dotcom bubble left scars everywhere. Social networking is dead. Friendster failed. Nobody wants to touch the category. Jim Breyer invests $12.7M into Facebook anyway in May 2005. VCs whisper

Everytime I get mad at people in the cheap seats criticizing founders in the arena, I remind myself of what Giannis said. Arguably my favorite response to a reporter ever.

The most important thing about managing cash is also the simplest. Just don't run out of it. This sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised how many smart founders fail at this. Not because they're bad at math, but because they don't think about cash the way they think about their

Curiosity is a requirement for greatness. You win when you keep asking new questions every day. That’s why I am proud to announce my investment in Perplexity. Perplexity is powering the world’s curiosity, and together we will inspire everyone to ask more ambitious questions.

Probably the greatest movie in cinema history that is NOT commonly labelled as such.

Some people aren’t just in big roles, they *are* the role. e.g. Tammy at Stripe. Solana at FF. Katherine at AD/a16z. For appropriate roles, recruit people whose natural inclinations fit your business and pitch them "be yourself, just with more support and a stronger platform."

AceVector files UDRHP to raise Rs 300 Cr in fresh issue; reports positive free cash flow in H1 FY26 ✍️ Priyanshu entrackr.com/news/acevector…