Arun Vijayan

Building @deepfleetHQ. EVs/Renewables/Energy/Mobility. Work with us and build the first ever Energy as a Service Marketplace

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

Deepfleet is partnering with Shoonya, a NITI Aayog + RMI campaign for pollution free mobility. Humbled and happy to be listed with great names in EV.

[Deepfleet @DeepfleetHQ]

Deepfleet is partnering with Shoonya - Zero Pollution Mobility Campaign from NITI Aayog & RMI. Excited to be listed among the biggest names of EV to help bring cleaner mobility to in the country. #ev #evroaming #evindia #evcharging #shoonya #deepfleet⚡️
https://t.co/b891OYadFF

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

Indian agencies should build reference designs of everyday electronic goods (ER&DC, BEL, BHEL). They should use indian components and offer the design for free to valid companies and provide certification, maket access support.

"How to beat China in manufacturing"

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@shyampsunder @ferrarirules86 @amitabhk87 @Tejasvi_Surya @annamalai_k @evelectree EVs are the perfect blue ocean against the oil bullying.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@nikhilkamathcio @chamath @nikhilkamathcio , let me be blunt - the prerequisite of you building a "large enough" social media from India is that the govt bans all american socialmedia, atleast force them to have Indian ownership (like how we did on SAIC Motors <> MG)

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

#scam newer digital signature certificate (DSC) tokens no longer work for different govt websites, forces you to order another certificate for different websites/apps. For example, an individual class 3 token I ordered wont work on IEC/DGFT, forces you to buy another token.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@RajeevRC_X We badly need to stop the war. 1 crore gulf indians send $118B (3.5% of the GDP). The majority of them are malayalees. If UAE/KSA economy crashes, so will Kerala's. Please ask the central govt to begin active mediation. This is the most effective policy decision you can make.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@rkartha What was that we discussed before? I cant recollect much.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

Dark Patterns in #Amazon . The order details with a lot of options - but there is no option to say the product is not delivered (even when they claim it to be). You are on your own now! #ux

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@saurabhyadavz The best way to earn the salary you want is to actually do excellent work. Average people can do it - it's a mindset, not a skillset.

Tactics won't take you far.

[Praveen Naik @p_naix]

"Build LLM in India" – Stop Lying to Yourselves and Fix VCs

It’s been almost two years since @sama said, “you can try,” and someone from Mahindra Group responded with “challenge accepted.” Where are the models competing with OpenAI, Anthropic, or DeepMind?

In Nandan Nilekani's recent podcast with Nikhil Kamath, the tech lead at the government level bluntly admitted, "building LLMs is not for us." That’s a pathetic, defeatist mindset.

@AravSrinivas is right. Look at the U.S.—their top tech companies and government work in tandem, nullifying benchmarks with every release. Here, all we do is talk. India seems content with the reputation of doing things cheaply while China leads the way in execution. Somehow only China can trigger us.

@paraschopra, @championswimmer, @waitin4agi_—all on point. Talent isn’t the issue; it’s the lack of courage. We’re stuck hyping 10-minute deliveries and obsessing over tangible commodities. Most universities don’t even offer decent AI curricula. Mediocre college placements churn out graduates who’ve never seen money, so their only goal is stability. Ambition comes later—if at all. I can’t convince one friend to quit their job and build something meaningful because they draw the line at financial risk. It’s a vicious cycle.

How do we fix this?

Break the VC/investor trap. They won’t back ambitious founders unless they see "differentiators." What differentiators do OpenAI, Anthropic, or DeepMind have? They’re all chasing benchmarks and mining the same gold. Meanwhile, our VCs keep betting on "build for India" garbage—e-com, UPI fintech, quick commerce. Enough! Start funding "build for the world."

Indian Founders don’t need massive funding to start. $30-50k (₹25-40L) is enough for most ambitious founders to prove their commitment. But no one funds pre-seed at that scale. Show us you’re willing to disproportionately back talent. Stop forcing them to move to the U.S. just to get funded. Then, when they succeed, you call them "Indian founders" as if you had their back all along.

We don’t lack ambition; we lack support. Back small, ambitious companies with compounding potential. That’s how you win.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@industrybuying No I mean the products you have delivered, are missing parts from them (a 50mm die missing from HHCT0170, a blade missing from UK-3, Nozzle & outlet pipe missing from ABRO sealant).

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

Ordered a few items (after a 1 year delay) from @industrybuying and as usual the irems are delivered partially. It just proves that they have not improved. I can return them but co-ordinating 3-4 returns is a mess.

Instead have decided to NOT order again. Not worth the time.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

People who know the alternatives for business purchases, please reply.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@arindam___paul IMO their products are generally good quality for that price.

[Deepfleet @DeepfleetHQ]

Partnership Alert!

Deepfleet partners with @RapidEVchargE, a pioneer in EV charging space. RapidEVcharge's chargers will be available on Deepfleet Roamcharge soon. We are excited to working with @_GaneshRaju & @fenfeo

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

For a technical problem with their vehicle and/or app, they punish the customer. If anybody can help, highly appreciate it.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@YuluBike's will charge you penalty even when a vehicle cannot resume from a paused state and stalled. Their customer service is non-existent on top of it.

[Deepfleet @DeepfleetHQ]

*New App Alert*: Now charge your car at The Quorum Mysuru Hotel with the @ChargeMod App. Powered by Multi-App Tech by @Deepfleet. #mysuru #evcharging #evroaming

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@snakeyesV1 If I remember it correctly, It is a fisheries institute in Kerala.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@sumeetr Some cases their OTP not received so they take back the package. I can call their number (to prove it is me) though. Anyway this I can sort of excuse.

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

I have had 4 courier delivery related problems in the last couple of weeks. In every case the company was @delhivery

[Arun Vijayan @mixdev]

@sumeetr Also, if undeliverable for the above reason, immediately they want to RTO (no waiting) in some cases. The delivery guy calls and first question is do you want to receive or cancel this order :-)