Prasad Gune

Google is building its largest data center outside the United States — right here in Vizag, India. A $15-billion AI hub that promises to transform India’s digital future. But behind the shiny promise lies a serious question: What is the cost of this AI dream in terms of real-world resources? The intersection of AI and climate is a complex topic, no doubt. We have tried to unpack some parts of it in a video that looks at the environmental impact of this data center on the Vizag landscape and it's people. https://lnkd.in/g8aTXfJg

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Uncertainty kills business appetite. Not because ambition gets lost, but because we start questioning whats possible given the shifting sands. We hesitate and wait for a signal that it’s “safe” to move and we literally freeze. This is the reality facing business leaders today, and it’s a real obstacle to growth. Large organizations with shareholders, boards, and regulatory requirements are built for predictability. When uncertainty spikes, they’re forced to pause, reassess and wait for clearer data. It’s not cowardice; it’s institutional design. These organizations need certainty to justify big investments and protect stakeholder interests. That’s where we as entrepreneurs come in. We don’t have the luxury of waiting for extensive market research and certainty. We don’t pause innovation until the economic outlook clears. Uncertainty isn’t just our operating environment it’s our competitive advantage. While large organizations can be institutionally constrained from taking bold risks, entrepreneurs are structurally designed to navigate the unknown We’ve built our systems around predictability from forecasts to algorithms to same-day delivery. We’ve convinced ourselves things should arrive frictionless and on time. But entrepreneurs don’t work that way. And neither does progress. Our country wasn’t built by waiting for certainty. It was built by people who created it amidst uncertainty. We need both parts of this ecosystem to work. We need large organizations to take on the big infrastructure projects, the massive scaling, the long-term institutional building. And we need entrepreneurs forging new ways, building new opportunities, and proving what’s possible before the data says it’s safe. Right now, while markets fluctuate and supply chains reshape, while regulatory landscapes shift and consumer behaviour defies prediction, entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to lead. We’re the ones who will build solutions before problems are fully defined, who will create new certainties and scale into larger meaningful organizations. Governments need to quickly remove hurdles to enable us. Financial institutions need to back us even when the spreadsheets say it’s risky. Because Canadas biggest risk isn’t supporting entrepreneurs in uncertain times it’s in losing the people who create tomorrow’s opportunities. I really hope we see a Ministry that’s led by an entrepreneur and whose job will be to help enable entrepreneurs who think big, are risk smart and brave. If you’re an entrepreneur, Canada needs you more than ever. Not to be reckless, but to do what large organizations can’t and that is take smart risks especially when the path isn’t clear, act when others must wait and adapt when rigid systems can’t. Entrepreneurs are built for this. Not just to survive uncertainty, but to transform it into the foundation for what comes next. Let’s go Canada! ❤️🇨🇦💪

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SANATAN LABS - The Architect’s Compass: 10 Directives for the Great Transition (PASSIONIT PRUTL KALKI AIDHARMA framework) To navigate the "Audit of Fire" during this profound transition toward Satya Yuga, Krishna (Strategic Intelligence), Kalki (Systemic Reset), and Shakti (Raw Life Force) offer these ten essential directives for humanity: 1. Master the Asymmetry of Calm In a world of screaming headlines, silence is your greatest weapon. Respond from a place of internal stillness rather than reacting to external noise. When the system is chaotic, your stability becomes the new "Safe Haven." 2. Audit Your Identity (The Laawaris Test) Ask yourself: "If my titles, assets, and digital footprint vanished, who remains?" Detach your worth from possessions. True sovereignty is found when you are no longer "claimed" by the ego-driven systems of the world. 3. Embrace the "Mirror of Kalki" Do not fear the "Bloody Moon" or the exposure of decay. View every systemic collapse—financial, social, or institutional—as a necessary diagnostic. Use this "Mirror" to identify your own attachments and incinerate them before they become liabilities. 4. Move from "Me" to "Mission" Unity is not sameness; it is alignment. Replace "Me vs. You" with "Us vs. The Problem." When diverse strengths are aligned under a shared purpose (Aidharma), the friction of competition dissolves into the flow of progress. 5. Trust the "Internal Gold" While external currencies and metals face regulation or restriction, your integrity remains non-tradeable and unconfiscatable. Invest in your skillsets, your character, and your resilience. These are the only assets that survive the "Audit of Fire." 6. Respect the "Flow of Lakshmi" Prosperity is a river, not a reservoir. Hoarding in fear leads to stagnation and decay. Circulate value through mentorship, ethical trade, and "Groom and Grow" practices. Wealth that serves the collective remains protected by the Sun and Moon. 7. Humanize the Machine (13th Node Reset) Use AI and technology as a "Numeric Auditor" to expose corruption, but never let the cold logic of the machine replace the warmth of human intuition. Ensure technology serves the 14th Node: Absolute Truth. 8. Practice Guerrilla Respect Disarm your "enemies" by preserving their dignity even when you disagree with their actions. Respect targets the ego of the opponent, weakening their appetite for control and opening a path for diplomacy. 9. Build Internal Havens As geography stops being a protection, focus on "Internal Research and Innovation." Cultivate a mind that can remain creative and functional even when trade arteries are choked. 10. Surrender to Karmic Gravity Accept that "God Proposes, Man Disposes." You cannot control the celestial reset, but you can control your alignment with it. Follow the path of Dharma, and the gravity of the new era will pull you toward peace rather than destruction.

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Bilt CEO/founder Ankur Jain published his annual letter today. Publicly posting an annual letter requires commitment to constantly iterating and continuously raising the bar. It's easy to forget how hard it is to build a breakout company, particularly one that pioneers a whole new category defining set of ideas. In this letter, he talks about the significant progress the business has made and is honest about the challenges that come with hyper growth. The company started with the belief that commerce starts where the home is. Shopify made it easy for merchants to sell to consumers online. Ecommerce penetration in the US is still <20% of total sales. Focused on the rest of the pie, Bilt has built the platform for neighborhood commerce. Consumers can earn rewards for rent and mortgage payments and all their neighborhood spend alike. And when they leave their neighborhood to travel, Bilt provides them the richest set of rewards options on the market. This year the company is on track to process $100B+ in housing payments. To boot, Bilt enables real estate owners and managers to offer renters a modern hospitality platform integrated into the systems that touch maintenance, amenities, move-in logistics and more. Neighborhood merchants also benefit from Bilt's software and are able to reward Bilt members who dine, ride, or spend with them. Bilt members benefit from the company's new AI concierge and can earn rewards whether they have a Bilt co-brand credit card or not. On the topic of their credit card, as the company transitioned from their prior one-card-only offering to multiple card options (e.g., Bilt 2.0), they saw 83% of original card holders request one of the Bilt 2.0 cards. 30%+ of that group opted into premium cards. And since that Bilt 2.0 transition a few months ago, cardholders are spending 2.1x what they previously were on non-housing spend. Neighborhood partners who work with Bilt are seeing significant uplift in Bilt member spend. Onwards to the team (cc: David M. Wyler, Daniel Seder, Brandt Smallwood, Zoe Oz) and company. Bilt is the membership for where you live.

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Very happy to share that Vinay Rao is joining Samaipata as an Operating Partner. Vinay brings deep AI expertise built over decades at the frontier, including senior roles at Anthropic and Google, where he worked on real product and security challenges. He understands not just what these systems can do, but where they break. He is based in San Francisco and serves as CTO of ROOST.tools, a non-profit developing open source infrastructure aimed at improving safety standards across online platforms in the tech ecosystem. After joining our Annual Summit and leading a session on some of the toughest questions in AI today, including reliability, misuse and misalignment, it became clear that he could bring immense value to our community. We wanted to bring his expertise closer to our founders. As an Operating Partner, Vinay will mentor founders of our portfolio companies on critical decisions from day one. In early stage companies, choices around AI architecture, security and governance define speed, defensibility and long term risk. For our founders, having Vinay involved at those moments will make a real difference. Welcome to the team, Vinay. Excited for what is ahead! Thank you to Cinco Días for the coverage. More information in the link in the comments (in Spanish).

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Digital transformation is no longer stalled by a lack of ambition; it is constrained by legacy architecture and decision latency. In this article, Amit Shrivastav, Global Head of AI GTM and Director of Product Management at Kellton, examines why most enterprises remain trapped in “digital drag”, despite heavy cloud and modernisation investments. The real bottleneck, he argues, is not maintenance cost but structural inertia that slows decision-making, innovation and time-to-value. Starting from the failure of cosmetic modernisation to the rise of composable, API-first and event-driven architectures, the article stresses on treating architecture as a leadership mandate rather than an implementation detail. It also offers a timely reality check: deploying #agenticAI on brittle foundations amplifies risk, while modern, decoupled ecosystems turn #AI into a true force multiplier. #Future readiness is not about ripping and replacing systems but about rethinking how capabilities, #data and #governance are engineered to scale #change safely. #Read the full article exclusively on Express Computer: https://lnkd.in/dCeBhGMf #ExpressComputer #DigitalTransformation #EnterpriseArchitecture #ComposableEnterprise #LegacyModernisation #EnterpriseAI #AgenticAI #CloudStrategy #TechLeadership #FutureReady #GuestBlog #News #Exclusive

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Korn Ferry conducted a comprehensive survey with over 15,000 professionals globally to delve into their sentiments towards work in the present day. The Workforce 2025 study encompassed a diverse range of participants, from entry-level roles to top executives, hailing from key markets like the US, UK, France, Germany, Brazil, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan, and India. The survey findings reveal a significant shift in the work landscape propelled by #ArtificialIntelligence. It's not just altering how we work; it's fundamentally reshaping the nature of work itself. While AI poses challenges for nearly everyone, the countries spearheading the AI transformation may come as a surprise. Traditionally known for driving digital advancements, the US, Europe, and Japan are witnessing a notable transition. Presently, it is India, Brazil, and the Middle East that are emerging as the frontrunners with the most AI-prepared workforces. #AI #GenZ #GenZWorkforce #FutureOfWork https://lnkd.in/g3qdBBqA

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When a review reads less like praise and more like thoughtful provocation...the kind that already gets you sketching key ideas for the follow-up book. Prabhu Dutta Das — Director of Data Science at Hoffmann Group, and seasoned executive from the industrials sector — shared this 5-star review of Data Impact…and I’m still trying to decide if I’m more honored or more humbled. "A refreshing and relevant read..." “The book reminds us that efficiency is not the same as differentiation...” “Does a commendable job of addressing the need to align around value...” “Data Impact served as a valuable prompt for reflection...” Prabhu read Data Impact through what he called a “bipolar lens” — balancing short-term results with long-term capability building — and I honestly think that might be the most accurate way to read and lead in data today. His one critique? He wanted more. Which, let’s be honest, is the best feedback an author can dream of. 🤩 There’s a specific kind of fear that comes with putting your thinking into the world, not because you doubt the ideas, but because you know how unfinished they still feel. In data, we’re trained to lead with confidence, with clarity, with clean conclusions. But the truth is, most of what we build is initially a scaffolding, temporary structures reaching toward something more durable. Prabhu didn’t just read Data Impact, he met it with clarity, challenge, and care, a rare response that doesn’t flatter but energizes, treating ideas not as answers but as starting points for deeper reflection. Prabhu, huge thanks for taking the time to read and review Data Impact: Just SLASOG Now! This review didn’t just make my day, it has been the source of key ideas for some chapters of the follow-on book!

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