IndiaAI joins the Jury at the BuildAI Pitch Event Ms @kavitabha (Scientist ‘G’, Group Coordinator, MeitY; COO, IndiaAI Mission) and Mr Anshul Singhal (GM–Startups, IndiaAI Mission) will be evaluating the next wave of AI startups turning ideas into real-world impact in Chennai.
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BytePlus offers full AI coding stack for $10 monthly
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$10/month for a full AI coding stack sounds unrealistic. Until you see GLM-5.1, DeepSeek, Kimi, GPT-OSS in one plan. BytePlus is actually doing it.
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Sam’s RAM Investment: Can He Scale Production to Apple Volumes?
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Well, Sam has bought a lot of RAM, so I have a feeling he's pretty good at scaling. That is the big problem:
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Claude lacks distribution trust timing for billion dollar outcome
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The billion dollar outcome requires distribution, trust, and timing, none of which Claude provides for $20.
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Kinetix AI unveils KAI humanoid robot with 36 degrees freedom
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Kinetix AI has teased KAI, its new humanoid robot -engineered with 36 degrees of freedom, more than any previous model, a hybrid dexterous hand, and 18,000 sensors embedded across a soft, flexible body-positioning it as the most human-like robotic system to date.
— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus) 27 avril 2026
Getting closer… pic.twitter.com/925IN06nk3Kinetix AI has teased KAI, its new humanoid robot -engineered with 36 degrees of freedom, more than any previous model, a hybrid dexterous hand, and 18,000 sensors embedded across a soft, flexible body-positioning it as the most human-like robotic system to date. Getting closer
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BuildAI Pitch Event: 23 Finalists Advancing Real-World Solutions
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400+ Applications.
— IndiaAI (@OfficialINDIAai) 27 avril 2026
23 Finalists.
1 Goal.
The BuildAI Pitch Event moves into its next stage—bringing together promising AI startups focused on solving real-world challenges.#BuildAI #IndiaAI #ITEL #AIStartups #InnovationJourney@kavitabha @GoI_MeitY @_DigitalIndia… pic.twitter.com/5rcruS743c400+ Applications.
23 Finalists.
1 Goal. The BuildAI Pitch Event moves into its next stage—bringing together promising AI startups focused on solving real-world challenges. #BuildAI #IndiaAI #ITEL #AIStartups #InnovationJourney @kavitabha @GoI_MeitY @_DigitalIndia -
MyOneApp Failure: The Bundling Trap in Product Design
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Safaricom’s “MyOneApp” rollout landed like a lead balloon. @SamoraKariuki
’s write-up is worth reading and he highlights a classic product trap: bundling everything into one app without a clear job-to-be-done. https://
frontierfintech.substack.com/p/118-myoneapp
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Tesla SpaceX Merger Acquisition Case Analysis and Investor Impact
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The case against an acquisition of a proposed merger of Tesla and SpaceX/xAI.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 27 avril 2026
For a Tesla investor: you will suffer for next seven quarters and sell out right when all Elon’s plans are working out. And scale of everything done by Tesla goes exponential. Right about then Optimus… https://t.co/rn6nGrXu3fThe case against an acquisition of a proposed merger of Tesla and SpaceX/xAI. For a Tesla investor: you will suffer for next seven quarters and sell out right when all Elon’s plans are working out. And scale of everything done by Tesla goes exponential. Right about then Optimus
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Xpeng Plans Large-Scale Flying Car Production in 2027
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🇨🇳 Chinese electric vehicle maker #Xpeng says it expects to begin large-scale production of flying cars next year in 2027.pic.twitter.com/HaJIOpvQWb #FlyingCar #EV #ElectricVehicle #vehicle@lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33…
— Amitav Bhattacharjee (@bamitav) 27 avril 2026Chinese electric vehicle maker #Xpeng says it expects to begin large-scale production of flying cars next year in 2027. #FlyingCar #EV #ElectricVehicle #vehicle @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33