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  1. 4d ago

    Can Aravind Srinivas Grow Perplexity into a Trillion Dollar Company

    (Photo: Aravind Srinivas, courtesy Perplexity AI) October 18, 2026 · Perplexity AI claims its personal agent eliminates the problem of rogue actions by AI agents and bad actors. · Founder Aravind Srinivas hints at growing Perplexity’s valuation to $1 trillion in a Sourcery podcast. Extracts According to Perplexity, its agent is a small virtual machine with its own operating system, within a user’s computer, thereby isolating the agent’s work from the host system. Perplexity says its agents operate in a sandbox, which keeps them secure by letting them access the tools and files they need to complete tasks, while keeping sensitive information protected. Perhaps, like many Silicon Valley founders, Srinivas may be trying to project confidence to attract big sums from major investors as well as be able to hire the top technical talent. Also, given his ambitions for Perplexity, which he describes in the Sourcery podcast, he may believe he can build it into a $1 trillion company. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

    Can Aravind Srinivas Grow Perplexity into a Trillion Dollar Company

  2. Oct 11

    Path to US Jobs and Permanent Residency Gets Tougher for Indian Professionals

    Extracts from the Podcast Last week, thousands of foreigners, most of them with US degrees, found their jobs in the US had evaporated. US Vice President J.D. Vance announced the suspension of Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini from filing Permanent Labor Certification Program applications for skilled foreign workers. No new applications will be accepted from these companies, and work has stopped on the ones already filed. In fiscal 2025, three of the top ten companies securing H-1B visas, and who are on suspended list, were Indian IT companies: Infosys with 8,140 visas; Tata Consultancy 5,274; and HCL 2,953. Cognizant, another IT company on the suspended list, got 6,321 H-1B visas. While its head office is in New Jersey, U.S., three quarters of Cognizant’s 341,000 employees were based in India. These four companies together accounted for more than a quarter of the H-1B visas issued to new applicants in fiscal 2025. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

  3. Oct 4

    All Company Mergers are Purchases says Harvard Professor Nitin Nohria

    (Photo: Nitin Nohria. Courtesy TheCEObook) Extract from the Podcast Pacing in front of a whiteboard in his office at Baker Library, Nohria added it was less important whether Endeavor merged with William Morris, ICM or United Talent. It was more important to accept that mergers do not exist – all mergers are purchases, with one company swallowing the other. The rest is spin. Emanuel quotes Nohria: “There will be a ferocious power struggle in the early days...People don’t like to cede control...You have to squelch that resistance early, with blunt force, before it unsettles the rank and file.” In 2025, Nohria established a charitable trust which initially supports his daughter’s career in medicine. At the end of the trust’s term, the remaining assets will provide fellowships to students at MIT’s Sloan School. Nohria’s PhD at MIT was funded by a fellowship. “MIT Sloan truly opened the doorway for me to have the life that I’ve had,” Nohria told the Sloan publication. The amount contributed by Nohria to the trust was not disclosed. In September, Nohria also published a book, The CEO: The Role, The Reality, The Responsibility. It is based on Nohria’s studies of hundreds of CEOs who attended a workshop at the Harvard Business School. The book has been praised by Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, and Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, among others. Nohria writes about how effective executives “set an agenda, allocate time, communicate priorities, drive change, and carry the full weight of the role.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

  4. Sep 27

    Indian Mother Runs Race Barefoot Eager to Win and Buy Textbooks for Daughter

    September 26, 2026 Extracts from the Podcast Commentators point out, that, while Ramabai’s winning the race is a matter of pride for her daughters, it is a shame for India. Ramabai’s struggle to help fund her daughters’ education, “shows that government education schemes are not reaching people adequately,” Sukhadeo Thorat, a former Chairman of India’s University Grants Commission, told the BBC. Ramabai had to leave school at 13, to take up jobs to support her family. She told BBC, “I believe that as long as I am alive, I should do everything I can to give my daughters a good education.” “I ran like my life depended on it,” Ramabai told the Times of India, about her motivation to run the race. “There is no pain worse than that of not being able to take care of your children.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

  5. Sep 19

    Climate Cooling Balloons are Unproven says Shuchi Talati on Comedy Central’s Daily Show

    September 18, 2026 Extracts from the Podcast: The recent flash floods in Nepal and fires in Southern Europe were major reminders, if needed, that climate change is not merely a weather risk buried in sustainability reports. In Nepal, more than 1,400 were killed, more than 6,100 are missing, most of them presumably dead, and more than 84,000 displaced. In Europe, fires hurt tourism, wine making and other agro-industries, electricity, transportation and supply chains. More than 14 were killed and roughly 350,000 were displaced. Speaking of the sulfur dioxide aerosols strategy with Michael Kosta, on the Daily Show, Talati said, little is known about the impact of such solar geoengineering on different types of weather systems, agriculture and food security, and public health. If we saw the “United States deploy solar geoengineering it could trigger harmful impacts in another place like China…(that) is a huge geopolitical risk that we need to think through a lot more carefully.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

  6. Sep 12

    Vijay’s Election as Chief Minister Confirms Power in Tamil Nadu Flows from a Cinema Screen

    (Photo: Joseph Vijay, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. Courtesy TVK party.) By Anand Kurian, Shirish Kavadi and M Guruprasad September 12, 2026 Extracts from the podcast: In Tamil Nadu, a southern Indian state of roughly 80 million people, Tamil cinema did not simply produce the occasional politician. It is the crucial launching pad for politicians, including Chief Ministers. They include C. N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi, both popular writers and screenwriters, and film stars M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) and J. Jayalalithaa. In May 2026, actor C. Joseph Vijay, founder of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (Tamil Victory Party), TVK, took over as Chief Minister after the state assembly election. However, the rule of film stars was not entirely benign. They faced widespread allegations of corruption and nepotism. Leader worship and dynastic succession weakened internal party democracy and civil liberties. The death of Jayalalithaa exposed how she had assumed total power in the AIADMK, leaving no clear heir. Similar concentration of power was evident during Karunanidhi’s long dominance of the DMK and, since 2021, after his son M.K. Stalin became Chief Minister. Alby Anand Kurian is senior faculty and Director of Post Graduate Programmes in International Business & Strategy, as well as Business & Management, at the University of Exeter, UK. His book, ‘The Peddler of Soaps’, was on the India Today best-seller list. Shirish N. Kavadi is a historian, academic and independent researcher based in Pune. His work focuses on the history and politics of health, medicine and philanthropy in India. He has taught and published widely on healthcare, social policy and development. M. Guruprasad is Associate Professor and Director of Student Research at Universal AI University, specializing in economics, marketing and research methodology. A prolific scholar, he has authored seven books and more than 200 articles. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

  7. Sep 6

    Can Anil Chakravarthy, as CEO, Boost Adobe’s Revenues and Profit Margins

    (Photo: Anil Chakravarthy, Adobe, President Customer Experience.) September 6, 2026 SOME EXTRACTS FROM PODCAST Investors were not pleased with Adobe’s board appointing an insider as the next chief executive, noted Barron’s and other Wall Street publications. Yesterday, Adobe’s stock fell 7% on the news that Anil Chakravarthy, President of Customer Experience, will replace Shantanu Narayen as CEO starting December 1, 2026. Adobe’s stock, at $267, sells at 15 times estimated fiscal 2026 earnings per share. In April, the board announced a $25 billion stock buyback program. The buyback alone may not be enough to lift the stock price and appease employees. Much of the growth in employee compensation depends on a rising stock price. Stock based compensation totalled $2 billion in fiscal 2025, and $1.9 billion in fiscal 2024. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

  8. Aug 29

    Will New Visa Rules Jolt More Indians to Avoid Debt for US Degrees

    August 28, 2026 Extract: US universities expect the allure of the American dream, and their marketing strategies, will continue to attract students from India. In fact, in their pitches to Indian students, officials of US universities avoid mentioning that most of them will need to borrow large sums to study on their campuses. It is easy to see why US universities view India as a very fertile place to recruit students. Several Indian students, as well as their parents, mistakenly view admissions to a US university as a better income-earning alternative to a low-paying job in India. Many are willing to take on huge debt to pursue degrees at little-known US colleges, including for programs which have very low job placement rates. In fact, few Indians check on the job placement rates of a program at a US university, before enrolling. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com

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