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Physical AI: AI x Hardware

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Investor Relations, Strategy, Operations, Tech
Mentor in 15 Incubators, Accelerators, Venture Studios

6x Startup Founder

AI & Hardware, Roboticist, Cosplayer, Dating Coach

Bragging Rights & Superpowers

As Entrepreneur and Operator

  • Combines various skills for a single mission
  • Spots patterns and operational inefficiencies
  • Provides resources needed for any situation
  • Revels in fixing and managing chaos
  • Started India's 1st tech makerspace [Web]
  • Pioneered India’s Maker movement [Article]
  • Explored all business models in hardware
  • Grew RoboRium 2x YoY for 8yrs
  • ZERO order returns for RoboRium in 8yrs
  • Acquired 40% of Red Ocean Market
  • Led dozens of communities
  • Unparalleled user behavior awareness
  • Global Hardware ecosystem in 2° of network
  • Introduced IoT modules ESP8266 in India
  • Predicted: Rapid growth in robotics research [Article]

As Roboticist and Maker

  • Predicted: Advent of mopping robots
  • Working knowledge of 2400+ hardware SKUs
  • Introduced 3D printing to Indian cosplayers
  • Taught 6000+ robotics: 6 to 68yo
  • Created community of 3850 Indian makers
  • Identifies robot architecture from photos
  • Predicts HW applications from reading BOM
  • Put Self-driving algos into Lego robots [Research]
  • Built and supported numerous Humanoids [Roboy][FutureBots][SRMTH]
  • Worked in Fashiontech and Assisted tech
  • Worked on Digital Twins and Metaverse
  • Made props for superhero web series [Doga]

As Nerd and Cosplayer

  • Functions exclusively without caffeine
  • Built India’s 1st 3D printed Ironman suit [#IronSurd]
  • Masters: MS Comp. Sci., Executive MBA
  • Taught MATLAB & CompVision to my teachers
  • Built engineering electronics projects @ 15
  • Completed 100+ MOOCs [Web]
  • Reads research papers before bed time
  • Can whistle in 12 different styles
  • Excellent dancer: from Moonwalks to Salsa
  • Worked 20hrsx300d 3yrs in a row
  • Once slept 36hrs straight on a whim
  • Uncontrollably curious
  • Insatiable book reader
  • Annoyingly optimistic
  • Lifelong vegetarian and teetotaler
  • Incapable of experiencing embarrassment
  • OG Museum Memer
  • Collects: Coins, Cameras
  • Interests: Psychology, Theology, Paleontology, SciFi, Forensics, Cosmology

As Dating Coach

  • Dating coach since 2010
  • Helped 1000s start & improve relationships
  • Wrote a 45-page dating manual for men
  • Early adopter of all dating apps
  • OkCupid Moderator in its early days
  • Match ideal dating app to preferred demographic
  • Ran the biggest Hive on Bumble