#  @caleb_friesen Caleb Caleb posts on X about india, ai, portal, if you the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1271390878309859328/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] +3.30% - [--] Month [---------] -22% - [--] Months [---------] +62% - [--] Year [----------] +2,269% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1271390878309859328/posts_active)  - [--] Months [---] -0.72% - [--] Year [---] +1,078% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1271390878309859328/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.77% - [--] Month [------] +3% - [--] Months [------] +37% - [--] Year [------] +168% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1271390878309859328/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 31.62% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 5.98% [finance](/list/finance) 5.98% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 3.42% [stocks](/list/stocks) 2.56% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 1.71% **Social topic influence** [india](/topic/india) #2914, [ai](/topic/ai) 10.26%, [portal](/topic/portal) #1165, [if you](/topic/if-you) #4190, [in the](/topic/in-the) 6.84%, [status](/topic/status) #557, [the world](/topic/the-world) 5.13%, [update](/topic/update) 2.56%, [has been](/topic/has-been) #527, [tracking](/topic/tracking) #65 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@calebfriesen](/creator/undefined) [@virendra0698](/creator/undefined) [@rahulsanghi1](/creator/undefined) [@thesandeepnair](/creator/undefined) [@siddharthiitm](/creator/undefined) [@gbaoffice](/creator/undefined) [@commblrsouth](/creator/undefined) [@sanatanlov](/creator/undefined) [@lossfunk](/creator/undefined) [@ultravioletteev](/creator/undefined) [@thesandeep_nair](/creator/undefined) [@aeternus_shadow](/creator/undefined) [@a_s_s_v_p](/creator/undefined) [@nitz_007](/creator/undefined) [@vinit_shenoy](/creator/undefined) [@litemedindia](/creator/undefined) [@aaryamanvir](/creator/undefined) [@babugi28](/creator/undefined) [@janinaparker](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya status: No update. I have also now filed an e-grievance via CPGRAMS. As this is Day [--] could someone in Koramangala volunteer to check if any progress has been made I'm out of station at the moment. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. New development: Bengaluru East City Corporation has asked Bengaluru South City Corporation to step up. https://t.co/BZ8LZvQJ8r Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2020536885387407650) 2026-02-08T16:35Z 34.2K followers, 109.6K engagements "This Hyderabad startup builds sticky PBM pucks. They blast light (600-1070 nm) into your tissue. This stimulates mitochondria leading to: - Increased ATP production - Reduced inflammation - Faster tissue repair 60%+ pain relief in [--] mins. This is a made-in-India product. It's Wednesday Here's what happened in Indian tech in the last [--] hours: [--]. @LitemedIndia raised 20Cr to build PBM-powered devices [--]. @RahulSanghi1 @AaryamanVir and I launched something cool [--]. Saubha Aerial Systems built an autonomous parachute system for drones https://t.co/Jv8UUKz4CM It's Wednesday Here's what happened in" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021454004224708861) 2026-02-11T05:19Z 34.2K followers, 64.3K engagements "Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Did some Street View research. This footpath was in near-perfect condition in Nov [----]. Nobody maintained it so it fell into disrepair π’ Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. And I get it it's Saturday. But AE if you happen to go for a stroll this weekend here's the spot to look for. I call it the double pit. https://t.co/pc2nCPeBsV Day [--] of tracking what happens to" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2017951090059428171) 2026-02-01T13:20Z 34.2K followers, 71.6K engagements "Indian labourers are training themselves out of the job. Here's the pipeline: [--]. Strap a camera to a worker's cap [--]. Capture hours of egocentric footage [--]. Pay them for their time (very affordable compared to American data) [--]. Process the data [--]. Sell it to robot companies It's Tech Tuesday Here are the two updates that caught our attention in the last [--] hours: [--]. @babugi28 shared what they're cooking up at Human Archive. [--]. AquaAirX raised 12.5Cr to build drones that can dive underwater and fly in the air. https://t.co/zrAXc8l2WL It's Tech Tuesday Here are the two updates that caught our" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2018578103552155650) 2026-02-03T06:51Z 34.2K followers, 385.7K engagements "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya: No update. CPGRAMS: No update. ICCCBengaluru on X: "Complaint resolved" I'm currently out of station so would appreciate a volunteer recording a vid so that we know how the work has been done. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya status: No update. CPGRAMS status: Grievance received and forwarded to an officer in Karnataka. Truly sad that people have to live with this. India and Bengaluru deserve better. https://t.co/oXp3cNMOjF Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021233349038092758) 2026-02-10T14:42Z 34.2K followers, 120.8K engagements "242k views [---] replies and nobody noticed that Sarvam just teased an app WE'RE GETTING A SARVAM CHATBOT π¨ BREAKING: Sarvam has teased the upcoming launch of an Indic LLM. https://t.co/ZI8xMPoZkV π¨ BREAKING: Sarvam has teased the upcoming launch of an Indic LLM. https://t.co/ZI8xMPoZkV" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021459988091371891) 2026-02-11T05:43Z 34.2K followers, 45.7K engagements "Bangalore Mirror covered the work @Virendra0698 and I are doing to build the largest dataset of Indian pothole images. Go give it a read And if you want to join our crowdsourced effort to snap pics of lakhs of potholes across in India just let me know Real-time computer vision detects maps and logs potholes helping authorities prioritise repairs and prevent accidents across urban road networks Read more at: https://t.co/r4CCTgYYwA Real-time computer vision detects maps and logs potholes helping authorities prioritise repairs and prevent accidents across urban road networks Read more at:" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021876431710789994) 2026-02-12T09:18Z 34.2K followers, 17.3K engagements "India's biggest AI startup $1B Sarvam launched its flagship LLM two weeks ago It has a mere [---] lakh downloads [--] weeks after launch India's biggest AI startup $1B Sarvam just launched its flagship LLM. It's a 24B Mistral small post trained on Indic data with a mere [--] downloads [--] days after launch. In contrast [--] Korean college trained an open-source model that did 200k last month. Embarrassing. https://t.co/IWppTEYwtJ India's biggest AI startup $1B Sarvam just launched its flagship LLM. It's a 24B Mistral small post trained on Indic data with a mere [--] downloads [--] days after launch. In" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1931611334388642285) 2025-06-08T07:16Z 34.2K followers, 149.3K engagements "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. This spot outside of Koramangala Indoor Stadium has been an unofficial dustbin since Nov [----] per Google Maps. Sorry if I'm annoying y'all with these daily posts. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Had a call with a journalist this evening. They're writing a piece about Bengaluru's e-grievance system. Will update you once it's published. https://t.co/WID0MjhC1L Day [--] of tracking what" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2019069753260671471) 2026-02-04T15:25Z 34.2K followers, 106.9K engagements "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. New development: Bengaluru East City Corporation has asked Bengaluru South City Corporation to step up. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. However we may have our first positive development: Kiran from the BDA Helpline Team has asked Shri Chethan (AEE Bengaluru East City Corp) to inspect the location. https://t.co/ZgY8qh1B4V Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2020145303652069459) 2026-02-07T14:39Z 34.2K followers, 59.9K engagements "Today I published my first article in over a decade. It's about India. And products. And potholes. And a special motorcycle. I really think you'll like it. If you read it come back here when you're done and tell me what's in your S tier π€ https://nextupindia.substack.com/ https://nextupindia.substack.com/" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021192441769099508) 2026-02-10T12:00Z 34.2K followers, 19.1K engagements "Nothing just released an app store for vibecoders. Anyone can vibecode any app for Nothing phones. Installed straight to your phone's homescreen. Carl Pei is going straight for Google/Apple's neck. Create apps shaped exactly around your specific needs and context. That's what Essential Apps are. You describe what you need. AI builds it. It appears on your phone's home screen ready to use. One billion apps for one billion people. Beta starts today on Nothing Playground. https://t.co/tgqi0aq64r Create apps shaped exactly around your specific needs and context. That's what Essential Apps are." [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021273982440440154) 2026-02-10T17:24Z 34.2K followers, 41.5K engagements "@thesandeep_nair Applets Can't wait for them to pretend they invented vibecoding (wonder what they'll call that) while also proceeding to build this on top of Firebase Studio or something" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021289110892315086) 2026-02-10T18:24Z 34.2K followers, [----] engagements "@janinaparker_ @thesandeep_nair @wabi They don't own the hardware layer though. That's the big difference here" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021416377253494875) 2026-02-11T02:49Z 34.2K followers, [--] engagements "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Yesterday ICCCBengaluru said: "Your complaint is resolved." They sent a pic (left) at 4:44 PM. Then @siddharth_iitm visited the site (thank you sir). His pic (right) at 8:52 PM. Status: Complaint not resolved. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya: No update. CPGRAMS: No update. ICCCBengaluru on X: "Complaint resolved" I'm currently out of station so would appreciate a volunteer recording a vid so that we know how the work has been done. https://t.co/5QPmTEmN4b Day [--] of tracking my formally" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021526158106562722) 2026-02-11T10:06Z 34.2K followers, 100.1K engagements "Most people I know are fizzy drink addicts. They have no clue what they're consuming. What's natural colour 150d What's sweetener [---] Which Indian soda brand (started by an American in Mizoram) is using local all-natural ingredients Find out π https://open.substack.com/pub/nextupindia/p/nui4-local-all-natural-soda https://open.substack.com/pub/nextupindia/p/nui4-local-all-natural-soda" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021899661788017059) 2026-02-12T10:50Z 34.2K followers, [----] engagements "India needs more companies like Ultraviolette. More concerned with tech/innovation than sales. Handmade like luxury Italian automotive brands. No mass production. Rigorous quality control. Similar story to Ather but more globally oriented. Ultraviolette has one assembly line. Every bike they've ever sold came off that line. Then they ship them to: - Netherlands - Switzerland - Germany - Belgium - France - Italy - UK Truly handmade in India for the world. Here's their Bengaluru factory where it all happens: https://t.co/oObCDBq5a9 Ultraviolette has one assembly line. Every bike they've ever" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1990382990976057720) 2025-11-17T11:34Z 34.1K followers, 35.5K engagements "Life hack: skip hotels and go couchsurfing. Here's why: [--]. It helps you understand the place you're visiting. [--]. It's free (although I try to help w food = to the cost of a hotel). [--]. It's a good way to make non-work friends as an adult. Pic from my recent Coimbatore trip" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2016006753310408773) 2026-01-27T04:34Z 34K followers, [----] engagements "Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: A staff by the name of AE said: "1st Assignment Based on Ward Mapping" AE if you're reading this I know it's your first ward mapping assignment but you got this. We're believe in you π€ @caleb_friesen Dear citizen your complaint has been registered @BBMP Sahaaya. Please Note your Grievance no: [--------] Check your grievance status here: https://t.co/nl5NxHWBwk For any queries you may call-1533 Regards Team #ICCCBengaluru @GBA_office @comm_blr_south @caleb_friesen Dear citizen your complaint has been registered" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2017199110399361193) 2026-01-30T11:32Z 34K followers, 46.9K engagements "Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. And I get it it's Saturday. But AE if you happen to go for a stroll this weekend here's the spot to look for. I call it the double pit. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: A staff by the name of AE said: "1st Assignment Based on Ward Mapping" AE if you're reading this I know it's your first ward mapping assignment but you got this. We're believe in you π€ https://t.co/nHCQFE4idq Day [--] of tracking what happens to" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2017591624285720695) 2026-01-31T13:31Z 34K followers, 88.2K engagements "Virendra and I are building India's largest pothole image data set. If you want to contribute and are willing to go out with your phone and take a few pics of potholes every week reply and I'll send you instructions. we were able to detect and segment potholes on bangalore roads using YOLO and ultralytics SAM 3D plugin. red segmented detection is only YOLO. box + mask is using their SAM 3D plugin (post processing). next video is going to be sick https://t.co/p8rnrEkhRd we were able to detect and segment potholes on bangalore roads using YOLO and ultralytics SAM 3D plugin. red segmented" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2017967218689290414) 2026-02-01T14:24Z 34.2K followers, 139K engagements "Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Ironically this pit is directly in front of the Koramangala Indoor Stadium Park. Great warmup practice obstacle to test one's agility. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Did some Street View research. This footpath was in near-perfect condition in Nov [----]. Nobody maintained it so it fell into disrepair π’ https://t.co/eOaqYRPQN4 Day [--] of tracking what happens to" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2018367141406470267) 2026-02-02T16:53Z 34K followers, 28.4K engagements "Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Had a call with a journalist this evening. They're writing a piece about Bengaluru's e-grievance system. Will update you once it's published. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Ironically this pit is directly in front of the Koramangala Indoor Stadium Park. Great warmup practice obstacle to test one's agility. https://t.co/d1dFu8uzkO Day [--] of tracking what happens" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2018683778688778647) 2026-02-03T13:51Z 34.1K followers, 59.1K engagements "@Mudigoudar51430 @sanatanlov Interesting may do this thanks Arun" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2020564914600091866) 2026-02-08T18:26Z 34.1K followers, [--] engagements "@InfraEye Wild. 12M+ people and you had to show up to Wednesday meetings to hold the conch to get stuff done. Now even that's gone. Meanwhile it's the tech capital of India π₯² so strange to think that people are building rockets and cutting-edge AI alongside such ineffectual systems" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2020566860409020814) 2026-02-08T18:34Z 34.1K followers, [---] engagements "Yann LeCun is coming to India this month (Feb). First public appearance since leaving Meta. It's happening in Gurugram. You're invited. PSA: @SynapseConclave has an unreal speaker lineup this year. Tickets running out for Feb 21st and 22nd in Gurgaon. Speakers include: - π§ Yann LeCun in his first appearance since leaving Meta and starting AMI - π§« Sergiu Paca who grew human brains inside of rats in his PSA: @SynapseConclave has an unreal speaker lineup this year. Tickets running out for Feb 21st and 22nd in Gurgaon. Speakers include: - π§ Yann LeCun in his first appearance since leaving Meta" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2020865470379835892) 2026-02-09T14:20Z 34.2K followers, 24.4K engagements "@mrohit912 Thank you Rohit glad you enjoyed it π Would love to try out a Yamaha RX [---]. I drove a Yamaha Ray for many years excellent scooter. Many drops/falls but the thing kept running no matter what. Drove from BLR Pondi Thrissur Ooty BLR on that thing" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021234514056339671) 2026-02-10T14:47Z 34.2K followers, [---] engagements "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. In just [--] months this footpath in Koramangala Bengaluru went from being walkable to hazardous. It is now an open unwalkable pit full of sitting water and litter. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. This spot outside of Koramangala Indoor Stadium has been an unofficial dustbin since Nov [----] per Google Maps. Sorry if I'm annoying y'all with these daily posts. https://t.co/xfxlNY5mbo Day [--] of tracking my formally" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2019488354279256317) 2026-02-05T19:08Z 34.2K followers, 79.4K engagements "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. However we may have our first positive development: Kiran from the BDA Helpline Team has asked Shri Chethan (AEE Bengaluru East City Corp) to inspect the location. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. In just [--] months this footpath in Koramangala Bengaluru went from being walkable to hazardous. It is now an open unwalkable pit full of sitting water and litter. https://t.co/IHrxiuZMqV Day [--] of tracking my formally" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2019792509912690772) 2026-02-06T15:17Z 34.2K followers, 34K engagements "Tbh I wish they did π would find some donors a BARBIE engineer and build a real footpath. Multi-decade maintenance is another issue ofc. for that I think we need a privately-run CSR-funded maintenance co. A good one that builds accountability/transparency into their DNA. @caleb_friesen The bright side - they did not say it falls under the jurisdiction of @caleb_friesen @caleb_friesen The bright side - they did not say it falls under the jurisdiction of @caleb_friesen" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2020172417486963182) 2026-02-07T16:26Z 34.2K followers, 41.7K engagements "@Indo_Realist Yeah I think the new one (dragon fruit and pomelo) is not included in the variety pack sadly" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2021938613492363408) 2026-02-12T13:25Z 34.2K followers, [--] engagements "Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya: No update. GPGRAMS: No update. It has now been two weeks. Nobody has messaged me. Nobody has called me. ICCC Bengaluru shared a dissatisfying update. Should I just go ahead and post the video Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Yesterday ICCCBengaluru said: "Your complaint is resolved." They sent a pic (left) at 4:44 PM. Then @siddharth_iitm visited the site (thank you sir). His pic (right) at 8:52 PM. Status: Complaint not resolved. https://t.co/85zdRr90Ja Day [--] of tracking my formally" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/2022005272076824646) 2026-02-12T17:49Z 34.2K followers, 12.9K engagements "Did a deep dive into the very early years of BYJU'S recently and made some interesting discoveries π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1684530515012100097) 2023-07-27T11:45Z 34.2K followers, 499.7K engagements "This Indian QSR startup began as a single 5x5 foot booth in [----]. The founder Biraja Rout had no business experience and no money - he hadn't even eaten a burger before [----]. Now he runs a 120+ location [---] crore ARR burger chain. Here's how it happened π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1685980974528724992) 2023-07-31T11:49Z 34.2K followers, 112K engagements "When Bert Mueller visited India in [----] he never could have imagined that hed spend the next decade of his life here. Today he runs a profitable 50+ location QSR chain called California Burrito - they bring in 110+ crore annually. Here's how it happened π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1693595842794692830) 2023-08-21T12:08Z 34.2K followers, 1.1M engagements "14/15 California Burrito celebrated their most successful location launch ever in May of [----] when they expanded to Chennai. They now have a presence in Bengaluru NCR Hyderabad and Chennai. Here's Bert speaking Tamil to promote their Chennai location" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1693595888516763839) 2023-08-21T12:08Z 34.2K followers, 62.9K engagements "15/15 Bert is aiming for California Burrito to have [---] stores by March of [----]. Heres a sneak peek from the podcast conversation I had with him recently. If you want to watch the entire video you can find a link to it in my bio" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1693595895391244661) 2023-08-21T12:08Z 34.2K followers, 58.3K engagements "1/25 Matt Chitharanjan came to India in [----] expecting to spend a year in Chennai before returning to his home country the United States. Instead India became his home; he spent the next [--] years building Indias first specialty coffee brand Blue Tokai. Heres his story π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1696148908647616991) 2023-08-28T13:13Z 34.2K followers, 292.4K engagements "ISRO just dropped footage of Chandrayaan-3's crater bypass. Oh wait this is Bengaluru πͺ¨πͺ¨πͺ¨" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1696922081852895371) 2023-08-30T16:25Z 34.2K followers, 70.3K engagements "Nicolas Grossemy left his home country of France to write his masters dissertation on Indian startups. Then in [----] he created one of his own. In a Matador van. Now he runs a profitable bootstrapped 12-location restaurant business in Bengaluru. Heres his story π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1703995887939383324) 2023-09-19T04:54Z 34.2K followers, 215.2K engagements "Candice Lock is a Malaysian entrepreneur building her business in Bengaluru. Her brand Chinita began as a flea market stall evolved into a catering business and now its a profitable bootstrapped family-owned restaurant chain. Heres how she built it one taco at a time π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1706656529011589302) 2023-09-26T13:06Z 34.2K followers, 110.8K engagements "Successful hardware startups in India are rare. Without a preexisting ecosystem like Chinas Indian tech businesses are forced to import white-labelled products or spend years in R&D to build something from scratch. This is the story of one company that did the latter π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716774866693824761) 2023-10-24T11:13Z 34.2K followers, 658.1K engagements "If you had visited the Robotics Lab at IIT Madras at night in [----] theres a good chance you would have tripped over Swapnil Jain or Tarun Mehta asleep on the floor. A decade later both own beds and have defined Indias electric two wheeler industry. This is their story π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1724465054220009967) 2023-11-14T16:31Z 34.2K followers, 306.4K engagements "In [----] Orangewood Labs had $20K in credit card debt theyd laid off most of their employees and the founders were evicted from their flat because they couldnt make rent. Five years later theyre one of the hottest Indian robotics startups in the world. Heres their story π§΅" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1764671869578264847) 2024-03-04T15:18Z 34.2K followers, 499.5K engagements "@waitin4agi_ Moved to Mizoram last year. Nobody even knows what security deposits are over here. No rental agreements either just trust" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1856779215091212734) 2024-11-13T19:20Z 34.2K followers, 46.8K engagements "A fresh financial year has begun and Indias startup ecosystem wasted no time making headlines. Heres what went down this week:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1908495867931140135) 2025-04-05T12:24Z 34.2K followers, 250.8K engagements "Another huge week in India's startup ecosystem. I summarised everything from Ather Ola Krafton India Vayudh Zomato and more. Here's everything you need to know:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1916423443932959213) 2025-04-27T09:25Z 34.2K followers, 106.6K engagements "some semi-controversial thoughts on language in India" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1916749056245661739) 2025-04-28T06:59Z 34.2K followers, 386.9K engagements "Canada is one of the most popular countries for Indians to relocate to yet many of them discover too late that the grass was actually greener back home" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1917112414929359049) 2025-04-29T07:03Z 34.2K followers, 156.1K engagements "the moment I realised ChatGPT is irredeemably woke" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1918308493267992577) 2025-05-02T14:15Z 34.2K followers, 71.3K engagements "In India courtesy is often in short supply (especially amongst strangers). Lmk if you wanna join the polite club" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1919257882316730810) 2025-05-05T05:08Z 34.2K followers, 339.5K engagements "Indians deserve better from each other" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1923338727323029851) 2025-05-16T11:24Z 34.2K followers, 633K engagements "the honest reason I left Bengaluru after [--] years" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1923707782701715582) 2025-05-17T11:50Z 34.2K followers, 31.6K engagements "not what people expected from self-driving AI cars in India especially @teamminuszero" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1924685100228223471) 2025-05-20T04:34Z 34.2K followers, 60.8K engagements "India's AI brain drain to US isn't brain drain it's brain haemorrhaging" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1925088144841748625) 2025-05-21T07:15Z 34.2K followers, 64K engagements "While the rest of the world was focused on I/O [----] OpenAI io and Claude [--] Indian AI labs have been quietly cooking. So I rounded up everything from Sarvam Minus Zero Bhindi Repello Maya Research and more. Here's everything that happened in Indian AI this week:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1925888545488597096) 2025-05-23T12:16Z 34.2K followers, 72.1K engagements "does India actually want Indic LLMs" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1926329579620168109) 2025-05-24T17:28Z 34.2K followers, 277.8K engagements "this Indian reasoning model got a perfect score on IIT JEE Advanced [----] Maths now it's trending on HF" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1930237977457746356) 2025-06-04T12:19Z 34.2K followers, 47.8K engagements "Sarvam-M now has [---] lakh downloads on Hugging Face beating DeepSeek-R1" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1931357904743088558) 2025-06-07T14:29Z 34.2K followers, 57.3K engagements "Sarvam just went agentic with Samvaad Introducing Sarvam Samvaad π Sarvam Samvaad our Conversational AI Platform is designed to help enterprises build test and launch AI agents fluent in [--] Indian languages. Power interactions across telephone WhatsApp web and apps Handle complex phrases https://t.co/0CCHH2wiUr Introducing Sarvam Samvaad π Sarvam Samvaad our Conversational AI Platform is designed to help enterprises build test and launch AI agents fluent in [--] Indian languages. Power interactions across telephone WhatsApp web and apps Handle complex phrases https://t.co/0CCHH2wiUr" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1932021938022732091) 2025-06-09T10:28Z 34.2K followers, 19.7K engagements "never doomscrolling through zomato or swiggy again" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1932294186642128910) 2025-06-10T04:30Z 34.2K followers, 60.5K engagements "this is why Im never deleting this app childhood inspiration. https://t.co/wvKCyL5Qvn childhood inspiration. https://t.co/wvKCyL5Qvn" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1933076302589993253) 2025-06-12T08:18Z 34.2K followers, 18.7K engagements "POV inside a Bengaluru hacker house where Indian founders are building AI hardware and magic" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1934191143740399929) 2025-06-15T10:07Z 34.2K followers, 1.5M engagements "after living in India for [--] years many people still can't wrap their heads around why I emigrated from Canada hopefully this video sheds some light on one of the many reasons I chose to call this country home" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1934820660599247023) 2025-06-17T03:49Z 34.2K followers, 360.8K engagements "Indian builders are CRACKED π₯ @LightspeedIndia and @devfolio just hosted an agentic AI hackathon Warpspeed in Bengaluru. Here are some of the coolest projects Indian developers created from scratch in [--] hours" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1936680431375818785) 2025-06-22T06:59Z 34.2K followers, 247K engagements "This is basically the Founders Inc of Bengaluru 3D printing robotics AI agents and GPUs going brrrrrrr all under one roof in Koramangala π₯" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1937849476640817538) 2025-06-25T12:24Z 34.2K followers, 95.9K engagements "Rs. [--] lakh for security deposit absolutely bonkers what landlords are expecting these days I could literally buy a new Mahindra Thar for less than this deposit anyone know of a place in/around Indiranagar with 2-3 months deposit only rent price range Rs. [--] to [--] lakh" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938868152915632341) 2025-06-28T07:52Z 34.2K followers, 262.6K engagements "These hackers are shaping the future of India After [--] days of non-stop building the LocalHost fellows are ready to change the world. This is happening RIGHT NOW (Saturday 6:30 PM IST) in Koramangala Bengaluru. VCs this is the ground floor" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938942476112507139) 2025-06-28T12:48Z 34.2K followers, 96.5K engagements "TIL there are secret hacker penthouses in Bengaluru that you can only access via an invite-only Telegram group" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1939334906196480087) 2025-06-29T14:47Z 34.2K followers, 114.3K engagements "I want building businesses in Bengaluru to feel as natural for foreign founders as moving to San Francisco is for Indian founders" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1940027013189841052) 2025-07-01T12:37Z 34.2K followers, 28.9K engagements "I missed you too Bengaluru π«Ά" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944252038839488577) 2025-07-13T04:26Z 34.2K followers, 93.9K engagements "just got back from an Indian wedding so much fun oh wait this is all AI here are [--] videos I generated using the scariest model currently available (and no it's not Veo 3)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1945470112133206505) 2025-07-16T13:06Z 34.2K followers, 1.3M engagements "Bengaluru landlords are the greediest in the world Rs. [--] lakh security deposit (12 months rent) is OUTRAGEOUS meanwhile deposits in other cities: NYC [--] month Toronto [--] month Singapore [--] month per year of lease SF [--] months' Dubai 5%-10% of annual rent London 5-6 weeks'" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947101745319985522) 2025-07-21T01:10Z 34.2K followers, 219.7K engagements "two weeks ago I quit my job to start a daily live Indian tech show. here's what I've learned: - murphy's law is real - renting a studio is costly - internet speeds aren't reliable - a huge amount of prep is needed for one stream that gets [---] views chat did I make a mistake" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1948644048220131688) 2025-07-25T07:18Z 34.2K followers, 71.8K engagements "probably the most 'India for the world' moment I've ever witnessed π€ satellite bus S-band aperture radar and rocket all from India. satellite assembled in India too. launched from Andhra Pradesh all data from NISAR will be FREELY available 1-2 days post observation π¨ ISRO successfully launched NISAR satellite in partnership with NASA onboard GSLV-F16. https://t.co/hUQFQcseEg π¨ ISRO successfully launched NISAR satellite in partnership with NASA onboard GSLV-F16. https://t.co/hUQFQcseEg" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950565223020310559) 2025-07-30T14:32Z 34.2K followers, 35.4K engagements "life update: after weeks of searching I've found a place to live in Indiranagar the owners are a wonderful local family who only asked for [--] months deposit (no negotiation required) it's fully furnished and under my budget life is good thanks to everyone who helped" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951545496985825614) 2025-08-02T07:27Z 34.2K followers, 68.3K engagements "this reminds me of my litter cleaning days under the Ejipura Stonehenge in [----] never posted about this at the time but I remember inviting a few people to come out with me and pick up trash after work/on weekends never got any takers A serbian guy on a mission to clean one Indian street each day. https://t.co/UAYyUSdBu9 A serbian guy on a mission to clean one Indian street each day. https://t.co/UAYyUSdBu9" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1954621987994935446) 2025-08-10T19:12Z 34.2K followers, 181.7K engagements "this Independence Day we tried to make India .000001% cleaner shoutout to my Trash Crew @anirudhmanju15 and @NareshMeetei11 and thanks to @bengawalk for the location inspo we saw your Domlur skate park video and decided to make the footpaths leading there a bit more walkable" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956421770547991020) 2025-08-15T18:24Z 34.2K followers, 33.3K engagements "so I attempted to use the footpath from Domlur to Indiranagar things did not go as planned" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1958016202271318442) 2025-08-20T04:00Z 34.2K followers, 64.2K engagements "got approached by a stranger in Bengaluru today ended up inviting myself to his office got rejected gave him my number anyway" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1958869099599294801) 2025-08-22T12:29Z 34.2K followers, 91.5K engagements "so many people tagging local politicians complaining about how unclean India is they should get out and do something about it instead of complaining. same people probably walk past trash in their own locality every day yet don't take time out on the weekends or after work to clean it Indian citizens need to take ownership of their cities. don't rely on politicians or foreigners to clean your India do it yourselves https://x.com/caleb_friesen2/status/1956421770547991020 #WATCH Haryana Foreign nationals living in Gurugram along with locals organised a cleanliness drive to clean the roads and" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1959949310524805615) 2025-08-25T12:01Z 34.2K followers, 179K engagements "taking recommendations for which Bengaluru footpath to walk next" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960626416304971968) 2025-08-27T08:52Z 34.2K followers, 157.5K engagements "the Domlur - Indiranagar footpath went from literally unwalkable to pristine and pedestrian-friendly in mere days Bengaluru is setting an example for the rest of India on expedient public infra restoration" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960689695639159260) 2025-08-27T13:03Z 34.2K followers, 282.5K engagements "IRCTC website needs a UX4G overhaul first. feels like a scam website. whoever designed it has a disturbing love of pop-ups The Government of India is standardising UX across its services. With the launch of UX4G Design System v2.0 an open-source design framework @_DigitalIndia aims to support designers and developers in creating accessible user-friendly and government-compliant websites. https://t.co/G7NKxzRGGH The Government of India is standardising UX across its services. With the launch of UX4G Design System v2.0 an open-source design framework @_DigitalIndia aims to support designers and" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1961625572834250836) 2025-08-30T03:02Z 34.2K followers, 57.6K engagements "Trump banning IT outsourcing to India would be a HUGE blessing in disguise: [--]. TCS/Infosys/Wipro/HCL/others effectively lose half their revenue overnight. mass layoffs ensue [--]. tens of thousands of talented engineers in low-risk IT jobs now out of work. many are based in Bengaluru the Silicon Valley of India. they've got a severance package and nothing to do so. [--]. they start that company they've been dreaming of starting. or join a startup. there are startup jobs everywhere (btw @sankalpdomore is building NextDoor to increase geo-based visibility of these jobs go check it out) [--]. communities" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964276371321983263) 2025-09-06T10:35Z 34.2K followers, 216.5K engagements "Bengaluru aint ready for my next Indian footpaths video" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1964951158788968844) 2025-09-08T07:17Z 34.2K followers, 124.8K engagements "walking [---] km of Bengaluru footpaths showed me: - tunnel juice - barbed wire - desire paths - bushwhacking - pavement pudding - a stairwell into a drain - something I can't type here don't watch this if you have a weak stomach" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1965966022651031594) 2025-09-11T02:30Z 34.2K followers, 807.6K engagements ""dad can you come pick me up our school bus tipped over. everyone is sideways" imagine getting this call from your kid in the morning this was recorded today outside of Ekya Nava International School in Varthur Bengaluru" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966411057360142823) 2025-09-12T07:58Z 34.2K followers, 161.7K engagements "@GBAoffic @DKShivakumar thank you for listening and taking rapid action @GBAoffic no more parkour over barbed wire required by pedestrians before and after" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966416173215666366) 2025-09-12T08:18Z 34.2K followers, 24K engagements "please consider my intent my goal in highlighting problems is not to defame. I want to see improvement by highlighting issues hence why I shared the location where the accident occurred. as a parent I would be very upset if my son was aboard that bus. how else can we contribute to the betterment of India if we don't highlight both the bad and the good that we see you should know that I am spotlighting Indian innovation and technological progress on a daily basis at informing India and the world about developments in AI robotics EVs spacetech drones etc India is my home and I genuinely want to" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966472117303869753) 2025-09-12T12:01Z 34.2K followers, 76.5K engagements "they said AI would take our jobs I guess I should have seen this coming introducing πΈgorawapsi πΈ aka "@caleb_friesen as a Service" you can now upload a photo of a dirty street / footpath and get an AI white man pointing out issues to the local authority. link to app in the next tweet. pls QT this tweet with results. https://t.co/WvTnubyJD7 introducing πΈgorawapsi πΈ aka "@caleb_friesen as a Service" you can now upload a photo of a dirty street / footpath and get an AI white man pointing out issues to the local authority. link to app in the next tweet. pls QT this tweet with results." [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966789319672188964) 2025-09-13T09:01Z 34.2K followers, 79.5K engagements "Indian students should be getting field trips each semester to: @Addverb_Tech @Aeos_Labs @AgamRobotics @atherenergy @lossfunk @OlaElectric @PixxelSpace @ranoksys @SarvamAI @sarlaaviation @TonboImaging @UltravioletteEV @upsurgelabs and many more (tag anyone I missed) Prakash Dadlani (@prakdadlani) the director of Topsail Appliances is opening his factory in Silvassa for school visits. The goal of this initiative is for kids in India to be able to see touch and ask about manufacturing. Topsail is an OEM exporter of mixer grinders. https://t.co/P5vwaujoLe Prakash Dadlani (@prakdadlani) the" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968627999026332130) 2025-09-18T10:47Z 34.2K followers, 71.1K engagements "got the high score on Pothole Patrol: Sarjapur Road I lived on Sarjapur Road for multiple years. met multiple small accidents due to potholes + silt/sand between [----] and [----]. always kept dettol and bandages in my backpack which stretch in Bengaluru should I patrol next" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969952291915772058) 2025-09-22T02:30Z 34.2K followers, 228.3K engagements "here's the slide that blew my mind at yesterday's UV event. for Rs. [---] you can: a) travel from BLR airport to Bengaluru on an ICE bike (that's how far you'll get on 1L of petrol) b) travel from BLR airport to Chennai airport on an X47 EV long-term cost savings are shocking Here's everything that happened in Indian tech in the last [--] hours: [--]. @UltravioletteEV unveiled the X47 electric motorcycle [--]. Paar Autonomy raised 3.5Cr to build UAV cams [--]. @rocketdotnew raised $15M for vibe solutioning π¨ Follow Runtime for daily updates on Indian tech. https://t.co/zG4OcJXCBx Here's everything that" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1970738005074944470) 2025-09-24T06:32Z 34.2K followers, 78.8K engagements "this is so satisfying to watch India has a rich vibrant history but only the major historical sites have been conserved for posterity. don't rely on others to foster the preservation of India's past take action and do it yourself be the change you want to see We need more influencers like this This should become mass movement This influencer posted a video and asked people to join him in cleaning an ancient temple well [--] people joined him in his effort. This is how it turned out to be Care to share and spread the word so that https://t.co/O0LrhVNpuq We need more influencers like this This" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1970807701174448376) 2025-09-24T11:09Z 34.2K followers, 47.4K engagements "now India has two CMFs my middle name is Matthew btw CMF to become India's first global smartphone and smart hardware company. - No more a sub-brand will operate as an independent subsidiary - Strategic joint venture with Optiemus https://t.co/Bp4nWPgD4j CMF to become India's first global smartphone and smart hardware company. - No more a sub-brand will operate as an independent subsidiary - Strategic joint venture with Optiemus https://t.co/Bp4nWPgD4j" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1971163878806745485) 2025-09-25T10:44Z 34.2K followers, 30K engagements "beat my Pothole Patrol high score Varthur Road is something else. it's actually shorter than Sarjapur Road yet has more potholes. can't imagine this being my daily commute would require nerves of steel and surplus sanity which road should I patrol next" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971826792626639299) 2025-09-27T06:38Z 34.2K followers, 56.6K engagements ""your home's next obsession" my obsession is having encroachment-free footpaths @livspace please let people walk on the footpath especially sad that elders pregnant mothers toddlers and differently-abled folks have to walk on the road because Livspace has different construction standards in India compared to their HQ country Singapore tagging investors for visibility: @HelionVC @jungleventures @BessemerVPIndia @BessemerVP @tpg @IngkaGroup @venturiprtnrs @amitvedand @ramakantsharma Shameless @livspace continues to block entire footpath leaving no space for pedestrians on ORR. @GBA_office" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1972955340669952255) 2025-09-30T09:23Z 34.2K followers, 60.6K engagements "I had never seen shameless corruption before. I didnt even know how to identity it. Nobody had ever given me "the look" before. That smug subtle grin that cuts through all the bureaucracy and says "Give me your money I want it for myself." I had never seen an authority figure someone entrusted with the responsibility to do "God's work" exploit my vulnerability and use their position to withhold something I was entitled to unless I paid. Note: I have no proof of the story I'm about to tell so I have been intentionally vague. This was many years ago. I needed a crucial document from someone in" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974062165612245185) 2025-10-03T10:41Z 34.2K followers, 120.6K engagements "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" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976542731121066365) 2025-10-10T06:58Z 34.2K followers, 281.5K engagements "A new Unleash the Avatar trailer just dropped and. Varun Mayya's X: 117k views Varun's YT: 11k views UtA's YT: 3.9k views IGN India: 7.1k views Bilibili: 447k views Why is an Indian game about Indian mythology seeing a warmer response from China than India the game trailer posted by IGN china has already gone viral in china π€― at 447k views right now and counting. hugely positive comments saying [---] (means awesome in chinese internet slang) and everyone is commenting to view the video at 9:26 (bollywood dodge move) my https://t.co/EJwavZJRT8 the game trailer posted by IGN china has already" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977781340125999219) 2025-10-13T16:59Z 34.2K followers, 81.4K engagements "Just realised that at some point over the last [--] years I became more comfortable with lakhs/crores than hundreds of thousands/millions" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1978738498141143453) 2025-10-16T08:23Z 34.2K followers, 27.5K engagements "What Indian footpaths are for in descending order of importance: [--]. Power junction boxes [--]. Electrical poles [--]. Hoardings [--]. Food stalls [--]. Darshini overflow [--]. Parked vehicles [--]. Trees [--]. Potted plants [--]. Pedestrians [--]. Parents with strollers/differently-abled in wheelchairs" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978801752972652902) 2025-10-16T12:34Z 34.2K followers, 253.9K engagements "Not just mothers Dads carry babies too. "Adapting" is literally why these problems exist. Indian people are very good at adaptation. Same reason why there's such a large Indian diaspora. It's one of India's many strengths Indians are tough they can thrive in all manner of conditions and scenarios. But it's also a weakness. Too many people in India have accepted the status quo and "adapted" to squalid cities. Either the city changes you or you change the city. India deserves better but it will never get what it deserves if we continuously "adapt" to these conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1979080227533000946) 2025-10-17T07:01Z 34.2K followers, 48.5K engagements "Chinese fan edits of the new Unleash the Avatar trailer lowkey slap" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980267220690472988) 2025-10-20T13:37Z 34.2K followers, 34.2K engagements "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." Blackstone CEO on "Where To Invest" Top idea is India https://t.co/4zQUVv8CKP Blackstone CEO on "Where To Invest" Top idea is India https://t.co/4zQUVv8CKP" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980559403276517622) 2025-10-21T08:58Z 34.2K followers, 371.9K engagements "I don't think people here in India understand how obsessed China is with Unleash the Avatar. Bilibili is FULL of fan edits of the trailer. They've modded Black Myth: Wukong to include the 'hair swipe' move. They even translated our office tour of Aeos Games into Chinese. Indian Tech Update Oct [--] [----] π¨ Unleash the Avatar is going viral in China becoming one of the top [--] trailers on IGN China with 3.8M views overtaking Hollow Knight: Silksong. https://t.co/WsEt9maTYk Indian Tech Update Oct [--] [----] π¨ Unleash the Avatar is going viral in China becoming one of the top [--] trailers on IGN China" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981268990677963071) 2025-10-23T07:58Z 34.2K followers, 33.8K engagements "I found a secret footpath in Bengaluru. Here's what it's being used for: - Defecation - Sticking posters - Discarding trash - Growing flyover grass So where are pedestrians walking instead A subterranean single-lane tunnel road" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981637625414025365) 2025-10-24T08:23Z 34.2K followers, 82.9K engagements "Skill issue. This was design strategically with dual-purpose functionality offering a valid path while ALSO improving pedestrian health. Path 1: Designed to improve balance. Path 2: Designed to improve plyometrics via jumping. Path 3: Designed to encourage leanness/slim belly. Thank you for giving me challenge in #Walking and a maze I solved during my #Commute It is the respect we give to the #Pedestrians The most majority in commute The most vulnerable on the road The most environment friendly commuter #Walkability is directly proportional to https://t.co/qhZc7stI5k Thank you for giving me" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981714649310773674) 2025-10-24T13:29Z 34.2K followers, 196.3K engagements "The saddest part is that despite the commendable efforts of @comm_blr_south to restore this footpath pedestrians aren't using it. Why Because massive pillars are occupying the entire footpath. At this point pedestrians would be better off with "walking lanes" on the roads. Hope it stays this way. People need to have better habits. If Bangkok can be so clean we should be ashamed. Hope it stays this way. People need to have better habits. If Bangkok can be so clean we should be ashamed" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984975438402253125) 2025-11-02T13:26Z 34.2K followers, 62.4K engagements "@ravihanda I don't think I will ever take an intercity bus in India again. The people behind the wheel always drive like maniacs not to mention multiple bus fires this year. Value of human life + implementation of road laws is too low to take such risks. Better to go by plane/rail" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985309804953514087) 2025-11-03T11:35Z 34.2K followers, 15.9K engagements "Stonehenge no more Had no idea this account existed until today π regular updates on Ejipura Flyover progress. Accounts like this are the need of the hour for ALL Bengaluru (and arguably India) infra projects with daily geo-tagged images and videos. Span P25-P26 segment lifting https://t.co/TCrM1bu5PE Span P25-P26 segment lifting https://t.co/TCrM1bu5PE" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985372722327691647) 2025-11-03T15:45Z 34.2K followers, 149.1K engagements "I took a walk in HSR Layout recently. Here's what I realised: [--]. Footpaths are inaccessible due to encroachment [--]. Inaccessible footpaths aren't maintained [--]. Unmaintained footpaths become dumping spots [--]. Dumping spots become toilets It all starts with encroachment" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985655762836971606) 2025-11-04T10:30Z 34.2K followers, 174.3K engagements "Ok they actually did some deep research on this one. They somehow figured out about my 40-day water fast in my early 20s. Also "Bengaluru man" is satisfying to read" [X Link](https://x.com/caleb_friesen/status/1986043143637385538) 2025-11-05T12:09Z 34.2K followers, 21.8K engagements "Absolutely mind-boggling. "Rs. 9.8Cr total budget allocated" "0 works completed out of [--] recommended." @roshanasingh6 @mohol_murlidhar At the end of all this Zero work and Zero projects completion. https://t.co/dQUxsyRMY7 @roshanasingh6 @mohol_murlidhar At the end of all this Zero work and Zero projects completion. https://t.co/dQUxsyRMY7" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986329697966563719) 2025-11-06T07:07Z 34.2K followers, 114.5K engagements "Bengaluru footpaths are awful. Meanwhile Shenzhen takes action. Citizens complain infra improves. Where is this efficiency in Bengaluru Why is India pedestrian-unfriendly Why can't things be fixed at scale" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986385574786445660) 2025-11-06T10:50Z 34.2K followers, 111K engagements "Bengaluru has its issues: - Poor footpaths - Potholes - Flooding during monsoon But you know what I'm happy I'm here. I'm happy I can breathe" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987367486568947988) 2025-11-09T03:51Z 34.2K followers, 227.6K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@caleb_friesen CalebCaleb posts on X about india, ai, portal, if you the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Social category influence countries 31.62% technology brands 5.98% finance 5.98% travel destinations 3.42% stocks 2.56% social networks 1.71%
Social topic influence india #2914, ai 10.26%, portal #1165, if you #4190, in the 6.84%, status #557, the world 5.13%, update 2.56%, has been #527, tracking #65
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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya status: No update. I have also now filed an e-grievance via CPGRAMS. As this is Day [--] could someone in Koramangala volunteer to check if any progress has been made I'm out of station at the moment. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. New development: Bengaluru East City Corporation has asked Bengaluru South City Corporation to step up. https://t.co/BZ8LZvQJ8r Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the"
X Link 2026-02-08T16:35Z 34.2K followers, 109.6K engagements
"This Hyderabad startup builds sticky PBM pucks. They blast light (600-1070 nm) into your tissue. This stimulates mitochondria leading to: - Increased ATP production - Reduced inflammation - Faster tissue repair 60%+ pain relief in [--] mins. This is a made-in-India product. It's Wednesday Here's what happened in Indian tech in the last [--] hours: [--]. @LitemedIndia raised 20Cr to build PBM-powered devices [--]. @RahulSanghi1 @AaryamanVir and I launched something cool [--]. Saubha Aerial Systems built an autonomous parachute system for drones https://t.co/Jv8UUKz4CM It's Wednesday Here's what happened in"
X Link 2026-02-11T05:19Z 34.2K followers, 64.3K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Did some Street View research. This footpath was in near-perfect condition in Nov [----]. Nobody maintained it so it fell into disrepair π’ Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. And I get it it's Saturday. But AE if you happen to go for a stroll this weekend here's the spot to look for. I call it the double pit. https://t.co/pc2nCPeBsV Day [--] of tracking what happens to"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:20Z 34.2K followers, 71.6K engagements
"Indian labourers are training themselves out of the job. Here's the pipeline: [--]. Strap a camera to a worker's cap [--]. Capture hours of egocentric footage [--]. Pay them for their time (very affordable compared to American data) [--]. Process the data [--]. Sell it to robot companies It's Tech Tuesday Here are the two updates that caught our attention in the last [--] hours: [--]. @babugi28 shared what they're cooking up at Human Archive. [--]. AquaAirX raised 12.5Cr to build drones that can dive underwater and fly in the air. https://t.co/zrAXc8l2WL It's Tech Tuesday Here are the two updates that caught our"
X Link 2026-02-03T06:51Z 34.2K followers, 385.7K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya: No update. CPGRAMS: No update. ICCCBengaluru on X: "Complaint resolved" I'm currently out of station so would appreciate a volunteer recording a vid so that we know how the work has been done. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya status: No update. CPGRAMS status: Grievance received and forwarded to an officer in Karnataka. Truly sad that people have to live with this. India and Bengaluru deserve better. https://t.co/oXp3cNMOjF Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:42Z 34.2K followers, 120.8K engagements
"242k views [---] replies and nobody noticed that Sarvam just teased an app WE'RE GETTING A SARVAM CHATBOT π¨ BREAKING: Sarvam has teased the upcoming launch of an Indic LLM. https://t.co/ZI8xMPoZkV π¨ BREAKING: Sarvam has teased the upcoming launch of an Indic LLM. https://t.co/ZI8xMPoZkV"
X Link 2026-02-11T05:43Z 34.2K followers, 45.7K engagements
"Bangalore Mirror covered the work @Virendra0698 and I are doing to build the largest dataset of Indian pothole images. Go give it a read And if you want to join our crowdsourced effort to snap pics of lakhs of potholes across in India just let me know Real-time computer vision detects maps and logs potholes helping authorities prioritise repairs and prevent accidents across urban road networks Read more at: https://t.co/r4CCTgYYwA Real-time computer vision detects maps and logs potholes helping authorities prioritise repairs and prevent accidents across urban road networks Read more at:"
X Link 2026-02-12T09:18Z 34.2K followers, 17.3K engagements
"India's biggest AI startup $1B Sarvam launched its flagship LLM two weeks ago It has a mere [---] lakh downloads [--] weeks after launch India's biggest AI startup $1B Sarvam just launched its flagship LLM. It's a 24B Mistral small post trained on Indic data with a mere [--] downloads [--] days after launch. In contrast [--] Korean college trained an open-source model that did 200k last month. Embarrassing. https://t.co/IWppTEYwtJ India's biggest AI startup $1B Sarvam just launched its flagship LLM. It's a 24B Mistral small post trained on Indic data with a mere [--] downloads [--] days after launch. In"
X Link 2025-06-08T07:16Z 34.2K followers, 149.3K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. This spot outside of Koramangala Indoor Stadium has been an unofficial dustbin since Nov [----] per Google Maps. Sorry if I'm annoying y'all with these daily posts. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Had a call with a journalist this evening. They're writing a piece about Bengaluru's e-grievance system. Will update you once it's published. https://t.co/WID0MjhC1L Day [--] of tracking what"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:25Z 34.2K followers, 106.9K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. New development: Bengaluru East City Corporation has asked Bengaluru South City Corporation to step up. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. However we may have our first positive development: Kiran from the BDA Helpline Team has asked Shri Chethan (AEE Bengaluru East City Corp) to inspect the location. https://t.co/ZgY8qh1B4V Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:39Z 34.2K followers, 59.9K engagements
"Today I published my first article in over a decade. It's about India. And products. And potholes. And a special motorcycle. I really think you'll like it. If you read it come back here when you're done and tell me what's in your S tier π€ https://nextupindia.substack.com/ https://nextupindia.substack.com/"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:00Z 34.2K followers, 19.1K engagements
"Nothing just released an app store for vibecoders. Anyone can vibecode any app for Nothing phones. Installed straight to your phone's homescreen. Carl Pei is going straight for Google/Apple's neck. Create apps shaped exactly around your specific needs and context. That's what Essential Apps are. You describe what you need. AI builds it. It appears on your phone's home screen ready to use. One billion apps for one billion people. Beta starts today on Nothing Playground. https://t.co/tgqi0aq64r Create apps shaped exactly around your specific needs and context. That's what Essential Apps are."
X Link 2026-02-10T17:24Z 34.2K followers, 41.5K engagements
"@thesandeep_nair Applets Can't wait for them to pretend they invented vibecoding (wonder what they'll call that) while also proceeding to build this on top of Firebase Studio or something"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:24Z 34.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@janinaparker_ @thesandeep_nair @wabi They don't own the hardware layer though. That's the big difference here"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:49Z 34.2K followers, [--] engagements
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Yesterday ICCCBengaluru said: "Your complaint is resolved." They sent a pic (left) at 4:44 PM. Then @siddharth_iitm visited the site (thank you sir). His pic (right) at 8:52 PM. Status: Complaint not resolved. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya: No update. CPGRAMS: No update. ICCCBengaluru on X: "Complaint resolved" I'm currently out of station so would appreciate a volunteer recording a vid so that we know how the work has been done. https://t.co/5QPmTEmN4b Day [--] of tracking my formally"
X Link 2026-02-11T10:06Z 34.2K followers, 100.1K engagements
"Most people I know are fizzy drink addicts. They have no clue what they're consuming. What's natural colour 150d What's sweetener [---] Which Indian soda brand (started by an American in Mizoram) is using local all-natural ingredients Find out π https://open.substack.com/pub/nextupindia/p/nui4-local-all-natural-soda https://open.substack.com/pub/nextupindia/p/nui4-local-all-natural-soda"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:50Z 34.2K followers, [----] engagements
"India needs more companies like Ultraviolette. More concerned with tech/innovation than sales. Handmade like luxury Italian automotive brands. No mass production. Rigorous quality control. Similar story to Ather but more globally oriented. Ultraviolette has one assembly line. Every bike they've ever sold came off that line. Then they ship them to: - Netherlands - Switzerland - Germany - Belgium - France - Italy - UK Truly handmade in India for the world. Here's their Bengaluru factory where it all happens: https://t.co/oObCDBq5a9 Ultraviolette has one assembly line. Every bike they've ever"
X Link 2025-11-17T11:34Z 34.1K followers, 35.5K engagements
"Life hack: skip hotels and go couchsurfing. Here's why: [--]. It helps you understand the place you're visiting. [--]. It's free (although I try to help w food = to the cost of a hotel). [--]. It's a good way to make non-work friends as an adult. Pic from my recent Coimbatore trip"
X Link 2026-01-27T04:34Z 34K followers, [----] engagements
"Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: A staff by the name of AE said: "1st Assignment Based on Ward Mapping" AE if you're reading this I know it's your first ward mapping assignment but you got this. We're believe in you π€ @caleb_friesen Dear citizen your complaint has been registered @BBMP Sahaaya. Please Note your Grievance no: [--------] Check your grievance status here: https://t.co/nl5NxHWBwk For any queries you may call-1533 Regards Team #ICCCBengaluru @GBA_office @comm_blr_south @caleb_friesen Dear citizen your complaint has been registered"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:32Z 34K followers, 46.9K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. And I get it it's Saturday. But AE if you happen to go for a stroll this weekend here's the spot to look for. I call it the double pit. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: A staff by the name of AE said: "1st Assignment Based on Ward Mapping" AE if you're reading this I know it's your first ward mapping assignment but you got this. We're believe in you π€ https://t.co/nHCQFE4idq Day [--] of tracking what happens to"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:31Z 34K followers, 88.2K engagements
"Virendra and I are building India's largest pothole image data set. If you want to contribute and are willing to go out with your phone and take a few pics of potholes every week reply and I'll send you instructions. we were able to detect and segment potholes on bangalore roads using YOLO and ultralytics SAM 3D plugin. red segmented detection is only YOLO. box + mask is using their SAM 3D plugin (post processing). next video is going to be sick https://t.co/p8rnrEkhRd we were able to detect and segment potholes on bangalore roads using YOLO and ultralytics SAM 3D plugin. red segmented"
X Link 2026-02-01T14:24Z 34.2K followers, 139K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Ironically this pit is directly in front of the Koramangala Indoor Stadium Park. Great warmup practice obstacle to test one's agility. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Did some Street View research. This footpath was in near-perfect condition in Nov [----]. Nobody maintained it so it fell into disrepair π’ https://t.co/eOaqYRPQN4 Day [--] of tracking what happens to"
X Link 2026-02-02T16:53Z 34K followers, 28.4K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Had a call with a journalist this evening. They're writing a piece about Bengaluru's e-grievance system. Will update you once it's published. Day [--] of tracking what happens to formally registered footpath complaints. Progress: No update on the smartoneblr e-grievance portal. Ironically this pit is directly in front of the Koramangala Indoor Stadium Park. Great warmup practice obstacle to test one's agility. https://t.co/d1dFu8uzkO Day [--] of tracking what happens"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:51Z 34.1K followers, 59.1K engagements
"@Mudigoudar51430 @sanatanlov Interesting may do this thanks Arun"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:26Z 34.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@InfraEye Wild. 12M+ people and you had to show up to Wednesday meetings to hold the conch to get stuff done. Now even that's gone. Meanwhile it's the tech capital of India π₯² so strange to think that people are building rockets and cutting-edge AI alongside such ineffectual systems"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:34Z 34.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Yann LeCun is coming to India this month (Feb). First public appearance since leaving Meta. It's happening in Gurugram. You're invited. PSA: @SynapseConclave has an unreal speaker lineup this year. Tickets running out for Feb 21st and 22nd in Gurgaon. Speakers include: - π§ Yann LeCun in his first appearance since leaving Meta and starting AMI - π§« Sergiu Paca who grew human brains inside of rats in his PSA: @SynapseConclave has an unreal speaker lineup this year. Tickets running out for Feb 21st and 22nd in Gurgaon. Speakers include: - π§ Yann LeCun in his first appearance since leaving Meta"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:20Z 34.2K followers, 24.4K engagements
"@mrohit912 Thank you Rohit glad you enjoyed it π Would love to try out a Yamaha RX [---]. I drove a Yamaha Ray for many years excellent scooter. Many drops/falls but the thing kept running no matter what. Drove from BLR Pondi Thrissur Ooty BLR on that thing"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:47Z 34.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. In just [--] months this footpath in Koramangala Bengaluru went from being walkable to hazardous. It is now an open unwalkable pit full of sitting water and litter. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. This spot outside of Koramangala Indoor Stadium has been an unofficial dustbin since Nov [----] per Google Maps. Sorry if I'm annoying y'all with these daily posts. https://t.co/xfxlNY5mbo Day [--] of tracking my formally"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:08Z 34.2K followers, 79.4K engagements
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. However we may have our first positive development: Kiran from the BDA Helpline Team has asked Shri Chethan (AEE Bengaluru East City Corp) to inspect the location. Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Progress: No update on the e-grievance portal. In just [--] months this footpath in Koramangala Bengaluru went from being walkable to hazardous. It is now an open unwalkable pit full of sitting water and litter. https://t.co/IHrxiuZMqV Day [--] of tracking my formally"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:17Z 34.2K followers, 34K engagements
"Tbh I wish they did π
would find some donors a BARBIE engineer and build a real footpath. Multi-decade maintenance is another issue ofc. for that I think we need a privately-run CSR-funded maintenance co. A good one that builds accountability/transparency into their DNA. @caleb_friesen The bright side - they did not say it falls under the jurisdiction of @caleb_friesen @caleb_friesen The bright side - they did not say it falls under the jurisdiction of @caleb_friesen"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:26Z 34.2K followers, 41.7K engagements
"@Indo_Realist Yeah I think the new one (dragon fruit and pomelo) is not included in the variety pack sadly"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:25Z 34.2K followers, [--] engagements
"Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. BBMP Sahaaya: No update. GPGRAMS: No update. It has now been two weeks. Nobody has messaged me. Nobody has called me. ICCC Bengaluru shared a dissatisfying update. Should I just go ahead and post the video Day [--] of tracking my formally registered footpath complaint. Yesterday ICCCBengaluru said: "Your complaint is resolved." They sent a pic (left) at 4:44 PM. Then @siddharth_iitm visited the site (thank you sir). His pic (right) at 8:52 PM. Status: Complaint not resolved. https://t.co/85zdRr90Ja Day [--] of tracking my formally"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:49Z 34.2K followers, 12.9K engagements
"Did a deep dive into the very early years of BYJU'S recently and made some interesting discoveries π§΅"
X Link 2023-07-27T11:45Z 34.2K followers, 499.7K engagements
"This Indian QSR startup began as a single 5x5 foot booth in [----]. The founder Biraja Rout had no business experience and no money - he hadn't even eaten a burger before [----]. Now he runs a 120+ location [---] crore ARR burger chain. Here's how it happened π§΅"
X Link 2023-07-31T11:49Z 34.2K followers, 112K engagements
"When Bert Mueller visited India in [----] he never could have imagined that hed spend the next decade of his life here. Today he runs a profitable 50+ location QSR chain called California Burrito - they bring in 110+ crore annually. Here's how it happened π§΅"
X Link 2023-08-21T12:08Z 34.2K followers, 1.1M engagements
"14/15 California Burrito celebrated their most successful location launch ever in May of [----] when they expanded to Chennai. They now have a presence in Bengaluru NCR Hyderabad and Chennai. Here's Bert speaking Tamil to promote their Chennai location"
X Link 2023-08-21T12:08Z 34.2K followers, 62.9K engagements
"15/15 Bert is aiming for California Burrito to have [---] stores by March of [----]. Heres a sneak peek from the podcast conversation I had with him recently. If you want to watch the entire video you can find a link to it in my bio"
X Link 2023-08-21T12:08Z 34.2K followers, 58.3K engagements
"1/25 Matt Chitharanjan came to India in [----] expecting to spend a year in Chennai before returning to his home country the United States. Instead India became his home; he spent the next [--] years building Indias first specialty coffee brand Blue Tokai. Heres his story π§΅"
X Link 2023-08-28T13:13Z 34.2K followers, 292.4K engagements
"ISRO just dropped footage of Chandrayaan-3's crater bypass. Oh wait this is Bengaluru πͺ¨πͺ¨πͺ¨"
X Link 2023-08-30T16:25Z 34.2K followers, 70.3K engagements
"Nicolas Grossemy left his home country of France to write his masters dissertation on Indian startups. Then in [----] he created one of his own. In a Matador van. Now he runs a profitable bootstrapped 12-location restaurant business in Bengaluru. Heres his story π§΅"
X Link 2023-09-19T04:54Z 34.2K followers, 215.2K engagements
"Candice Lock is a Malaysian entrepreneur building her business in Bengaluru. Her brand Chinita began as a flea market stall evolved into a catering business and now its a profitable bootstrapped family-owned restaurant chain. Heres how she built it one taco at a time π§΅"
X Link 2023-09-26T13:06Z 34.2K followers, 110.8K engagements
"Successful hardware startups in India are rare. Without a preexisting ecosystem like Chinas Indian tech businesses are forced to import white-labelled products or spend years in R&D to build something from scratch. This is the story of one company that did the latter π§΅"
X Link 2023-10-24T11:13Z 34.2K followers, 658.1K engagements
"If you had visited the Robotics Lab at IIT Madras at night in [----] theres a good chance you would have tripped over Swapnil Jain or Tarun Mehta asleep on the floor. A decade later both own beds and have defined Indias electric two wheeler industry. This is their story π§΅"
X Link 2023-11-14T16:31Z 34.2K followers, 306.4K engagements
"In [----] Orangewood Labs had $20K in credit card debt theyd laid off most of their employees and the founders were evicted from their flat because they couldnt make rent. Five years later theyre one of the hottest Indian robotics startups in the world. Heres their story π§΅"
X Link 2024-03-04T15:18Z 34.2K followers, 499.5K engagements
"@waitin4agi_ Moved to Mizoram last year. Nobody even knows what security deposits are over here. No rental agreements either just trust"
X Link 2024-11-13T19:20Z 34.2K followers, 46.8K engagements
"A fresh financial year has begun and Indias startup ecosystem wasted no time making headlines. Heres what went down this week:"
X Link 2025-04-05T12:24Z 34.2K followers, 250.8K engagements
"Another huge week in India's startup ecosystem. I summarised everything from Ather Ola Krafton India Vayudh Zomato and more. Here's everything you need to know:"
X Link 2025-04-27T09:25Z 34.2K followers, 106.6K engagements
"some semi-controversial thoughts on language in India"
X Link 2025-04-28T06:59Z 34.2K followers, 386.9K engagements
"Canada is one of the most popular countries for Indians to relocate to yet many of them discover too late that the grass was actually greener back home"
X Link 2025-04-29T07:03Z 34.2K followers, 156.1K engagements
"the moment I realised ChatGPT is irredeemably woke"
X Link 2025-05-02T14:15Z 34.2K followers, 71.3K engagements
"In India courtesy is often in short supply (especially amongst strangers). Lmk if you wanna join the polite club"
X Link 2025-05-05T05:08Z 34.2K followers, 339.5K engagements
"Indians deserve better from each other"
X Link 2025-05-16T11:24Z 34.2K followers, 633K engagements
"the honest reason I left Bengaluru after [--] years"
X Link 2025-05-17T11:50Z 34.2K followers, 31.6K engagements
"not what people expected from self-driving AI cars in India especially @teamminuszero"
X Link 2025-05-20T04:34Z 34.2K followers, 60.8K engagements
"India's AI brain drain to US isn't brain drain it's brain haemorrhaging"
X Link 2025-05-21T07:15Z 34.2K followers, 64K engagements
"While the rest of the world was focused on I/O [----] OpenAI io and Claude [--] Indian AI labs have been quietly cooking. So I rounded up everything from Sarvam Minus Zero Bhindi Repello Maya Research and more. Here's everything that happened in Indian AI this week:"
X Link 2025-05-23T12:16Z 34.2K followers, 72.1K engagements
"does India actually want Indic LLMs"
X Link 2025-05-24T17:28Z 34.2K followers, 277.8K engagements
"this Indian reasoning model got a perfect score on IIT JEE Advanced [----] Maths now it's trending on HF"
X Link 2025-06-04T12:19Z 34.2K followers, 47.8K engagements
"Sarvam-M now has [---] lakh downloads on Hugging Face beating DeepSeek-R1"
X Link 2025-06-07T14:29Z 34.2K followers, 57.3K engagements
"Sarvam just went agentic with Samvaad Introducing Sarvam Samvaad π Sarvam Samvaad our Conversational AI Platform is designed to help enterprises build test and launch AI agents fluent in [--] Indian languages. Power interactions across telephone WhatsApp web and apps Handle complex phrases https://t.co/0CCHH2wiUr Introducing Sarvam Samvaad π Sarvam Samvaad our Conversational AI Platform is designed to help enterprises build test and launch AI agents fluent in [--] Indian languages. Power interactions across telephone WhatsApp web and apps Handle complex phrases https://t.co/0CCHH2wiUr"
X Link 2025-06-09T10:28Z 34.2K followers, 19.7K engagements
"never doomscrolling through zomato or swiggy again"
X Link 2025-06-10T04:30Z 34.2K followers, 60.5K engagements
"this is why Im never deleting this app childhood inspiration. https://t.co/wvKCyL5Qvn childhood inspiration. https://t.co/wvKCyL5Qvn"
X Link 2025-06-12T08:18Z 34.2K followers, 18.7K engagements
"POV inside a Bengaluru hacker house where Indian founders are building AI hardware and magic"
X Link 2025-06-15T10:07Z 34.2K followers, 1.5M engagements
"after living in India for [--] years many people still can't wrap their heads around why I emigrated from Canada hopefully this video sheds some light on one of the many reasons I chose to call this country home"
X Link 2025-06-17T03:49Z 34.2K followers, 360.8K engagements
"Indian builders are CRACKED π₯ @LightspeedIndia and @devfolio just hosted an agentic AI hackathon Warpspeed in Bengaluru. Here are some of the coolest projects Indian developers created from scratch in [--] hours"
X Link 2025-06-22T06:59Z 34.2K followers, 247K engagements
"This is basically the Founders Inc of Bengaluru 3D printing robotics AI agents and GPUs going brrrrrrr all under one roof in Koramangala π₯"
X Link 2025-06-25T12:24Z 34.2K followers, 95.9K engagements
"Rs. [--] lakh for security deposit absolutely bonkers what landlords are expecting these days I could literally buy a new Mahindra Thar for less than this deposit anyone know of a place in/around Indiranagar with 2-3 months deposit only rent price range Rs. [--] to [--] lakh"
X Link 2025-06-28T07:52Z 34.2K followers, 262.6K engagements
"These hackers are shaping the future of India After [--] days of non-stop building the LocalHost fellows are ready to change the world. This is happening RIGHT NOW (Saturday 6:30 PM IST) in Koramangala Bengaluru. VCs this is the ground floor"
X Link 2025-06-28T12:48Z 34.2K followers, 96.5K engagements
"TIL there are secret hacker penthouses in Bengaluru that you can only access via an invite-only Telegram group"
X Link 2025-06-29T14:47Z 34.2K followers, 114.3K engagements
"I want building businesses in Bengaluru to feel as natural for foreign founders as moving to San Francisco is for Indian founders"
X Link 2025-07-01T12:37Z 34.2K followers, 28.9K engagements
"I missed you too Bengaluru π«Ά"
X Link 2025-07-13T04:26Z 34.2K followers, 93.9K engagements
"just got back from an Indian wedding so much fun oh wait this is all AI here are [--] videos I generated using the scariest model currently available (and no it's not Veo 3)"
X Link 2025-07-16T13:06Z 34.2K followers, 1.3M engagements
"Bengaluru landlords are the greediest in the world Rs. [--] lakh security deposit (12 months rent) is OUTRAGEOUS meanwhile deposits in other cities: NYC [--] month Toronto [--] month Singapore [--] month per year of lease SF [--] months' Dubai 5%-10% of annual rent London 5-6 weeks'"
X Link 2025-07-21T01:10Z 34.2K followers, 219.7K engagements
"two weeks ago I quit my job to start a daily live Indian tech show. here's what I've learned: - murphy's law is real - renting a studio is costly - internet speeds aren't reliable - a huge amount of prep is needed for one stream that gets [---] views chat did I make a mistake"
X Link 2025-07-25T07:18Z 34.2K followers, 71.8K engagements
"probably the most 'India for the world' moment I've ever witnessed π€ satellite bus S-band aperture radar and rocket all from India. satellite assembled in India too. launched from Andhra Pradesh all data from NISAR will be FREELY available 1-2 days post observation π¨ ISRO successfully launched NISAR satellite in partnership with NASA onboard GSLV-F16. https://t.co/hUQFQcseEg π¨ ISRO successfully launched NISAR satellite in partnership with NASA onboard GSLV-F16. https://t.co/hUQFQcseEg"
X Link 2025-07-30T14:32Z 34.2K followers, 35.4K engagements
"life update: after weeks of searching I've found a place to live in Indiranagar the owners are a wonderful local family who only asked for [--] months deposit (no negotiation required) it's fully furnished and under my budget life is good thanks to everyone who helped"
X Link 2025-08-02T07:27Z 34.2K followers, 68.3K engagements
"this reminds me of my litter cleaning days under the Ejipura Stonehenge in [----] never posted about this at the time but I remember inviting a few people to come out with me and pick up trash after work/on weekends never got any takers A serbian guy on a mission to clean one Indian street each day. https://t.co/UAYyUSdBu9 A serbian guy on a mission to clean one Indian street each day. https://t.co/UAYyUSdBu9"
X Link 2025-08-10T19:12Z 34.2K followers, 181.7K engagements
"this Independence Day we tried to make India .000001% cleaner shoutout to my Trash Crew @anirudhmanju15 and @NareshMeetei11 and thanks to @bengawalk for the location inspo we saw your Domlur skate park video and decided to make the footpaths leading there a bit more walkable"
X Link 2025-08-15T18:24Z 34.2K followers, 33.3K engagements
"so I attempted to use the footpath from Domlur to Indiranagar things did not go as planned"
X Link 2025-08-20T04:00Z 34.2K followers, 64.2K engagements
"got approached by a stranger in Bengaluru today ended up inviting myself to his office got rejected gave him my number anyway"
X Link 2025-08-22T12:29Z 34.2K followers, 91.5K engagements
"so many people tagging local politicians complaining about how unclean India is they should get out and do something about it instead of complaining. same people probably walk past trash in their own locality every day yet don't take time out on the weekends or after work to clean it Indian citizens need to take ownership of their cities. don't rely on politicians or foreigners to clean your India do it yourselves https://x.com/caleb_friesen2/status/1956421770547991020 #WATCH Haryana Foreign nationals living in Gurugram along with locals organised a cleanliness drive to clean the roads and"
X Link 2025-08-25T12:01Z 34.2K followers, 179K engagements
"taking recommendations for which Bengaluru footpath to walk next"
X Link 2025-08-27T08:52Z 34.2K followers, 157.5K engagements
"the Domlur - Indiranagar footpath went from literally unwalkable to pristine and pedestrian-friendly in mere days Bengaluru is setting an example for the rest of India on expedient public infra restoration"
X Link 2025-08-27T13:03Z 34.2K followers, 282.5K engagements
"IRCTC website needs a UX4G overhaul first. feels like a scam website. whoever designed it has a disturbing love of pop-ups The Government of India is standardising UX across its services. With the launch of UX4G Design System v2.0 an open-source design framework @_DigitalIndia aims to support designers and developers in creating accessible user-friendly and government-compliant websites. https://t.co/G7NKxzRGGH The Government of India is standardising UX across its services. With the launch of UX4G Design System v2.0 an open-source design framework @_DigitalIndia aims to support designers and"
X Link 2025-08-30T03:02Z 34.2K followers, 57.6K engagements
"Trump banning IT outsourcing to India would be a HUGE blessing in disguise: [--]. TCS/Infosys/Wipro/HCL/others effectively lose half their revenue overnight. mass layoffs ensue [--]. tens of thousands of talented engineers in low-risk IT jobs now out of work. many are based in Bengaluru the Silicon Valley of India. they've got a severance package and nothing to do so. [--]. they start that company they've been dreaming of starting. or join a startup. there are startup jobs everywhere (btw @sankalpdomore is building NextDoor to increase geo-based visibility of these jobs go check it out) [--]. communities"
X Link 2025-09-06T10:35Z 34.2K followers, 216.5K engagements
"Bengaluru aint ready for my next Indian footpaths video"
X Link 2025-09-08T07:17Z 34.2K followers, 124.8K engagements
"walking [---] km of Bengaluru footpaths showed me: - tunnel juice - barbed wire - desire paths - bushwhacking - pavement pudding - a stairwell into a drain - something I can't type here don't watch this if you have a weak stomach"
X Link 2025-09-11T02:30Z 34.2K followers, 807.6K engagements
""dad can you come pick me up our school bus tipped over. everyone is sideways" imagine getting this call from your kid in the morning this was recorded today outside of Ekya Nava International School in Varthur Bengaluru"
X Link 2025-09-12T07:58Z 34.2K followers, 161.7K engagements
"@GBAoffic @DKShivakumar thank you for listening and taking rapid action @GBAoffic no more parkour over barbed wire required by pedestrians before and after"
X Link 2025-09-12T08:18Z 34.2K followers, 24K engagements
"please consider my intent my goal in highlighting problems is not to defame. I want to see improvement by highlighting issues hence why I shared the location where the accident occurred. as a parent I would be very upset if my son was aboard that bus. how else can we contribute to the betterment of India if we don't highlight both the bad and the good that we see you should know that I am spotlighting Indian innovation and technological progress on a daily basis at informing India and the world about developments in AI robotics EVs spacetech drones etc India is my home and I genuinely want to"
X Link 2025-09-12T12:01Z 34.2K followers, 76.5K engagements
"they said AI would take our jobs I guess I should have seen this coming introducing πΈgorawapsi πΈ aka "@caleb_friesen as a Service" you can now upload a photo of a dirty street / footpath and get an AI white man pointing out issues to the local authority. link to app in the next tweet. pls QT this tweet with results. https://t.co/WvTnubyJD7 introducing πΈgorawapsi πΈ aka "@caleb_friesen as a Service" you can now upload a photo of a dirty street / footpath and get an AI white man pointing out issues to the local authority. link to app in the next tweet. pls QT this tweet with results."
X Link 2025-09-13T09:01Z 34.2K followers, 79.5K engagements
"Indian students should be getting field trips each semester to: @Addverb_Tech @Aeos_Labs @AgamRobotics @atherenergy @lossfunk @OlaElectric @PixxelSpace @ranoksys @SarvamAI @sarlaaviation @TonboImaging @UltravioletteEV @upsurgelabs and many more (tag anyone I missed) Prakash Dadlani (@prakdadlani) the director of Topsail Appliances is opening his factory in Silvassa for school visits. The goal of this initiative is for kids in India to be able to see touch and ask about manufacturing. Topsail is an OEM exporter of mixer grinders. https://t.co/P5vwaujoLe Prakash Dadlani (@prakdadlani) the"
X Link 2025-09-18T10:47Z 34.2K followers, 71.1K engagements
"got the high score on Pothole Patrol: Sarjapur Road I lived on Sarjapur Road for multiple years. met multiple small accidents due to potholes + silt/sand between [----] and [----]. always kept dettol and bandages in my backpack which stretch in Bengaluru should I patrol next"
X Link 2025-09-22T02:30Z 34.2K followers, 228.3K engagements
"here's the slide that blew my mind at yesterday's UV event. for Rs. [---] you can: a) travel from BLR airport to Bengaluru on an ICE bike (that's how far you'll get on 1L of petrol) b) travel from BLR airport to Chennai airport on an X47 EV long-term cost savings are shocking Here's everything that happened in Indian tech in the last [--] hours: [--]. @UltravioletteEV unveiled the X47 electric motorcycle [--]. Paar Autonomy raised 3.5Cr to build UAV cams [--]. @rocketdotnew raised $15M for vibe solutioning π¨ Follow Runtime for daily updates on Indian tech. https://t.co/zG4OcJXCBx Here's everything that"
X Link 2025-09-24T06:32Z 34.2K followers, 78.8K engagements
"this is so satisfying to watch India has a rich vibrant history but only the major historical sites have been conserved for posterity. don't rely on others to foster the preservation of India's past take action and do it yourself be the change you want to see We need more influencers like this This should become mass movement This influencer posted a video and asked people to join him in cleaning an ancient temple well [--] people joined him in his effort. This is how it turned out to be Care to share and spread the word so that https://t.co/O0LrhVNpuq We need more influencers like this This"
X Link 2025-09-24T11:09Z 34.2K followers, 47.4K engagements
"now India has two CMFs my middle name is Matthew btw CMF to become India's first global smartphone and smart hardware company. - No more a sub-brand will operate as an independent subsidiary - Strategic joint venture with Optiemus https://t.co/Bp4nWPgD4j CMF to become India's first global smartphone and smart hardware company. - No more a sub-brand will operate as an independent subsidiary - Strategic joint venture with Optiemus https://t.co/Bp4nWPgD4j"
X Link 2025-09-25T10:44Z 34.2K followers, 30K engagements
"beat my Pothole Patrol high score Varthur Road is something else. it's actually shorter than Sarjapur Road yet has more potholes. can't imagine this being my daily commute would require nerves of steel and surplus sanity which road should I patrol next"
X Link 2025-09-27T06:38Z 34.2K followers, 56.6K engagements
""your home's next obsession" my obsession is having encroachment-free footpaths @livspace please let people walk on the footpath especially sad that elders pregnant mothers toddlers and differently-abled folks have to walk on the road because Livspace has different construction standards in India compared to their HQ country Singapore tagging investors for visibility: @HelionVC @jungleventures @BessemerVPIndia @BessemerVP @tpg @IngkaGroup @venturiprtnrs @amitvedand @ramakantsharma Shameless @livspace continues to block entire footpath leaving no space for pedestrians on ORR. @GBA_office"
X Link 2025-09-30T09:23Z 34.2K followers, 60.6K engagements
"I had never seen shameless corruption before. I didnt even know how to identity it. Nobody had ever given me "the look" before. That smug subtle grin that cuts through all the bureaucracy and says "Give me your money I want it for myself." I had never seen an authority figure someone entrusted with the responsibility to do "God's work" exploit my vulnerability and use their position to withhold something I was entitled to unless I paid. Note: I have no proof of the story I'm about to tell so I have been intentionally vague. This was many years ago. I needed a crucial document from someone in"
X Link 2025-10-03T10:41Z 34.2K followers, 120.6K engagements
"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"
X Link 2025-10-10T06:58Z 34.2K followers, 281.5K engagements
"A new Unleash the Avatar trailer just dropped and. Varun Mayya's X: 117k views Varun's YT: 11k views UtA's YT: 3.9k views IGN India: 7.1k views Bilibili: 447k views Why is an Indian game about Indian mythology seeing a warmer response from China than India the game trailer posted by IGN china has already gone viral in china π€― at 447k views right now and counting. hugely positive comments saying [---] (means awesome in chinese internet slang) and everyone is commenting to view the video at 9:26 (bollywood dodge move) my https://t.co/EJwavZJRT8 the game trailer posted by IGN china has already"
X Link 2025-10-13T16:59Z 34.2K followers, 81.4K engagements
"Just realised that at some point over the last [--] years I became more comfortable with lakhs/crores than hundreds of thousands/millions"
X Link 2025-10-16T08:23Z 34.2K followers, 27.5K engagements
"What Indian footpaths are for in descending order of importance: [--]. Power junction boxes [--]. Electrical poles [--]. Hoardings [--]. Food stalls [--]. Darshini overflow [--]. Parked vehicles [--]. Trees [--]. Potted plants [--]. Pedestrians [--]. Parents with strollers/differently-abled in wheelchairs"
X Link 2025-10-16T12:34Z 34.2K followers, 253.9K engagements
"Not just mothers Dads carry babies too. "Adapting" is literally why these problems exist. Indian people are very good at adaptation. Same reason why there's such a large Indian diaspora. It's one of India's many strengths Indians are tough they can thrive in all manner of conditions and scenarios. But it's also a weakness. Too many people in India have accepted the status quo and "adapted" to squalid cities. Either the city changes you or you change the city. India deserves better but it will never get what it deserves if we continuously "adapt" to these conditions"
X Link 2025-10-17T07:01Z 34.2K followers, 48.5K engagements
"Chinese fan edits of the new Unleash the Avatar trailer lowkey slap"
X Link 2025-10-20T13:37Z 34.2K followers, 34.2K engagements
"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." Blackstone CEO on "Where To Invest" Top idea is India https://t.co/4zQUVv8CKP Blackstone CEO on "Where To Invest" Top idea is India https://t.co/4zQUVv8CKP"
X Link 2025-10-21T08:58Z 34.2K followers, 371.9K engagements
"I don't think people here in India understand how obsessed China is with Unleash the Avatar. Bilibili is FULL of fan edits of the trailer. They've modded Black Myth: Wukong to include the 'hair swipe' move. They even translated our office tour of Aeos Games into Chinese. Indian Tech Update Oct [--] [----] π¨ Unleash the Avatar is going viral in China becoming one of the top [--] trailers on IGN China with 3.8M views overtaking Hollow Knight: Silksong. https://t.co/WsEt9maTYk Indian Tech Update Oct [--] [----] π¨ Unleash the Avatar is going viral in China becoming one of the top [--] trailers on IGN China"
X Link 2025-10-23T07:58Z 34.2K followers, 33.8K engagements
"I found a secret footpath in Bengaluru. Here's what it's being used for: - Defecation - Sticking posters - Discarding trash - Growing flyover grass So where are pedestrians walking instead A subterranean single-lane tunnel road"
X Link 2025-10-24T08:23Z 34.2K followers, 82.9K engagements
"Skill issue. This was design strategically with dual-purpose functionality offering a valid path while ALSO improving pedestrian health. Path 1: Designed to improve balance. Path 2: Designed to improve plyometrics via jumping. Path 3: Designed to encourage leanness/slim belly. Thank you for giving me challenge in #Walking and a maze I solved during my #Commute It is the respect we give to the #Pedestrians The most majority in commute The most vulnerable on the road The most environment friendly commuter #Walkability is directly proportional to https://t.co/qhZc7stI5k Thank you for giving me"
X Link 2025-10-24T13:29Z 34.2K followers, 196.3K engagements
"The saddest part is that despite the commendable efforts of @comm_blr_south to restore this footpath pedestrians aren't using it. Why Because massive pillars are occupying the entire footpath. At this point pedestrians would be better off with "walking lanes" on the roads. Hope it stays this way. People need to have better habits. If Bangkok can be so clean we should be ashamed. Hope it stays this way. People need to have better habits. If Bangkok can be so clean we should be ashamed"
X Link 2025-11-02T13:26Z 34.2K followers, 62.4K engagements
"@ravihanda I don't think I will ever take an intercity bus in India again. The people behind the wheel always drive like maniacs not to mention multiple bus fires this year. Value of human life + implementation of road laws is too low to take such risks. Better to go by plane/rail"
X Link 2025-11-03T11:35Z 34.2K followers, 15.9K engagements
"Stonehenge no more Had no idea this account existed until today π regular updates on Ejipura Flyover progress. Accounts like this are the need of the hour for ALL Bengaluru (and arguably India) infra projects with daily geo-tagged images and videos. Span P25-P26 segment lifting https://t.co/TCrM1bu5PE Span P25-P26 segment lifting https://t.co/TCrM1bu5PE"
X Link 2025-11-03T15:45Z 34.2K followers, 149.1K engagements
"I took a walk in HSR Layout recently. Here's what I realised: [--]. Footpaths are inaccessible due to encroachment [--]. Inaccessible footpaths aren't maintained [--]. Unmaintained footpaths become dumping spots [--]. Dumping spots become toilets It all starts with encroachment"
X Link 2025-11-04T10:30Z 34.2K followers, 174.3K engagements
"Ok they actually did some deep research on this one. They somehow figured out about my 40-day water fast in my early 20s. Also "Bengaluru man" is satisfying to read"
X Link 2025-11-05T12:09Z 34.2K followers, 21.8K engagements
"Absolutely mind-boggling. "Rs. 9.8Cr total budget allocated" "0 works completed out of [--] recommended." @roshanasingh6 @mohol_murlidhar At the end of all this Zero work and Zero projects completion. https://t.co/dQUxsyRMY7 @roshanasingh6 @mohol_murlidhar At the end of all this Zero work and Zero projects completion. https://t.co/dQUxsyRMY7"
X Link 2025-11-06T07:07Z 34.2K followers, 114.5K engagements
"Bengaluru footpaths are awful. Meanwhile Shenzhen takes action. Citizens complain infra improves. Where is this efficiency in Bengaluru Why is India pedestrian-unfriendly Why can't things be fixed at scale"
X Link 2025-11-06T10:50Z 34.2K followers, 111K engagements
"Bengaluru has its issues: - Poor footpaths - Potholes - Flooding during monsoon But you know what I'm happy I'm here. I'm happy I can breathe"
X Link 2025-11-09T03:51Z 34.2K followers, 227.6K engagements
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