Helping Retail & CPG Enteprises solve business challenges with startup innovation at Microsoft for Startups. I create ripples in the space time continuum, that alter future realities in the third dimensionhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwyhpvd3fc2xSpeaking at the Impakt Conference in #NYC on Oct 6 on a panel about data, #AI, & decision-making. Really excited about this one; the whole lineup is incredible. If you're going, would love to connect. Grab your invite: luma.com/oji879vr #ImpaktConference03 Oct 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyhpvd3fc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwtzuzjyms2tDownload "The #FDE Multiplier" https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-generation-startups-forming-around-fde-shish-shridhar-qwkic #AI #Whitepaper #Startups01 Oct 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtzuzjyms2thttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwrirosx4s26Demand for forward deployed engineers is growing faster than companies can hire them. In my recent Pegasus #startup meetings, I saw a new generation of startups respond by building virtual #FDE & tools that help human FDEs do more https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-generation-startups-forming-around-fde-shish-shridhar-qwkic #AI30 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrirosx4s26https://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwpb3diu7s2vSpent a morning with @EnhansAI, a Microsoft for Startups Pegasus partner. Their AgentOS platform maps how a business works so #AI agents can analyze problems and act on them. In one #supplychain case, days of analysis became seconds https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/morning-enhans-microsoft-startups-pegasus-partner-shish-shridhar-bja8c30 Sep 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpb3diu7s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwm6yk7pjk2bNew Post: Everyone gets a private tutor now, so what will we learn?: https://shish.substack.com/p/everyone-gets-a-private-tutor-now28 Sep 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwm6yk7pjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwi4x3zdrc2vhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DdWMLeWMK44/?stkn=eHV2Y3MyZW94c2Fz27 Sep 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwi4x3zdrc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwhjzp6ve22g#AI can help your business grow with the people you already have, and help those people reskill faster than ever. Thoughts from #Retail Show #Australia: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/growing-your-company-ai-instead-shrinking-shish-shridhar-ahntc27 Sep 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhjzp6ve22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwha67seos2gBeen putting off a certification or license because a class felt like too much? I built my own study plan with #AI for the FAA Part 107 drone exam. Wrote up how it works and where to be careful: https://shish.substack.com/p/everyone-gets-a-private-tutor-now?r=22lrui&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web26 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwha67seos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwh3y37ggk2gA 1940 #retail training film that still hits today. All poise, posture, and pride in the craft. A reminder that great retail begins with knowing your customer and showing up with intention https://pub-075ff01374c04555b51c9bc50f258b42.r2.dev/sources/0bda1bcb-1506-5e3a-ba95-f79566eca0de/v3-ffmpeg-openclip-1/clips/d476a4f1-1912-5b0f-94b9-6e6009d6af12.mp426 Sep 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh3y37ggk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwcn7qbngs22SkillOpt makes the skill doc the optimization target. The model and backend stay fixed while the procedure for evidence, tools, verification, and formatting evolves. microsoft.github.io/SkillOpt/ #ai https://microsoft.github.io/SkillOpt/25 Sep 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcn7qbngs22https://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mwclfixkbs2kThe year’s most popular slang reveals what young people think about #ai https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/24/thats-so-ai-what-gen-alphas-biggest-insult-tells-us25 Sep 2026 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwclfixkbs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mvyk7kq2xs2hEvery company has a list of work it decided it couldn't afford. Almost nobody wrote it down. That list is where the interesting #AI stories are https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/undone-list-every-company-has-one-ai-first-thing-makes-shish-shridhar-gq9gc #retail #startups21 Sep 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvyk7kq2xs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mvjfxdykqs2e#Walmart’s supplier negotiations show the truth: #AI agents didn’t take jobs. They did the long‑tail work humans never had time for, and closed 68% lnkd.in/p/gA5C6Rkc #retail #AIAgents15 Sep 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjfxdykqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mviyhnaflc2fNew Post: The Internet Was Right About “Touching Grass”: https://shish.substack.com/p/the-internet-was-right-about-touching14 Sep 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviyhnaflc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mvgnid6mo226Run #CUDA-targeted Windows applications on #AMD #GPUs through ZLUDA + ROCm/HIP https://github.com/Speedstu/CUDA-for-AMD-Windows #GPU #AI13 Sep 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgnid6mo226https://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mv6bg2rwpk2m#Amazon is partnering with #OpenAI so advertisers can run conversational #ad experiences inside #ChatGPT https://www.marketingdive.com/news/amazon-pilots-ad-services-in-chatgpt-what-marketers-need-to-know/829945/ #retail #AI10 Sep 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6bg2rwpk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3muxkpccwvc22If you lead #innovation at a #retailer or consumer brand, the Pegasus Customer Network is open to you. What it is, how it shapes the #startups we work with, and the five areas we're focused on this year https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-retailers-brands-get-out-pegasus-customer-network-shish-shridhar-t9nkc #retail #cpg #ai07 Sep 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxkpccwvc22https://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3muxf77xfrn2sNew Post: My favourite jazz singer turned out to be AI and I’m still thinking about it: https://shish.substack.com/p/my-favourite-jazz-singer-turned-out07 Sep 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxf77xfrn2shttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3muuuolv5z22ulooking forward to following the Golden Globe Race over the next few months goldengloberace.com/live-tracker/ #GGR2026 #Sailing06 Sep 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuuolv5z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3munp4yzdrs24My favourite #jazz singer turned out to be #AI and I’m still thinking about it, by @5h15h https://shish.substack.com/p/my-favourite-jazz-singer-turned-out?r=22lrui&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web04 Sep 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3munp4yzdrs24https://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mummxt3eu22hfrom the world of #retail, a reminder to avoid sloppy pasta https://mashable.com/life/walmart-tap-to-pay-sign-ai-art03 Sep 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mummxt3eu22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mumlzbt5w22hRick Steves' Not-Perfectly-Accurate But Simple Little Trick To Help American Tourists Think In Celsius: double the Celsius number and add 30 https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/trip-planning/european-numbers03 Sep 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumlzbt5w22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mulcxkl3lc2mNew #Startup Spotlight on 4Minds, one of our Microsoft for Startups Pegasus companies. How a knowledge graph takes Category Managers from five systems and five different truths to one source of category intelligence https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/startup-spotlight-how-4minds-helps-category-managers-move-shridhar-ypagc #retail #AI03 Sep 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulcxkl3lc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mukho3jucc2vI have seen #robots prepare coffee at an autonomous cafe, and it was painfully slow: https://secondthoughts.ai/p/14-reasons-robotics-is-hard #AI02 Sep 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukho3jucc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3muhofiyyg22yMac Studio clusters can hit 3× faster #AI inference, pooling memory to run today’s biggest open‑weight frontier models. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/new-mac-studio-can-be-clustered-together/01 Sep 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhofiyyg22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3muho7ycst22yCopyright shouldn’t be a tool to silence future creative competitors—whether or not they use #AI in their work https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/eff-courts-dont-rewrite-copyright-over-ai-hype01 Sep 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muho7ycst22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mufrwv7ces2nNew Post: Using AI to Transcribe and Summarize Marine Radio Traffic: https://shish.substack.com/p/listening-to-channel-16-with-an-rtl31 Aug 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufrwv7ces2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3muaida5of22mAntenna→ #RTLSDR dongle →rtl_fm →Whisper running locally → daily summary Pointed the whole chain at VHF Marine Channel 16, the international maritime distress frequency, to see what a day on the water sounds like lnkd.in/p/efJH-FQh #AI #AmateurRadio #HAMRadio #Sailing29 Aug 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaida5of22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mu5sh6bqkc2mWindows Task Manager’s Creator Rebuilt It 30 Years Later https://youtu.be/c3EEs-O3bGE?si=4SWp6WgB__4NFEcT28 Aug 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5sh6bqkc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/5h15h.bsky.social/post/3mu5ru4sd6c2m"The jobs at most risk are entry- and mid-level, and the new jobs being created will mostly require skills that take many years to learn ..." and I’m already seeing many young fresh graduates struggling to land their first roles https://www.gatesnotes.com/a-turbulent-ai-era-and-critical-choices-to-make #AI28 Aug 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:y6tdtef5widmfuej5sdfmpaj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ru4sd6c2m