shirin bansal

0-1 Product , Ex-Swiggy Labs, MBA @ ISB. Couple of failed startups in my early years & a successful hospitality business

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Some of the biggest companies of the next decade won't be software businesses. They'll be services companies like insurance carriers, law firms, and tax practices rebuilt from scratch with AI doing most of the work.

In this episode of Startup School, YC Visiting Partner @CharlieWarren walks through the playbook for building AI native services companies, covering how to pick a market with the right traits, why variance kills these businesses faster than anything else, and the P&L math that’ll transform your business model.

00:00 — Intro to AI Services Companies
01:01 — Picking the Right Market
02:55 — Markets YC Likes Right Now
03:43 — The Sam Altman Test
04:35 — The Right Founding Team
05:28 — Building the Product
06:19 — Variance Is the Existential Problem
07:08 — The Early Demand Trap
07:53 — How to Price AI Services
08:41 — The P&L Walkthrough
09:33 — AI Operating Leverage
10:27 — Don't Buy Your Way In

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@ku1deep That feeling of leaving home - everytime it’s the same sharp pain but you have sadly accepted even if you stay and leave the outside world, you won’t be you anymore

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@anujrathi Everyone is solving for accepting payments, ask any SMB, biggest pain of their life currently is doing payments

[Danish Kaneria @DanishKaneria61]

Lately, I have seen many people questioning me, asking why I do not speak about Pakistan, why I comment on Bharat’s internal matters, and some even alleging that I do all this for Bharatiya citizenship. I feel it is important to set the record straight.

From Pakistan and its people, I have received much, above all, the love of the awam. But alongside that love, I also faced deep discrimination from Pakistani authorities and the PCB, including attempts of forced conversion.

Regarding Bharat and its citizenship, let me be absolutely clear. Pakistan may be my Janmabhoomi, but Bharat, the land of my ancestors, is my Matrubhumi. For me, Bharat is like a temple. At present, I have no plans to seek Bharatiya citizenship. If in the future someone like me chooses to do so, the CAA is already in place for people like us.

Therefore, those who claim that my words or actions are driven by the desire for citizenship are completely wrong. I will continue to stand for dharma and to expose the anti-nationals and pseudo-secularists who are damaging our ethos and attempting to divide our society.

To those concerned for my safety, with the blessings of Prabhu Shri Ram, I am safe and happy with my family. My fate rests in the hands of Lord Ram.

Jai Shri Ram 🙏

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@gregisenberg Mobile APPS will die soon! AI will become our unified frontend for anything & everything and instead we will have third party backend services feeding our AI layer!

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

#AI171 report: fuel-control switch cutoffs between Engine 1→Engine 2 happened just 1 s apart (08:08:42–08:08:43 UTC), yet switching on was 4 s apart (08:08:52–08:08:56 UTC). If a manual switch changeover can occur in 1 s, why did it take 4 s while restarting? 🤔 #AI171Crash

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@shilpiagrawal55 Salad days

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@airindia Dear team there has been no revert on my dm, please look into it, I am really troubled

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@HCI_London @RamMNK Sir, My @airindia Flight AI162 (London–Delhi, 24 June) was cancelled. Stranded at Heathrow since midnight — no rerouting, no hotel or assistance provided. My toddler & family are https://t.co/ZIIoScVmTo this the standard of Indian aviation abroad? Pls help

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@RamMNK @MoCA_GoI Sir, we’re stranded at Heathrow with two small children since midnight.Flight AI162 (London–Delhi, 24 June) cancelled.
@airindia is refusing to reroute us. We urgently need help with rebooking on any available airline today.Please intervene—this is inhumane.

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@airindia team I am confused, was AI162 cancelled from London to Delhi for today 24 June? And what’s the policy for resolution so we can plan accordingly?

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@airindia Dear team we have shared all the details via DM. We are still stranded here at Heathrow, please revert

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@HeathrowAirport Please check your Dm. Waiting for your revert. Thanks

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@HeathrowAirport My @airindia flight AI162 from London to Delhi was cancelled last minute. Airline is refusing rerouting on other carriers despite UK261 rights. No hotel/meals offered. Need help from Terminal 2 Duty Manager immediately. #PassengerRights #UK261

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@airindia Flight AI162 from London to Delhi (24 June) cancelled.I’ve been at Heathrow since midnight, exhausted. Your staff refused to reroute me with another airline or provide hotel stay, despite UK law (UK261) requiring it.
My toddler & family are stranded with nowhere to go.

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@kunalb11 I spend more time on ‘whys’ vs ‘Hows’

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@EastRep77 No he lost 3 billion not 2! Who cares? But on the flip side your whole nation has to go through so much just to get a billion dollar loan! Try asking why you are in such a state? I hope you get the gameplan of your army & know the real war was b/w them & u not India and they won!

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@sardamit Are you equating US government with US media? US media has always hyphenated India with Pak to be on safer side and pretend to do unbiased reporting instead of digging deep on ground. So they print whatever each country says and Pak greatly exploits this with their propaganda PR

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@i_pranavmehta In today’s world everyone cares about just themselves including US. Pak is an important corridor for Europe’s supply from China & Pak blackmails US what if terrorists get hold of their Nuclear weapons in case their infra is destroyed

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@OncoThor @AmanChauhanMD Whats the protocol to manage & decide on continuation post severe pancytopenia after 2 doses of PRRT? We are using Romiplostim & GCF

[shirin bansal @shirinSRB]

@AmanChauhanMD @OncoThor Dr is there any correlation between prexisting renal impairment & post PRRT hemotoxicity/pancytopenia