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Instawork Robotics | YC Founder | Forbes 30u30.

Bengaluru, India
Joined May 2011
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After a dozen mock interviews for YC, here is some common feedback:
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Played with a bunch of new robots in China last year - it was clear something big was coming. Stoked to be building in this moment and pushing the robotics revolution forward at Instawork.
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I absolutely believe real world RL is the future
We developed an RL method for fine-tuning our models for precise tasks in just a few hours or even minutes. Instead of training the whole model, we add an “RL token” output to π-0.6, our latest model, which is used by a tiny actor and critic to learn quickly with RL.
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Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji, I am currently stranded in Dubai due to the ongoing crisis, with flights cancelled and no clear way to return to India. I respectfully seek the Government’s guidance for a safe journey home Grateful for any support extended🙏🏻🇮🇳 @MEAIndia @IndiainDubai
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10 years ago, I was in a small town in India, slow internet, found out I just got into MIT. Today, I'm back on campus for the first time since graduating – sponsoring HackMIT with Warp, giving a talk on my journey India → MIT → founder. crazy full-circle moment.
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Make more robots
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Anyone need labor? Specifically warehouse labor? Maybe warehouse labor on the West Coast? 📦🤔
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You are only as good as your prompts.
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The 2nd most exciting news in AI you will read this week, I promise 😉 Proud of our team’s great work helping support critical initiatives for the biggest innovators in AI — and finding new ways to create economic opportunity for our Pro community.
🚀 Instawork just revealed a new offering to support companies with AI projects like Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) initiatives and data collection training for robotics. This offering confirms Instawork as the leading staffing marketplace at the forefront of AI advancements by connecting these companies with the diverse talent necessary to train their models. We're empowering the next wave of AI innovation.
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Siddharth retweeted
One of the most useful ways to evaluate people is through their unique insights and the best people observe and discover new unique insights absolutely all the time. They are meaning making machines instead of following mechanistically the beliefs issued to them.
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Siddharth retweeted
Consumer AI is so back
🛍️@shopencoreapp (YC F24) is your all-in-one shopping assistant, starting with resale. Make browsing fun and uncover unique gems with their conversational search engine, refining results from 100s of platforms in seconds. Congrats on the launch, @parthematics + @alex_ruber!
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Just apply. Don’t overthink. Surround yourself with ambitious folks. YC is where you find them. Nowhere else will you have similar density of ambition. YC changed my life. It has changed lives of 1000s. It will continue to do so. Hop on.
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Replying to @jasonlk
💯 Just do it, put yourself out there: sumir at instawork dot com
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The best part about being a founder is you get to pick the people that you work with.
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Monetisation efforts in a freemium product - should make the UX better, not worse. Either, have the guts to convert free into paid. (PUSH) Or, make add-on stuff so lucrative that one cannot resist. (PULL) But, if you are too scared - you design the latest Healthifyme.
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I wrote a book! My team compiled the *best* personal finance & tax content I've shared here over the last 2 years Personal Finance 101, Money for Startup Founders, Strategies to Pay Less in Taxes & more RT or Reply to this post & I'll DM you a copy (must be following)
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Any masterclass examples of growth stage companies enabling “0 to 1” teams to succeed? How to leverage the scale and resources of a bigger company without letting org structure and “sacred cows” impede?
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Team behind this promotion was definitely not raised in an Indian household 😝
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Post about Zepto because it is exciting. Buy Zomato stocks because it is growing. Use Swiggy instamart because it is good.
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