Varun Mayya
The podcast explores how science and business follow similar principles: experimenting, observing, drawing conclusions, and repeating. It offers actionable advice for entrepreneurs building software, content, small companies, and freelancing careers. The host also distills new developments in technology for a broad audience. He shares lessons from his own failures and small wins, emphasizing that iteration and practice are essential.
Episodes
"Indian Engineers Need to Wake Up." Nothing CEO on AI, India Plan and Future of Tech Jobs
In this conversation, we sit down with Carl Pei, founder of Nothing, to talk about how he built a phone company from scratch in a hypercompetitive market like India. We get into how Nothing stood out not by having the biggest budget but by noticing a simple thing: all the big brands were trying to sell to everyone, which meant nobody was really selling to anyone specific.Uploaded 21-03-26We then g
Master OpenClaw Under 30 Minutes!
Learn more about Emergent here - https://app.emergent.sh/?via=d61151Uploaded 06-02-26In this video, we walk through OpenClaw, an early-stage AI agent that can run through WhatsApp and control parts of your computer. We bring in Sid from 100x Engineers and test real use cases, like ordering groceries, browsing Reddit, and triggering simple workflows through chat commands instead of doing everything
LinkedIn CEO on Which Jobs Will Matter in 5 Years, Getting Hired, Advice for Indians and More
In this conversation, I sat down with Daniel Shapero, CEO of LinkedIn, and got him to reverse engineer his entire career on a whiteboard. Yes, a whiteboard where he walks us through starting a company as a math student back in 1998, watching three startups collapse one after another, getting an MBA to regroup, spending four years at Bain doing due diligence on companies for private equity deals, a
How I Manage Projects End To End (1 Hour Masterclass)
In this Kata, we break down how to manage projects when you don’t have all the answers from the start. We explain why traditional project management methods no longer work as well, how clarity comes from building instead of planning forever, and how we used Unleash the Avatar as a real example to develop our own way of managing projects.Uploaded 05-08-26We then walk through the entire process of t
How Simplifying Everything Makes You Rich
In this Kata, we talk about why simplicity almost always beats complexity. We discuss why so many people assume that doing more, building more, or adding more systems leads to better results, when in reality it often creates confusion, slows teams down, and makes businesses harder to scale.Uploaded 26-07-26We also look at how great companies stay simple as they grow. We cover topics like delegatio
Build What Moves India: Rules and How to Participate
Submission Link : https://forms.gle/Uv4JM9o1YNJJhnjm6Uploaded 21-08-26We’ve finally kicked off Build What Moves India, and in this video, we go through exactly how the hackathon will work, what you need to build, and how your project will be judged. The focus is simple: take a public service platform, rethink it from the point of view of an everyday citizen, and build a working proof of concept wi
How to make a Human Apex Predator
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Hacking Neuroscience to be Happy
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Quantum Suicide
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What if Mickey Mouse was conscious?
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Your brain is scamming you
Credit to https://twitter.com/foone for inspiring me to do this video. Uploaded 12-07-19Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How to Get Hired Faster Than Everyone Else | Kata 8
In this Kata, we break down how to hire and also, how to get hired. The focus is on what companies really look for, what actually matters, and why most people misunderstand the process.Uploaded 09-04-26We talk about why hiring is not about treating people as replaceable, but about building teams where each person brings something unique. We also explain what companies look for beyond just skills,
Zuckerberg's Secret Plan To WIN The AI Race | Meta AI Chief Reveals Future
In this episode, we sit down with Alex Wang, former founder of Scale AI and now Chief AI Officer at Meta, to understand what Meta Superintelligence Labs is actually building. We talk about how Meta is designing its AI organisation from scratch, focusing on research depth, talent density, and long-term scientific foundations instead of short-term wins.Uploaded 26-02-26We then understand how Meta ba
Step by Step Plan to Become 10x Smarter (For Humans)
The Robot Design in the intro is designed by: Aze Λlter https://x.com/AzeAlter?s=20Uploaded 17-05-26Go to https://cyberghostvpn.com/VarunMayya to get 84% off from our sponsors CyberGhost VPN with 4 months free!In this video, we explore how the same ideas that made AI models smarter over the last few years can also help humans think and learn better. Using the evolution of large language models as
Physics IS Spirituality
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The Secret to Creativity
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How to REALLY change yourself
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Why children NEED fairytales
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The Big Bang is still happening
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Career Advice for People Who Feel Lost | Kata 7
In this session, we talk about confusion and why it is such a common problem, especially early in your career. We look at how having too many options, constant exposure to new opportunities, and fear of making the wrong choice keeps people stuck. The idea is simple, most people are not lacking ability, they are just unable to decide and commit.Uploaded 29-03-26We then break down how to deal with t
How To Take Risk Like Rich People Do (1 Hour Masterclass) | Kata 9
In this Kata, we break down how risk actually works in real life, especially in careers and business. We move away from the idea that success comes from taking big risks, and instead focus on understanding risk properly, reducing it over time, and making better decisions.Uploaded 20-04-26We then look at how decisions should be made in practice. Instead of overthinking or guessing, the focus is on
Why Indian Startups Are Unprofitable | KATA 6
Welcome to the sixth session of the 16-Kata series. This one takes on one of the most quietly destructive problems in business and life: attribution. Figuring out what's actually responsible for your success or failure, and why most people get it completely wrong.Uploaded 09-03-26The session walks through how Nike lost $25 billion by chasing what was easy to measure over what actually built the br
Here's How You Can Use ChatGPT To Get Smarter
Is AI making you dumber? New research is starting to show how AI tools actually affect the way our brains think, focus, and remember. In this video, we break down real studies, including an MIT experiment and large education research, to explain why using AI sometimes hurts learning and sometimes helps it a lot.Uploaded 24-01-26The difference is not AI itself, but how you use it. We look at what h
Two ways we can become immortal
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Unleash The Avatar - Gameplay Trailer | Bollywood Soulslike Game
Wishlist on Steam below:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4054220/Unleash_The_Avatar/Uploaded 22-06-26After 6 months of hard work, we're ready to show what's next.Get a glimpse of the latest gameplay trailer and story bits featuring Johnny Yong Bosch (who voices Ichigo from Bleach) as the voice actor of Vikram.This game is a work of fiction produced by an independent game studio. It is set in a f
What is the Fence Paradox? Are degrees important for coding roles? ft. Tanay Pratap of Microsoft
Sub to tanay on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFmBuclxQPe57orKiQbyfAUploaded 28-07-19Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We Tested the Best AI Model… It Got Banned
In this video, we take a closer look at Anthropic’s latest model, Fable 5, and try to answer a simple question: is this yet another incremental LLM, or is it an actual jump over the previous models?Uploaded 12-06-26And instead of talking about benchmarks, we put Fable 5 through actual real-world tests. We build games, apps, research reports, simulations, and a bunch of other projects to see what t
A BRAND NEW TECHNIQUE TO LEARN ANYTHING: 3-Pass Learning!
Don't forget to follow me on https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 17-07-18Remember, you're an overgrown biological computer! 3-Pass learning is a science based way to study, retain and understand absolutely any concept/topic by hijacking all that we know about human cognition and memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How Distribution Can 10x Your Luck, Career and Income | KATA 10
Check Out GenC: https://forms.genc.club/r/wv7y08?utm_source=vm_julyUploaded 16-07-26In this Kata, we talk about one of the most important ideas we've learned after building content for years: distribution. We discuss why it's often more valuable than the product itself, how it creates opportunities that you can't predict, and why building an audience is really about building trust over time, not j
HOW TO REACH ANY EDITOR AT FORBES: Cold Email 101
If you like this and want to learn more, don't forget to follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayya/Uploaded 12-07-18Tbh, email made me who I am today.Learn how drip emailing works, with a live example. Here, I show you how to use powerful email tools and common sense to help you do sales, land projects and reach absolutely anyone.Follow me on Instagram at instagram.com/thevar
5 Apps I Built With AI to Run My 500-Person Company
Try Lovable here: https://lovable.link/4zzDmvc, they're the sponsors of today's video but regardless the usecases displayed in the video are ones we use every day.Uploaded 06-07-26In this video, we explore how AI coding tools have evolved and what they actually mean for software teams today. Instead of talking about the future in theory, we walk through the internal tools we’ve built at AEOS using
What Consciousness is according to Modern Science (2019)
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How to obtain Optimum Neurotransmission
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10 Projects I've Built and 1 Thing I Learned From Each
Overhaul your legacy code with https://modelcode.ai/morph Use my code "VARUNMAYYA" to get 50% off your first year!Uploaded 27-06-26In this video, we look back at 10 projects we built over the last 19 years, from early startups and games to AI products, content businesses, and everything in between. Some of them worked, some failed, some got acquired, and some taught lessons that ended up shaping e
Why Apple won and Kodak lost
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Instagram is the best example of the Peak Shift effect
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