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Fifthel Winter Edition on 4 & 5 December 2026. Speak, showcase, teach - https://xitter.gq/t.co/5hd5gqe0YR Attend - https://xitter.gq/t.co/qh1zf8tm1H

Bangalore, India
Joined March 2012
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Come talk to us about Censorship Resistance Open Source Privacy Security in India #Devcon8 #ethindia
at @ETHIndiaco stage today at 4:30 PM i’m hosting three people who’re fighting hard to give the power of technology back to PEOPLE what started in the ethereum garden is now a need of the world come join us!
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If Chatgpt was made in india
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Using a stick of RAM to scratch my back, fuck you, Sam Altman
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How To Trap Sam Altman
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Fifth Elephant 2026 is live from NIMHANS Bangalore Streaming on youtube.com/live/Etyrz09XbSg youtube.com/live/ygidsbBiDVs #fifthelephant cc @hasgeek
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@sunbains keynote is getting the Fifth'Elephant' moving #fifthelephant cc @hasgeek
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Come and learn to understand the work done to put AI to work within Enterprises. Happening now at @iitbombay through @MumbaiFOSS and @hasgeek Hasgeek finally arrives in #amchimumbai has.gy/hDJ_ #technology #ai #OpenSource
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Excited to be a partner for @MumbaiFOSS We're giving laya inference. Look out for the @aigrantsindia 🇮🇳 QR Cc @Nandakishorm1 @vaibhavbetter IIT-B tickets still available Thx @zainabbawa for the intro
Mumbai FOSS 2026 — Meet our partners! 🤝 Venue: FOSSEE Better Education 📣 Media: WPoets 📺 Livestream: Hasgeek 🤖 FOSS AI: AI Grants India 🇮🇳 📅 31 Oct 2026 📍 IIT Bombay, Powai #MumbaiFOSS2026 #FOSS #OpenSource
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LAST CALL! The MumbaiFOSS 2026 Job Board closes TOMORROW at 12 PM (noon)! ⏳ Looking for opportunities in open source? Don't miss your chance! 📅 MumbaiFOSS 4.0: Oct 31 📍 IIT Bombay, Powai Act now! #MumbaiFOSS #FOSSUnited #OpenSource #TechJobs
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Mumbai FOSS 2026 — Meet our partners! 🤝 Venue: FOSSEE Better Education 📣 Media: WPoets 📺 Livestream: Hasgeek 🤖 FOSS AI: AI Grants India 🇮🇳 📅 31 Oct 2026 📍 IIT Bombay, Powai #MumbaiFOSS2026 #FOSS #OpenSource
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In these AI-frenzied times, @fifthel is going back to the basics of data. I am attempting to gather my thoughts on enterprise-scale dashboards, where they work, where they fail, and why shadow versions pop up. 4th-5th Dec, limited seats, register now: hasgeek.com/fifthelephant/wi…
Official dashboards. Unofficial spreadsheets. Different numbers in every meeting. @surbhaai explores why shadow dashboards persist, and how better design can help.
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At the end of the official deadline, here are the talk proposals we've received for @hasgeek @fifthel winter edition, focussed on data. Got codex to classify all submissions based on technical depth and business impact, and make this 2x2
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“Who wants free LLM keys?” This hackathon question led @boskykode to start @aigrantsindia At Fifthel Pune, he shared how AI Grants India has supported 200+ startups, and invited ideas for what comes next. Watch his pitch: youtu.be/V0yXW0yzqTM
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Last day today for submissions for the Winter Edition of @hasgeek @fifthel . Looking for talks / showcases / interactive discussions / posters around all things data.
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Hasgeek as a review process that makes talks better than the speaker thought they could be, I experienced this as a speaker in 2025, and very excited to help edit the 2026 version of the conference. Submission deadline is coming up, do submit your talks and poster ideas!
Last year, @BhogalePrasanna spoke at The Fifth Elephant Winter Edition. This year, he is helping shape it as an editor. In this reflection recorded in 2025, he describes the care taken to review talks & give feedback & the enthusiastic engagement he experienced after presenting.
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this is a good time for me to show off my "chart doctor", for doctoring charts. Enter a bad chart, and get a better one In private beta right now. Hit me up for access. Might commercialise this soon n
India’s Freebies Budget Is bigger than you can imagine. It is bigger than total income tax collection of India.
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This is such a great talk @lil_dill and the reason I find it very valuable is, you are not talking about AI is slop, or give AI to do everything, you are championing what humans do best, which is to drive with intent and understand the difference between good and done. Love it!
Software is increasingly treated as disposable in the AI era. Yet we spend half our waking lives looking at screens! We don’t want to spend that time with zombie products—monotonous, vacant, and uncared for. We want products with soul. 💜 I go deep on this in my talk from @lennysan's Summit: youtube.com/watch?v=GLvFTMtw…
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Been engaged in Ai and also been pointing to mistakes in current AI in my own way wave. I think the FOSS community need to hear from you. If interested, I can explore how to make it happen along with @fifthel or @jackerhack
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😙😙 check it out
1/6 What does a good data Showcase look like? At The Fifth Elephant Winter 2025, Aryan Srivastava presented work on using LLMs to extract messy tables from India’s 1951 census. @ary_sriv Old records, a practical problem, and an inventive way to make the data usable.
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come one come all!
The Fifth Elephant 2026 Winter Edition is coming this December! Steering it: @BhogalePrasanna @sanand0 @karthiks Bring your data problems, pet projects & unfinished work. No engineering talks. Karthik’s pinky swear. Submit by 11 Oct: has.gy/KaLO
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