Rohit Malhotra

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[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

Bajaj Finance Limited's journey is a story of growth and transformation:

- Founded in 1987, originally focused on vehicle financing for Bajaj Auto.
- Expanded into personal loans, SME financing, and mortgage lending.
- Reinvented in the 2000s, led by Sanjiv Bajaj and Rajeev Jain.
- Now one of India’s largest NBFCs, serving 88.11 million customers.
- A key player in shaping India's financial landscape across diverse sectors.

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

openai just let every business claim a profile inside chatgpt. my honest reactions:

1/ this could be the google my business moment for ai, and a lot of agencies made a great living (millions!) in the 2010s just claiming and fixing listings for local businesses

2/ ads can now click through to a conversation with your agent instead of your website (interesting)

3/ every business agent runs on context the company writes, and most brands are going to be bad at it

4/ your product feed is your new seo. boring, and it matters more than your blog now in some ways if you think about it

5/ the dashboard tells you how often chatgpt mentions you but HIDES the prompts and your competitors, so you still can’t see why you’re winning or losing

6/ discovery topics shows what chatgpt already cites you for, which is basically a free content calendar

7/ agents are only open to us ecommerce and online services right now. plumbers, dentists etc are next, and so lots of opportunity to help main street here

8/ businesses can’t see the conversations, so nobody knows which chats turn into sales yet

9/ i’m not sure people want to talk to a brand’s agent. i think they’ll want their own agent to talk to it for them

10/ 1.2 billion people use chatgpt every week. i’d go claim my profile before finishing this post if you can

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

@peer_rich Yes true

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

NVDA isn’t dropping because of the affair.

It’s dropping because new chip orders are about to fall off a cliff.

Rev will drop 80%.

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

When a social media platform lets reply bots run rampant for long enough, the only conclusion is it wants the bots to exist.

[David Pawlan @DavidPawlan]

OpenAI didn't just acquire a startup, they acquired a software-enabled travel agency

and it makes sense why

when i tested every agent on travel, Dots was one of the worst. 33 minutes to get from flight search to checkout!

travel is the hottest vertical in personal AI agents, and OpenAI just told the world they're here to compete

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

Why Honest Entrepreneurs Earn More Investor Trust

Listen here - https://t.co/Pfd4X28AOT

[Brianne Kimmel @briannekimmel]

The foundational stories every company needs to tell:

- the skeptic turned evangelist
- the immediate ROI case study
- the unexpected use cases not obvious on the home page
- the switch from a legacy solution
- the cool customer that’s culturally relevant and always getting press

Stories that convert to real revenue usually come in the form of a well-structured interview, they aren’t overly clever or verbose.

[Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh]

If you want to change your entire life, do the opposite of what everyone else does. Eliminate distractions, reclaim your agency, and raise your standards. There's never been a better time in history to separate from the unhappy masses. Don't ask how. Just start.

[Guillermo Flor @guilleflorvs]

Peter Thiel on how to build a creative monopoly

[Alex Lindahl @gtm_engineer]

Focus areas in the 2nd Era of GTM Engineering:

1. GTM-wide context layer
2. Next best play for everything
3. GTM self-learning systems
4. Personal AIs for reps + GenUI kills SaaS UIs
5. Agentic selling (sell to humans + agents)
6. Agent management at scale
7. Content + distribution engineering
8. Simulations & predictions before running plays
9. New distribution channels (MCP, plugins)
10. Reps manage their own fleets of agents

I'm going into more detail of each one of these on my newsletter. #9 dropping soon.

Subscribe to get em: https://t.co/tX4kb5sLWz

What are your predictions for GTM Eng.?

[Zach Homol @zachhomol_]

The more you do hard things... the more hard things you end up doing.
The everyday things of life get easier but you don't pay it much mind. You're too focused on doing the hard things

[Aviral Bhatnagar @aviralbhat]

Anthropic on a fully diluted basis will be $50B to 70B below OpenAI's $1.25T valuation if it raises at $70/share

Pretty incredible cut from a few months ago where Anthropic was easily supposed to be 2x OpenAI

Anthropic really needs cash, else wouldn't slash the target by 40%

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

Stop worry about your competition. Start worrying about your replacement.

- Software → vibe coding
- Movie theaters → Netflix
- Sports bars → a $200 TV + NFL RedZone

What part of your business is getting cheaper and easier?

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

@DavidPawlan Got it

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

@Camp4 So good. thanks for sharing

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

@sweatystartup True that

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

@Zecca_Lehn Good one

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

@HarryStebbings Not sure why apple has not solved this till now

[Anthony Gaenzle @AnthonyGaenzle]

Being the person who can actually get something done is becoming a seriously underrated career advantage.

[Rohit Malhotra @rohitmal]

@peer_rich So good