It's so emotionally fulfilling when you at a work related GTM challenge for years together.
Grinding your way into solving the puzzle in small parts and finally piecing it all together.
Suddenly the solution effortlessly appears in front of you and gives a meaning to all your struggles.
Today is one such day! #OS is launching soon ;)
The clearest sign of a low-IQ person is celebrity worship.
Fans crying that their favourite stars have patched up,
shows how much these fan fights are a part of a fan's identity.
The fans are crying beacause their identity as a defender of their celebrity was giving them a fake
sense of purpose.
Serves y'all right for being a foot solider in a war that existed only for the elites to economically benefit.
In Jan 2026, Aalamaram Startup Incubator and ITEL,
led by its chairman Padmashri Ashok Jhunjhunwala signed an MOU to co-incubate deep-tech startups.
In line with the Aalamaram and GoZen philosophy,
Announcing only after an impact is created.
Since this partnership,
- 7 startups considered for co-incubation
- 2 startups co-incubated
- Agrinverse, a deep tech startup in the agri-tech space
that uses an IOT device to enhance farm productivity has
1) Won 2nd prize in GOI's Build AI pitch event at IIT-Gandinagar
2) Deployed 4 devices to farms in Maharashtra.
3) Accepted into the NVDIA inception program
4) Monthly guidance on solving product and sales bottlenecks.
The first time I met Prof. Ashok was in his office decorated by the proud exit checks framed on
his office wall.
Guvi's check caught my attention.
Prof cut to the chase and and had this no-BS approach
to his work. Much appreciated approach.
Through the entire conversation he discussed passionately about how he saw job creation as the ultimate tool for upward mobility.
His passion for Atmanirbhar Bharat shone through not only in his conversation but also in his craft-fully written memoir "Roots & Wings"
Personally I had a chance to be a panel of judges for
the Build AI Hackathon.
A very intellectually challenging and fulfilling experience.
Thanks to ITEL Foundation's wonderful team
Reema, Yamini, Viswanath and Shiti
The Aalamaram Startup Incubator is looking forward
to a long and successful partnership.
600 walks with an average of 17K steps on a daily basis.
Walking is an underated health routine, just convert all your work discussions into walks.
Better health and work outcomes.
To Madras, the city that gifted us hope, love, and lifelong bonds.
You fuel our fighting spirit and keep showing us
what's possible. Thank you!
Happy Madras day நண்பர்களே 🫶❤️
Every time I visit Madras, I visit the old book stores in Moore Market.
It's a book nerds dream world.
I usually end up buying few rare / out of print old books.
Last time I chanced upon this book வனவாசம் by கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன்.
As I started reading, I was shocked about,
1) The insane radical candour of
Kannadasan.
It takes guts to write about his darker side.
2) The ugly early days of the Dravidian movement and the true face of it's flagship leaders.
3) Kannadasan's philosophical depth.
Especially in the chapter 49,
முடிவின் தொடக்கம்.
He narrates a simple story about how ego is the root cause of all our suffering.
I found an audio version on YT, this will be 30 min well spent.
youtu.be/uaIxaYL-Ahc?si=COD4…
My podcast's 0 to 1 journey in the last 12 days.
I got fed up with people's short attention spans and started a podcast to enable in-depth explorations around AI, science, spirituality, philosophy and love.
My good meaning friends
suggested that people don't have the patience to sit through such dense content.
But my conviction is if you make complex topics simple, not very simple though ;) along with good story telling, we can get people interested.
Pod has hit 50,000+ views and 1000+ subscribers, with just the first episode.
எல்லாப் புகழும் சுஜாதா அவர்களுக்கே 🙏
His son Keshava was a delight to host, very down to earth and super friendly.
My gratitude to both of them.
Who would you like to hear next in the podcast?
2014 I was working at Zoho,
Mani took me into his mentorship, nurtured me and made me the person that I'm today.
At work I was very rebellious, wanted to move very fast and not a very nice person to work with.
I feel very ashamed of that right now.
I ask the forgiveness of my co-worker.
I got work done but ended up burning a lot of bridges.
Mani took me aside one day and made me realize that it is good to win but it is much more important to win as a team.
Mani never advised, he would simply lead by example and you can learn so much just by observation and reflection.
In the last 12 years, working with him has helped me overcome almost any professional challenge through sheer grit and going to the root of the problem.
He taught me that the whole of life is a grand experiment.
Thanks @MVhandle for nurturing my grit and shaping my sensiblities around people and product.
Indebted to you and SV for building an institution / mothership like Zoho 🙏
GoZen's ARR grew by 114% in the last 6 months.
$0 VC money raised.
$0 spent on Google, Meta or LinkedIn ads.
GoZen's ARR proof is from Stripe, not trust me bro ;)
We are now expanding our sales team to sell AI Agents in EU, ANZ, MEA and India.
Please e-mail or DM me to start a conversation.
Post is primarily to urge exceptional salespeople to join GoZen.
$1000 in referral bonus if you refer a friend and they join us.
About the 114% ARR growth first,
-> In March 2025, our revenue hit a plateau
Inbound was doing good in term of new leads
PLG was good enough to win deals with ARR up to $1500
Fundamental GTM re-invention required tounlock the next stage of growth
Back to GTM drawing board
-> June 2025, we start outbound,
e-mail, LinkedIn and phone
failed miserably and burned our entire outbound infra thrice
diversified our outbound infra
focused on intent-based outbound
-> built killer offers, that makes or breaks a campaign.
started booking demos through founder led outbound
DeepAgent for building AI agents in vertical mid-market took off.
Our average deal size went from $500 to $6000
We now have a scalable GTM playbook across geographies
If you're starting out in sales and trying to grow into
an exceptional AE selling AI agents, do email or dm me.
Is AI the highest form of applied Physics?
Sujatha's son Keshava and I do a deep dive technical exploration.
Link to full podcast in bio.
On guru purnima, pranams to my gurus @svembu and @MVhandle
My gratitude to them for leading by example on,
1) frugality + grit = the only durable entrepreneurial capital.
2) conserve your spiritual and financial energy to fight for one more day.
Repeat the same for the next
25 years.
3) win big, don't lose your soul.
Guru sakshat, para brahma 🙏
Ani knows how to introduce Carnatic-style rhythmic vocals and percussion to Gen-Z through good sound engineering.
Ani Vs Sai is now more intense.
I thought Sai had an edge with his recent OST scores.
Ani with DC's score proved his class, he is miles ahead
of any composer.
𝟳 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 from this வாத்தியார் Sujatha podcast
His son Keshava and me decode.
Keshava has 𝟰𝟬+ 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
Worked at 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗱'𝘀 𝗘𝗩 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗜𝗕𝗠,
Halliburton, Chevron and IBM.
He's also writing a book called "Physics-Informed AI."
Sujatha was also writing about AI and neural interfaces
30 years ago before it was mainstream.
This podcast will teach you to how to,
1️⃣ 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.
To write crisply, you need to read extensively.
Depth induces simplicity, superficial induces complexity.
2️⃣ 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.
Get introduced to "physics-informed AI" grounding models in real-world laws, not just data.
3️⃣ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱.
See how deep, first-principles thinking and writing gets you to the future early.
4️⃣ 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Understand how storytelling can double
as social and political forecasting.
5️⃣ 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗣 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺𝘀.
Learn how one concept can move from
a short story to a patent to a blockbuster film.
6️⃣ 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.
Decades of major work, zero awards chased
by Sujatha. Yet his work is timeless.
7️⃣ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.
See how personal loss and family history shaped some of his most enduring writing.
BTW, any recommendations for the next podcast guest?
youtube.com/watch?v=rcsongyi…
I got trolled as, என்ன nool to nool recognition ah?
3 months ago when we named my startup's AI assistant after author Sujatha.
True, the nool that connects us is also நூல் 📚
So staying true to my 'nature' of backing off from a fight, I'm launching
My podcast : The Knowledge Project
In his first ever interview, Sujatha's son Keshava, based out of Texas decodes his father.
I have always had a quest,
Can we make complex concepts simple?
It makes learning enjoyable
Our process of exploration is the true intellectual reward
Depth of understanding over superficial intelligence
Shri. Sujatha is the OG first principles வாத்தியார்
Through his writings he has covered the depth and simplified,
-> AI
-> Science
-> Spirituality
Keshava and I discuss Sujatha's,
-> Fun personal anecdotes
-> Striving for simplicity in writing and living
-> Prediction in politics came true with CM Vijay
Sujatha's timeless knowledge needs to be discovered by this generation and beyond.
If you would like your mind blow by knowledge bombs, Sujatha's crisp explanation of complex ideas.
What is your favourite Sujatha book or memory?
True! 2026 SaaS is,
service-as-software,
not just
software-as-service
Y-combitnator for the first time in 21 years has call for AI Native agencies to apply.
Training AI agents with human in the loop are becoming the new norm along with usage / task based pricing.
Will AI shift the focus of B2B software companies from deploying applications to onboarding digital employees?
Recently, Microsoft announced Microsoft Frontier Company, an AI implementation unit with 6,000 employees. The announcement is significant because it reflects a fundamental shift in B2B software. The focus is moving from deploying applications to onboarding digital employees.
B2B software business was built around a simple idea. Build one product. Sell it to thousands of businesses.
Whether it was a CRM, accounting software, email, or a help desk, every customer used essentially the same product. They configured or customized it differently, but the underlying software remained the same.
That is what made PLG so powerful.
AI is going to change that. It is not because software is disappearing. It is because the nature of software is changing.
Traditional software helped people do their jobs.
CRM helped salespeople manage customers, help desk helped support teams manage tickets, accounting software helped companies manage their finance. The software was just the tool but it was the human who did all the work.
AI agents are different. They are no longer just tools. They are expected to perform parts of the work that humans used to do.
Customer support agents answer customer questions. Sales teams qualify leads and follow up. Marketers create content & campaigns to promote their products or services. In other words, AI agents are not replacing software. They are trying to replace parts of human work. And that is where it will be challenging.
When a salesperson joins a new company, they do not become productive on day one. They spend time learning the products, pricing, competitors, customers, company policies, and sales process. A marketer learns the company's brand, messaging, and audience. A support engineer learns the product & goes through the documentation before answering customer questions.
It is the same for every new hire across any new role. Every company trains their employees differently because every business is different. AI agents need the same training. An AI support agent that works well for one customer won't automatically work for another.
That is because every business has different products, different documentation, different policies, different terminology, different workflows, different ways of serving customers. Unlike SaaS, it's not going to be "one size fits all" in many categories for business software.
Customers are no longer deploying or implementing software. They are going to onboard a digital employee. That onboarding will take effort. The agent needs to learn the business. It needs access to the right knowledge and to be tested on real-world scenarios. It also needs feedback when it makes a mistake.
It needs to know when it knows the answer and when it should hand over the conversation to a human. This is not a one-time activity.
As products change, policies evolve, and new knowledge is created, the agent must continue learning. That is why AI deployment will require much more human effort than SaaS deployment. The software may be the same but the knowledge is not.
There is going to be a major shift in focus in enterprise software companies. In the past, the success strategy was Product-led growth. Build a great product. Make onboarding effortless, and the customers will discover value on their own.
In the AI era, another capability will become equally important. Assisting customers to educate, deploy, evaluate, and continuously improve their AI agents. The companies that do this well will not just sell software. They will also help customers build capable digital employees.
So I expect the next era of growth for enterprise software will not come only from products. It will come from assisting customers with onboarding AI agents.
Because in the age of AI, software is not just being implemented. It is being taught.
Will educating AI agents become as important as implementing software?
$240 million raised by GoZen's competitor in the
AI agents space
All the money in the world can't buy an addictive product
Customer feedback after we closed a 5-figure yearly
AI Agents deal in 18 days
No Google ad spend,no VC playbook
GoZen will play the long game and win
