Harish Ashok

18 • distilling reality • co-founder @markov_labs (YC S26)

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

another banger model, on-device transcription is getting insanely good and fast.

[Manan Gupta @yoitsmanan]

Introducing Phonon-2: a new standard in speech recognition per byte.

At just a tiny 164MB download, it is more accurate on average than OpenAI's Whisper large ( a model 10X its size)

Transcribe an hour of audio in just 20 seconds on a MacBook Air!

Open weights, CC-BY-4.0, today.

@fermion_ai

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@yoitsmanan bro keeps cooking

[raghuvamsi @_raghuvamsi]

today we’re launching eyecandy robotics!

we’re bringing animated characters to life through robotics and ai.

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@_raghuvamsi @Mankaran32 goats 🐐

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@HariAyapps @archgen_ @ycombinator congrats guys!

[Divas Parashar @ParasharDivas]

Until now, we have gone to where the socket is.
QUINT brings the socket to you.

Charge survey drones and field robots. Run an off-site office. Power tools where there's no supply. Or pull an espresso shot in your car's boot - which is what we did here.

2 kW output · 60% cheaper per unit than diesel · solar-chargeable · Building in Assam, India.

Where would you use one?

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@ParasharDivas cool stuff guys!

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@aaravgarg @omidotme let's goo bro, excited for you!

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@aditya_vellanki @ycombinator @AforeVC @speedrun @PhilippWehn bro cooked 🐐

[sahil dhull @_sahildhull]

introducing kyra glasses.

a proactive wearable that handles your communications and work.

it figures out what needs you, handles what it can, and brings you in when it genuinely matters.

today, your phone makes you manage everything yourself.
kyra is built to handle the rest.

pre-orders open now.

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@_sahildhull high key needed, congrats bro!

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@abhinavguptaIAQ @DainikBhaskar @rajmer533 @BreethrHQ the goats

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@CaptVenk @ycombinator @markov_labs thank you captain!

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

Kind of bummed I'm not in SF for @ycombinator demo day, but I'm proud of what we've built at @markov_labs these last three months.

Started the batch when I was 17, turned 18 last week, feels like a whole chapter went by.

Cool stuff coming soon, can't wait to share!

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@Naina_2728 @KunalKSavita @ycombinator @markov_labs thank you naina :)

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@aadithyanr_ @ycombinator @markov_labs hell yeah, thanks bro!

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@daddy__broccoli @ycombinator @markov_labs thanks man :)

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@n0rizkitty @ycombinator @markov_labs thank you nori!

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@aridutilh @ycombinator @markov_labs thank you ari :)

[Harish Ashok @harishashok]

@DevvMandal @ycombinator @markov_labs nah you da best