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When interfaces disappear
Nikunj Kothari
Venture Assistance at Khosla VenturesPrevious: Meter, Opendoor, Shyp, AtlassianApply for the Kothari Fellowship
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Curiosity Is The Only Wall
On boundless thinking in the age of AI
Vanity Theatre
Tech's favorite unspoken game
Software Spend Goes Parabolic
The great budget inversion
Do Hard Things
Build the muscle early
Software Has Made Us Soft
Think outcomes, not tools
I'm Not Good Enough
Run your own race
Product management → Prototype management
Build and sell, or be replaced
2024 → 2025: The Year Ahead in AI
Field notes from the front line
Your Per-Seat Margin is My Opportunity
Why AI agents should break traditional SaaS models
Choose Kindness
Picking clarity over comfort
Titles Don't Matter
Impact first, labels later
The Future is Firmly Bionic
.. where intent will take over instructions
Have Kids
A brief letter about unconditional love
Don't Settle
Playing it safe is riskier than you think
You Belong
Feeling out of place isn't the same as being out of place
The Neighbor Effect
A $50M lesson in human behavior
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