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Ankur Jain reposted thisAnkur Jain reposted thisNamaskaram You're invited to an exclusive live panel discussion, Powered by Inner Engineering, for IIT alumni ✨ Hear from successful IITians on how a simple yet powerful yogic practice transformed their well-being, careers and sense of purpose. Panelists: Ankur Jain, Pallavi Chakravorty, Jagadish Gattu & Vishnu Arcot 🗓️ Sunday, November 1 9 PM ET · 6 PM PT · 7:30 AM IST (Mon, Nov 2) 👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/eH3mJshX Please share with fellow IITians 🙏
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Ankur Jain reposted thisAnkur Jain reposted thisNamaskaram You're invited to an exclusive live panel discussion, Powered by Inner Engineering, for IIT alumni ✨ Hear from successful IITians on how a simple yet powerful yogic practice transformed their well-being, careers and sense of purpose. Panelists: Ankur Jain, Pallavi Chakravorty, Jagadish Gattu & Vishnu Arcot 🗓️ Sunday, November 1 9 PM ET · 6 PM PT · 7:30 AM IST (Mon, Nov 2) 👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/eH3mJshX Please share with fellow IITians 🙏
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Ankur Jain reposted thisAnkur Jain reposted thisAnthropic just dropped its S-1. I expected extraordinary growth numbers. But the improvement in economics is even better than I had imagined. The road ahead will be fascinating to watch. A few numbers that really jumped out: → Gross margin: 85% in H1 2026, up from just 12% a year ago. This excludes most model training costs and cloud marketplace distribution fees, but still an absolutely remarkable trajectory. → Revenue per dollar of compute: $2.08 in Q2, up from just $0.40 in Q1 2025. A 5.2x improvement in five quarters → Operating cash flow was positive $3.9B in H1. Even free cash flow after deducting stock-based compensation was positive, at ~$1.3B. All this while growing revenue ~14x YoY to $16.3B in the first half. And ANT still has an astounding $131.7B in cash and investments on the balance sheet ($141.1B total raised to date). But here's the other side of the equation. Anthropic has committed at least $430 billion in future minimum compute purchases and equipment leases, much of it locked in for years, against a business where 80% of revenue remains consumption-based. That's an extraordinary long-term bet in a market where technology, pricing, and competitive dynamics are changing by the quarter. H1 was an exceptional period for Anthropic, amidst the 'tokenmaxxing' and Claude Code domination era that followed the massive step up in model capabilities last November. Q3 results and the next few quarters will be fascinating to watch, as enterprises push harder on inference costs, open-weight alternatives improve, token prices fall, and regulatory and sovereign headwinds potentially increase. There will certainly be new waves of demand from newer products and markets, and amplification from the Jevons effect. How all these forces net out remains to be seen. One thing is clear. Anthropic just set a very high bar for every other frontier AI company heading to public markets. And for itself.
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Ankur Jain shared thisA large number of IIT alums practice Inner Engineering. Some of them share their experience here https://lnkd.in/gX9Sk_qr Learn more about the upcoming Inner Engineering Retreat with Sadhguru for IIT alums here: isha.us/iit
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Ankur Jain reposted thisAnkur Jain reposted thisWhen Sadhguru gave the opening keynote at the IIT2026 Global Conference in Long Beach, he made a rare offer: he would personally offer an Inner Engineering Retreat for IIT alumni, from 12–15 Nov at the Isha Institute of Inner Sciences in McMinnville, Tennessee, USA. This is a rare opportunity to experience Inner Engineering with Sadhguru himself and receive the the transmission of Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya, a 21-minute practice for clarity, balance, and inner wellbeing. Know an IITian who should be in this room? Tag them below or forward this post. Register Now: isha.us/iit
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Ankur Jain reposted thisAnkur Jain reposted thisYou're invited to The 100x Leader, an exclusive session for IIT alumni on the Inner Engineering Retreat with Sadhguru. In conversation with Vellayan Subbiah, Executive Chairman, Cholamandalam Investment & Finance, on how this practice helped him scale up "many folds" in both business and life. Friday, October 23 8 AM PT · 11 AM ET · 8:30 PM IST RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eibiNKBt
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Ankur Jain reposted thisAnkur Jain reposted this#IITBayConf26 AI that works in the lab but breaks in production. Sound familiar? Join us for the Fireside chat Engineering Trust: Bridging Data Foundations & Enterprise Delivery. REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/gX22UWX5 Welcoming.. - Purva Bhandari, Head of Strategy & Operations at Deccan AI, helps power the data and evaluation behind frontier AI labs. - Sanjay Nagaraj, CTO of Harness, co-founded Traceable by Harness and led AppDynamics/Cisco engineering teams that drove $500M+ in revenue. - Moderated by Ankur Jain, Entrepreneur & Investor. Currently Managing Partner at Emergent Ventures. From the data that trains models to the pipelines that ship them, they'll unpack what it really takes to deliver AI enterprises can trust. IITBayConf26 | Oct 16–17 | Santa Clara Convention Center Register Now: https://lnkd.in/gX22UWX5 #IITBayConf2026 #EnterpriseAI #AITrust #DataInfrastructure Arnab Debnath, Praveen Vayalamkuzhi, PhD, FRSA, Nidhi Kannoujia, Ashis Khan, Swapnil Sinvhal, Anshu Agarwal, Rao Charagondla - CNR, Monica Bajaj, Ishita Sharan, Lochan Alagh, Kishor Kunal, Prashant
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Ankur Jain reposted thisAnkur Jain reposted this#IITBayConf26 AI that works in the lab but breaks in production. Sound familiar? Join us for the Fireside chat Engineering Trust: Bridging Data Foundations & Enterprise Delivery. REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/gX22UWX5 Welcoming.. - Purva Bhandari, Head of Strategy & Operations at Deccan AI, helps power the data and evaluation behind frontier AI labs. - Sanjay Nagaraj, CTO of Harness, co-founded Traceable by Harness and led AppDynamics/Cisco engineering teams that drove $500M+ in revenue. - Moderated by Ankur Jain, Entrepreneur & Investor. Currently Managing Partner at Emergent Ventures. From the data that trains models to the pipelines that ship them, they'll unpack what it really takes to deliver AI enterprises can trust. IITBayConf26 | Oct 16–17 | Santa Clara Convention Center Register Now: https://lnkd.in/gX22UWX5 #IITBayConf2026 #EnterpriseAI #AITrust #DataInfrastructure Arnab Debnath, Praveen Vayalamkuzhi, PhD, FRSA, Nidhi Kannoujia, Ashis Khan, Swapnil Sinvhal, Anshu Agarwal, Rao Charagondla - CNR, Monica Bajaj, Ishita Sharan, Lochan Alagh, Kishor Kunal, Prashant
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Ankur Jain shared thisPlease join for this unique webinar on "Developing your Inner Leader" with Shashi Tripathi, IIT Conference Chair at 10:30am PT on Saturday, October 10. RSVP at: isha.us/Oct10Webinar
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Ankur Jain liked thisAnkur Jain liked thisWhat Happens When an Entire Village Plays? At Isha Gramotsavam, a simple ball brings entire villages together. Farmers, fishermen, daily-wage workers and homemakers step onto the field, not as spectators, but as players. But what happens on the field doesn’t end when the match is over. In the documentary “A Ball Can Change the World,” players and teams share their personal stories alongside moments from the game. Through their experiences, we get a glimpse of what brings them to the field, what keeps them playing, and what the game means to them.
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Ankur Jain liked thisAnkur Jain liked thisI'm heading to ONUG in New York this week with the REAP team, October 28–29. If you work on network operations, automation, or agentic AI, let's meet. Stop by Booth 33 in the New Idea section at The PENN DISTRICT and see how REAP helps engineers answer three questions: • What caused this incident, and what evidence supports that conclusion? • Did the change actually achieve what we intended? • Where could our redundancy fail when we need it most? We'll walk through incident investigation, change verification, and resilience findings in our demo environment. Bring your toughest network challenges. The messier, the better. One session to put on your calendar: 📅 Thursday, October 29, 3:15 PM ET 🎤 Our co-founder and CEO, Raja Tadimeti: "The Change Succeeded. Did the Network? Building Confidence in Change Outcomes" 📍 Tools, Technologies & Techniques theater If you're a network leader, architect, MSP, or potential partner, I'd welcome 20 minutes at the booth or over coffee to compare notes on where REAP could help. Message me here or book a time through our ONUG page: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gRrjp2RP See you in NYC! #ONUG #AgenticAI #NetworkOperations #NetworkAssurance
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Ankur Jain liked thisThis is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be in the forefront of AI, and see what it takes to bridge the gap between Product and Business. Apply here : https://lnkd.in/gjEJsAWNAnkur Jain liked thisStatisfy is hiring its first Sales Engineer. You'd be the technical voice in every enterprise deal. You run the demos. You own the pilots until the contract is signed. No generic product tours here. You'd build demos on the customer's own data, so they see agents working before they buy. You'd use Claude and Claude Code to build them. You'd connect real systems, like their CRM and support tools. There's no playbook yet. You'd write it, from the demo setup to the handoff into onboarding. You've spent 5+ years in pre-sales. Think Sales Engineer or Solutions Engineer. Ideally selling B2B SaaS to US buyers. The role is based in India, on US East Coast hours. Our customers and sales team are in North America. Please apply only if that schedule works for you long term. Link to apply is in the comments. #Hiring #SalesEngineering #AI
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Ankur Jain liked thisAnkur Jain liked thisNamaskaram You're invited to an exclusive live panel discussion, Powered by Inner Engineering, for IIT alumni ✨ Hear from successful IITians on how a simple yet powerful yogic practice transformed their well-being, careers and sense of purpose. Panelists: Ankur Jain, Pallavi Chakravorty, Jagadish Gattu & Vishnu Arcot 🗓️ Sunday, November 1 9 PM ET · 6 PM PT · 7:30 AM IST (Mon, Nov 2) 👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/eH3mJshX Please share with fellow IITians 🙏
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Ankur Jain liked thisAnkur Jain liked thisI'm excited to share that oh Chai! is opening its first brick-and-mortar British-inspired tea room in the historic town of Mission San Jose! ☕❤️ As we prepare for this exciting new chapter, we're expanding our team and looking for passionate people who share our love for food, hospitality, and creating memorable experiences! We're hiring for four positions: 1. Head of Culinary (Full-Time) 2. Culinary Assistant (Part-Time) 3. Assistant Tea Room Manager (Full-Time) 4. Tea Room Host (Part-Time) If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! 📍 Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA Explore the roles and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gTBxXyU5 Or simply email me at reshu@ohchai.com Please feel free to share with anyone who might be interested! www.ohchai.com #Hiring #ohChai #HospitalityJobs #TeaRoom
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Ankur Jain liked thisAnkur Jain liked thisKipling Secure Inc. is on #CRN’s list of 10 hot products for MSPs coming out of XChange NexGen, published last week. I am deeply grateful to the team for getting us there. The list mixes products for governing customers’ AI use with products that use AI to cut manual work in legal, security investigations and documentation, so it covers both directions. CRN describes Kipling Secure as finding the AI apps and agents running in customer environments, including unsanctioned ones, letting MSPs set governance policies, and blocking violations in real time. They also point out that it’s a multitenant platform, which means an MSP can offer it as a managed service to multiple customers. I think that last piece matters most for MSPs. Seeing what AI your customers are using only pays off if there’s a service you can run, report on and bill for on top of it. CRN’s write-up has the details on what Kipling Secure does and what else made the list. Link to the full article is in the first comment below. #MSP #AIGovernance #AIDR #XDR The Channel Company | Harmeet Sahni | Dan De La Garza | Mathi Ganesh10 Hot Products Helping MSPs Tackle AI, Security And Automation10 Hot Products Helping MSPs Tackle AI, Security And Automation
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Ankur Jain liked thisAnkur Jain liked this🌪️ 𝗔 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽. AI is driving a generational buildout of data centers, with billions of dollars in buildings, substations, generators and cooling spread across several square kilometers. ⚡🏢 📊 Most catastrophe models work well at a portfolio level, but a data center is a single asset that can span a large area. That changes how often it gets hit, and how badly. 🔬 At Vayuh, we simulated tornado risk at 16 US hyperscale campuses over 4 million years. One finding: spreading the same value from 550 m to 3 km made tornado encounters 3–4× more frequent. 📍 📖 In this in-depth analysis, Abhimanyu Arora covers: ✅ How campus size changes loss frequency ✅ Which equipment drives physical damage ✅ What it means for insurers and asset owners 👉 Read the full study (no account needed): https://lnkd.in/gVrNZgka 🤝 Reach out if you’d like to understand your risk better. 📅 PS: Join us at Lloyd’s on Nov 17 with speakers from Ariel Re, KatRisk and MaxInfo to talk hail, tornado and wind risk. 🎟️ 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g_CGyW6S #datacenters #AI #infrastructure #extremeweather #climate #insurance #severeconvectivestorms #tornadoes #hail #disruption #lloydsA hyperscale campus is not a point on the map — VāyuhA hyperscale campus is not a point on the map — Vāyuh
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