Gobhanu Korisepati

Building - Solving, Scheduling.

@wharton @zfellows @ycombinator W26

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@steipete retired, got bored, and built @OpenClaw in a cave with a box of scraps.

His @ycombinator talk had zero pitch deck energy. Just pure creative joy.

When you build for happiness instead of metrics, magic happens. This is the most inspiring thing I've seen in a while.

[Harsha from Slashy @GaddipatiHarsha]

Excited to announce Slashy

The first email client that works for you.

The real cost of email isn't the time. It's the mental load of constantly checking it, just in case something needs you.

Slashy kills that. You never need to open your inbox unless Slashy tells you.

Try it out at https://t.co/6tuQxWV7KR

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@GaddipatiHarsha One of the few products i use everyday.

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@andrewchen everything hiring will be scheduled with Vela. Going back and forth over email to schedule four rounds of interview is the largest waste of time.

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@meh_agarwal 100%

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

Congrats on the launch - this is sick!

[Mehul Agarwal @meh_agarwal]

Hollywood isn't dead. It's evolving. And we're leading that evolution.
We just shipped Koyal v2.5: The best Agentic AI filmmaking platform. It goes from your script or music to full video with consistent characters, settings & storylines.

Large Production houses, music labels & ad agencies use @KoyalAI for storyboarding & pre-viz.

Smaller studios use it for making content they never had the time, budget or resources to create.

Write a scene. Direct the camera. Build a world. @KoyalAI brings it to life.

Here's what's new:
- Go from script to video:
Write a scene with dialogue, pacing, emotion. Koyal fully realizes it. Using the best voice models on the planet.

- Direct the camera:
Push in. Pull back. Drift through a scene. Real 3D camera blocking. Shape the shot the way you see it in your head.

- Build a world that stays:Lock in a location and return to it. Your scenes stay consistent from the first frame to the last.

Plus: dialogue, SFX, annotations for editing, and more control over every shot.

Under the hood, we benchmark 40+ models weekly with real humans so Koyal always uses the best available (more on that next week!)

Our agents pick the best models for each scene in run-time so you focus on the story, we handle the complexity.

You don't need to prompt a film, you can direct it.

With Koyal, we're looking to replace the camera, not the filmmaker behind it.

Try it now at beta [dot] koyal [dot] ai

DM me for credits!

[Mehul Agarwal @meh_agarwal]

Hollywood isn't dead. It's evolving. And we're leading that evolution.
We just shipped Koyal v2.5: The best Agentic AI filmmaking platform. It goes from your script or music to full video with consistent characters, settings & storylines.

Large Production houses, music labels & ad agencies use @KoyalAI for storyboarding & pre-viz.

Smaller studios use it for making content they never had the time, budget or resources to create.

Write a scene. Direct the camera. Build a world. @KoyalAI brings it to life.

Here's what's new:
- Go from script to video:
Write a scene with dialogue, pacing, emotion. Koyal fully realizes it. Using the best voice models on the planet.

- Direct the camera:
Push in. Pull back. Drift through a scene. Real 3D camera blocking. Shape the shot the way you see it in your head.

- Build a world that stays:Lock in a location and return to it. Your scenes stay consistent from the first frame to the last.

Plus: dialogue, SFX, annotations for editing, and more control over every shot.

Under the hood, we benchmark 40+ models weekly with real humans so Koyal always uses the best available (more on that next week!)

Our agents pick the best models for each scene in run-time so you focus on the story, we handle the complexity.

You don't need to prompt a film, you can direct it.

With Koyal, we're looking to replace the camera, not the filmmaker behind it.

Try it now at beta [dot] koyal [dot] ai

DM me for credits!

[Mehul Agarwal @meh_agarwal]

It’s weird to already be a YC unc.

But my dear friends at Vela who I referred to YC are now graduating from YC W26.

They came by our new @KoyalAI office to collison install their latest software, seek my advice (with multiple heaps of salt) and talk future steps post YC.

They’re a brother-brother team from CMU & Wharton building an AI Executive Assistant, truly delivering on the promise of AI helpers.

Their round is flying, and will be done by the time demo day comes around. If any VCs follow me, don’t miss out!

[aryan @aryannstarr]

drop everything and move to sf

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@mirandanover now this is cool

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@gaberoeloffs @ItzSuds @zerosettle Can vouch for these guys - they’re the real deal

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@bad_j3llybean @garrytan dmd

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

Vela: AI scheduling that works the way a great EA does https://t.co/WgzYeRL15N via @garrytan

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@ycombinator @_eosai @ary_src congrats!

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@bad_j3llybean @garrytan its a super smart AI Exec assitant!

a bunch of very complicated AI agents and tools which work together to provide the simplest expereince. would love to show you a ten minute demo :)

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@ziflie sure

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

everyone wants to build an AI agent. nobody wants to talk about how hard it is to get humans to trust one. that's the real product challenge.

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

our investors btw

[luffy @0xluffy]

you can never out compete those who are enjoying

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

@ycombinator @tryoctapulse @rohxnsxngh Now this is true innovation. Congrats lads.

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

OctaPulse (@tryoctapulse) uses robotics and computer vision to automate fish inspection for aquaculture farms. From hatchery to processing, they're building the future of autonomous aquaculture.

Congrats on the launch, Paul and @rohxnsxngh!

https://t.co/FYlJYaxgiY

[Gobhanu Korisepati @gobhanusk]

the best founders i know didn't start with a great idea. they started with a problem that wouldn't leave them alone. vela exists because scheduling shouldn't require a middleman.