But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old Dreaming @lightspeedindia, grew up @bitspilaniindia
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We are HIRING. Interestingly, few of the best companies being built in India right now might be the ones you've never heard of. Three Accel portfolio companies I work closely with have raised ~$150M+ between them in the last six months. We don't believe in big announcements or building in public. Just heads down.
Every one of these founders have been telling me the same thing: talent is the bottleneck in India. So I'm helping with it myself. They're hiring across engineering, operations and generalist roles (EIRs, Chiefs of Staff). The bar is very high.
Why I think they're among the best places to work in India:
1. AI at the core of the product
2. Global exposure, with US customers and markets
3. Growing 50%+ quarter on quarter
4. Founders for 2 were CXOs at large public companies
5. Just getting started, so the equity upside is real
If you know someone who's the best engineer or operator on their team and are quietly bored, send this their way. If there's a fit, I will walk you through each company: what it does, how fast it's growing and why I think it wins. .
Form in the reply ๐ or just DM me!
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Come jam with some of the best founders and operators in consumer AI on how our lives will change very soon in Indiranagar on Friday (over drinks of course!)
RSVP in comments
cc: @miten @RohanNayak2 @mukul_classplus @soaibgrewal @ravneet_me @_puneetKumar @rushi_chavan875 @_saksham_mittal @177pc @ActivateSignal @basbhaimomo @LightspeedIndia
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What does Consumer + AI look like for India? @ishaanpreet and I have been chewing on this for months. Now weโre opening it up with some of the best consumer founders in the country.
Building in consumer or AI? Come through. RSVP below.
cc @aakrit @177pc @miten @RohanNayak2 @mukul_classplus @ravneet_me @_puneetKumar @rushi_chavan875 @_saksham_mittal @ActivateSignal
@basbhaimomo @LightspeedIndia
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Some things I believe
- consumer tech (sorry, AI) is back
- consumer companies in India will be larger than B2B/deep-tech ones (they will be large too dw)
- the entire consumer stack will get remade in the next 5 years
- this'll be across the board -> like technology means the top 0.1% and the average user have the same phone and the same coca cola, they'll soon have the same services, knowledge and leverage -> so better and more shopping, investing, learning and healthcare for everyone
Now's the time to build for consumer, so we're hosting something fun with a bunch of founders and operators building at the edge Come hang out and debate what the future looks like next week
cc: @basbhaimomo @soaibgrewal @177pc @LightspeedIndia @ActivateSignal
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The last month's been insane, the next year's going to be even crazier; some (rambling) thoughts on how our lives change
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BITS @bitspilaniindia @BITSPilaniGoa will be the most prolific breeding ground for start-ups in India next 10 years.
As a college, BITS is more start-up pilled than any other college in India.
Stunning to see the rise of BITS as a force of entrepreneurship.
Wondering if Instagram is Netflixโs biggest competitor at this point.
Didnโt open Netflix once. Still somehow watched the entire Musafir Cafe thanks to Reels. ๐ฃ
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๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฌ๐'๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง @justvingo
People know where to sell second-hand. That's never been the problem.
The problem is what happens after you list.
The calls start. Same questions, back to back - price kam karo, original box hai, exchange hoga? Half of them spam. You get tired. You stop responding. The product sits.
And it's not entirely the buyer's fault either. The listing gave them nothing - no context, no trust, no reason to believe you.
We're running an experiment to fix this, It's calledย Book a Listing.
You book a slot, hop on a video call with us, and we help you build your listing live - what to say, how to show the product, what buyers need to know upfront. A listing good enough that most questions answer themselves before anyone picks up the phone.
No spam. More trust. Faster Turnaround .
It's day one. We're learning consumer behaviour as we go - and we need real sellers to do that.
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๐๐๐. ๐ต๐๐ ๐๐๐. Link in comments๐@VashisthaKrish @_saranshgoyal
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๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฌ๐'๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง @justvingo
People know where to sell second-hand. That's never been the problem.
The problem is what happens after you list.
The calls start. Same questions, back to back - price kam karo, original box hai, exchange hoga? Half of them spam. You get tired. You stop responding. The product sits.
And it's not entirely the buyer's fault either. The listing gave them nothing - no context, no trust, no reason to believe you.
We're running an experiment to fix this, It's calledย Book a Listing.
You book a slot, hop on a video call with us, and we help you build your listing live - what to say, how to show the product, what buyers need to know upfront. A listing good enough that most questions answer themselves before anyone picks up the phone.
No spam. More trust. Faster Turnaround .
It's day one. We're learning consumer behaviour as we go - and we need real sellers to do that.
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๐๐๐. ๐ต๐๐ ๐๐๐. Link in comments๐@VashisthaKrish @_saranshgoyal โ at Bengaluru, India
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quiz v4 on 9th july - come for the prizes, stay for the questions :)
our quarterly quiz is back on july 9. please come hang with @ishaanpreet and me and bring your friends too
there shall be mauj, masti, snacks and prizes! [rsvp link in next tweet]
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our quarterly quiz is back on july 9. please come hang with @ishaanpreet and me and bring your friends too
there shall be mauj, masti, snacks and prizes! [rsvp link in next tweet]
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๐จ HIRING Lightspeed Content Lead ๐จ - ok peeps, who are the most cracked, highest quality, globally plugged in content folks in India? RT, QT, share for karma coz we are hiring! Very much a builder role. Part IC, part operator. Google form in first comment but here's what you'll own:
- The system: workflows, calendar, freelancer/agency bench, briefing, QC, distribution.
- โ Flagship writing & editing (~a third of your time): incl. shaping investor, operator & founders' thinking into publishable work.
- โ Distribution + measurement: pieces are yours from idea to impact.
- โ Building IPs: build top 1%ile content IPs in the global venture space.
You're a fit if you bring the rare intersection of:
- Orchestration: you build infra, not one-off pieces. We need content engine builders.
- Taste: iykyk, you own this e2e.
- Business + AI fluency: startups & venture; you can hold your own discussing evals, RAG and agentic harnesses.
- Intellectual horsepower: analytical, data-comfortable, AI-native; deep on AI + data centers one week, chips or drones the next, next gen content & consumer apps the week after.
Not this role: content marketing, SEO, PR, hand-me-down execution, or a pure solo writing gig.
7โ10 yrs ยท full-time. Delhi NCR / Bangalore, no remote. Reports to Head of Marketing.
Been seeing something weird with Instants.
People who hadnโt posted stories in months are suddenly posting 3-4 things a day (also, great choice of launch day to be friday :P)
Maybe the consumer -> creator problem was never about creativity.
The UX tax on self-expression was just too expensive.
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no blr trip is complete without them <3
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