Shashi Bellamkonda
shashib.bsky.social
Shashi Bellamkonda
@shashib.bsky.social
Smiles are free & priceless. Marketing Leader, Startup Advisor, #B2B, Analyst /Principal Research Director Info-Tech.com, SaaS
Revenue, Growth & #AI #martech
#marketing, #ai #India Washington DC, Potomac, Baltimore Maryland Area
Champagne Lights, Difficult Nights
Champagne Lights, Difficult Nights
The Most Beautiful Roads (and why we still choose to walk them at Christmas) Windin...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Amazon re:Invent 2025: What If Tomorrow’s Announcements Change More Than We Expect? www.shashi.co/2025/12/amaz...
Amazon re:Invent 2025: What If Tomorrow’s Announcements Change More Than We Expect?
Stop chasing common trends. Get C-Level insights and independent analysis on AI, SaaS, and how technology drives verifiable revenue growth.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Small AI Economy: Why LLMs are Overkill for 80% of Your Business Tasks
The Small AI Economy: Why LLMs are Overkill for 80% of Your Business Tasks
The rise of Small Language Models (SLMs) like Fara-7B proves you don't need large, expensive AI for most tasks. Learn why specialized, on-device model
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December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Google's Agentic Calling and Checkout: Why the AI is the New Transaction Gatekeeper
Google's Agentic Calling and Checkout: Why the AI is the New Transaction Gatekeeper
Google's Agentic Calling and Agentic Checkout put an AI barrier between consumers and local businesses. Analysis of why this feature commoditizes the
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December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The New Ambient Agent: Will We Really Talk More Than We Type at Our Desks?
The New Ambient Agent: Will We Really Talk More Than We Type at Our Desks?
Microsoft's "Hey Copilot" voice wake word is a massive leap, but is desktop voice control actually ready? Analysis of why ambient AI faces user
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November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Sovereign AI: Why Owning the Algorithms is the New National Security www.shashi.co/2025/11/sove...
Sovereign AI: Why Owning the Algorithms is the New National Security
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November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
'Forward Deployed’ the New Consulting… or the Old Product Feedback Loop in
Disguise?” www.shashi.co/2025/11/forw...
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What Gen Z Knows About AI That Executives Miss
What Gen Z Knows About AI That Executives Miss
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November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Misunderstood Marketing - : The Loudest Ad I Saw Today Made No Noise at All. www.misunderstoodmarketing.com/2025/11/the-...
Misunderstood Marketing - : The Loudest Ad I Saw Today Made No Noise at All.
The Loudest Ad I Saw Today Made No Noise at All.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The CIO/CTO Playbook for Agentic AI: Strategic Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite
The CIO/CTO Playbook for Agentic AI: Strategic Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite
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November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Everlasting wisdom
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Stop Paying for General Intelligence When You Need a Specialist

www.shashi.co/2025/11/the-...
The Small AI Economy: Why LLMs are Overkill for 80% of Your Business Tasks
The rise of Small Language Models (SLMs) like Fara-7B proves you don't need large, expensive AI for most tasks. Learn why specialized, on-device model
www.shashi.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
What You See Is Not What You Get (WYSIWYG) in AI www.shashi.co/2025/11/what...
What You See Is Not What You Get (WYSIWYG) in AI
AI isn’t WYSIWYG. Chatbots create FOMO, but real value comes from AI that analyzes your own data, not generic free LLM answers.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
AI is that it has become the world’s most efficient lead pre-qualification engine, funneling only the most high-intent users directly to your conversion page. This changes everything about content strategy and, critically, how we measure success.
www.shashi.co/2025/11/the-...
The New Conversion Currency: Why AI Search Forces a Complete Metric Rethink
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November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Why Intellect Just Bought Zaptic (And What It Means for Manufacturing Quality) www.shashi.co/2025/11/why-...
Why Intellect Just Bought Zaptic (And What It Means for Manufacturing Quality)
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November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In the 80s we had a concert in Bangalore by Alla Pugacheva who sang the Russian song " (Ya ne znala, lyubov' byla gor'ka) translates to "I didn't know, love was bitter".

Of course these are the right lyrics!
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Celebration of the best
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This action hero from a Western movie agrees with all of you!
October 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
October 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Very inspiring
October 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You have to hear it from an Olympic gymnast !
October 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When you reach the top, you know who's the best.
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Legal AI startup Eve just hit $1B unicorn status with a massive $103M Series B led by Spark Capital! Slashes litigation costs by 60-80%, turns months into days for plaintiff firms. Vertical AI > Generic? Absolutely. Who's next? #LegalTech #AI #Unicorn
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The whole world knows by now
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM