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Venkatarangan Thirumalai
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Keynote Speaker on Generative AI, and The Founder Catalyst (thefoundercatalyst.com).
1️⃣Honest experience sharing using Generative AI.
2️⃣Blogging from 2004, at venkatarangan.com.
Credible competition works. Google Finance is finally getting a beta refresh. Pressure from AI-first tools like Perplexity is real.

Founders: Please don’t get comfy—build internal challengers. Even giants need a nudge. See Amazon Rufus vs Walmart–OpenAI. #ProductManagement #Competition
December 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When AI gets it wrong, who pays the price?

Google’s Gemma AI just learned that lesson the hard way.
After a U.S. senator accused it of spreading false claims, Google had to pull the model.

This isn’t just about tech; it’s about accountability in the AI age.
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Google’s AI Overviews are quietly rewriting the rules of search.
If you rely on organic traffic, this is what you need to know and what to do next. Read more: thefoundercatalyst.com/how-are-goog...

#AIOverviews #GoogleSearch #SearchTrends #TheFounderCatalyst
July 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My book, The Founder Catalyst, just broke into the Top 500 in Entrepreneurship Management on Amazon US (Kindle).
Not bad for a no-jargon, real-world founder’s guide.

Thanks to readers across borders who are picking it up 🙏
Kindle edition available worldwide.
thefoundercatalyst.com/fcbook/
July 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
AI Is Already Making Decisions for You. The truth is, AI is already making choices for us.
- Loan approvals
- Road planning
- Healthcare triage
- Credit scoring
For business leaders, the cost of ignorance is no longer tolerable.
#generativeAI #thefoundercatalyst #dataethics
May 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"Which AI tool is right for me?". I’ve been getting this question a lot after my keynotes on AI. So, I put together a simple list of "Everyday AI Tools" — from writing help to running models on your PC, no coding needed. Feel free to use and share:
thefoundercatalyst.com/everyday-ai-...
April 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
While editing my book, I kept running into cases where LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, lift from popular sources when asked to "rewrite".
📋Most default to lifting from known good sources over just rewriting the given text.
🔎Ironically, they can spot plagiarism—if prompted separately.
April 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Turned on ‘Focus’ in Windows to get some serious work done. Ironically, #Windows decided it had more pressing updates to #focus on.
January 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Can you spot the content here? It's less than 5% of the page.
I get that Google & social media have made survival tough for publishers, but this ad overload?
It's a death spiral: bad UX → lost readers → lower ad revenue → more ads → fewer readers. Unsustainable.
#Business #Magazine #Advertisement
December 27, 2024 at 5:14 AM