RAHUL DWIVEDI

Building search @letsblinkit

[Ben Lang @benln]

Easily the best AI series available

CS 153 at Stanford. Lectures from Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

I wrote Buildit so that anyone looking to build in India knows about the challenges and perhaps that will encourage more people to not be afraid and start up. India needs more builders.

[Nithin Kamath @Nithin0dha]

Good air, clean water, and food are fundamental to a good life. In that sense, they should be treated as fundamental rights.

But air quality has been steadily degrading, and it's not really part of the mainstream conversation. That needs to change. Right now, if you look at the site (link in comments), everything looks green. But as we get closer to the end of the year, things will start looking much worse.

Solving air pollution is hard, but the first step is simple: people need to know what they're breathing.

Right now, that's not possible. India does collect air quality data, but it's either locked away, too broad to tell you anything about your locality, or just not published at all. There's no single place a citizen can go to get a clear, neighbourhood-level picture.

So we set out to fix that.

Today, we're launching an open, pan-India air quality platform, built in partnership with leading organisations in the field. The goal: give citizens, schools, local governments, and communities direct access to the data that affects their daily lives.

At @RainmatterOrg , we've been committed to keeping this conversation alive, and this platform is our attempt at making that happen. All the data on the site is free and open, so others can build on top of it.

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

We just completed a successful flight for our tech demonstrator, Lat One v0.2.

Lat Aerospace is building ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft using blown wing technology. Think fixed-wing performance with near-helicopter access.

A couple of months ago, v0.1 achieved uSTOL but crashed shortly after. That was expected. v0.2 was about completing the full mission, and it did. The blown wing concept worked in reality. Closed-loop control got validated. We'd predicted a cruise speed of 30-32 m/s and cruised comfortably at 33. No thermal issues despite a burning afternoon. The quick-detach wings held through aggressive turns. Was in the air for over 6 minutes. Smooth touchdown, and ready to fly again.

But the thing that makes me the happiest isn't any of that. It's that our CFD studies, aerodynamic models, SIL simulations, and flight logs all match, almost perfectly. That's what real engineering looks like. I am so proud of our team.

A long way to go, and we are getting there.

@lataerospace @surobhidas

[RAHUL DWIVEDI @rahulrd005]

Came across this, great write up, good read. Writing code is not going to be same as it had been, for better or for worse. https://t.co/eYe72D4qRe

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

So many people keep asking me about Continue. What is it? What are you up to? Here you go...

Continue started as a research effort two years ago, with the belief that if the human body is a system, it should also have its leverage points. The simple levers that, when adjusted, could fundamentally alter how we age and live.

Along with a team of initially skeptical researchers, we've been investigating a penny-drop insight about human aging. Something that's been hiding in plain sight for eternity. But more on that in a few weeks. We are at the tail-end of the research on this hypothesis, which if true, could fundamentally change our understanding of biology and aging.

But today isn't about that. It's bigger than that.

Today, we are expanding Continue Research to include a $25 million fund (entirely personally backed) to support researchers across the world who dare to ask simpler questions than anyone else. Who believe biology might be far simpler than we've made it.

For over a decade, I have believed that most of the world’s problems stem from our short human lifespans. Continue Research’s goal is to extend healthy human function long enough that humans stop making short-term decisions.

Read more about Continue’s purpose at – https://t.co/2jbRl1CHvq

This will be a multi-decadal journey. Our goal here is to become a small catalyst in humanity's journey of conscious evolution. To lead us into the Post-Darwin era.

Researchers, please look us up and apply for funding/grants at – https://t.co/3bbtOyXEPf
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PS: Continue is not a part of Eternal

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

New launch on Blinkit 🚨

You can now get MacBook Air, iPad, AirPods, Apple Watch, and other Apple accessories delivered in 10 minutes!

We've started delivering in - Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Kolkata!

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

Ambulance in 10 minutes.

We are taking our first step towards solving the problem of providing quick and reliable ambulance service in our cities. The first five ambulances will be on the road in Gurugram starting today. As we expand the service to more areas, you will start seeing an option to book a Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance through the @letsblinkit app.

Some more info-

• Our ambulances are equipped with essential life-saving equipment, including oxygen cylinders, AED (Automated External Defibrillator), stretcher, monitor, suction machine, and essential emergency medicines and injections.

• Each ambulance has a paramedic, an assistant and a trained driver to make sure we are able to deliver the highest quality of service in time of need.

• Profit is not a goal here. We will operate this service at an affordable cost for customers and invest in really solving this critical problem for the long term.

• We are carefully scaling this service up, as it is both important and new to us. Our aim is to expand to all major cities over the next two years.

Let's do our bit and make way for an ambulance always. You never know when you may save a life.

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

Just some of the milestones we hit on Blinkit today 👇

- highest ever orders in a day
- highest OPM (orders per minute)
- highest OPH (orders per hour)
- highest total tips given to delivery partners in a day
- most chips sold in a day
- most grapes sold in a day 😅

Thank you for ordering and placing your trust in us, India! Happy new year everyone✌️

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

Seeing a rise in Diwali gift orders since yesterday. Customers can select products to send as gifts, and choose our special Diwali gift packaging (you'll find the option on the cart screen).

Looks pretty good imo 😎

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

Fabindia is now available on Blinkit!

Just in time for the festive season, you can now get kurtas for men, Diwali gifts like candles, mugs and more delivered in just 10 minutes.

Available in Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Indore and Dehradun. Launching in more cities over the next couple of days✌️

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

We’ve rolled out the ability to add GSTIN for businesses purchasing on Blinkit.

A lot of our customers have asked for GST invoices in the past as it is a big decision-making factor, especially for high value purchases like electronics.

Do try it out and share your feedback!

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

Get the all-new iPhone 16 delivered in 10 minutes!

We’ve partnered with @UnicornAPR for the third year in a row, bringing the latest iPhone to Blinkit customers in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru (for now) — on launch day!

P.S - Unicorn is also providing discounts with select credit cards and EMI options are available too ✌️

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

Done! Just in time for Onam ✌️

Our first store is located in Kaloor and will be serving Kaloor Stadium, Palarivattom, Jawahar Nagar and other nearby areas.

And we’ve got amazing local brands like Milma Milk, Ajmi Puttu Podi and Eastern Masalas onboard already.

Will be launching more stores soon to increase coverage in the city!

[RAHUL DWIVEDI @rahulrd005]

@sagarcoated About section as "WHO we are"

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

We launched Blinkit in Vijayawada yesterday. Our first store is in Currency Nagar which serves nearby areas like Auto Nagar, Ramavarappadu, Prasadampadu, Gurunanak Colony, Veterinary Colony and more!

Happy to work with homegrown brands like Vijaya Milk, Sri Lalitha and more to bring convenience to their customers.

P.S. - Our 2nd Blinkit store in Vijayawada opens up in Kanuru by the end of this week.

[RAHUL DWIVEDI @rahulrd005]

There is nothing more gratifying as an engineer than to observe the systems they are responsible for operate smoothly at scale. 🚀

[Albinder Dhindsa @albinder]

We’ll cross all time high orders in a day on blinkit in a couple of minutes. We also hit highest ever OPM (Orders per minute), GMV, chocolate sales and most other metrics today!

And at its peak - we hit 693 RPM (Rakhis per minute).

Thank you to all our customers (especially the ones who placed their first blinkit order today) for trusting our service 🫡

Happy Raksha Bandhan to all 💛

[RAHUL DWIVEDI @rahulrd005]

Bumrah saving the day! #INDvsPAK