This is big: all access to Mythos and Fable AI models disabled for everyone outside America. First thoughts: 1. Technology is the ultimate weapon. National sovereignty, national security, all of it is now about technology. 2. Globalization is dead and Bharat must find her own way ahead. We must keep these two ideas in mind. What can our government do right now? Ensure that orgs in India embrace smaller models, both Indian and Chinese open source ones. With a bit of effort, we can make them work. Anyway, why pay money to people who don't even want to sell to you? We must deepen our R&D. Sarvam has been on it and we have been on it but remember that the latest models cost not only huge GPU budgets to train, the GPUs themselves are restricted. So we can't afford the scale of money (of the order of $100 billion to even get in the game!) and even if we could come up with the money, we can't get all the GPUs. I would not like to ask the government to fund tens of billions of dollars on this anyway - the money has far better uses. Zoho has been pursuing alternative R&D approaches that are far, far less expensive but by its nature cutting edge R&D takes time and we are patient. I am confident we will get there. Any remaining people in India who have delusions about globalization should wake up now.

Tangy Masaledar Crunchy IPO of the millennium.

This is absolutely insane: The SpaceX IPO has now drawn more than $70 BILLION worth of retail orders alone. SpaceX is raising $75 billion, making retail interest ALONE enough to nearly fill the entire sale. To put this in perspective, the previous record IPO was Saudi Aramco in 2020 at $29.4 billion. This means that retail interest in SpaceX is now 2.4 TIMES larger than the total amount raised in the previous largest IPO in history. As a result, SpaceX has announced that 20% of their IPO will be allocated to retail investors, following through on @elonmusk's vision to democratize the record IPO. Nothing even remotely near what SpaceX is about to do has ever happened. Friday will be a historic day.

It's a stratospherically different world out there. Henry Ford was the 20th Century @elonmusk

Swapan may be a man of liberal arts - but he is one of those rare Bengalis who have a business and industrialist genes. His family ran Calcutta Chemicals - the makers of Margo Soap among other products.

Lance Naik Meenatchi Sundaram A (34 Rashtriya Rifles ) Took a bullet on his face and shoulder Killed the hardcore terrorist even after sustaining severe injuries ensuring the mission success Kirti Chakra felt proud today Jai Hind 🇮🇳

In GnR's global tour (with Axl and Slash) only two Indian cities feature - Bengaluru and Guwahati. Big deal indeed @himantabiswa ji. 👏🏽👏🏽

A heartbreaking moment as the mother of Sepoy Janjal Pravin Prabhakar breaks down while receiving her son’s Kirti Chakra. He made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty on July 6, 2024, during a fierce anti-terror operation in Kulgam, Jammu & Kashmir. Displaying exceptional courage and devotion to duty, he eliminated two terrorists before laying down his life for the nation. His bravery will forever inspire generations. India salutes this brave son of the soil, and stands with his family in their moment of pride and grief. Jai Hind. 🇮🇳

Indian businesses face 1,500 laws, 69,000 compliance protocols & 6,600 filing mandates. Economists call this “regulatory cholesterol”. Dissolving this cholesterol is essential for India to build a modern economy. My @openthemag column. Latest issue on newsstands.

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Absolutely exceptional 🫡

But will acquire 6 acres of Lalbagh to build tunnel road.

Loved it.

Comments and memes 👌🏽😂

🎯 Charlatans interpreting our culture, religions and customs grew from Cottage Industry status in 1947 to Industrial Scale BS over the years.

Two more reasons for @RCBTweets win. What a champion pair. Solid plans. Brilliant execution. #IPLChampions

Ee Saala… 2x 🏆 Naamdu ♥️ #RCB

Just brilliant. What a team. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Truly the RCB era.

When @ABdeVilliers17 says Ee Sala Cup Namdu, you know it's done and dusted. #IPLchampions #IPLfinals

👏🏽🙏🏽👏🏽Nurturing 30K saplings for the next 3 years. Huge gratitude.