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Amit Das retweeted
Applications are now open for two new Anthropic Fellowships.
STEM Fellows (science and engineering) and Conceptual Reasoning Fellows (philosophy, cognitive science, economics, policy, and law) will spend four months at Anthropic from January 2027, working to help Claude reason well about some of the hardest problems in those fields.
For more information, see the descriptions below. The application deadline is October 28.
Conceptual Reasoning Fellows: job-boards.greenhouse.io/ant…
STEM Fellows: job-boards.greenhouse.io/ant…
One of the bigger trends across X-sphere is AI driven omnipotence - I can solve for everything all by myself -- giving way to I will solve for everything all by myself. This leads to a software for one mindset. I do not like this feature in this software - I will make one myself. I want this extra feature in this software _ I will make one for myself. I think this product is expensive - let me reverse engineer and make one . And from App Store to Product Hunt to Reddit to.. is a graveyard of ideas -because owning distribution is tough. Being disciplined about distribution is tougher. Headlines suggest a story. Summaries tell you what happened. But unless you read the book, you really don't know how to write one yourself.
Where does this take me? To the office culture where there were BIC pens everywhere, and people lost respect for the honorable pen? :) To Wall-E where the consumption patterns created a junkyard of humanity proportions?
This sent me on a trip. And I wrote- amitdas.substack.com/p/the-l… - as is often the case, my interests were AI and Fintech investments
🇮🇳 199 Indian startups have raised $10M+ in 2026.
Here's every one:
1. CRED: $900M Series H ‡
2. Neysa: $600M Series B
3. Sarvam AI: $300M Series B
4. KreditBee: $280M Series E ‡
5. Rapido: $240M Series F
6. Simple Energy: $206.3M † *
7. Emergent: $200M † §
8. Spinny: $170M Series G
9. Udaan: $160M * ‡
10. River Mobility: $120M Series C *
11. Ultrahuman: $118M † *
12. Navi: $100M
13. Slice: $100M ‡
14. Pixxel: $100M Series C
15. Square Yards: $95M *
16. Yulu: $93M Series C *
17. Neo Group: $89.7M †
18. Ultraviolette: $85M Series E
19. Arya ag: $80.6M Series D ‡
20. Ema: $77M Series B §
21. Freehand: $75M §
22. GPS Renewables: $66.4M Series C
23. Scapia: $63M
24. Swish: $62M † *
25. Rocketlane: $60M Series C
26. Skyroot: $60M Growth Round
27. Snabbit: $56M Series D
28. Popo Global: $56M
29. FirstClub: $55M Series B
30. Temple: $54M Seed
31. SolarSquare: $53M Series C
32. IDfy: $52.5M Series F ‡
33. Zetwerk: $52M Pre-IPO
34. The Whole Truth: $51M Series D
35. Juspay: $50M Series D
36. Nua: $50M Series C
37. Euler Motors: $47M Series E
38. cult fit: $47M Series G
39. Pronto: $45M Series B
40. Noon: $44M §
41. Third Wave Coffee: $43M
42. Ecofy: $42M
43. Flam: $40M Series B
44. Mozark: $40M Series B §
45. Palmonas: $40M Series B
46. Raghu Vamsi Aerospace: $40M
47. Veriqus: $40M
48. BusinessNext: $40M
49. Vetic: $40M
50. BookMyShow: $40M (reported)
51. upGrad: $38M
52. Airbound: $37M Series A
53. Atlys: $36M Series C
54. Yuma Energy: $35M Series A
55. DailyObjects: $34.3M Series C ‡
56. Sahi: $33M Series B
57. Pee Safe: $32M Series C
58. Fast&Up: $32M Series D
59. Hang Ten Systems: $32M Seed §
60. Rozana: $31.6M Series B
61. Sukino: $31M Series B
62. Orange Health Labs: $30M Series C
63. Equal: $30M Series B
64. Innefu Labs: $30M Series B
65. Supertails: $30M Series C
66. Emversity: $30M Series A
67. Centricity: $30M *
68. TruNativ: $30M Series B
69. Easy Home Finance: $30M Series C
70. Limelight Diamonds: $29.5M
71. Ethereal Machines: $28.5M Series B
72. Wint Wealth: $28M Series B
73. Unbox Robotics: $28M Series B
74. InRisk Labs: $27M Series A
75. Pramaana Labs: $27M Seed
76. Deccan AI: $25M Series A
77. Stable Money: $25M Pre-Series C
78. BillionE Mobility: $25M *
79. Matter: $25M
80. Assiduus Global: $25M Pre-Series B
81. Escape Plan: $25M Series A
82. Arboreal Bioinnovations: $24M Series A
83. MyGate: $23.6M
84. Knight Fintech: $23.6M Series A
85. Agilitas Sports: $23.5M
86. Olyv: $23M
87. Recykal: $23M Series D
88. WayCool: $22.7M
89. NextGen Finance: $22.6M Series A
90. Kimbal Technologies: $22M Series B
91. Nava: $22M Series A
92. Mosaic Wellness: $21.7M
93. Jain Cord: $21.5M Series A
94. Tsecond ai: $21.5M
95. AllHome: $21.2M Series B
96. Exponent Energy: $21.1M Series B2
97. QNu Labs: $21M Series A
98. Runable: $21M Series A
99. AssetPlus: $21M
100. Plum: $20.5M Series B
101. EtherealX: $20.5M Series A
102. Even Healthcare: $20M
103. Varaha: $20M Series B
104. Constelli: $20M Series A
105. NeoGeo: $20M Series A
106. Nexedge Capital: $20M
107. Bellatrix Aerospace: $20M Pre-Series B
108. Liquidnitro Games: $19.1M Series A
109. Blue Tokai: $19M Series D2
110. Pandorum Technologies: $18M Series B
111. Statiq: $18M
112. Mokobara: $18M Series C
113. Elevate Education: $17.7M Series D
114. Wishlink: $17.5M Series B
115. The Indus Valley: $17M
116. JustAI: $17M Series A
117. BlissClub: $16.8M
118. Xflow: $16.6M Series A
119. Showroom B2B: $16.5M Series A *
120. The Hosteller: $16M Series B
121. Anveshan: $15.8M Series B
122. Incuspaze: $15.6M
123. ZILO: $15.3M Series A
124. SUGAR Cosmetics: $15.3M
125. Plazza: $15M Series A
126. GobbleCube: $15M Series A
127. Fairdeal Market: $15M Series A
128. C2i Semiconductors: $15M Series A
129. Portkey: $15M Series A
130. Vorflux: $15M
131. Whizzo: $15M Series A
132. Mitigata: $15M Series B
133. Gravity: $15M *
134. Zenskar: $15M Series A
135. Piston: $15M Series A
136. Transvolt Mobility: $15M
137. Aerem Solutions: $15M Pre-Series B
138. Bonkers Corner: $15M Series A
139. Loop AI: $14M Series A
140. Quick Clean: $14M Series B
141. Oolka: $14M Series A
142. Matel Motion & Energy: $13.6M Series B
143. Graph AI: $13.3M Series A
144. Captain Fresh: $13.3M
145. Aerchain: $13M Series A
146. StrainX Bioworks: $13M
147. HrdWyr: $13M Series A
148. Smallest ai: $13M Series A
149. Apna Mart: $12.7M Series C
150. Wingreens Farms: $12.6M Series D
151. Rezolv: $12.5M Series A
152. Coral: $12.5M Seed §
153. Bachatt: $12M Series A
154. Prayaan Capital: $12M Series A
155. InstaAstro: $12M Series A
156. Cradlewise: $12M Series A
157. HomeRun: $12M Series A
158. Optimist: $12M Pre-Series A
159. Lumio: $12M Series A
160. GIVA: $12M Series C
161. Naturis Cosmetics: $11.8M Series A
162. BGauss: $11.6M Series D
163. Innoviti: $11.4M Series M
164. Reo Dev: $11.3M Series A
165. RISA Labs: $11.1M Series A
166. KaarTech: $11M Series B
167. LightFury Games: $11M Pre-Series A
168. StrideOne: $11M
169. Dhruva Space: $11M
170. BatX Energies: $11M Series A
171. Off Beat: $10.7M Seed
172. Pluckk: $10.7M Series A
173. HOCCO: $10.7M
174. Aham Housing Finance: $10.7M
175. Rusk Media: $10.6M Pre-Series C
176. Comet: $10.6M Series B
177. Immuneel Therapeutics: $10.5M Series B
178. HyugaLife: $10.5M Series A
179. Bakingo: $10.5M Series B
180. Credilio: $10.5M Series A *
181. Rivet: $10.5M Seed
182. Beyond Appliances: $10.4M Series B
183. Balwaan Krishi: $10.4M Series B
184. Seeds Fincap: $10.4M Series B
185. E3 Electric: $10.4M Series A
186. Inspecity: $10.4M Pre-Series A
187. StockGro: $10.4M Series B
188. Arivihan: $10.2M Series A
189. Material Depot: $10M Series A
190. Vervesemi: $10M Series A
191. CloudSEK: $10M Series B
192. Kapture CX: $10M Pre-Series B
193. TrueFan AI: $10M Series A
194. Gnani ai: $10M Series B
195. Quanfluence: $10M
196. Carrum Mobility: $10M Series B
197. CARPL ai: $10M Series A
198. MeltPlan: $10M
199. Ringg AI: $10M Series A
† Repeat raisers: 5 startups raised twice this year. Their amounts are combined into one line:
- Simple Energy ($180M + $26.3M)
- Emergent ($130M + $70M)
- Ultrahuman ($70M + $48M)
- Neo Group ($53.4M + $36.3M)
- Swish ($38M + $24M)
* Includes debt alongside equity
‡ Headline figure includes secondary share sales (or, for Udaan, conversion of existing bonds), not only fresh capital
§ Headquartered outside India (US or Singapore), founded by Indians with teams in India
Period: Jan 1 to Oct 12, 2026
Sources: Inc42, Entrackr, press releases
Amit Das retweeted
I have always loved this story, highlighted in @APompliano’s new book which I highly recommend.
Chauffeur knowledge is dangerous.
Amit Das retweeted
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
#NobelPrize
I have always maintained this… when valuation becomes more important than the value a business has, you have wrong incentives
Gaurav Munjal loses his faith. Unacademy's abysmal outcome has got Munjal to change his views on all things ed-tech. In this State of the Unicorn series interview, Munajl says ed-tech is either entertainment or test prep, everything else is useless. @MorningContext
Amit Das retweeted
This is the bureaucrats wet dream. Fill a form for just being alive.
🚨 New RBI rule for anyone invoicing clients outside India, effective 1 October 2026.
Service and software exporters (freelancers, IT firms, consultants, tutors) now need to file an Export Declaration Form (EDF).
#FEMA #RBI #ExportCompliance #Freelancers #IndianStartups
Amit Das retweeted
a16z's Olivia Moore on the untapped category in consumer AI: most people aren't looking to save time, they're looking for ways to spend it.
"We talked about this in the report, in terms of areas where we have not yet seen AI-native startups pop up."
"@ekuyda, one of our portfolio CEOs, runs a company called Wabi. She has this great quote, I'm probably going to botch it, but it's something like: 'Most people aren't looking to save time, they're looking for ways to spend their time.'"
"This is why social media, entertainment, Netflix, TikTok, YouTube are the most used consumer products we have."
"Much of what we've seen in AI so far is: how do I do this thing a little bit faster? A little bit easier? A little bit more impressively? And that's not an incredibly compelling daily or hourly active value proposition for most people."
@omooretweets
The seventh edition of our Top 100 Consumer AI Apps is here, including a new dimension this time: what consumers are actually paying for.
a16z's Elena Burger sits down with Olivia Moore and Josh Elman to unpack the current state of consumer AI:
The data reveals a striking power-user economy. Only a small share of consumers currently pay for AI, but among those who do, spending is heavily concentrated at the top. Olivia and Josh discuss why developers, creators, and other power users dominate spending today, and why subscriptions may not be the business model that ultimately brings consumer AI to everyone.
They also dig into the rise of personal agents, the different trajectories of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, how ads could reshape AI economics, and the enormous amount of consumer white space still left to build, from shopping and entertainment to social, dating, and marketplaces.
00:56 Inside the 7th edition
05:55 Muse and Instinct's launch numbers
09:14 The privacy wall for personal agents
14:39 The AI spending power law
20:20 Why subscription is the wrong model
23:51 OpenAI's $1B ad run rate
29:21 ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini
32:30 Where creative tools still win
45:12 The white space: dating, shopping, entertainment
YouTube: youtu.be/aCvrzhwUxg0
@omooretweets @JoshElman @VirtualElena
One of the joys of being alive right now - I turned this into a macbook application for myself in 2 hours. I am sure I will find bugs along the way - but hey - why did you build it? because you could! :)
For years, maybe a decade, I've wanted to build a writing tool that just did a few things I couldn't find anywhere else.
A system that mimicked how I think when I write. A system that provided clear affordances, features, and places to do the things I wanted to do. A way to play with my writing as I'm writing it. A way to settle into just the right way to say something.
It never made sense to make it a 37signals product because it's not commercially viable, nor would it be worth pulling people off their other work to hack on this. Plus, it would have taken months the old way.
So this weekend I just made it myself, with Claude's help.
It's called Write_On and the short video walks you through it.
Essentially it's "alternative control" at the word, sentence, and paragraph level, plus a way to dim stuff back, and stash stuff near by. Not version control, but alternative control. You'll see what I mean when you watch the video below.
So here it is. Write_On.
Amit Das retweeted
Watch this acceleration by Vithya Ramraj to overtake the Chinese athlete in the final leg!
- Helped India win its first Athletics Gold Medal at Asian Games 2026! 🥇
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