Hacker News: ashraymalhotra

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "I still prefer MCP over skills"

ashraymalhotra — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:44:54 +0000

You could hardcode the script as a file within a skill too right? Skills can contain code, not just markdown files.

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement"

ashraymalhotra — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:14:38 +0000

It would be interesting to see if reducing reporting requirements allows more startups to go public earlier in their journey, hence opening up more opportunities for public to participate in the upside!

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job"

ashraymalhotra — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:20:56 +0000

I would love help from the community on what the best solution for hiring is.

Sharing a real example I am going through -> * A single LinkedIn post about a job I was hiring for got me 300+ candidates in a single day. I am sure if I went through the channels, I would have 1000+ candidates for a single role (assuming 1000 in this example). * There are candidates that I think might be great for the role, who I will do outbound to try to attract them. * A single interview process would involve at least 4+ people in the process, potentially taking half a day of cumulative eng time away from the company (4 hours).

The current hiring process is massively broken for all parties involved. It's not a good experience for candidates, or for hiring managers, or for the people who volunteer their time to interviews.

Out of the 1000 candidates, either AI, or humans today will pick, say, the top 50 to proceed to the next step (with humans). There's no "perfect" process to do this today, hence it's likely to happen based on past employers/colleges/github contributions etc.

Is there an opportunity for AI interviews for the other 950 people and find the hidden gems of talent who get overlooked today because of the biases above? This can especially help people who would be overlooked by typical ATS filtering mechanisms.

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Nano Banana Pro"

ashraymalhotra — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:49:14 +0000

Minor clarification, the cost for every input image is $0.0011, not $0.06.

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "AlterEgo startup lets you query AI with silent speech"

ashraymalhotra — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:53:15 +0000

Update - Found it https://www.alterego.io/

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "AlterEgo startup lets you query AI with silent speech"

ashraymalhotra — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:51:33 +0000

I would love to purchase this and see how well it really works? Can't seem to find the direct website of the startup to purchase it though. Any help?

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google"

ashraymalhotra — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:53:06 +0000

Just curious - would this negatively affect OpenAI's ability to acquire companies in the future?

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google"

ashraymalhotra — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:35:06 +0000

Maybe the OP got confused with Cursor's $900mil raise? https://cursor.com/blog/series-c

Last disclosed revenue from Cursor was $500mil. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/anysphere...

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Show HN: AI Background Remover"

ashraymalhotra — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:34:04 +0000

Congratulations @vvyoer! We are active paid users of https://www.unscreen.com/ for video background removal. Do you have plans to add support for video background removal anytime soon?

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Online video platform Vimeo plunges on Nasdaq debut following spin-off"

ashraymalhotra — Wed, 26 May 2021 08:17:53 +0000

Cloudflare is comparable to https://mux.com/, not Vimeo. Vimeo's embed settings are supposed to be directly used by marketing teams, not developers.

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Visa and Plaid Abandon Merger After Antitrust Division’s Suit to Block"

ashraymalhotra — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:45:24 +0000

Important to note that there is no break-up fee that Visa (or Plaid) will pay.

Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2021/01/12/vis...

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through their Thunderbolt 3 ports"

ashraymalhotra — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 10:05:40 +0000

Spectacle isn't being actively maintained according to their webpage. I use better touch tool (https://folivora.ai/) for this.

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Ask HN: What are the least competitive consumer and enterprise markets?"

ashraymalhotra — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:25:04 +0000

I agree, it's not that hard to map out markets. I have relied on third party business intelligence softwares like Tracxn to get good overview of markets.

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Show HN: Unscreen – Remove Video and GIF Backgrounds"

ashraymalhotra — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:04:54 +0000

Are there similar tools to automate even the green screen removal process? It's super inefficient right now, especially dealing with green screen light bleed. Tweaking parameters etc on Premiere Pro/After effects takes forever.

The We Company (WeWork) S1

ashraymalhotra — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:48:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533523/000119312519220499/d781982ds1.htm#toc781982_10

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20694502

Points: 4

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New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Google Stadia launches 4K game-streaming in November"

ashraymalhotra — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:54:27 +0000

An advantage of having cloud gaming would be to enable gaming on Mac and Linux.

Google Stadia launches 4K game-streaming in November

ashraymalhotra — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:53:19 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/06/google-stadia-launches-4k-game-streaming-in-november-for-9-99-mo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20116382

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "First-class air travel is in decline"

ashraymalhotra — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:34:17 +0000

Can you please link that video? This video made a compelling point on why first class does not pay and I would love to hear the contrarian perspective.

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Global, U.S. Growth in Smartphone Growth Starts to Decline"

ashraymalhotra — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 22:04:23 +0000

Loved this presentation from Ben Evans at the a16z conference. Talks about the same thing in more detail.

https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2018/11/16/the-end-o...

New comment by ashraymalhotra in "Ask HN: How to start a startup that requires a high amount of initial capital?"

ashraymalhotra — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 08:34:20 +0000

> some vcs are structured to write 30m series a, 50m total to build product, and then 50 to scale

Could you please give examples of a few such funds?