Vishal Kirti

👨‍🎓@iitmadras 👨‍🎓 @uwmadison 👨‍💻@cisco. My tweets represent me and not the organizations I am associated with. Silicon/Chips Leader.

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

With the President of the United States 🇺🇸 of America. What an honor.

[Chuck Robbins @ChuckRobbins]

Today on #VeteransDay, we remember those who have served our country and made sacrifices to protect our freedoms. A special thank you to our many @Cisco employees who are military veterans — couldn’t be more grateful to have you, and thank you for your service!

[Chuck Robbins @ChuckRobbins]

A huge thanks to Dr. @LisaSu for joining me onstage yesterday at Cisco Partner Summit to chat about @AMD’s pace of innovation and where the industry is headed in the age of AI. Always a great conversation and thanks for the incredible partnership!

[Chuck Robbins @ChuckRobbins]

Excited about this opportunity! Through the @WhiteHouse's Pledge to America's Youth and Cisco working to equip 1 million more Americans with AI and digital skills, we're building a future-ready workforce and strengthening US AI leadership.

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

Thinking of one of the finest actors #Bollywood ever got #SushantSinghRajput𓃵 , on his death anniversary. Gone too soon. Miss him!

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

This #MemorialDay,let’s remember & honor those who lost their lives serving & protecting our country.

I have watched many war movies & documentaries to understand their sacrifices and I am in awe of our servicemen who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

@ChuckRobbins @brett_mcgurk @Cisco Welcome to Cisco @brett_mcgurk

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

So bummed to hear this. Hope you recover soon and fully!

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Naval Ravikant on the importance of hiring high-agency people

Naval defines agency as:

“People who just solve problems without even being asked to solve the problem—they identify the problem, they go solve it, they don’t even necessarily have to update you every step of the way, they’re not asking silly questions, and they’re just coming up with solutions.”

He believes this is important because “building a startup is an infinite set of problems that are being thrown at you.” And there comes a day where you can’t even look at every problem your company is facing—let alone solve every one of them.

He cites the Vinod Khosla aphorism:

"The team you build is the company you build, not the plan you make.”

And your ability to solve problems is based entirely on how many problem-solvers you have at your company. As Naval puts it:

“If you have somebody who takes 10% of your time and management to solve problems, you can only have 10 of those people working with you. But if somebody takes 5%, you can have 20 of those people.”

When building Airchat and AngelList, he thought of each team as a Navy Seal team:

“Everyone is just really good at what they do. They know their job. They do it. They don’t complain. They’re not egotistical about it. And if they have to constantly be corrected, led around by the nose, you have to clean up after them, or you question their judgement, it’s not going to work out.”

Video source: @AngelList (2023)

[Deedy @deedydas]

Every single one of these companies were started by people from one part of the world.

Cursor
Klarna
MySQL
Minecraft
Spotify
Linear
Skype
Oura Health
Lovable
Netlify
Skype
Zendesk
Klarna

Scandinavia consistently creates some of the highest taste founders.

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

@SandhuTaranjitS Wow

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

NEW: California is now the fourth largest economy in the WORLD.

[Principles First @Principles_1st]

Attention attendees of the Principles First Summit: We have received a credible bomb threat from an account claiming to be “Enrique T.” “To honor the J6 hostages.” Yesterday, the recently pardoned leader of the Proud Boys who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and the attack of January 6th came to the Summit and harassed the J6 police who were speaking. Hotel security, private security, and MPD have made the decision to evacuate Summit floor so that the area can be secured. We intend to reconvene and continue with the Summit once the area has been secured.

Thank you to the police officers and security teams keeping us safe at this time. The safety of our attendees and speakers is our top priority. We will provide updates as we’re able.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

A warm reception in the winter chill!

Despite the cold weather, the Indian diaspora in Washington DC has welcomed me with a very special welcome. My gratitude to them.

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

It’s #SuperBowlLIX . Ever wonder how American football came into being.

After the civil war ended and no fighting any more, the society felt that the American men were losing their masculinity. Several violent sports emerged around those times. Harvard and Yale started playing football with militaristic rules of taking and giving land. That’s the origin story. And what a great national pastime!

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

To people who think
"China is surpassing the US in AI"
the correct thought is
"Open source models are surpassing closed ones"
See ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

Now you know the world of disinformation Vivek. X is full of these fake news spreaders. Even smart people believe a ton of crap they read on X. It’s not only X, there are youtubers, popular websites etc

Random people with blue ticks and no real names add to the commotion. Thank @elonmusk for this mess.

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

@HowleyReporter Dude I have no idea who you are, never got a text from you, and would never reply if I did.

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

@mayureshkrishna @jaltma 😂. It’s all relative to what one wants from life. Each kid has his/her own strengths. Life works out well for almost everyone unless they screw it up majorly!

[Deedy @deedydas]

HUGE Immigration News! The birthright citizenship executive order Trump signed today means children of non-citizens or non-permanent residents will not be US citizens.

Children of Indians who are in the 100+yr green card wait WILL NOT be US citizens.

Applies from Feb 20, 2025.

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

Thinking of @itsSSR on his birth anniversary. Such a charming personality whom we lost too soon! #SushantSinghRajput #SushantDay

[Vishal Kirti @vikirti]

It was an honor to have @POTUS46Archive @JoeBiden as my President for the last four years. #PresidentBiden attended his 5th consecutive inauguration today in the official capacity. Twice as incoming VP, once as outgoing VP, once as an incoming President and today as an outgoing President. #ThankYouJoe