what a day 1 at @ycombinator startup school!
> @kul’s session on what he learnt investing in 300+ companies was golden.
> @bcherny giving 6 months of claude 20x!!
> loved the depth of @sdianahu’s questions to both boris and @JeffDean - I definitely need to up my game to running 1000s of agents in dynamic workflows and port some code over to rust lol.
> @JensenHuang’s lessons on the importance of system’s thinking
Why are founders from India coming to SF to build in AI?
@theBhulawat talks about
- his first encounters with technology
- getting into IIT
- working at coinbase
- raising from @sequoia and @spc
- building consumer hardware for kids
@PaytmMoneyCare
I made an investment in mutual funds on 2nd Oct, money got deducted & investment was rejected, its been more than five days that I haven’t got back my money.
Can this be resolved asap , ticket ID : 1014685 ?
Introducing Bunny - world's first curiosity device for kids
It’s screenfree..it’s portable..
We raised $1M from @spc to reimagine how kids thrive in the age of AI, safely.
Comment 'Bunny'. Our nephew will pick 50 families that get it for free this holiday season…
AI is transforming the way that we access information 💡
But how should children engage with AI? Can they nurture their curiosities without being exposed to confusing or harmful content?
That's why @theBhulawat and @nischal are building Bunny, a smart walkie-talkie that enables children to explore their interests safely, without having to navigate screens and apps.
4/ Outlier Humans
How many questions can a child ask in a day? Outlier Humans (@theBhulawat & @nischal) are building Bunny, the safe & screen-less device that never runs out of answers for kids. Yes, even through question number 192. https://t.co/ed8ynd1hNg
Wife sent me this text today (I had requested her to tell me about this a couple of days back) and I think everyone can see it:
The Founder’s Wife
— by someone who lives the role, silently and fully
When I married him, I knew I wasn’t signing up for a conventional life. He wasn’t the 9-to-5 kind. He was a dreamer. A doer. An entrepreneur with stars in his eyes and a mission in his heart. I was drawn to his fire — the way he spoke about solving problems, building for the future, changing the world. And I knew, in my gut, that loving him would be anything but ordinary.
But what I didn’t fully grasp was how invisible I might feel in the process.
Being married to a founder isn’t like any other marriage. It’s being constantly surrounded by uncertainty, silent tension, and the ever-present hum of a startup in motion. Wins were celebrated publicly — by investors, the team, the world. Losses, however, came home. And they lived with us. On the dining table. In the late-night silences. In the furrowed brows and distracted nods.
I became an uncredited co-traveller on his journey. I carried the weight of his setbacks, absorbed the stress he couldn’t voice, and learned to find pride in a kind of sacrifice that no one really talks about. My emotions, my worries, my longings — they always felt smaller compared to what he was building. So, I minimized them. Quietly.
We never really planned holidays. Life didn’t work like that. Dates became strategy calls. Long drives turned into brainstorming sessions. I’d sit next to him, craving connection — and he’d drift off mid-conversation, lost in thought, deep in the world he was building.
And yet, I stayed. Not out of obligation, but out of belief — in him, in us, in the dream that wasn’t mine but somehow became part of my identity. There’s a constant tug-of-war inside me — to be seen more, heard more — but also to give him the space he needs to fly.
I may not be on the cap table or the pitch deck. But I’m always there — in the quiet corners, the late-night meals, the missed anniversaries, the reassuring nods, the held-back tears. I am his sounding board, his safe space, and his loudest cheerleader.
Because sometimes, love means finding comfort in the background, knowing you’re part of a story far greater than just you.
Hiring two awesome humans this summer to work with me and the awesome @nischal. Building something super fun at edge of AI & hardware! @outlierhumans
Flexible comp - we’ll figure it out together! Think you’re a fit or know someone? pls dm.
Here are the roles -
i am hiring a super cracked voice ai engineering intern. if you wanna go really deep in building SOTA voice systems (not basic vapi bots) - this is it. you'll be working directly with me. i'll make sure you are AT THE EDGE of voice ai. hmu here or in DMs!