Shaklin Sultan

Marketing at an India VC fund. Writing about AI, marketing, and the weird middle where they collide. Substack: Mildly Opinionated.

[Shaklin Sultan @iamshaklin]

Most "AI marketing" content on here is people prompting ChatGPT to write a LinkedIn post about how AI is changing marketing.

The snake is eating itself and we're all pretending it tastes good.

[Shaklin Sultan @iamshaklin]

Built an automation last month using Claude and Google Apps Script.

Saved me maybe 6 hours a week.
Spent the saved 6 hours building another automation.

This is the actual AI productivity story nobody posts about.

[Beats in Brief 🗞️ @beatsinbrief]

🚨 BREAKING:

India’s AI startup Sarvam AI has open-sourced its 30B and 105B AI models for developers.

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@nicochristie Hey looks amazing. When is this out?

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@zaidmukaddam Amazing @zaidmukaddam

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@TrapitBansal @Meta Many congratulations @TrapitBansal 🎊

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What’s the most convincing first-sale story you’ve heard from a founder?

#IndianStartups #PitchDeck

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Most Indian pitch decks have 3 slides with market size.

But no one explains how they'll convince the first 10 people to pay.

[Prakhar Gupta @prvkhvr]

To Friends in the West and to the people of Pakistan,

Jai hind 🇮🇳

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@bsesdelhi there is no electricity in South Delhi (Khanpur) area from 8 AM. It's been more than 7 hours. @AamAadmiParty @AAPDelhi

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@SejalSud Hindi, English, Bengali 😴

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@RailwaySeva I have sent you the pnr number.

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@DivijaKinger Couldn't agree more 😭

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RIP Andrew Symonds

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@PriyanshuMahap6 @YBNormal78 @Benarasiyaa Oh yes let's not blame school for not following safety protocols and endangering hundreds of children but that 10 year old children should definitely be blamed. Slow claps
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[Mustafa Khundmiri @mkhundmiri]

You don't start a startup to get rich and famous.

You start a startup to make this world a better place.