Shashank Gupta

Intern @Paytm | Ex-Founding Engineer Intern @ Startup | HackHazards’26 Winner | Amazon HackOn'26 | AI/Backend Builder
Documenting the process.

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

One thing I’ve realised recently:

You learn 10x faster when you actually build something instead of just watching tutorials.

Build -> break -> fix -> repeat.

What are you currently building?

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@soham_nayak04 But it’s just too big, feels like it sits somewhere between an iPhone and an ipad

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@Mrwhosetheboss Let’s see how he handles it. #AppleEvent

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@tim_cook The iPhone Duo and Ultra 4 caught my attention the most

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@MatthewBerman At $3,200, I’d definitely be questioning whether the iPhone is worth it when a MacBook Pro costs about the same

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@MatthewBerman I think a lot of people feel the same way. The pace of AI progress is exciting, but the uncertainty around who controls it is genuinely unsettling

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@sama Priorities. Ocarina first

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@arturf124 @X Lets connect

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@AlDev0 @X Hey 👋

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

I’ve been away from posting for a few days, but I’m back on @X and this time I’m focusing on consistency.

If you’re into:

- AI & Tech
- Startups
- Product
- Growth
- Building in public

Let’s #connect

Help me reach 100 followers

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@elonmusk Honestly the reach on X is crazy. You can find people from almost every field here

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

2026 has been quite a ride so far.
>Got my first proper internship experience at @Paytm .
>Worked with an early-stage startup and experienced what building from scratch actually feels like.
>Won HackHazards ’26 with my Team.
Still a lot to learn, but grateful for how far Ive come

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@bushwick_lord @hilbertspaess Yeah the pace right now is honestly hard to keep up with

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@ColtManfre @hilbertspaess Fair point The bigger concern isn’t AI becoming a physical entity, but what humans might do with extremely capable systems.

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@DeepBlueCrypto @hilbertspaess The race for more capable AI definitely needs to be balanced with serious safety and alignment work.

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@timschuster @hilbertspaess The geopolitical side of AI makes this much more complicated. It’s not just a tech race anymore.

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@charise_lee @hilbertspaess 2030 feels extremely close for something this massive. The speed of AI progress over the next few years will be interesting to watch.

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@bushwick_lord @hilbertspaess That’s exactly the part that worries me. If intelligence improves faster than our ability to understand or control it we have a serious problem

[Shashank Gupta @Shashank637]

@damoosmann @hilbertspaess The idea of a better future is exciting, but rushing toward it without understanding the risks feels equally dangerous.