Vikas Dhar

Building @livwellasia, Singapore, Vietnam & India | Talks about Product, Technology, Fitness & AI.

[Wise @trikcode]

You basically need to be unemployed to keep up with all this AI stuff.

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@dharmeshba You have mentioned the reason - Swift UI!
Have you checked the status of updated OS phones ? How many iOS ? Android ? What versions ?

It's not only about animation, that's the most easiest part of the story!

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AI agents are hitting the same wall web apps hit in 2010: coordination overhead.

10 agents doing 100 tasks ≠ 1 agent doing 1000 tasks.

The next breakthrough isn't smarter models—it's better orchestration.

@danshipper & @lennysan's latest podcast is about the same.

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Met a friend of mine yesterday, built a 100+ people company, 50 crores in revenue - but doesn't want to go and raise funds!

More founders in 2026 are choosing to bootstrap. Not because they can't raise — because they don't want to chase investor timelines.

The best version of your company might not need a Series A.

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@SayantikaSays And, why did you think we thought it's europe ?

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@komal_42 @wdwliveinsamaj @_rareee_ @sumitsaurabh I have been using @WHOOP for 2 years now, yes it's expensive for India, but it's wrong to say that it's data is inaccurate - depends on what are you looking to get from it.

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Thanks for a great time, India 🇮🇳

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@askOkara https://t.co/ZI2h0APzRW

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@Royalsinghz3 Completely agree - and the hardwork team @BJP4India has done!

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@kmr_dilip I have seen like 10+ events similar to Hyrox on Instagram in the last few days.

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Succession in tech is a progressive overload problem. You don't just hand over the barbell. You increase the weight gradually — @tim_cook moving to Executive Chairman while Ternus takes CEO is exactly that.

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The App Store is booming again. Everyone's calling it the "AI renaissance."

But here's the thing nobody's talking about: I've been testing these apps. Most of them? I open once, maybe twice, then forget they exist.

The real opportunity isn't another "wow, AI can do this?!" demo. It's boring. It's the thing your mom does 30 times a month on her ₹12,000 Android phone, on spotty 3G, that used to take forever and now just... works.

#AI #MobileAI #ProductStrategy #EmergingMarkets

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Everyone's building #AIagents. Nobody's asking what happens when they're wrong. In healthcare, insurance a wrong recommendation isn't a bug. It's a liability. The real moat isn't the AI. It's the fallback.

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can’t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
…

Just keep going ✌️

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@vivekguptaa Brushing with creatine, is the most difficult !

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@sehaj23 Please don't forget Hyrox!

[shirish @shiri_shh]

bro was right.

Atlassian down 75%. HubSpot down 69%. Figma down 86%.

Almost all of them down 30–70% from their 52-week highs.

AI is literally eating software alive and repricing every company in real time.

SaaS is cooked fr 😭

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@Salmaaboukarr I was using minimax, moved to kimi - back to Qwen!

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Great meeting @Iyervval and @HarshDahiya at @idjaysharma's place.

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@GamewithDave Road Rash