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Nikhil Sewak: Building AI for Tier 2 Retail After 16 Years in Distribution | ChaiNet

Why India's Next Retail Revolution is from Lucknow & Not Bangalore

While Bangalore founders raise millions for 10-minute grocery delivery, Nikhil Sewak spent 16 years building distribution networks across UP and Bihar. Now he's bringing AI to physical retail in tier 2 cities where relationships matter more than transactions and shopkeepers are kings.

Anmol Sood: Why He Left Meta After Scaling Threads to Build Alli AI Presentations | ChaiNet

From Meta Staff Engineer to Building the Presentation Tool That Fights PowerPoint Politics

Anmol Sood went from Meta intern to staff engineer in 5 years, scaled Instagram Threads to 100 million users in 5 days, then quit to build Alli. He spent five years watching brilliant engineers lose to better PowerPoint skills. Now he's fixing that with AI that doesn't compromise on quality or simplicity.

Yuliya Fomina: From McKinsey Consultant to AI Sales Agent Founder | ChaiNet

Why Not Leaving McKinsey Was Scarier Than Starting an AI Startup

Yuliya Fomina spent 3+ years at McKinsey across five countries before walking away to build Tailo, an AI agent that converts website traffic into warm leads. She shares why staying comfortable felt riskier than starting over, how B2B sales won't be replaced by AI, and why her two-person team isn't hiring anytime soon.

When AI Agents Need Their Own Bank Accounts by Gautam Dhameja

When AI Agents Need Their Own Bank Accounts: The Blockchain Solution

A deep conversation with Gautam Dhameja, founder of Block Deep Labs, exploring why autonomous AI agents will need blockchain for identity, trust, and transactions when they stop asking humans for permission and start making their own decisions

The $30 Deep Fake Crisis: How a 20-Year-Old Is Building the Trust Layer of the Internet with Tarini Sai Padmanabhumi

The $30 Deep Fake Crisis: How a 20-Year-Old Is Building the Trust Layer of the Internet

A deep dive with Tarini Sai Padmanabhumi, 20-year-old founder of Axory AI, exploring how deepfakes cost $25 million in a single scam, why detection is harder than generation, and what happens when anyone can create fake identities for less than the price of pizza

From Disassembling Computers in West Africa to Building AI That Reads CAD Files with Serge Kadjo

From Disassembling Computers in West Africa to Building AI That Reads CAD Files

A deep dive with Serge Kadjo, hardware veteran across four continents, exploring how 15 years of building medical devices, agricultural sensors, and robotic production lines led to an AI that understands engineering like humans do, and why being human matters more than being a machine

The Dirty Secret of Industrial AI Nobody Wants to Admit by Archit Naraniwal

The Dirty Secret of Industrial AI Nobody Wants to Admit

An honest conversation with Archit Naraniwal, co-founder of Faclon Labs, about the unglamorous reality of bringing AI to factories with 30-year-old equipment, skeptical workers, and the massive gap between industry hype and ground truth

From Piano Prodigy to AI Founder: Building Marketing Agents That Replace Entire Sales Teams with Vivian Cai

From Piano Prodigy to AI Founder: Building Marketing Agents That Replace Entire Sales Teams

A deep dive with Vivian Cai, 22-year-old founder of Streaml, exploring how she walked away from investment banking at Evercore to build AI agents that automate everything before the sales meeting, and why conviction matters more than experience

Making Websites Agentic: The Future of B2B Sales Without Lifting a Finger with Parminder Singh

Making Websites Agentic: The Future of B2B Sales Without Lifting a Finger

A deep dive with Parminder Singh, founder of Red Scope AI and former Flipkart mobile lead, exploring how AI agents are transforming websites into autonomous conversion machines, and why co-founder conflicts kill more startups than cash crunches

AI That Fixes AI: Building Autonomous Systems That Actually Work in Production with Jose Manuel

AI That Fixes AI: Building Autonomous Systems That Actually Work in Production

A deep dive with Jose Manuel, founder of Handit, exploring how AI systems can autonomously monitor, evaluate, and fix other AI systems, and why enterprises are now hunting for reliability solutions after the POC gold rush

How to build an AI SaaS Application in 2025 ? with Vincent Josse

How to build an AI SaaS Application in 2025 ?

Vincent Josse shares his experience building AI SaaS products in 2025, focusing on solving real problems, pragmatic tech choices, and the evolving landscape of AI workflows and agents.

Beyond the Hype: What Works in AI Right Now with Shawn David

Beyond the Hype: What Works in AI Right Now (And What's Complete BS)

Shawn David shares candid insights from the trenches on real AI applications that work today, busting common myths and focusing on human-first engineering for practical AI success.

SEO Tactics That Will Survive the AI Revolution with Benjamin Thornton

SEO Tactics That Will Survive the AI Revolution

Benjamin Thornton, Head of Growth at keyword.com, shares actionable insights on evolving SEO strategies in an AI-driven world, from brand building to entity authority and the future of keyword research.

SEO Tactics That Will Survive the AI Revolution with Mikul Saravan

SEO Tactics That Will Survive the AI Revolution

A deep dive with Mikul Saravan, founder of Vagu.ai, exploring how privacy first AI is reshaping enterprise security, why offline AI matters, and what happens when you paste confidential data into ChatGPT

From Wall Street to AI Agents: Building Vertical AI for Financial Services with Ankur Patel

From Wall Street to AI Agents: Building Vertical AI for Financial Services

A deep dive with Ankur Patel, founder of Multimodal.dev, exploring how AI agents are transforming financial services through vertical AI solutions, document processing, and systematic workflows that achieve 99.5% accuracy

How Gen Z Can Get Rich in 2025: Crypto, Startups, and Wealth Hacks by Alban Jerome

How Gen Z Can Get Rich in 2025: Crypto, Startups, and Wealth Hacks

A deep dive with Alban Jerome, strategic wealth architect and GP at Tasenda Capital, revealing how Gen Z can build generational wealth through unconventional strategies, startup investments, and understanding family office dynamics in an AI-first world

How to Make $10K/Month from Your Website in 2025: Product Design & AI Automation Secrets with Erik Fiala

How to Make $10K/Month from Your Website in 2025

A deep dive with Erik Fiala, fractional design leader and founder, exploring how product design decisions determine funding success, AI automation strategies, and building profitable websites in emerging markets

From Traditional Coding to AI-Powered Development by Priyank Bhadja

From Traditional Coding to AI-Powered Development: A Google Engineer's Journey

A conversation with Priyank Bhadja, Senior Software Engineer at Google, who transitioned from Microsoft to Google during the AI revolution and now writes 60-70% of his code with AI assistance

AI Agents That Can Login to Your Systems: The Authentication Revolution by Shubhakar

AI Agents That Can Login to Your Systems: The Authentication Revolution

A deep dive with Shubhakar, founder of Moon Devs and Micro Fox, exploring how AI agents are breaking free from chat limitations through authentication systems, multi-agent workflows, and the emergence of fractionalized economy

AI Revolution Reality Check - Senior Engineer Jemin Patel's Insights on Job Displacement

Inside the AI Transformation: A Senior Engineer's Brutal Truth About the Future of Coding Jobs

Jemin Patel, who started at Amazon in 2016 pre-AI era, shares unfiltered insights on how AI is transforming software engineering. From 30% AI-written code to changing hiring practices - the uncomfortable truths about engineering careers.

Non-CS to Tech Career Transition - Prateek Jain's Journey from B.Com to Data Engineer

Breaking Into Tech Without a CS Degree: The Reality Behind Career Transitions in the AI Era

An honest conversation with Prateek Jain about transitioning from B.Com and marketing to data engineering at S&P Global. The real challenges, hiring biases, and whether career switches are still possible in the AI automation era.

Boring Business Strategy - From AI Platforms to Cold Chain with Saurabh Gupta

The Boring Business Revolution: Why This Oracle Veteran Left AI Platforms to Revolutionize Cold Storage

Saurabh Gupta spent 20+ years building AI systems at Oracle, GE, and Michelin before co-founding FroGo. Learn why boring businesses in exciting markets might be the smartest entrepreneurial strategy.

Human-Centric Habit Building vs AI - Tanya's BuddyHub Philosophy

From PhD Theology to Tech CEO: Why Human Connection Will Beat AI in Building Lasting Habits

Tanya's unique journey from PhD theology to building BuddyHub, a human-centric habit app. Learn why accountability partnerships outperform AI in creating lasting behavior change in the $38B habit market.

Ankit Sood: From Mechanical Engineering to Distributed Systems & Reactive Programming

From Mechanical Engineer to Distributed Systems Expert: Building an AI-Resistant Career Through Deep Tech

Discover how Ankit Sood transformed from mechanical engineer to distributed systems architect. Learn about reactive programming, stream processing, and building AI-resistant technical skills that matter in 2025.

AI-Resistant Career Strategy by Aniket Chakravarty - Staff Engineer Insights

From Amazon Intern to Staff Engineer: Building an AI-Resistant Multi-Domain Career

A deep conversation with Aniket Chakravarty, who evolved from Amazon intern to Staff Engineer across 5 domains in 8 years. His strategic approach to building AI-resistant careers through domain expertise.

Learning to Build AI's Report Card: Building Safety Before the Machines Take Over - Interview with Parth Mukul Gupta

Learning to Build AI's Report Card: Building Safety Before the Machines Take Over

A conversation with Parth Mukul Gupta, Founder & CEO of Styx, on AI governance, testing agentic systems, and ensuring AI safety before deployment in critical applications.

Building Unified Customer Experience at Scale with AI: An Interview with Chirag Bansal

Building Unified Customer Experience at Scale with AI: An Interview with Chirag Bansal

A conversation with Chirag Bansal, AVP of Product Engineering at Sprinklr, on processing billions of social media posts, AI in development, leadership transition, and the future of social media technology.

How to build an AI-resistant Career by Agam Mishra

How to build an AI-resistant Career

A conversation with Agam Mishra, Senior Software Engineer at Global Logic, who advanced from associate to senior level in just three years while pursuing an MBA in project management

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