
Caleb
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Went rollerblading in Hyderabad. Within 10 mins someone pulls up next to me in a BE 6. Starts yelling about their startup out the window. On the side of the Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge. While we're moving. The entrepreneurial vibes in Hyderabad are off the charts man...
Caleb228,392 просмотров • 1 день назад

Had such a great day at the India AI Impact Summit. But the way it ended (7:40PM) was a huge let-down. No cabs, no pre-arranged shuttle. "Road is closed, go for a walk." Imagine how international visitors from must have felt. Not to mention differently-abled folks.
Caleb498,885 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Everyone's talking about YC Startup School. But I'm still recovering from VibeCon. The event was great... ...but the footpath to reach wasn't. I encountered: - Busted pedestrian infra - Many deep pits - Lots of trash But also good people 🤍 Oh, and I did it on rollerblades.
Caleb163,831 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

LLMs were trained on Reddit, Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, GitHub, and Common Crawl. Robots will be trained on India.
Caleb295,114 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Indian labourers are training themselves out of the job. Here's the pipeline: 1. Strap a camera to a worker's cap 2. Capture hours of egocentric footage 3. Pay them for their time (very affordable compared to American data) 4. Process the data 5. Sell it to robot companies
Caleb385,061 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

I drove the entirety of Bannerghatta Road. 16 km from Adugodi to Bannerghatta town. I have never hit so many potholes in my life. More than Sarjapur Road. More than Varthur Road. It felt like off-roading. My opinion: Indians deserve world-class road infra. Not this.
Caleb219,992 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Moving to India was One of the best decisions I've ever made. Here's why:
Caleb322,237 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

Farewell, Bengaluru. It has been an exciting 6.5 years, but it's finally time to say goodbye.
Caleb142,976 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Posted this on IG/YT ~24 hours ago. 350 comments so far. Have never seen such a polarised comments section. Mostly folks in India, but many NRIs too. Half agree the message of the video. The other half strongly disagree, many sharing detailed explanations to defend their POV.
Caleb161,691 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Full context: "India is clearly the fastest growing country in the G10. This is a country that is investing massively in physical infrastructure, legal, capital markets infrastructure. There is a rising middle class here, this is a place we particularly like."
Caleb364,928 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

I drove 16 km on Bannerghatta Rd. Here's what I saw: - 303+ potholes - Lanes that end abruptly - Piles of trash (some on fire) Thanks to virendra suryawanshi + anomaly for the pothole detection AI model. Folks, if you want to contribute to India's largest pothole dataset, lmk.
Caleb126,022 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Another footpath RESTORED! "...but Caleb, fixing one tiny footpath doesn't even move the needle." Tell that to: - Parents who can now push a stroller. - Seniors who can now sit to rest their legs. - Locals who don't need to hold their noses anymore. Action > Cynicism
Caleb273,904 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад