Varad Deshpande

AI Engineer | Building & shipping products | Exploring Voice AI, systems & hardware

[Movez @0xMovez]

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[Capt Venkat 🇮🇳 @CaptVenk]

We didn’t expect finding sponsors to be this hard, especially for an offline program helping serious hardware builders turn their projects into products people can try.

Finding the right builders and partners seemed like the hard part. That turned out to be easy.

We now have 6 builders, 7 mentors and 8 partners. We’re looking for 4 sponsors at ₹50,000 each. Sponsors will be featured in co-branded content, videos documenting the builds, and on the support wall backdrop for our podcast shoots.

If you’d like to back a slot or support us in kind, DM me or @akperala, @buildwithsrini or @JaswanthBeere.

The cohort starts on Nov 1, with product trials and a showcase on Nov 6.

https://t.co/seEJavlmid

[Tarini Sai Padmanabhuni @tarini_axory]

today we're opening @DetectIfAI to every developer.

real-time voice deepfake detection, 24 ms per check.

#1 in latency on Podonos' independent benchmark, ahead of companies that raised hundreds of millions.

97.3% of cloned voices caught.

API + MCP. link in the comments.

[Shubham Mishra @ildivino_42]

I have identified some builder bro's from India.

India needs to get more on such people.

- @Abhindas1 (Robots)
- @ironwagh (Humanoids)
- @PritnRandom (Axial flux Motors)
- @prakdadlani (Manufacturing at scale)
- @thatssodhawal (consumer electronics device)
- @vivekanandahr (EVs)
- @alysha_lobo (global markets)
- @deeppurpled (consumer electronics)
- @FIR31415 (Drones)
- @maahirpanchal (additive manufacturing)
- @CaptVenk (Electronics)
- @sreak1089 (Robotics)
- @karthikRanga92 (Robotics)
- @aggarwal_pallav (Electronics)
- @Pranshi7tech (Premium clothing)
- @SharavArora (Multiple projects)
- @abhinavguptaIAQ (Air quality products)
- @karthikRanga92 (drones and accessories)

Feel free to tag more of Indian builders below.

🇮🇳🚀

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

Voice AI shouldn’t compete with humans on price. It should compete on experience.

If an agent is fast, natural, reliable, and useful, price becomes secondary You’re competing with a human doing the job-not another AI model
The goal isn’t cheaper calls. It’s better conversations.

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@_sahildhull @kyra_interface I saw yesterday you were asking in a poll - smart glasses + ring vs earpiece + ring setup and I would prefer smart glasses + ring as it enables integrations like camera, display, etc. that enables various features like the ones in even realities glasses or meta glasses.

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

Building AI Smart Glasses - Episode 3

From voice → to AI response → back to audio.

This system uses:

• ESP32 + WebSockets
• Deepgram (STT)
• LLM
• ElevenLabs (TTS)
• FFmpeg (PCM conversion)
• Supabase (storage)

Next step → making it smarter with RAG + lower latency

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

Building AI Smart Glasses - Episode 2

Problem:
How do you record and play audio using ESP32?

Solution:
Using the I2S protocol for digital audio streaming.

Hardware used:

• ESP32
• INMP441 microphone
• MAX98357A amplifier

#buildinpublic #embeddedengineering #ai

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

I build a lot of tech projects…
but most of them stop at 80% completion.

So this time I’m building something big:

AI Smart Glasses

And documenting the whole journey.

Let’s see if I finally finish a project.

#buildinpublic #ai #smartglasses #engineering #embeddedai

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@snhpndy Which one is before and which one is current picture?

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@__theSeyram @e_motorad please... here is my resume and portfolio -
https://t.co/1DA4j7jHXh
https://t.co/YdNTx77rjV

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@ramxcodes I was making this to submit for this internship assignment. Is it really not worth it?

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

I am trying to build an app with Next.js + FastAPI.
Looking for ways to deploy the FastAPI backend (free tier) other than Render, mainly to avoid the cold start issue.

Got any tips or experiences?

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

I am starting a #1AppAWeek series where I will try to ship one app every week. I will build from scratch and hopefully try to complete it in a week.

What do you all think about this idea?

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@prallavagg002 @NishaM2522 No, it runs on my i3 system with integrated graphics as well

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@NishaM2522 Have you tried this tool https://t.co/KvFlNQ53r2

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@DhiruCodes Me watching juniors fight over DSA vs Development for placements

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@nitesh_singh5 Interested

https://t.co/PavfIe1Mkj

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@VazeKshitij Cool Stuff 🔥🔥

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

Tried building a voice-based AI assistant yesterday with an INMP441 mic, MAX98357A, and ESP32-S3.

Does anyone here have experience working with these?