ZippyKoala
ZippyKoala

What's project 11a?

I know Mayya is usually 90% hype 10% substance and has made a living by positioning himself as an expert in topics that he has only very basic understanding of.

But I'll bite the bullet, give him the publicity he wants, and ask: "was anyone at the 11a demos? What is the actual product here?".

It's scary when AI engineers and practitioners are all silent but college kids are only ones joining the hype train of "Varun sir doing great things" 😂 .... But I'm intrigued hence asking

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ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

I was there. TBH I had the same opinion before meeting him but he is a completely different person IRL. His companies are doing well and he has built smart relationships with Sam Altman, Satya Nadela & Sundar pichai. I’d definitely recommend once going to his office and checking his work to get the full picture.

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ZippyKoala
ZippyKoala

This is exactly the kind of vapid responses everyone has when asked "what is the product?"

Him being nice or being a good salesman (not questioning either) is not what I'm asking. It's "can someone with actual industry experience in AI explain if there's a product here or is it just hype, which anyway his kiddo followers will amplify"

Every positive comment i see is from people in marketing, devrel, known grifters, or very junior engineers who are (honestly) easier to impress with nice demos instead of deeptech products.

ZippyMarshmallow
ZippyMarshmallow

I only know one legit ml engineer in the indian ai/ml scene who saw this demo before this particular screening probably because he needed some validation from a industry person. The guy's name is Ishan Dutta.

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Finally someone said it. He just reads out the content which is already present outside.

GoofyBurrito
GoofyBurrito

His company "avalon labs" mainly is about churning brainrot yt content in quick intervals.. which seems to be the meta now for conquering the algorithm, which the well researched high production quality creators who do ~1 video/month suffer 🤷‍♀️ Guy's a genius tho.. gotta give him that Boi knows how to print moni

QuirkyPretzel
QuirkyPretzel

Maybe something related to AI and Accessibility (A11y)

ZippyMochi
ZippyMochi

Best ignored. Timepass admi hai.

FuzzyPretzel
FuzzyPretzel

There used to be one guy - siraj something who used to do this stuff. Then he got busted.

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