Somesh Khanna

Executive Chairman @Apexon. Board Member @KeyBank. Advisor @ASAPP. Senior Partner Emeritus @McKinsey. Passions: #leadership, #innovation. Own Views

[Karl Mehta @karlmehta]

She predicted:

• The Deep Learning revolution (2012)
• AI's blindness to the physical world (2018)
• The shift to world models (2024)

Now Fei-Fei Li revealed the 5 next AI waves reshaping every physical industry.

Here's what you should know (& how to position yourself): 🧵

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

@TaylorTownsend you showed bravery and class today! Pick yourself up and fight again for your well deserved place in the sun!

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2025 https://t.co/2a0GKEWE6D via @McKinsey

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

@JustinThomas34 let’s go! You’ve got this!!!

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

Find the latest golf news and updates for the PGA TOUR. https://t.co/7UrAKlL4aq

[Felix Lee @felixleezd]

Design has changed.

Figma's CEO on the future of design and AI - "A designer's judgment, taste, and agency will matter more than ever." This is especially true with the rise of vibe coding.

Important lessons from Dylan Field's convo at YC.

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

@PGATOUR @JustinThomas34 @ValsparChamp Let’s go JT! You’ve got this!!!

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

Sunset in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, last night.

[The AI Colony @TheAIColony]

24 hours ago NVIDIA broke the Internet at CES2025 with some mind blowing announcements.

Jensen Huang brought the AI and Tech world to its knees with this announcements.

Here're top 10 NVIDIA key important announcements from CES 2025 so far:

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

Check out McKinsey’s best insights of 2024 — on gen AI, leadership, resilience, and preparing for growth. https://t.co/eMurAUmjEa

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

Our last evening in Cape Town. What a gorgeous sunset!

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

Tennis gets you in the strangest positions 😅

#Wimbledon

[Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey]

Yesterday I saw the wildest CEO talk maybe ever, and finally learned what Tobi was building that Saturday in May.

So Shopify kicked off their 2024 Summit, and Tobi was the first speaker. He gave a short talk; it was just ok.

Typical CEO speech, not bad, but kind of meh (he rated it 7/10).

Then came the record scratch. Apparently Tobi had struggled to write his talk, so he had instead BUILT A TEAM OF AI EMPLOYEES TO DO IT FOR HIM.

They were AI agents with specialized skills, each with a specific role, working both individually and in collaboration, in a virtual office where they’d periodically convene in the conference room to brainstorm and task each other. There was even a virtual water cooler for spontaneous encounters (which would happen because the “employees” were programmed to feel thirsty and get water).

That team had autonomously conceived, drafted, researched, written, edited, and designed the slides for Tobi’s talk.

So then the second half of the talk was Tobi walking through his thinking, each step of building the agents, and what he learned while tinkering. The language wasn’t flowery, the delivery wasn’t rehearsed, the slides weren’t flashy. And yet the energy in the room was absolutely electric, the air was crackling. Same vibe as the Top Gun 2 scene where Tom Cruise flies the route himself.

Obviously a great talk can be super motivating for employees, but it’s another level when they’re reminded that the leader of the whole enterprise is a master of their craft, someone who’s still a practitioner and not just a manager.
Nothing like it.

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

Greenside Guide https://t.co/FuNecCHCEN

[Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman]

Why did I deepfake myself? To see if conversing with an AI-generated version of myself can lead to self-reflection, new insights into my thought patterns, and deep truths.

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

Cloud needs GenAI and GenAI needs cloud. Investment, purpose, and speed are necessary to reap their combined potential. Learn how genAI can help companies harness cloud value: https://t.co/daihTavlgc

[Somesh Khanna @somekhan]

Global technology trends are forcing organizations to rethink how to operate efficiently and securely. Network modernization should be part of the conversation. Build the cloud-ready enterprise network with this guide. https://t.co/yD15ysBACs

[FA @fatiim9rs]

people were sending him their hats and phones for him to sign on it🥺♥️
#RanveerSingh

[Dank jetha @Dank_jetha]

Well Tried Captain Rohit Sharma 🥺🙌

#INDvAUS #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND
#AUSvsIND #INDvAUSFinal #INDvsAUSfinal

[Noah Pollak @NoahPollak]

This statement by University of Florida president (and former senator) @BenSasse is such a wonderful ray of clarity, principle, and genuine warmth -- in contrast to the cold, committee-written word salad from the Ivy League presidents.