Ajit Narayanan

CTO @licious CTPO & founder @mfinecare , ex-CTO @myntra ex-VP @sap . Technologist. I am still learning.

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@Trendulkar Nobody except Indians care about this idiotic sport . So yeah eventually all of “world cricket” will be Karthik vs Karthik.

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@LegacySiu Kroos

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@DKShivakumar Sir, what about the potholes ?

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@ANI @DKShivakumar another project that no one needs . What we need is more public transport, pothole free roads , foot paths , feeder buses and stricter traffic rules.

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Yup! That’s true .

[Jacques.web3 @jacques_web3]

Unpopular opinion: Software engineering is the only job where the interview is harder than the actual job

Interview: Design a distributed system for 10M users
Job: The login button moved 2 pixels, please fix

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Beware of the Prompt Parrots

One of the more serious side effects of #AI isn’t the machines — it’s the humans pretending to be creative because of them.

I see an entire new species emerging in our industry:
- Mid and senior managers who’ve discovered prompts, not imagination and now think of themselves as designers and product managers

- Who equate “AI savvy” with feeding ChatGPT and repackaging outputs.

- Who now “design” products with zero curiosity about the user and a surplus of slides / slack messages about “GenAI-powered innovation” And force these designs down for implemention.

Let’s call them what they are — Prompt Parrots.

They echo, not imagine.
They replicate, not think.

And they’re about to flood product and design orgs faster than we can say “OKR”

Product leaders / CEOs now need to actively clamp down on this menace.

God forbid if product leaders themselves are Prompt Parrots — someone who promotes AI gimmicks over genuine user insight — pack your bags and leave. Immediately.

Because the future still belongs to the creative — the ones who question, feel, and design for meaning.

Not those who just prompt for output.

Creativity is underrated.

But it will take orgs many years to see the parrot from the creator. Till then dear product managers and designers , keep the faith.

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4. and then...
Models drift & APIs change. A one-time “responsible AI” checklist goes stale in weeks. What you need is a living programme—owners, budgets, OKRs, and a slot in every retrospective.

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AI pilots are cool.
AI governance is boring.

But the next big mess-ups won’t be tech failures — they’ll be governance failures.

Responsible AI is a muscle. Most haven’t built it yet.
#AI #agentic

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2. Early incidents already expose the soft spots
Enough press on agents where models were present but validation and override processes were MIA.

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3. Governance debt is invisible… until it blows up
Tech debt slows releases; governance debt makes headlines. It’s easy to postpone log pipelines, role-based limits, red-team drills. The clean-up bill dwarfs whatever you “saved” by shipping early. Governance of deterministic systems are itself hard, this is just another level of "hard".

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Autonomous systems and enterprises powered by LLMs + multi-agent architectures: Hype or reality?

Maybe both.

But one thing’s clear—we’re on the edge of systems that collaborate, adapt, and learn.

Worth building. Worth exploring.
#LLMs #ArtificialIntelligence #ai #agent

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Change is rarely easy, but that’s how we grow.

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@Sonos Done that. Will be calling your support today. Let’s see how far we reach.

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Worst products to buy are from @Sonos . Been trying to update their sub mini for days . Horrible app , horrible customer support . @tconrad

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@TylerMKing Absolutely yes !!

[Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ @PriyankKharge]

It was wonderful to be acknowledging the CTOs who are defining the landscape of technological innovations in India.

They are the real stars who are propelling ideas on scale for global impact.

Kudos to @SharmaShradha & the team at @YourStoryCo who have done a great job of recognizing the people behind the scenes.

[YourStory @YourStoryCo]

🌟 Meet Ajit Narayanan (@ajit_narayanan), the tech leader behind India’s largest D2C food tech company.
With 20+ years in tech, Ajit has pioneered high-performance computing, big data, and machine learning across ecommerce, healthcare, mobile, and AI. 🚀

At @LiciousFoods, he leads tech-driven innovations revolutionising consumer experiences. 💡

Formerly a CTO at MFine, Ajit developed groundbreaking AI for healthcare. 👨‍💻

As CTO at Myntra, he drove significant tech advancements. 🛒

Ajit holds numerous patents and excels in RFID, IoT, and predictive analytics optimising supply chains.
We are immensely proud to recognise him as one of the visionary tech leaders who have revolutionised India's tech landscape, at India's CTO Excellence Awards by YourStory & Longhouse Consulting.

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Today the fire is so close to houses. Is that a retaliation to what was published in TOI today , regarding burning of toxic waste in this area. This needs to stop now !!!

@BBMPCOMM @PCMohanMP @CPCB_OFFICIAL @karnatakakspcb @WFRising

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@WFRising Whitefield continues to burn. This is today’s state. This is no longer a daily nuisance to the residence, but a huge threat to health. @karnatakakspcb @CPCB_OFFICIAL @PMOIndia @siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar @ArvindLBJP @PCMohanMP @BBMPCOMM