Venkataramanan Subramanian @venkat

💻From #SaaS and consumer internet to 🚀#Space, #Defence and #Semiconductors - is Indian VC entering its frontier-tech era? 💰@BluehillVC closes its maiden ₹400 Cr fund, with ₹100 Cr+ already deployed. @DeepTechManu tells @ShrutiMishra_ where the next big #DeepTech bets are.

Excited to be quoted again on the front page of @EconomicTimes yesterday. Skyroot's successful launch is a landmark moment for India's space ecosystem. It demonstrates that deep-tech works, that the journey from lab to market is possible (in a reasonable timeframe), and that globally significant outcomes can be built from India. The Centre has played a pivotal role in this progress: from ISRO's deep support for Mission Aagaman to fostering an environment that enables follow-on funding for private space companies. For those of us investing in sovereign deep-tech, Indian IP & specifically startups in Space (like Ethereal Exploration building fully reusable 25 ton launch vehicles) this is an exciting signal of what's ahead. Article attached below. @puranchdET @BluehillVC

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Advanced packaging is one of the most important developments in modern semiconductors. As the effect of Moore's law becomes more pronounced and traditional transistor scaling slows, the next domain to improve performance is by stacking chips vertically and integrating them more tightly through advanced packaging. 3D-packaging provides for multiple benefits including shorter signal paths, lower latency, higher bandwidth and better energy efficiency. "Everything is going 3D. This increases the importance of material science". - Applied Materials President. At @BluehillVC, we are investing across the semiconductor value chain, including in the material science part of the value chain.

I am speaking at @umaginechennai tomorrow in 2 sessions. First, I am moderating a Fintech panel with Mohan of IppoPay, Prabhu of M2P Fintech & Rajeev Mecheri. Later in the day I am speaking at the @itntHub pavilion. Look forward to catching up with everyone there!

There has been a glut of capital available in India's deep-tech ecosystem at the lower end of the spectrum with grants, angel investors, angel networks, pre-seed, seed & pre-series A stage funds all clamoring for limited "quality" deals. However, the biggest question on the minds of mature investors in this space has been the availability or lack thereof of later stage capital in Series B and Series C for deep-tech. In that context it is quite heartening to see interest from players like General Catalyst to participate in manufacturing and defense tech opportunities in India, along with interest from funds like Accel & Peak XV. This would go a long way in deepening the deep-tech ecosystem and pave the path for more exits for early investors. The attached article from the @EconomicTimes is a good read covering that thesis. @BluehillVC

I appreciate Dr. Anshul's quest promoting more protein and eggs. Good, nutrient rich food indeed. But have to correct his and many Indians' misconception. India is NOT the "diabetic capital" of the world. Sure, due to a large population India has high number of diabetics too. But China, which consumes a lot of meat, takes the cake for "Diabetic capital of the world." It has 1.4x India's number of diabetics. Both absolute numbers at 140 million and also by per 100,000 prevalence rate. Also, China consumes per-capita at least 5x eggs and 20x meat consumption of India. If you do not believe me, Grok my post, ChatGPT it, Gemini it. I will do it myself in reply. Stop calling India the diabetic capital of the world. It is not true and per-100000 diabetes rate in India is much lower than a lot of countries like Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt, Mauritius, Malaysia, Pakistan etc in diabetes. Yes, when we get programmed in mind to believe something about our country, it indeed feels very difficult to let go of the opinion. But I urge you to verify the facts yourself and please let go of misconceptions about India. And more importantly stop unnecessary over consumption of protein (> 1g / kg of body weight for a non-athletic / non-body builder adult) making eggs, milk, meat costly for the poor and actually protein deficient in India. 🙏

Everyone should be using this website to understand the inside of an LLM. I'm surprised more people don't know about it. Benjamin Bycroft made this beautiful interactive visualization to show exactly how the inner workings of each of the weights of an LLM work. Here's a link:

@skpranav08 @Raghav_osprey Nope. Just the phone over the eyepiece using a holder. No processing other that some auto adjustments on the phone.

M42 on 24-Jan using iPhone 16 over the 26mm eyepiece on a 10 inch Dobsonian telescope by @Raghav_osprey #Astrophotography #hyderabad #banjarahills

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M42 on 25-Jan using iPhone 16 over the 26mm eyepiece on a 10 inch Dobsonian telescope by @Raghav_osprey #Astrophotography #hyderabad #maheswaram

@Shanti_Vineet for any comments and feedback on the photo of M42.

M42 through Canon R6 on a 10 inch Dobsonian from center of the Hyderabad city #astrophotography #hyderabad #orion @Raghav_osprey

Some videos of excellent aerobatics by @Suryakiran_IAF at Hyderabad this afternoon.

Excellent aerobatics by @Suryakiran_IAF at Hyderabad this afternoon.

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You’re far more likely to change your company’s long-term trajectory by growing the engineers around you than your personal heroics - Staff Engineer by Will Larson amzn.to/3Tew4BA

EVM makers be like chalo at least nobody blaming us today.

Random PSA: box breathing has been exceptionally effective for me -- I wish I'd discovered it sooner. After around a minute of it, I reliably can start sleeping wherever I am. Useful with jet lag adjustment, random naps in the back of a car, etc. (Box breathing: inhale, hold, exhale, hold, with each step lasting five seconds.)

My remarks at the Oxford Union almost a yr ago have made their way across social media. I gave a perspective on what has changed in India, citing events & anecdotes to support my argument. I’m overwhelmed to see how it has resonated with so many of you.🙏 youtube.com/watch?v=yjFEYR…

you know you’ve got your new system’s core abstractions right when things you didn’t explicitly design for that used to be complex become incredibly simple

@tanin 🤔