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[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

ವರಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಹಬ್ಬ -೨೫

[Piyu @PiyuduttaPiyu]

Kunal Shah is going to lead WhatsApp globally.
No IIT. No IIM.
His CV wouldn't have made it past the Indian corporate HR system :)
The West bets on builders, while Indian corporates still rely on IIT/IIM badges.

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@VilasNayak Hebbala bridge

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@KTRBRS @WhatsApp @kunalb11 He lives in “ Namma Bengaluru”!

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@MBPatil ಚೆಕ್ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದು ೧ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಗೆ ಮೇಲ್ಪಂಕ್ತಿ ಹಾಕಿ, ನಿಮ್ಮಿಂದ ಇದು ಸಾಧ್ಯ @MBPatil ಅವರೇ 🙏

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@Namma_DKS

[Madhukara R Maiya 🇮🇳 @madhumaiya]

ಇಂದು ಅಮ್ಮ ಮೂಕಾಂಬಿಕೆಯ ಜನ್ಮಾಷ್ಟಮಿ,ಆದಿಪರಾಶಕ್ತಿಯು ಮೂಕಾಸುರನನ್ನು ಸಂಹರಿಸಿ, ಭಕ್ತರ ಉದ್ಧಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಕೊಲ್ಲೂರಿನ ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ಲಿಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಐಕ್ಯಳಾದ ದಿನ

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@PrathibhaR1212 @hd_kumaraswamy

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

Former podcast guest @kunalb11 named CEO of What's App.

https://t.co/ehIbD3hv66

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@kunalb11 Using the @CRED_club app since April2019 and this post makes me feel proud. Congratulations @kunalb11

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 META has invested $900 million in CRED.

CRED CEO Kunal shah steps down and becomes WhatsApp’s global head.

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

It’s been a minute.

2015–2018
- Exited FreeCharge. Spent time learning and investing.
- Pondered about: Why can't trust be rewarded? Started with $1M of personal capital.
- Launched CRED to reward people for paying credit card bills on time.

2019–2025
- Built a system run by a team that values ownership, judgment, and craft.
- Grew from 0 to 17M members by aligning incentives with behaviour.
- Built several products during COVID lockdowns.
- Raised $900M+ from global investors. Did 4 ESOP buybacks.
- Made Indiranagar and IPL ads slightly more interesting.
- Received a full stack of regulatory licences.
- Lost 35 kilos.
- Scaled from 0 to ~$325M ( ~₹3,200 crore) in annual revenue across payments, lending, insurance, commerce, wealth, and credit cards.
2026
- First profitable quarter (yet occasionally asked what our business model is)
- Raised another $900M from Meta in primary and secondary capital.
- Announcing our 5th ESOP buyback.

Today

CRED is ready for its next phase. I am stepping back and @miten steps in as interim CEO, partnered with an incredibly talented team. He has been heading strategy and finance and suffering me since 2020. I’m stepping away from the operating role and will continue as a shareholder. My commitment doesn’t change. Just the role.

Extremely grateful to our members, partners, regulators, and investors who made this possible. And to our board, Shailendra, Micky, Saurabh for their extraordinary conviction.

Team CRED, I’ll still expect you to be a 10x version of yourselves.

As for me, I’ll be joining Meta to lead WhatsApp globally.

Meta comes in as a minority investor in CRED. No access to member data.

While it’s come very far, the delta between WhatsApp today and its full potential is massive. I look forward to working with Mark, Chris, and the leadership across Meta for the next step in WhatsApp’s journey. Will, thank you for scaling something the world relies on quietly, and for making this transition smooth.

Onwards.

[ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ @alpasankhyata]

ಅವತ್ತಿಗೂ ಇವತ್ತಿಗೂ ಅಂಥ ಏನೂ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲಾ. ಇವತ್ತೂ ಸಹ ರೋಲ್ಕಾಲ್ ಮಾಡೋರು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಇದಾರೆ. ಅವರನ್ನ ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸೋ ಜನ ಟ್ವಿಟ್ಟರ್ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಗ್ತಾರೆ

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಗಂಧ ಗಾಳಿ ಬರದೇ ಇರೋರೆಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾಷಾ ಪಂಡಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ

ಅಂದು offline ರೌಡಿಸಂ
ಇಂದು online ರೌಡಿಸಂ

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@Aishu_Devil ಆಕ್ಟಿಂಗ್ ಗಿಂತ ಒಳ್ಳೆತನಕ್ಕೆ fan ಆದವ್ರು hits different #JaiDBoss❤️

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@AdityaAngadi17 If you see the number 26-08-26 (8-8-8) and he’s born on 8th! It’s his lucky number probably

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

🙏

[ANI @ANI]

After arriving at Delhi Airport at 1:15 PM today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to wait at the airport instead of heading directly to his residence.

With the NEET examination was scheduled to begin at 2 PM, he delayed his departure to ensure students faced no inconvenience in reaching their examination centres and that traffic movement remained smooth: Sources

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@INCKarnataka should’ve postponed today’s event! Feel sad for these students; literally there were no bus , rapido, ola, Uber to that route from afternoon. Very sad !

[Republic Kannada @KannadaRepublic]

NEET-UG Re-Exam: ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ಜಾಮ್​ನಿಂದ NEET ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಮಿಸ್.. ಗಳಗಳನೆ ಅತ್ತ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿ | Bengaluru

WATCH #RepublicKannada LIVE: https://t.co/la4w3D9DzZ

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[𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐚 @KillerKariyaa]

Boss 🥵🔥

#Dboss #Darshan #Kalasipalya

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

This boy is something! #Vaibhavsooryavamshi

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@alpasankhyata Avru andre Ashwini Gowda avra 😃, she suits the script 😂

[ಪುನರ್ವಸು/Punarvasu @AjayRajeeva]

@IamHCB His destination is politics and he will definitely become a star politician from old Mysore/Mandya region and this is the start for all that. Good luck Gilly 💐