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Vikram Chennai

1 month

Introducing - The First AI Data Engineer Today: Move and transform data across Supabase, Mongodb and postgresSQL In the future: Build entire data pipelines or migrate databases All with plain English @_buildspace @_nightsweekends

Ardent AI

AI Agents for Data Engineering

www.ardentai.io

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

28 days

I booked a 1 way ticket to SF And I gave myself 90 days to make it work Time to go all in

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Vikram Chennai

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24 days

Submitted the @ycombinator app! Over 20 founders from YC, ProductHunt, Techstars, and more offered their time to review the application. Not a single person asked for anything in return That says a lot about their character and the community in SF and at YC So thank you.

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Vikram Chennai

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26 days

Finished my @ycombinator application for F24 Any YC Founders down to give it a review (or if u know a YC founder who's down)? Also applied to @fdotinc , @solarislll , talked to more users and incorporated feedback into the design of Ardent v2

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19 days

ON THE FLIGHT 1 way SF Be there in 2 hours As soon we land we ship like mad 🫡

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

The ORIGINAL plan (see ticket) was to get on a plane in 90 days to SF no matter what and force myself to figure it out. But this support is unreal... it's everything I've been looking for. So I said fk it and moved it up. I'll be there in 1 week. DM me if u wanna grab coffee

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Vikram Chennai

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11 days

Day 7-8 Update: Built a database context layer for Data Agents at the @mintlify AI Devtools Hackathon w/ @IshanPaidhungat Feeling the SF magic :)

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Vikram Chennai

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Day 1 Recap: Build, funding, co-founder search, housing, customers But we're getting shit done Housing sponsored by @sauravpanda24 's couch!

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Day 6: Hackathon vibes :)

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Vikram Chennai

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14 days

Day 4-5 Update: Housing + team closer to getting figured out. Met some great ppl Built some memory layer stuff which I'm hardcore building at the AI Devtools Hackathon tmrw If you're in SF come say hi :) Housing sponsored by Luke's Couch now

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Vikram Chennai

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Day 2-3 Update: Working build w/ long term planning 300 reach outs done and counting

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Vikram Chennai

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23 days

God damn y’all broke @vercel free tier This is crazy interest If you want to use our AI Data Engineer for your company send me a DM :)

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Vikram Chennai

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26 days

@garrytan @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll 100% agreed. Here's my list: - Technical or technical adjacent - Passion and drive to last the whole way - Good human Thoughts?

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Vikram Chennai

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24 days

But this also is a thank you to all of you. So many of you reached out JUST TO HELP The support means an incredible amount So again thank you. You guys are awesome

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Vikram Chennai

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@kanikaxch That makes 2 of us 😅

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Vikram Chennai

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21 days

Getting everything prepped for the move Had to give my dog to family friends to look after Miss that dog...

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Vikram Chennai

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28 days

@Jahhsonc Appreciate it man. Gotta take a leap of faith to get where I wanna go

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

2 months

Last day of buildspace IRL One of the only things I've ever been to where I truly felt at home. @_buildspace is something special

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ty s5. this is for you.

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

We're building the World's First AI Data Engineer at Ardent AI We want to make Data Engineering tasks 100x faster Get Early Access -> @_buildspace

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Vikram Chennai

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2 months

Day 2 of @_buildspace IRL we did Office Hours Asked @FarzaTV how to manage long timelines to accuracy for Agents v.s launching fast He asked "well what works well today?" So In 7 days I'm launching what works - Move + transform data across data sources w/ English in seconds

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Vikram Chennai

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2 months

The final Update for @_buildspace s5. We made it Now... we keep shipping and learning till it works 🔥 @_nightsweekends @FarzaTV

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

11 days

Repo:

GitHub - VikramChennai/DBContext: Context/Search for DBs for Agents

Context/Search for DBs for Agents. Contribute to VikramChennai/DBContext development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

1 month

Releasing something soon👀

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

1 month

Today: -Added DB connection layer -Finalized Encryption and Security -Working on safe mode and dependency persistence for the AI Data Engineer 6 Days to Launch - Ardentai (dot) io for early access @_buildspace @_nightsweekends

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Vikram Chennai

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16 days

I broke @cursor_ai

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Vikram Chennai

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1 month

250 tests and counting. It'll be the most comprehensive benchmark for Data Engineering Agents bar none

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Vikram Chennai

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@ironcarbs @ycombinator Paypal Mafia pt 2? Cornell Mafia?

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

1 month

-Safe mode 95% done. Testing on simple scripts -Dependency Persistence still in the works Got a super bad fever today but fk it we ship (while still resting enough tho) 5 Days to go till Launch @_buildspace @_nightsweekends

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Vikram Chennai

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3 months

@alvaroartano @_buildspace @_nightsweekends Appreciate it man! We actually have an early access sign up if you want to do that on the website -> Will keep u posted though. Looking to ship a working version asap

Ardent AI

AI Agents for Data Engineering

www.ardentai.io

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Garry Tan

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21 days

Who's going to rebuild San Francisco? Startup founders who create thousands of jobs, bring the smartest people in the world to the city, and bring billions of dollars in new GDP I salute the founders who will build the future in SF 🫡

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Vikram Chennai

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3 months

Week 2 Update: This week I rebuilt our AI Data Engineer from the ground up so it could work in a file system It's still far from prod capable but made good progress 😀 Lmk what y'all think! @_buildspace @_nightsweekends @FarzaTV

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Vikram Chennai

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3 months

@BashFunky @levelsio Langgraph is good IMO for multi-agent since it's essentially just a state graph with extra features

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@aleximm Means a ton. Honestly Time to build the best AI Data Engineer in the World

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@jonwu_ Dming rn

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Vikram Chennai

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30 days

Excel -> Actual benchmark. 3/240 transferred

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@martin_casado Most insane welcome I've ever gotten. Honestly life changing. Going to build the best AI Data Engineer in the World 🚀

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Vikram Chennai

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24 days

@sauravpanda24 @CloudCodeAI Cornell Mafia 🫡

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

Back for @_buildspace s5! Gonna be taking Ardent - The World's First AI Data Engineer through @_nightsweekends over the next 6 weeks Our cool stuff - > If u wanna check out Buildspace ->

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

@otaviotweets @_buildspace @_nightsweekends Seems to line up with what I found. Main reason I was even looking elsewhere is I felt like I was creating classes on classes for no reason and had to split up pieces oddly to make langchain happy

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Vikram Chennai

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28 days

@chwapnil @_buildspace @FarzaTV Thanks man! Can't take all the credit tho. @shadcn UI is great

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@sauravpanda24 lots of tissues

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Vikram Chennai

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3 months

@_buildspace It isn't launch day without something going wrong 😂

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@sonicaghi Following in your footsteps 💪

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

2 months

My computer is overheating bc I'm running too many things at the same time. Am I doing this startup thing right?

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

Gonna start posting buildspace updates daily for Day 1 recap: -I think we went mini viral? -Posted 2x on linkedin. One post blew up. -10k impressions, +150 followers, 300 visitors to site -Used mixpanel data to optimize website conversion -Made a discord

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@julianweisser Anything to be the best founder I can be Also applied to ODF 😉

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Vikram Chennai

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@kishanchander_ @ycombinator Happy to do so :)

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@CarlBagdaddy Build a generational company Building the First AI Data Engineer

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

Day 2/42 building @_buildspace -Changed website to better capture traffic -Building v2 of the build. @OpenInterpreter is huge -My internet died so RIP anything else 🥴

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

1 year

@hyejeebae @_buildspace @_nightsweekends You put that together in 3 days? Absolutely insane. It's amazing!

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

1 month

Everything ready for launch. Launching tomorrow morning to optimize for time Also I somehow got covid…

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Vikram Chennai

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1 month

Realized I haven't been talking to customers enough to understand where to take the product from here. No/Minimal Coding till I get a clear idea of where to go

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

Day 3/42 @_buildspace update for Hey guys! Over the next 6 weeks, I'll be building the World's first AI Data Engineer in s5! All big ideas start somewhere. I'll be posting every day on progress! Love to hear your guys' thoughts cc: @_nightsweekends

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Vikram Chennai

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3 months

Day 7-10 @_buildspace update for AI Data Engineer can now read, write, edit and run files in docker to complete it's job Tested on a simple create hello world file. It worked. Tomorrow -> First data engineering jobs working :) cc: @FarzaTV

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Vikram Chennai

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28 days

@FarzaTV @_buildspace First place I felt really at home as a builder. I'm gonna miss it. Ty for what you and the team built. It was magical ❤️

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Vikram Chennai

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@tehseenkhan009 @ycombinator On it 🫡

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Vikram Chennai

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1 month

Did I say 7 days? I meant 4 -Polished Mongo autoschema -Fixed frontend sizing issues + feedback systems Final checks then we launch tomorrow Ardentai (dot) io @_buildspace @_nightsweekends @FarzaTV

Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

2 months

Day 2 of @_buildspace IRL we did Office Hours Asked @FarzaTV how to manage long timelines to accuracy for Agents v.s launching fast He asked "well what works well today?" So In 7 days I'm launching what works - Move + transform data across data sources w/ English in seconds

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Vikram Chennai

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2 months

@zfellows_ AI Data Engineers

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@martin_casado 100% Going to keep putting out updates and documenting the whole thing here Feel free to drop a follow :)

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

29 days

This is agents rn. We're where self driving cars were 5 years ago

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"Don’t chase waves, wait for them." @shl

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@balakrishnabat1 Probably not. But it will make them FAR more efficient

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

26 days

@DareFailed @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll Sending u a DM Also I love ur hat thing. The sheer confusion of having a hat dropped on ur head out of nowhere. It's awesome

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@mattaparker Love to hear any tips if u got them. Current plan is keep expenses as slim as possible, apply to everything and build like crazy

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Vikram Chennai

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@DanPMelnick @ycombinator Appreciate it man

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@LessCodeMoreAI I'll probably take you up on that offer

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Vikram Chennai

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@RemoteRiseGuy 100% will do. The support means a ton

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

5 months

I think I accidentally built an amazing lead gen tool? Step 1: Get frustrated with Linkedin and ZoomInfo not being specific enough Step 2: Ask your AI system designed for dataset creation Step 3: It gives you a good lead list ??? Step 4: Profit?

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@InvestorBroMo Yep. Building the first AI Data Engineer

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@HuskyGG00 Absolutely! Dm me

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

18 days

@alexdolbun Pretty good so far. Pushing for more

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@alexdolbun Well get ready to come down. I'm not leaving till I build something generational

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

16 days

@_roshanravi @cursor_ai @perplexity_ai Yeah would be useful. Suggestions def needed too bc installing random libraries could get out of hand very fast.

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

26 days

@waqasali @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll Shooting u a DM

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

@SufyanGaspar @_nightsweekends @_buildspace Tip if you want to get up and running faster: look at nextjs + react with tailwind. Tons of templates out there too from components to entire pages

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Vikram Chennai

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1 month

@_buildspace support even after the batch ❤️

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

1 month

Time to switch to Anthropic Also mandatory SoNnEt Is So GoOd aT eVeRyThInG (it kinda is tho)

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We just rolled out prompt caching in the Anthropic API. It cuts API input costs by up to 90% and reduces latency by up to 80%. Here's how it works:

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@atalovesyou Grants, Hacker Houses, Angel Funding, connects. Anything to help runway and help me build this company

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

2 months

@_buildspace @FarzaTV ardent (dot) io to get on the waitlist

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Vikram Chennai

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14 days

@praneel_18 Sure man. Checking

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Vikram Chennai

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24 days

@umairs02 @ycombinator 100% can't ask for a better community

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@MihirDKulkarni @_buildspace @_nightsweekends Absolutely man. Let's grab coffee and chat. Always want to hear customer side perspectives so I can make something truly great Dmd

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

26 days

@kabirnagral @helloparshwa @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll Dming u

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

24 days

@wheatonsimis @ycombinator 🥳 Now we keep shipping

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

26 days

@RenjuLiu @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll Sending a dm over. Appreciate the support :)

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@trivanmnzs Build Guild 💪

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

24 days

@IliaWhy @ycombinator Good luck! Rooting for y'all

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

24 days

@sebaschapela @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll Same back to u. Good luck!

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@kirbywinfield Should be able to now. Wouldn't have seen it without this. Ty Lmk if u can dm now

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

27 days

@ostradis Colab of the century? 👀

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@FailToScale Will be there Sept 1. Shoot me a DM

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@ostradis Insta incoming :) I'm gonna document the entire thing

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Vikram Chennai

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27 days

@aidangch DM me. Let's grab coffee

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

2 months

@DhravyaShah @Supermemoryai Absolutely. You’ve got a really good shot. And you ship like crazy 😎

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

26 days

@P2Pwriter @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll @itsajith747 Looked to DM him. His DMs are off 😅

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Vikram Chennai

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3 months

@levelsio Exactly what I found. We're trying to build an AI Data Engineer and it makes every bit of complexity 5x worse. Like why do I need multiple classes to just get an llm response in my agent? I like LangGraph tho

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Vikram Chennai

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@design_melon_ @ycombinator ❤️

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

3 months

Day 6 @_buildspace s5 update for 60% done with v2 rebuild of agent to make it more extendable to all our Data Engineering benchmark tasks Thoughts on Langchain v.s. something else for function calling? @_nightsweekends

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Vikram Chennai

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1 year

First post. Let's make it a bit special Introducing MeetWise AI, a meeting analysis platform that aims to reclaim the 6+ hours lost to inefficient meetings every week Toy Version up @ V2 coming soon! cc: @_buildspace @_nightsweekends

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Vikram Chennai

@vchennai2

26 days

@victordevguy @ycombinator @fdotinc @solarislll Pick the program that best suits you Hope it helps

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Where founders build epic companies. Based in San Francisco, CA.

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Vikram Chennai

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3 months

@thiteanish @_nightsweekends @_buildspace Tried it. Pretty cool concept. Would love to see more UI elements tho. A little more fight and a little less pure text. Amazing start tho

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