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2026
Building a Foundation Model for Personalized Recommendation
One model. Every member’s full history. Many recommenders.
Causal Reasoning for Agentic AI
An agent I watched last quarter did everything right and still got the answer wrong. It read the request, produced a clean five...
When We Can Finally See Inside an AI’s Mind
Why understanding how large language models think may become one of the most important breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.
How AI Stack in the CFO Vertical Can Double the ROI of Fintech
There are many parts of the CFO vertical can be enabled by AI to increase the productivity and at the same time improve the per...
The ₹60 Lakh Crore Problem: Why India’s Supply Chain Finance Gap Is an AI Opportunity
In today’s competitive business environment, efficient cash flow management is as important as generating revenue. Across India...
AI Is Already Building Better AI. Most People Haven’t Noticed Yet
Anthropic’s latest essay suggests we may have crossed an important threshold: AI is no longer just helping humans work faster —...
We Built the Perfect Data Strategy — for Three Years Ago
Why the future of data governance is not just about helping humans understand data, but helping AI understand what your busines...
Understanding the LLM Orchestration Stack
How modern AI applications coordinate models, tools, memory, and workflows to build production-grade intelligent systems
Innovation and Governance: The Future of AI in Lending
The lending industry is standing at the intersection of two powerful forces: rapid AI-driven innovation and increasing regulato...
Winning Hearts in a World of AI.
How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Era of AI
Books for 2026
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Five dollar smile sage who reimagined hinduism rising heat the undying light: a personal hist...
11 Stoic Lessons for a Clear, Resilient Life
Focus on what you can control Your actions, judgments, and effort are yours. Everything else is noise.
2025
Goals for 2026 based on the lifelong lessons
How should we select goals for 2026? They should be rooted in lifelong lessons. The goals I have set for 2026 are anchored in t...
My Journey in Chennai
Have you ever moved to a new city and felt completely excited… and completely lost at the same time?
How Good Are Your ML Best Practices?
(George Chouliaras et al., Booking.com Data Science)Read the full article
Plaid Podcast: Summary
1. Origins of Plaid & Founding Vision
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4: Economics & Art
What is this book about Part of the Great Mental Models series, designed to provide mentaltools for clearer thinking and bette...
A Wise Old Owl: Rockefeller's Poem
A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard, Why arent...
India's Semiconductor Push
Here are the key insights from the article:
Impacting businesses through predictive models
Nearly ~90% of models never make to production leading to business impact and further impacting the top line and bottom line of...
Managers vs Leaders
Leadership Lab with Simon Sinek – Key TakeawaysIntroduction:Sophia Chuhofska, VP of People Strategy, welcomes attendees to the ...
The 5 Types of Wealth
In “The 5 Types of Wealth,” author Sahil Bloom presents a comprehensive guide to achieving a fulfilling life by focusing on fiv...
5 daily habits
The speaker, Namabuddhaya, explains how daily habits—practices he and other monks follow—can lead to a happier and more fulfill...
Summary of the Article on DeepSeek and Its AI Advancements
Summary of the Article on DeepSeek and Its AI Advancements
Summary of the 2025 Union Budget
Here’s a summary of the 2025 Union Budget:
Climate Change and US Wildfires
The article discusses the impact of climate change, particularly in the context of wildfires in the United States, and the glob...
Delhi's Fiscal Record Under AAP
The article evaluates the fiscal performance of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi during its tenure from 2015-16 to...
Leaders and Managers - Langer
Leaders and Managers - LangerThis discussion highlights the complex, dual-role nature of effective leadership and management—co...
Self-realization and Divine Connection
Self-realization and Divine Connection
Reinvent in 2025
Reinvent in 2025This article explores Stoic philosophy and how it can inspire personal growth, discipline, and resilience, espe...
14 Things to Avoid in 2025
The article outlines 14 things to avoid based on Stoic philosophy to help you grow and improve in the new year:
2024
Stoic Principles for Self-Renewal
This reflection pulls heavily from Stoic philosophy and the teachings of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus to offer a stru...
Leadership Lessons from The Parlor Room Podcast
The Parlor Room Podcast, hosted by Chris Lenane of Harvard Business School Online, features Professor Nancy Koehn, an expert on...
MemGPT
MemGPTThe paper “MemGPT: Towards LLMs as Operating Systems” introduces MemGPT, a system designed to address the limitations of ...
Product Owners vs Product Managers
The history of the product owner role • The differences between product owners and product managers • How ...
Maslow's Needs of Hierarchy
Here’s a concise summary of Acharya Prashant’s take on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:Critique of Maslow’s Model: Acharya chall...
Osho vs Krishnamurthy
Osho vs KrishnamurthyHere is the improved flowchart with better spacing to avoid overlapping text. It visually maps out the per...
Understanding Multimodal LLMs
Understanding Multimodal LLMsIn this article, I aim to explain how multimodal LLMs work and summarize recent research papers in...
Noble prize chemistry-2024
Noble Prize Chemistry:2024The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper. Baker ...
Israel and Iran War
1979 Iranian Revolution: Overthrew the Shah, ending a monarchy that had lasted thousands of years. Established a theocratic I...
LangChain - Generative AI
What it does - It is a framework that allows developers to create applications using LLMs. How it works - It combines extern...
2022
Small Business Banking Data for Explainable Credit Risk Scoring
Executive SummaryXGBoost with monotonic constraints gives 7% higher KS compared to traditional score-card model and explainabil...
Keeping Sight of Your Company's Long-Term Vision
ProblemThis is difficult enough, but even once a vision is in place, many leaders fail to execute it over the many years that i...
Current risks to US Economy
Current risks to US EconomyAs of date - 20th March-2022, there are multiple risks associated to US economy. Inflation, Covid-19...