In building Blinkit, @albinder Singh Dhindsa reshaped how Indians get what they need every day, redefining consumer expectations in the process—but the decade it took was anything but predictable. Buildit is his sharp, unfiltered account of navigating India's complex reality, making high-stakes decisions, and building systems where none existed. A founder’s candid story and an essential read for anyone trying to build and scale in India.
Out April 15. Available wherever books are sold.
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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
Today we’re launching Blinkit inside the Mumbai Airport!
Specifically Terminal 2 (Domestic departures) of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
Through our partnership with Adani Airports, travellers can now order from a selection of 2500+ products like phone chargers, books, gifts and more on the Blinkit app. Orders will be delivered within the terminal by our dedicated team of walkers.
This is the first airport in the world to have a service of this kind and we're excited to deliver all the last-minute needs of our customers.
P.S - update your Blinkit app to the latest version to order.
@Adani_One | @AdaniDigital | @CSMIA_Official
Temple has raised its first round. Friends and family. $54m. Post-money valuation of ~$190m.
Every investor in this round is a founder friend or early-stage Zomato investor who wanted in, whether or not Temple ever makes it to market.
But here's what gives me goosebumps – more than 30 Temple employees participated in the round, at par valuation. No discount. Their own money. That's the kind of belief you can't buy.
We are assembling a dream team to build the ultimate wearable for elite performance athletes. Want in? Look up my last post.
We're recruiting at @temple.
At Temple, we are building the ultimate wearable for elite performance athletes. A device that measures what no other wearable in the world measures, with a level of precision that doesn't exist yet.
To build it, we need people who are obsessive about both the craft and the category. Engineers who are also athletes. People who will wear what they build, and hate it until it's perfect.
Roles we're hiring for:
🟠 Analog Systems Engineers, Electronics Design Engineers
🟠 Embedded Systems Engineers — low-level HW bring-up, embedded signal and image processing, embedded AI
🟠 Design and Validation Engineers — sensors, actuators, battery, antenna, optics
🟠 CMF Engineers, Adhesive Materials Engineers
🟠 Sensor Algorithms Engineers — estimation theory, sensor fusion
🟠 Deep Learning Engineers — ML model development for physiological metrics
🟠 Computational Neuroscientists
🟠 BCI Engineers — real-time EEG/EMG acquisition and processing
🟠 Neural Decoding Researchers — brain activity to semantic mapping
🟠 Computer Vision Engineers — facial microexpression, subvocal muscle detection
🟠 Neuroimaging ML Engineers — multimodal sensor fusion
🟠 Last but not the least, product managers who work through Figma without needing a designer to hold their hand
Important – we are building for people who push their bodies to the edge. We want to be those people, not just serve them. So only people who take fitness seriously, and have body fat <16% (men) and 26% (women) should apply. If you're not there yet but will commit to getting there in three months, you can apply too; but you'll be on probation until you are.
Write to [email protected] with your core skill as the subject line.
Come find your tribe.
If you used to work at Zomato, whether you chose to move on, or I was the one who asked you to leave, this is for you.
I know that for many of you, Zomato didn't have the environment, or the leadership you needed at the time. But I know for sure, that you loved being at Zomato, and it is quite possible that you never felt like home anywhere else since you left.
We have over four hundred people at Eternal today in their second or third stints. Many of them are doing their best work now. Maybe because they've grown, but also because the company has grown. We are more organised, a little less chaotic, and hopefully, I've learned a few things along the way too.
If you haven't reached out because you think the door is closed, or because you think I'm holding onto the past, I'm not. I want you back.
There is so much to build at Eternal. We are today, a family of companies. Zomato, Blinkit Quick-Commerce, Blinkit Ambulances, District, Hyperpure, Nugget, and Feeding India. We need people who already know what good looks like here, and who care enough to fight for it. There is no better person for that than someone who has been here, left, grown, and wants to come back.
You might say that Eternal is not going to be the same, because I am not the CEO anymore. But ask yourself a question. Did titles ever matter at Eternal? I am still very much here, and I'd love for you to be a part of this next phase of Eternal.
If you feel like you have unfinished business here, please don't overthink it. Write to me at [email protected]. The Gurgaon pollution is still a bug, but being at Eternal is the feature. Let's talk and find a role that fits your life as it is today.
India holds 3,000+ years of living history - yet we often look abroad before looking around.
Today, District users can book tickets to 150+ monuments and museums across 33 cities - from the soaring minarets of Qutub Minar to the ancient rock-cut sanctuaries of the Elephanta Caves to the timeless marble of the Taj Mahal - centuries of history etched into stone.
Sometimes going out isn’t about the new, but rediscovering what’s always been here. 🇮🇳✨
https://t.co/fjGk18nNPc
One more thing. Our 10 minute delivery promise is enabled by the density of stores around your homes. It’s not enabled by asking delivery partners to drive fast. Delivery partners don’t even have a timer on their app to indicate what was the original time promised to the customer.
After you place your order on Blinkit, it is picked and packed within 2.5 minutes. And then the rider drives an average of under 2kms in about 8 minutes. That's an average of 15kmph.
I understand why everybody thinks why 10 minutes must be risking lives, because it is indeed hard to imagine the sheer complexity of the system design which enables quick deliveries.
Also, if you've ever wanted to know why millions of Indians voluntarily take up platform work and sometimes even prefer it to regular jobs, JUST ASK any rider partner when you get your next food or grocery order.
You will be humbled by how rational and honest they will be with you.
Having said that, no system is perfect, and we are all for making it better than today. However, it is far from what it is being portrayed on social media by people who don't understand how our system works and why.
If I were outside the system, I would also believe that gig workers are being exploited, but that's not true.
Zomato and Blinkit delivered at a record pace yesterday, unaffected by calls for strikes that many of us heard over the past few days.
Support from local law enforcement helped keep the small number of miscreants in check, enabling 4.5 lakh+ delivery partners across both platforms to deliver more than 75 lakh orders (all-time high) to over 63 lakh customers during the day. This happened without any additional incentives for delivery partners - NYE does see higher incentives than usual days and yesterday was no different than the past NYE days.
I am grateful to local authorities across the country and to our teams on the ground for clear enforcement and swift coordination.
Most importantly, thank you to our delivery partners who showed up despite intimidation, stood their ground, and chose honest work and progress.
One thought for everyone: if a system were fundamentally unfair, it would not consistently attract and retain so many people who choose to work within it. Please don’t get swept up by narratives pushed by vested interests.
The gig economy is one of India’s largest organised job creation engines, and its real impact will compound over time, when delivery partners’ children, supported by stable incomes and education, enter the workforce and help transform our country at scale.
New launch on Blinkit: Forex cards delivered in 10 minutes!
We've partnered up with Thomas Cook to deliver their Study Buddy (student travel) and Borderless Travel (leisure) Forex cards.
Some more details:
- Delivering in Delhi NCR, Mumbai & Bangalore (to start with)
- Cards will be delivered with ₹0 balance. You can activate the card via Virtual KYC flow and load it
Blinkit customers can now own a piece of history! Independent India’s first edition of The Hindu is now exclusively available on Blinkit.
It’s a collectible which is a replica of the same edition that was published on August 15, 1947, when India woke up to independence.
Feels surreal to be able to deliver this in 10 minutes. Happy Independence Day in advance 🇮🇳
P.S - We've got only 5000 copies of this in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.
We’re now live in Noida 💚
If you’re chillin’ in Film City, Sector 18, 62, 46, 4, or Gaur City, your food and drinks are just 10 minutes away 🚀
Coming to other areas soon ✌️
🚀 We just launched Flexprice on Product Hunt!
We have been heads down for months building Flexprice. Talking to users, shipping fast, rewriting parts that didn’t work, and trying to make pricing and billing suck less🧑💻
❤️ us at: https://t.co/FkrxXgkZQj