Jyoti Bansal

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗱, 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Charming, brilliant, and hilarious—Huggy Hayagreeva Rao had the Sand Technologies team glued to our seats during our most recent company-wide "Thursday Late Discussion" session. Huggy is the co-author of "Scaling Up Excellence" and a professor of Organizational Behaviour at Stanford University. So when he speaks, we're all ears. One of the key takeaways that really struck a chord with us was Huggy's perspective on scaling excellence. He described it as "multiplying curiosity with generosity." Huggy pointed out that as companies grow, they often fall into the trap of "addition bias" and "time poverty." We just can't help but pile on more and more, until we're so overwhelmed that our curiosity and generosity take a backseat. Next thing you know, we're just going through the motions, feeling depleted, and lacking that sense of accountability. But the truth is that scaling isn't just about addition. In fact, sometimes it's about smart subtraction. We need to identify and remove the obstacles that stifle our team's ability to be curious and generous. When people are in that mindset, magic happens, problems get solved, everyone brings their A-game, and we all go home feeling energized rather than drained. Also, subtraction is like mowing the lawn: it's not a one-and-done deal—you've got to keep at it regularly. It's not just about efficiency, but about giving our team the gift of time, which inspires them to reciprocate with their best efforts. We have been on a massive scaling journey over the last three years. Our operations have grown from one site to 30 sites and the number of engineers we are developing has grown by 5,000X (which if my math is correct is about 500,000%). We are just getting started, so we’re always curious about what we need to do as an organization to maintain our scale, and not lose quality, dynamism, agility, and our innovative spirit. The team is already lobbying for Huggy to host our TLD every week 😄—a testament to how insightful, thought-provoking, and relatable his lessons are. We have homework, though; time to put these ideas to work and start scaling up excellence.

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Pranay Prateek from SigNoz shares his thoughts on Unified Observability and how Open Source Signoz can help you to harness OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for Traces, Metrics at Logs. This talk took place at Open Source Observability Day #opensource #observability #otel

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🔋 Amit Mishra, Engineering Manager II at Credit Karma, talks about how his team empowers developers focus on what they do best—coding—while JFrog Artifactory takes care of seamless dependency management. 👇🏼 Watch below to learn how Amit leverages Artifactory to streamline processes and empower developers!👇🏼 If you're looking for a similar outcome, get started on JFrog for free today: https://jfrog.co/3DfgPn3

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In this episode, Amit Raja Naik chats with Spencer Kimball, Co-founder & CEO of Cockroach Labs, to uncover how CockroachDB is reshaping database architecture with unmatched resilience and scalability. ✅ The evolution of cloud-native databases ✅ Challenges and wins in scaling a tech startup ✅ Spencer’s take on the future of distributed systems 📌 If you're into tech innovation, this episode is a must-watch - https://lnkd.in/gfa8QpNA 🔔 Like, comment, and subscribe for more insights from the brightest minds in tech! #CockroachLabs #TechTalks #CloudDatabases #TechInnovation #DistributedSystems

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Today at 2PM CST, come by #BelieveInServerless to see a wonderful talk about saving money on AWS with Serverless. Rakesh Sanghvi is a great friend and knows his stuff when it comes to cost savings. So much to learn from this one! https://lnkd.in/g7n8Xp2d

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BharatPe’s move to Coralogix was fast, efficient, and impactful. 🚀 Now handling over 40TB of data daily, Coralogix provides BharatPe with top-tier log management, metrics, and traces, along with tools like the TCO Optimizer and #Kubernetes Dashboard for a comprehensive #observability solution. Ready to see how observability can fuel your business growth? Check out BharatPe’s journey!

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🚀 Be Agentic, Do Agentic! 🚀 Why make AI complicated? 🤔 Let’s simplify the process and get your POC up and running in just 2-5 days! That’s the power of SimplAI. 💡 AI doesn’t have to be difficult—it’s time to be the change with Agentic solutions that are fast, secure, and scalable. 🔐✨ Let’s build the future, one Agentic step at a time. 🌐 #AI #POC #SimplAI #Agentic #Innovation #TechLeadership #FutureOfAI SimplAI

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➰ APIContext's latest insights on cloud-based API performance have been featured on Nordic APIs! In the 2024 report, we delve into crucial aspects affecting API efficiency: 🔐 Authentication is key. Ensuring robust authentication mechanisms in APIs is crucial, yet offloading this function can introduce complex challenges. 📖 DNS configurations matter. How you handle DNS settings can significantly impact API performance, particularly when tied to authentication processes. 🌐 The role of third parties. Critical third-party services play a significant role in 🔗 API transactions, underscoring the need for careful integration and monitoring. ⛅ Not all clouds are created equal. Differences in cloud services can drastically affect API performance, an essential consideration as APIs account for over 80% of all internet traffic. #APIs #CloudComputing #TechInsights #APIContext

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At #OffsetSymposium2024, and couldn’t agree more with Corey Jaskolski that wide-spread #cloud adoption across #DOD allows startups to scale more broadly, lowers their costs, allows them to move faster, and ultimately delivers more, saving the limited taxpayer dollars we have for #nationaldefense.

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Excited to share the launch of our Annual report Rise of Cloud AI in India 2024!! Trend 1:  India SaaS will transition to #IndAI SaaS Trend 2: The line between software and services is blurring with the rise of #AIEnabled services #IndiaSaaS #IndiaServices Trend 3: #Cybersecurity is gaining prominence in India’s technology growth journey Trend 4: A wealthier nation will be catalyzed by software #wealthTech Trend 5: Industrial SaaS will start scaling as Industry 4.0 matures and Industry 5.0 arrives #IndustrialSaaS Software built from India continues to be world class and we are optimistic that #IndiaSaaS ecosystem will breach $50B in ARR by 2030! 🚀 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gcdcQVkG Bessemer Venture Partners Anant Vidur Puri Divyam Sharma Vatsalya Tandon Veer Gupta Kshiteej Prasad

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Listen in to this meaningful podcast 'Hard Thing about Hard Launches' , where I speak with two founders - Akshar Shah of Fixerra and Trivesh D. of Tradejini open up on the opportunity set of the Indian fintech market. It's a very interesting contrast as Akshar is focusing on building a fixed deposits marketplace and Trivesh is building out discount broking tapping the equities. What we discussed : a. Fintech is not a winner-takes-all market - why and how? b. Is verticalization better in financial services space. Why? c. Is frugality a good strategy? d. The fear of compliance and what does it mean to be a fintech founder now ?

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Finsire has recently started its learning series - Ideally by chatting with the best folks in the Industry. Here, with Siddharth Shetty, Co-founder and CTO of Account Aggregator (AA) from DigiSahamati Foundation, we speak about the data exchange's inception, growth, and future in India. - We use AA for various reasons, including pushing boundaries in India's data exchange layer with various use cases. - It's been about three years since it went live, and over 70 million cumulative Indian accounts are linked. - One-of-a-kind data sharing network from India that is not seen anywhere across the globe, baring Singapore with https://lnkd.in/gyrCQtVQ - Different approach to protect consumers as compared to the previous models that existed to attain consumer data by various methods used by Plaid or Salt Edge Onemoney Finvu (Cookiejar Technologies) Protean eGov Technologies Anumati by Perfios AA NADL - Account Aggregator Computer Age Management Services Limited KFin Technologies Ltd. Enjoy - Please click on the link below and watch the video!

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🌟 India’s Incredible Contributions to AI in the U.S. 🌟 Did you know that Indian innovators are leading the charge in building some of the largest AI-focused billion-dollar companies in the U.S.? 🇮🇳✨ Here are some remarkable achievements: 🔸 HighRadius – Valued at $3.10 Billion 🔸 Uniphore – Valued at $2.5 Billion 🔸 Eightfold.ai – Valued at $2.2 Billion 🔸 Moveworks – Valued at $2 Billion 🔸 H2O.ai – Valued at $1.5 Billion 🔸 Cambridge Mobile Telematics – Valued at $1.5 Billion 🔸 SparkCognition – Valued at $1.4 Billion 🔸 SeekOut – Valued at $1.2 Billion These companies are transforming industries with cutting-edge AI technologies, thanks to Indian founders and co-founders. India’s talent continues to redefine global innovation in technology and artificial intelligence. 🚀 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #India #Innovation #TechLeadership #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Technology #GlobalImpact #IndianTech

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💙 Excited to share my latest post on TheNewStack on addressing the staging bottleneck problem impacting Engineering teams building Microservices: https://lnkd.in/gM_hB_wC #stagingenvironments #kubernetes #microservices #testingstrategies #developerexperience

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Interesting and relatable piece by Nutgraf / The Ken Praveen Gopal Krishnan in my inbox today. Few VCs balance this line well, even fewer can project an authentic narrative of what they actually do. In my observation of actions, a VC is a financier first and last, and anything else is marketing until proven otherwise. #vc #startups #india #founder

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Excited and looking forward to discussing the evolving challenges of raising capital for early-stage startups at SAASCON24. Join me as I dive into the current trends, what founders need to know, and how we can navigate this more challenging environment. #SAASCON24 #StartupFunding #EarlyStageStartups #SaaS #Entrepreneurship

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Earlier today, Lightspeed Partner, Raviraj Jain spoke at Google Cloud’s VC AMA Series moderated by Ali Goldstein Norup, Head of VC & Startup Ecosystem at Google Cloud. Here are some key takeaways from his session: → AI is triggering the fourth generation of industrial revolution, positioning technology companies to lead nascent industries. → Having customer empathy is essential when you’re focused on fixing a problem and building a company or technology that can solve that problem. → Software is less than 1% of the total GDP. There are many opportunities to grow in multiple industries and these startups can bring technology to law, life sciences, biotech, supply chain, etc. Watch the full session to learn more: https://bit.ly/3KUgQ07    #VCAMASeries

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Shweta Vohra has penned some very insightful thoughts and opinions around platforms. Do drop in to say hi, see what we are revealing at Kubecon with "how to protect your Kubernetes investment? by revealing our best version of Kubernetes Dashboard product. Devtron Inc. ✈︎ KubeCon NA 2024

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