The principles and science behind scaling of organisms and cities Life is beautiful, complex and incredibly varied with more than 8 million difference species on Earth alone. Is there any rhyme or reason for how large animals can grow? Or for that matter how small they can be? How long…

After taking nearly 15 months sabbatical since my last full-time venture — I’m ready to get back at it full-time again. Just as I shared my thought process when I embarked on this sabbatical, I’ll aim to summarize my thoughts on this transition and next phase too. This post is…

And what can we learn from their history that we can apply today. — “Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age” by Annalee Newitz is a compilation of the archeological findings regarding the rise and fall of four great ancient cities. The cities are:

Business and life lessons on how to survive and thrive in the face of uncertain and volatile times. Fragility can be defined as those things that break easily under pressure or stress. What’s the opposite of fragile? Most of us think of robust — or things that don’t break under…

A few things you might not have learned from Borat Borat, the fictional Kazakh character, might have provided some people a first, if odd, introduction to Central Asia. Fortunately, I’ve had the opportunity to travel to the region (Tajikistan) as part of a social enterprise I’m involved in. …

NLU complexities: challenges and open problems in Conversational AI This blog was guest-written by Leo Cordoba. In the last few years we have witnessed a race between companies to create the biggest, most powerful and most interesting named NLP (Natural Language Processing) model. These models are trained on huge corpuses…

…But were afraid to ask. The previous blogs in this series share what conversational AI is and where it's making an impact, what industries it's disrupting, and the ecosystem of companies and technologies involved in shaping the industry. This article aims to share a basic high-level understanding of how data…

The companies, products, and technologies shaping the future of conversational agents. Conversational AI is a fast-growing industry with a number of start-ups and established companies offering a wide variety of products and services for an even wider variety of customers. We compiled, reviewed, and curated nearly 200 companies and technologies…

In a world of wealth and growing prosperity, where do we go from here? “Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World” by Rutger Bregman is an enjoyable a quick read about the opportunity to shape our ideal world and future. He also did a related TED Talk…