Rakesh Soni

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[Rakesh Soni @OyeSoni]

1/7 Whoa, AWS just dropped a BOMBSHELL at re:Invent 2025: "Frontier agents", AI that codes, secures, and runs DevOps for days without you hovering. Set a goal and step back. Devs, this changes EVERYTHING... but how? Read on 👇🧵

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Dhurandar 2 is an extraordinary piece of cinema, @AdityaDharFilms.

What stood out to me most is that it does not feel like just a film. It feels like a gripping documentary-drama that connects the dots across decades of India’s political realities, Pakistan’s role, terrorism, and the ideology that has fueled hatred against India. The storytelling and direction were excellent, and the performances were outstanding throughout. Every actor brought real weight to the film.

What makes it even more impactful is the way it highlights the depth, sacrifice, and unseen work of our intelligence agencies in protecting the nation.

The shloka used in the movie stayed with me deeply:

“हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं
जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।
तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय
युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः॥”

“If you fall upholding dharma, you will attain heaven; if you are victorious, you will enjoy the earth. Therefore, arise, O son of Kunti, and prepare yourself for battle”

To me, this is a reminder to every Indian of our duty .... to rise with determination and fight!

Highly recommended. And to fully appreciate its power, I would urge people to also read about the real events that inspired it.

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@garrytan But humans are the source of our biggest problems and potentially our own extinction. So the real question: Who will hold the reins of control and influence?

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Not pro or anti Trump, but banning big institutional investors from snapping up single-family homes is a solid move. Housing shouldn't be just another playground for hardcore capitalism. (Yes, I might sound a bit socialist here... 😅) #HousingAffordability

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

BREAKING: President Trump announces steps to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

"People live in homes, not corporations." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Muslims are literally lynching minorities in Bangladesh, accusing them of "blasphemy".

Absolutely backwards people.

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@EpicClipVault This could be a great product idea 😀 #startups #founders #idea #business

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@svembu Yup!! The Indian market really trains you to perform under pressure ... if you can survive its exams, the global test feels open book! Feels the same when I think back to exams at IIT vs UofA… those Canadian ones felt like a pleasant surprise😂.

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I recently had the pleasure of joining CISO Stories with Jessica Hoffman, to talk about something that’s becoming increasingly important in today’s digital world: vetting non-human identities and agentic IAM. We went from the basics login and MFA to the new reality where AI agents can act on behalf of users, and what that shift means for security teams and CISOs.

The conversation also brought up parts of my own journey building @LoginRadius - the early mistakes, the lessons learned, and why I believe external IAM now sits at one of the most critical intersections of security + user experience.

We unpacked the risks, practical challenges, and strategic considerations around managing identity in an era of AI-driven interactions — a shift that’s already shaping the future of identity security.

Big thanks to Jessica Hoffman and the entire CISO Stories team for having me. I hope you find the episode thoughtful and useful.

👉 Listen here: https://t.co/S5H8LEMhu9

[Rakesh Soni @OyeSoni]

@astrange @a16z So true! Right now most banks and insurers just kind of sprinkle AI on top of the old stuff. A bit of doc processing here, a chatbot there, some voice bot on top… but the legacy tech like mainframes are still running the whole thing in the background. This new agent layer plus proper infra upgrades feels like the first real shot at actually rebuilding products, risk and daily ops around AI instead of taping it on the side.

Where do you think the first big wins show up? 🤔

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Incredible work!! This is what the next wave of AI looks like in practice: simulating customers before launch, running experiments without burning real traffic, and replacing a lot of traditional surveys and user research with live behavioral signals. Very curious to see how close SimGym gets to real world performance over time.

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Totally with you on this. LinkedIn has drifted from real professional networking to low-effort posts, people chasing the algorithm, and features that feel forced… birthday auto-messages, work-anniversary spam, inboxes full of cold pitches. Authenticity has taken a big hit. X is the place for the honest and unfiltered conversations.

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@NaveenGRao Naveen, this is a seriously bold direction for @UnconAI and honestly the kind of thinking we’re going to need as energy becomes the real ceiling for AI. Elon and other folks are looking at harvesting more sun by pushing compute into space, but taking nature’s efficiency and bringing it into neuromorphic silicon feels like the other big path that actually could help us scale. Looking forward to follow the progress.

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@svembu @sdhilip Absolutely. I felt the same proud moment when I saw a @Zoho ad on the seat pocket in front of me while flying from Bogotá to Medellín.♥️

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@svembu This is truly inspiring for me as a fellow Indian entrepreneur ❤️🇮🇳

[Rakesh Soni @OyeSoni]

Hi @dharmesh, totally agree with you on that. At my company, we haven’t replaced a single tool internally just by “vibe coding.”

But what’s your take on this angle, one that might disrupt incumbent SaaS players:
AI is changing the economics underneath SaaS. As R&D and COGS keep dropping, we’re entering a phase where domain experts can build and ship serious products at a fraction of incumbent costs. That means pricing can drop 8–10x. We’ve seen this dynamic before with cloud infra between 2012 and 2022.

Incumbents will be pushed to lower prices for both existing and new customers. New logos might help for a while, but overall I expect revenue curves to flatten in the next 3–5 years and eventually decline unless incumbents expand the scope of their offering and meaningfully increase value per customer.

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@balajis That means it is cyclical.... nothing truly lasts forever but moves through creation, preservation, and destruction. The rhythm of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva continues!

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@claudeai @claudeai I started running Opus with @cursor_ai, and I’m impressed so far. Need to do more testing, but seems like a good upgrade.

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Why are some books insanely expensive?🤷‍♂️ It slams the door on knowledge for ordinary folks! #books #science #technology

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7/7 Here is full official announcement:
https://t.co/S70Sb9Un2b

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#AWSreInvent #AIAgents #DevOpsaboutamazon

[Rakesh Soni @OyeSoni]

1/7 Whoa, AWS just dropped a BOMBSHELL at re:Invent 2025: "Frontier agents", AI that codes, secures, and runs DevOps for days without you hovering. Set a goal and step back. Devs, this changes EVERYTHING... but how? Read on 👇🧵

[Rakesh Soni @OyeSoni]

6/7 Ditch Copilot-style prompting. These are team players. AWS CEO: 80-90% of AI value ahead is agents. Vs. Microsoft/IBM. DevOps/Security preview now; Kiro soon.